Restaurants

Comptoir Libanais

Lebanese café chain

Marylebone: 65 Wigmore Street, W1U 1PZ

Lazeez

Family-owned Lebanese

Acton: 253 Acton High St, W3 9BY

Ranoush Juice

Ranoush, part of the Maroush empire, has been squeezing juices and churning out shawarmas for decades. Behind the busy counter where the juice-squeezers and...

Edgware Road: 43 Edgware Road, W2 2JE

Yalla Yalla

Lebanese café in Soho

Soho: 1 Green's Court, W1F 0HA

Al Hamra

Chintzy ruched viennese blinds, carpets and low ceilings may seem an unlikely look for a Lebanese restaurant, but the slightly kitsch homeliness of the space is...

Mayfair: 31-33 Shepherd Market, W1J 7PT

Al Sultan

Al Sultan just keeps going and going. In Mayfair there are still customers willing to pay top dollar for bright lighting, pastelly decor and a look of dated luxury –...

Mayfair: 51-52 Hertford Street, W1J 7ST

Fairuz

Middle Eastern country kitchen – bare bricks, swags of dried chillies and aubergine skins, a threateningly large vase beside one table – may not make it into an...

Marylebone: 3 Blandford Street, W1U 3DA

Fakhreldine

Follow the night-lights and American Beauty-style red-rose wall up the stairs to this glamorously sleek bar and restaurant, which belies its long-standing prime...

Mayfair: 85 Piccadilly, W1J 7NB

Fresco

Health and vitality are the names of the game at Fresco, a juice-bar-cum-Lebanese takeaway and caff. Fruit fills the front window; photos of fruit line the...

Westbourne Grove: 25 Westbourne Grove, W2 4UA

Fresco

Marylebone: 31 Paddington Street, W1U 4HD

Fresco

Fitzrovia: 34-36 Margaret Street, W1G 0JE

Fresco

Bayswater: Second floor, Whiteleys Shopping Centre, W2 4YN

Fresco

Paddington: 93 Praed Street, W2 1NT

Hiba

A Lebanese outpost in previously uncharted Borough High Street, Hiba has stylish, retro furnishings of olive-green and brown. The look may not be classic Lebanese, but...

Borough: Maya House, 134-138 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB

Kenza

The mysterious East begins at Kenza’s front door. Diners make their way down a series of lamp-lit corridors, before emerging into an orientalist’s opium dream of...

City: 10 Devonshire Square, EC2M 4YP

Le Mignon

It was Saturday lunchtime and Camden market was heaving, yet a few streets away Le Mignon was empty and the lone waiter was ordering himself a Subway sandwich. Things...

Camden: 98 Arlington Road, NW1 7HD

Levant

Down a lamp-lit and petal-strewn staircase, through a heavy wooden door and into a louche basement bar with low seats, Levant pans out into a Marrakech-ish mishmash of...

Marylebone: Jason Court, 76 Wigmore Street, W1U 2SJ

Maroush Gardens

One of several incarnations of Maroush around London, this branch is just a few doors from the company flagship, which has dedicated itself to nightly entertainment,...

Edgware Road: 1-3 Connaught Street, W2 2DH

Maroush I

Edgware Road: 21 Edgware Road, W2 2JE

Maroush II

Belgravia: 38 Beauchamp Place, SW3 1NU

Maroush III

Edgware Road: 62 Seymour Street, W1H 5BN

Maroush IV

Edgware Road: 68 Edgware Road, W2 2EG

Maroush V

Marylebone: 4 Vere Street, W1G 0DH

Noura

Belgravia: 16 Hobart Place, SW1W 0HH

Noura

Knightsbridge: 12 William Street, SW1X 9HL

Noura

An oasis of civilisation in chain-reactionary territory. OK, there are four Nouras in London, but each is different and the interior at this branch is exceptionally...

St James's: 122 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 4UJ

Noura

Mayfair: 16 Curzon Street, W1J 5HP

Orange Room Café

In an area around Mile End station swamped with uninspiring kebab and chicken shops, the Orange Room Café is a treat: a charming, ramshackle Lebanese restaurant...

Bow: 63 Burdett Road, E3 4TN

Randa

This outlet of the prolific Maroush empire is aimed at a young and cosmopolitan Kensington crowd. Snappy service and a slick design keep it vibrant, while the menu...

Kensington: 23 Kensington Church Street, W8 4LF