Restaurants & Cafés

Dine in this spacious restaurant with a modern oriental interior, while enjoying the live Arabic performance. Get off your seats and get groovy at your table to the Arabic beats spun by the DJ.

Upscale seafood restaurant. Mezze should be part of your fare but don't over order to spare room for the fish.

Casual pizzeria with a colourful cuisine. Tasty calamari alla griglia, Carpaccio and pizza margarita.

This Italian Trattoria by learned local foodie Sophie Schoucair has all the right ingredients for success – style, location and a seriously good menu, but unlike most Italian restaurants, Marinella doesn’t serve pizza.

Decorated with bold colours and 50’s style furniture, this classic venue offers a varied eating and entertainment experience. The menu is affordable and vast, offering everything from salads to generous platters. Consider sharing a starter if you are determined to eat your pudding. The compact wine list is fairly priced and diverse. An eclectic selection of music and live performance is scheduled weekly.

Spacious restaurant suitable for families as well as business people, with a variety of stations rotating sumptuous international food and a selection of desserts.

A friendly and quick lunch option. At this fresh pasta bar, you can choose all the ingredients you fancy and eat in or box it up for lunches in the office or on the move. Between 4pm-8pm they offer a second combo at half price.

Tucked away in the cosy mountain village of Jal El Dib, this restaurant offers savoury Lebanese food. Specialising in traditional dishes, diners are welcome for both lunch or dinner.

Your late night answer to a knafeh craving, Misk is a concept introduced by the long-standing Doueihy sweet maker and serves the city's best knafeh, in Time Out's humble opinion. Also worth sampling are their savoury meat pies.

A short menu of well-executed mezze and grills in a magical location – at the mouth of the Qadisha next to a roaring river. We ordereda few simple mezze and they didn’t disappoint – the fattouche was perfect, sumac-flavoured and served in baskets of fried bread. There is no menu, and we discovered when the bill came that you do pay for the presentation and the riverside seats. The attractive fattouche turned out to be a steep LL10,000, as did a plate of tasty fries, leaving us wondering if we were paying ‘tourist prices’.

A fusion of Moroccan and Lebanese cuisine, this Mediterranean hide away offers a menu of delicious treats and cocktails. The entrance is hidden away through a boutique, and a glass elevator transports you to a colourful terrace. Overlooking the Souks, Momo caters to a classy crowd. Try the gourmet ice creams for a delectable side order.

Escape to this stunning restaurant hidden in the superb mountains of Faraya. Serving a swanky French cuisine, they specialise in fondue crommage, duck, pierat hot stone cooking and Black Angus steaks. Take in the stunning scenery on the outdoor terrace and laze by the pool in summer. Or get warm and cosy by the fine wooden interior during the blustery winter months.

An all day dining restaurant, Mosaic offers an ever changing variety of international and Oriental buffets, daily live cooking stations, special theme nights as well as the illustrious daily breakfast.

Satisfy your Indian cravings at this fine Indian restaurant serving exquisite dishes. Sample their specialty tandoori dishes that are freshly made and prepared. Sit inside or out as you enjoy the glorious view of the sea.

Impeccable Lebanese cuisine and attentive service in lush garden with breath-taking views. The meat is cooked to perfection, the ashta with honey a bit of heaven.

A gourmet burger concept with a flamboyant décor to match. The interior of Mrs Robinson is a kitsch and fun interpretation of a classic American homestead. Filet o’ fish, Swiss cheese and mushroom, the straight up beef burger and more have all been tarted up with superior buns and presentation.