Mandaloun Chelsea — Restaurant in London

We were visitors from Melbourne and first dined at Mandaloun in 2023. We were so struck by the quality of the cooking that we kept dreaming of it. We were in London again in 2024 and went out of our way to dine there again, and were even more impressed that the high quality was exactly the same! So often this does not happen. We have been searching for Lebanese restaurants here in Melbourne like Mandaloun and have been disappointed again and again. We now understand that the food at Mandaloun is cooked with love and care - eg the meat dishes are always tender and juicy, so the chef has cared about the cooking temperature and the duration of the cooking. So hard to get it right! It is therefore refined cooking, not the usual rough and ready cooking that you usually find outside of fine dining restaurants. I am reviewing now simply because we are still dreaming of Mandaloun, after yet another disappointing visit to another Lebanese eatery here in Melbourne. I now say this to the owner of Mandaloun: please, please never allow your standards to ever drop; continue to cook your food with the same love and care. It is truly the most refined Lebanese cooking that we have ever experienced. We dream of our next visit to London, and to eating once again...

Well located restaurant, good staff and service but food was an absolute joke. I love Lebanese food, Mandaloun wasn’t up to standard at all. Felt like eating from frozen to pan! The falafel wasn’t good, pickle was soft, not the usual crunchy. Wanted ti ha e a hot chocolate which is listed on the menu but when ordered, the waitress said they don’t have the machine anymore!! Ordered an mint tea and honestly it smelled like dish washer detergent so we had to return it and the waitress said it was the smell of orange blossoms!! I ask for a mint tea, not one with orange blossom! Disappointed and wont be...

I really do like Lebanese food, I guess it will be my favorite cuisines, so I have things to compare with. It is one of the best Halloumi indeed. Rest of the food also delicious.

Even if you don't like beer, try the lebanese one, they serve. very tasty.

Guy, who runs the restaurant, is always there and happy and smiling to every single customer, no matter time of the day or day of the week. Service is amazing. Atmosphere is very cosy, as no tourists usually at this street,...