I will admit from the outset Lebanese is not my favourite cuisine but I do love fresh food & good…read moreservice and this joint has both in ABUNDANCE. in fact the service is GREAT. Now lets get the look of the place out of the way. A sparkling clean takeaway with tables. Upmarket kebab shop would about cover it. It also had gas heaters which were welcome. Lastly, but definitely not least, the food was Great with a capital G. Fresh, plentiful & heaps of flavour. The platters large & full of tempting tasties. (We ordered #1 & #7 on the platters menu) Both came with fresh Pita, tabbouli & really good, strong flavoured dips. #1 included a selection of rolls & pastries. #7 was a choice of chicken or lamb. No room for sweets but I was tempted. Next time. And there will be a next time. Will definately go again ... for the SERVICE alone. He was lovely.

Truly Brisbane's best kept secret!…read more Firstly, this is not a fine dining establishment, it's more like a take away shop with outdoor (street side) seating, but don't let that put you off! The food & service more than makes up for what this place lacks in ambiance. The (who we believe to be) owner is incredibly friendly, patient & helpful, happy to explain each dish and make recommendations. He's also quick with a joke & loves to have a chat, giving excellent personal service. We'd gone here on a Living Social voucher, and were wary as past voucher experiences had been a bit hit & miss. At Ba'Albek however, we were treated the same as all the other diners. The voucher entitled us to the Banquet off the menu, usually reserved for 4 people, a selection of 8 tapas style dishes & 2 meat skewers each, followed by coffee & baklava. To say the food was delicious would be an understatment, it was amazing! The hommus & falafel were the best I've ever eaten, and the rest of the dishes were an impressive assortment of new experiences. So fresh & full of flavour, kudos to the chef. And there was just so much of it, we were willing to forego the coffee & desert, but the owner insisted we take the baklava home & we were so glad he did, it was absolutely divine, melt-in-your-mouth good! Do yourselves a favour, eat here!

Range of product is incredible. My husband is Egyptian and we were able to source some of his…read morefavourites including frozen bamiya, katafi dough, falafel, foul medemmas and molokeya. Staff are lovely and the cooked food looks delicious. Will definitely shop here again!

This place doesn't look like much, but it's a secret haven of Lebanese food that I've quickly…read morebecome a regular of. Watany Man-Oushy offers a big selection of manoosh/maneesh (a Lebanese style pizza that is traditionally eaten for breakfast or lunch), all of which are absolutely delicious and I find it difficult to pick which one I want every time I visit this place! There's also a grocery section where you can pick up spices, cheese and various Middle Eastern ingredients.

My only regret was that I didn't order more pumpkin kibbeh. I can't find these in the usa…read moreanywhere, so I will definitely be looking to go back to this restaurant when I hopefully return to their city!

A lovely little Lebanese Restaurant. Only got a take away of Hoummos & Baba Ganoush, with some…read morePitta they make in the Restaurant, but they were all great & we'll be going back to have a meal there.

Vibrant funky restaurant with great staff and service. We…read morehad sharing dishes with vibe leaves, barramundi and fried spinach and burgher balls. Great flavours. Very enjoyable

Been here several times during my stay in Brisbane and have decided my original 4 should be…read moreupgraded to 5. It is true that the food has not always excited us, but is great as river side venue where it's good people watching and enjoying the sunset. The tunes are pretty decent also. However, Byblos truly stands out as cocktail bar with many unique creations on offer. The bar tenders are fun and produce consistently excellent drinks. To ensure maximum enjoyment of said cocktails, it's best to go for Sunday afternoon happy hour from 3-7. Cocktails $10; beer/wine $5.

I was craving middle eastern food while visiting my parents and when my god-parents wanted to have…read morelunch one day I suggested we go and have a middle eastern meal. My god-mother's friend suggested King Ahiram. The place is just a take-out place with an adjoining room with tables and chairs where you can have a "sit-down" meal. So we ended up ordering a selection of items. I don't know. I am used to going to Little Arabia for my middle eastern food here in southern California and my favorite place in Brisbane is Nono's and omg.... the food here was kinda on the dismal side. I felt really bad that my parents and god-parents had to sit through a different cuisine which I've been touting as so fabulously delicious only to be faced with really sub-par Mediterranean food. We had falafels, hummus, babaghanoush, kebabs, these crescent pastry things which looked like empanadas -- everything was mediocre at best. The meat was dry, the dips needed more olive oil.... falafels were hard as rocks. Tabouleh was flavorless. I never heard the end of it after the meal, even from my son who is an avid fan of this cuisine. We are definitely going back to Nono's next time.

King Ahiram was always a popular option among my uni friends when we needed a quick, cheap meal…read more The funny thing was that nobody actually knew what this place was called because the most prominent words on the sign are CAFE LEBANESE FOOD. It's only when you really take notice that you see King Ahiram's name on there. So yeah, until I paid closer attention when I decided to review it, this place was always known to me and everyone I know as 'the Lebanese place'. I guess the point I'm making is that at a place like this the name is unimportant. The food is tasty, cheap, and a bit on the greasy side so it ticks all the boxes for hungry youths. I wouldn't go here expecting a gourmet meal, but for the prices and the convenience it's worth munching on a felafel kebab or cabbage roll. 'The Lebanese place' might not be fit for a King despite its namesake, but it's definitely fit for a starving student.

Authentic Lebanese! Love the food here. The wraps are amazing and the chips are a must try! They…read moreare seasoned so well and melt in your mouth. The mjadara, banjan, tabouli and a couple of the dips are vegan friendly as well as the bread! The falafel wrap is vegan friendly as well. The staff are very friendly and the atmosphere is great. Great for groups and family meals or even a romantic date night. Would highly recommend!

We happened upon this place at the recommendation of a friend. It is a small restaurant with an…read moreintimate atmosphere. The service was top notch and the staff very friendly. They have a good selection of wines that pair very well with their menu. The owner was cooking and the food is marvelous. We sampled several small plates and everything was cooked to perfection. We would definitely come again. Also it is very reasonably priced.

We recently noticed, while driving past, that No No's had an exterior makeover since our previous…read moredining disaster there when new owners took over and we vowed never to return. So, being curious, we decided to stop in, at our own peril, to happily discover the previous owners have returned, turfed out those they sold to, and have really made the place look more Lebanese fast-food fashionable. There's a massive menu board with a broader array of kebabs, meat options and salads, and more much-needed interior seating. However, there's been a big change to the pricing too with a Shish Kebab previously $9.50, now $16, and lacking tabouli...which used to be on every kebab and made a disappointing difference to the Lamb & Beef Shawarma Rolls (aka Doner Kebabs) we ordered today. They lacked flavour that the tabouli added and with just diced lamb and beef, lettuce, tomato, hummus, onion and a squirt of tahini wrapped in a toasted pita bread it just wasn't the same. And this from the original owners and their kebab recipes! Can adding tabouli really be that unprofitable? We're happy that No No's has returned to it's "almost" former self and there were plenty of customers enjoying the Lebanese food. And while the place looks great inside and out, it just wasn't the same that we had come to know and love before the carnage of the sale and buyback. Please consider a return of tabouli.

We had been customers for 25 years at NONOS authentic Lebanese cuisine, so sad to see that the…read moreprevious owners have sold up and moved on. To our disappointment the new owner I believe is the ruin of NONOS, it is just not the same anymore. There were so many negatives about this place, for a start the hummus was very dry and missing the lemon ingredient, there was no tabouli because he did not make any, the bean salad was not fresh. The sweets cabinet was nearly empty and the cabinet kept with the vine leaves and kibbie were not on display but were all covered in thick plastic bags. If the new owner continues down this road, he will have killed off all the "good will" the previous owners built up. They always worked so hard at their business and they made everything from scratch. NONOS is gone and will never return, I will miss the great food and warm wonderful service and I will always have great memories

Had a lovely night out with my two children. We had 5 Mezze plates- Haloumi, Boureks, Felafel,…read moreMeatballs, and Cauliflower. Everything came with 4 serves on each plate- this was plenty of food for the 3 of us for dinner. The flavours were excellent and the presentation was impressive. I love the hand made ceramic dishes they were served on. We sat outside and had the heater on, and they brought blankets- it was lovely and cosy. It's a beautiful restaurant to look at. Social distancing is in place, so a little wait when you first arrive, as people sign in. I had a Turkish Delight Martini- which was pretty good. I would definitely return anytime.

Ordered a cocktail off the menu only to be told they can't make it. Got a different cocktail over a…read morelarge ice cube. Nice. Ordered a second cocktail with big ice cube. They were out. Ok. No big deal. Got the drink with regular ice. Ordered the same drink. They were out of that drink. Must have been bad luck for me because I kept ordering things I had had but they no longer did. Or maybe it was good luck in that I kept getting the last one. Food was good but service was not, so overall just meh.