From the owner: Inaugurada em 1970, a Esfiha Vergueiro é uma das casas mais tradicionais de São Paulo. A casa serve…read moreesfihas abertas e fechadas, pratos tradicionais como a Kafta no espeto, charuto de repolho, abobrinha recheada, Kibe crú, Tabule entre outras delícias da culinária árabe.

We took part in an oriental tea ritual which turned into a feast! With three options to choose…read morefrom, varying on the amount of food, we began with a large basket of assorted breads, including sweet bread and cookies to accompany 5 dips together with Middle Eastern mezzes like hummus and baba ghanoush side by side with Brazilian flavors like fried, sweet plantain marmalade. We chose the option with 5 additional appetizers instead of the 10 and it was filling. We each got kibbeh, cheese and chicken coxinhas, a bolinhio, and an empanada. Our last course was a string of desserts from traditional rich, honey-drenched sweets like baklava and basboosa, Brazilian sweets like quindím, chocolate cake, and strawberry gelato. All of the desserts were brought out one at a time on a tray for everyone to choose whether they would give into temptation or not. Oh yeah, the tea! We each got two cups of tea and could choose between either hot or iced, from exotic Egyptian and Syrian teas to fruit blends and mate. It's overall a great experience in an exotic environment with belly dancers weaving in and out of the rooms for entertainment. Clap along and enjoy!

Are you into lebanese food? Then this is the place to visit. LArge room but svoido kunch time it…read moregets so full that you end up going somewhere else. The good: oped up to 11PM

Service is okay but the sfihas are excellent, especially the beef and cheese. Keebeh (not sure how…read moreto spell) is just amazing and, although some pastries are fried, they're not a fat bomb at all. This place tend to be very busy after 8 and not sure whether they take reservations or not.