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By Cyrus Shahrad
Open since December, Lazeez still suffers the shortcomings of many small restaurants in their early days. Its scrubbed and sanded dining room exudes the feel of a show-flat, overly bright and with the occasional glitch yet to be ironed out (rugs that catch on bathroom doors, dodgy soap dispensers). A handful of faux-marble tables range across the dining room, largely undecorated save for a flat-screen television and with a gleaming silver grill-cum-open kitchen stretching along one side.
Yet on an evening cold enough to see Londoners huddling Blitz-like in tube stations, Lazeez somehow managed to exude the warmth of a Middle Eastern family home during Eid. The brothers who run the place make an entertaining pair – one hawk-eyed and bubbling with amusing banter, the other soft and thoughtful – but both were effortlessly accommodating, rushing out to buy a corkscrew when we turned up with a bottle of wine (customers thus far, many fresh from the local mosque, had tended to sip nothing stronger than fruit juices).
Nor was there a microwave in sight: everything we ordered was freshly prepared. Chunks of spicy soujouk sausages were sautéed in lemon, their powerful kick a pleasing contrast to the molten slices of grilled tomato with which they were served; houmous Beiruty was hand-whipped with freshly chopped parsley and fiery green peppers; and kibbeh shameyieh (lamb and cracked wheat meatballs), deep-fried while we waited, revealed a steaming centre of minced lamb, onions and pine-nuts.
But it was a shared main of shish taouk that delivered the sucker-punch: tender, citrus-marinated chunks of chicken served on the juice-soaked sheets of bread with which they’d been dragged from the skewer. It made the unreliable offerings of the Edgware Road seem a million miles away – which they almost were.Time Out London Issue 2010: February 26-March 4 2009
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We were attracted by the amazing reviews! What a disappointing experience! If you like your food greasy,salty, crude, but plentiful this place is for you.
This was a new and wonderful experience for me. I found the food truly delicious. The humous was extra special.
The ambience was very comfortable, I will certainly return.
Great food and great service. Went to Lazeez last week and was happy to find that the food was great. The portion size was also very decent and the bill wasn't too high. I will definitely be returning to Lazeez!
I went to lazeez on Saturday night,the food was fantastic; my husband and I had a shish taouk and fresh lazeez cocktail!Despite the restaurant being busy the service was great, the owners smiled and greeted us with a warm welcome.My husband and I have been to many lebanese throughout London and this by far the best food but we wished the food came on time.
Went there last night, service was fantastic, food was probably the best Lebanese food that I have had in London, made the various edgware road offerings look like a late night kebab stand in Malia.
Would definetly recommend, it's not often you can eat out in London and still feel the warmth of home.
Plus the food is amazing and very reasonably prices
Lazeez has great food and good service. i enjoyed the lamb and chicken very much and disagree strongly with any negative feed back to lazeez restaurant.
I have just returned from Lazeez restaurant and would like to comment that the food was excellent. Nice atmosphere and friendly staff. I ordered lamb shawarma (lamb slices), falafel, tabbouleh and fresh orange juice which were all prepared in front of us. Like the way the cooking is done in front of the customer. Will definately be returning with family and friends!
Well we ate here with friends and the food and service were extremely poor. Stale, gristly lamb, dull chicken in a greasy sauce and salty beans. The rice and tea were fine. A sheet of plate glass was carelessly propped against the wall. The worst I've eaten for a very long time.
My family and I are regular customers of Lazeez especially for their excellent hospitality and service as well as their tasty food.
On each occasion we have visited Lazeez, the food has always lived up to our strigent expectations (especially as we are of Middle-Eastern origin) and Lazeez's food definately lives up to its name (lazeez means delicious in Arabic).
My family and I are regular customers of Lazeez especially for their excellent hospitality and service as well as their tasty food. On each occasion we have eaten at Lazeez, the food has always met our expectations (we are of Middle-Eastern origin) and Lazeez's food always lives up to its name (lazeez=delicious)