Best Arab Restaurants In Sydney Near Me

Business: Zahli Modern Middle Eastern in Surry Hills offers the best Lebanese cuisine. Book now online and experience the authenticity in a welcoming environment.

4worldlovers: Zahli Restaurant is built on a passion for food and hospitality, serving authentic Middle Eastern dishes, lovingly made with fresh ingredients exclusive to our kitchen.

Our journey began in 2014, with a focus on seeking the perfect Lebanese cuisine and sharing it with Sydney. Quickly becoming one of the finest Lebanese restaurants in Sydney, we combine the very best of Middle Eastern flavour to transform your meal into an experience. Every dish is prepared using a traditional method, made from ingredients sourced both locally and from Lebanon, ensuring authentic taste, quality, freshness, and an unforgettable culinary experience.

Named after one of the most iconic parts of Lebanon, Zahle, Zahli Restaurant pays homage to the region and draws from its history, culture and tradition. This is why we promise to showcase the rich culinary traditions like no other Lebanese restaurant in Sydney, offering the finest elements and decadent flavour of authentic Lebanese cuisine. Zahli is the perfect example of what Lebanese dining should be, serving an abundance of mezze, platters, banquets, and more.

Our interior space recreates a Middle Eastern ambience, a kaleidoscope of the senses exuding warmth and comfort.

Located in Surry Hills, our Lebanese restaurant is minutes from Sydney’s CBD, so it’s the perfect place for those wanting to further explore traditional Lebanese feasting!

At Zahli, food becomes an occasion as we unite families, lovers and more with sophisticated recipes that offer one simple thing—a sensory delight. We invite you to join us on a unique culinary journey to the Middle East’s most precious gem. Welcome to Zahli Restaurant – a little piece of Lebanon in the heart of Sydney.

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Our name comes from a beautiful area in Lebanon where the Bardouni river flows from Mount Sannine. Among other things, Zahlé is steeped in the tradition of Lebanon’s famous mezza and on warm evenings, there is nothing finer than dining outdoors at one of the excellent restaurants that line the river banks. Wine and poetry flow in equal measure – there have been many poets and writers born in Zahlé and some of the best wines and araks in the region, originate in this small area.

Here at Zahli in Elizabeth Street, Sydney CBD, we have brought this experience to life. Our Lebanese restaurant will take you to the banks of the Sannine on a warm summer’s night. We have created the perfect atmosphere and menu, exuding a modern take on Middle Eastern Restaurant food. We are committed to delivering excellence in taste, service and unique experiences, with memories to last a lifetime.

Using tradition as foundation, our Executive Chef and his team create their own interpretation of contemporary and flavoursome dishes.

Zahli is the perfect place to host any occasion. We also offer catering for events and with our delectable dishes, your guests will experience Middle Eastern Restaurant cuisine at its finest.

You may well have been to a Lebanese restaurant before, but none quite like Zahli.

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"Best food and service"

4worldlovers: Originally opening in 2016 as a pop-up in Surry Hills, Toko Owner, Matt Yazbek, launched Cubby’s Kitchen in a new home in the Sydney CBD with his two sisters in 2018. The venue name derives from Yazbek’s mother Mouna whose nickname happens to be Cubby and the restaurant is an ode to their family’s heritage.

Experience a new tradition at Cubby’s from succulent lamb kafta with a yoghurt dressing and Lebanese spices, to barramundi with harissa, garlic and sliced almonds. You’ll be so excited by the menu, that you won’t know where to start.

Cubby’s drinks menu features Lebanese inspired beverages like the Pomegranate Mojito, Araktini, Lebanese Espresso Martini, and also Almaza Beer and Chateau Ksara Wines, imported from Lebanon.

Serving up traditional Lebanese fare with some modern twists, Cubby’s Kitchen is the ideal spot to share a memorable meal and celebrate a special occasion with your family and friends. With the best selection of Cubby’s dishes, book a function and choose from our delicious banquet and canapé menus.


Channelling the traditional favourites with modern influences, the chef has applied his knowledge of Lebanese and Japanese food to create subtle connections in cooking styles and flavours that can be found throughout the menu like the baba ghanoush with eggplant chunks and miso, or the hummus with chilli edamame and chilli oil.

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"This place is makes the best Lebanese in all of Sydney."

4worldlovers:
We are a family run restaurant serving home-style Lebanese food on the same site for well over 30 years. Our recipes and talents have been passed down by generations to uphold the exotic tastes of the Middle East

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"Best Lebanese food ive ever had."

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"The best restaurant in Glebe@!"

Business: Hannibal Restaurant in the heart of Glebe, Sydney offers authentic middle eastern cuisine a la carte, or from a selection of house banquets.

4worldlovers: Hannibal’s offers authentic middle eastern a la carte, or a selection of house banquets.

No matter what the occasion, our wonderful family at Hannibal can cater with a private function room, which will make any event a special memorable one.

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"The best Lebanese food!"

Business: This is Middle Eastern cuisine - but not as you know it! This is the motto/catch-cry of Thievery, one Sydney's most innovative restaurants.

4worldlovers: This is Middle Eastern cuisine – but not as you know it!

This line has become a motto and catch-cry of the Thievery, one of the most innovative and creative restaurants in the whole of Sydney.

Personally, I love Middle Eastern cuisine. I spent time during my younger, backpacking years travelling through Turkey, Syria and Jordan and in doing so, developed a great fondness for the food, friendliness and hospitality of the people.

It really doesn’t take much to get me to visit a Middle Eastern restaurant: you had me at hello…

I love this restaurant and bar for its original and contemporary, fun and adventurous Middle Eastern/ Lebanese cuisine.

The Thievery is right up there in my favourite haunts of the Sydney dining scene. Situated on trendy Glebe Point Road, Glebe, in the inner west, in an industrial-chic venue with a chilled and laid-back vibe. This local favourite offers contemporary Middle Eastern cuisine that is witty, boisterous and enthralling.

Let me give you some of the reasons we adore the Thievery:

Talk to anyone who has dined at the Thievery and they will likely wax lyrical about the Burnt Butter Hummus. If the restaurant has a signature dish, then this is probably it.

If you keep up with the dining delights of Sydney’s inner west, you will have probably heard, seen, read, written and eaten a lot of Thievery’s signature burnt butter hummus. Some have claimed it to be the best in the world.

And then it got a makeover. In fact, the burnt butter hummus got a Truffle Makeover:

Please note – we have received news that the Thievery is currently closed (temporarily, we hope). We fear that it may be another lockdown casualty, but we are not sure. When we know more, we will let you know.

In the meantime, to choose an alternative venue please read our article on excellent Sydney Middle Eastern and Lebanese restaurants.

We thought it could not get any better, but Executive Chef Julian Cincotta (ex Rockpool) decided to drizzle his handmade hummus with some house-made truffle butter, proving that truffles and Middle Eastern cuisine are a match made in heaven.

Julian sourced the truffles from Manjimup Truffle Farm in Manjimup, WA and also created a small but flavour packed selection of truffle dishes on the menu. (Fun fact: the Manjimup truffle farm in WA was started by shipping live oak trees from France to Australia in order for the truffles to start growing.)

To accompany the truffle butter hummus, Julian could not go past the classic combination of truffle and steak, using T-bone from Yamba in north NSW, with agrodolce and shaved WA truffle cooked in truffle butter. Other stand out dishes included the Aphrodite Haloumi with shaved truffle and a ‘Failed’ Fig Cheesecake with shaved truffle.

To compliment the truffle menu, Thievery’s bar manager also created three truffle inspired cocktails (we think this might be an Australian first) including a Truffle Butter Warmer guaranteed to warm you up on a cool evening (Kraken rum, brown sugar, spiced truffle butter), a Peanut Truffle Flip (Hennessy, peanut butter, truffle oil, spices) and a sweet truffle honey addition to the signature Baby Got Baklava cocktail (Maker’s Mark bourbon, amaretto, pistachio, truffle honey, lemon).

Visiting Melbourne? Melbourne has some wonderful Middle Eastern restaurants and we’ve profiled a number of the best.

Update: We’re happy to say that Julian Cincotta has popped up rattling the pans at Butter over in Surry Hills. This venture is all about fried chicken, sneakers and hip hop. Oh. And they also love to spin the latest hip hop tracks and pop a few champagne corks.

Take for example, their Chicken and Toum Tuesdays – where the Thievery re-imagines the classic Lebanese roast chicken.

First the chicken chargrilled and then roasted to perfection utilising Middle Eastern spices – think paprika, cumin, coriander, honey, molasses and garlic. It is then charred on the grill to bring out the smokiness and then finished in the oven to keep all the juices intact leaving it juicy, aromatic, smokey and succulent.

If you’d like to have a go at making char-grilled goodness at home, why not buy yourself a char grill? They are easy to use and add so much flavour to food. For more information, click here.

The roast chicken is served with Toum (toum is a Lebanese garlic paste made with lots and lots of fresh garlic, lemon and olive oil) made traditionally by hand every week, with love, by one of the owners’ mum and coupled with enhanced Lebanese classic dips, salads and sides.

It can be difficult to get people out of the house on a Tuesday night. This dish certainly did it for us.

Business: Emads is Sydney’s first and best Lebanese restaurant. We offer a totally unique dining experience in the heart of Surry Hills. BYO and free parking after 7pm.

4worldlovers:
When you enter Emads Lebanese Restaurant in Surry Hills, you will feel like you have stepped into a different world. The décor, comfy sofas and cushioned chairs all make for an intimate and relaxing night out.

Using only the most expensive cuts of meats and the freshest ingredients allows us to give you the best tasting Lebanese meal you have ever had.

Call us on (02) 9698 2631 for reservations. We are located at 298 Cleveland Street in the heart of Surry Hills. We are open 7 days a week for dinner.

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"Best food, best cocktails, gorgeous interiors and perfect service by Yani"

4worldlovers: NOUR is built on a dream of presenting classic Lebanese flavours in a fresh and exciting way. We believe Australians deserve to know what this humble country on the Mediterranean coastline has hidden in its Cedar branches.

Our beautiful, contemporary interior and diverse menus will set your senses alight. You may think you know Lebanese food but we want to show you the surface is yet to be scratched and there is so much more to offer.

Our kitchen team led by Executive Chef Paul Farag in collaboration with Head Chef Gianluca Lonati takes classic Lebanese flavours and playfully teases out their full potential.

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"Best Lebanese at best prices."

Business: Abdul’s Restaurant is a Sydney institution making high quality traditional Lebanese food since 1968.

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"Best Lebanese restaurant 👍"

Business: We invite you to enjoy incredible Lebanese food with a beautiiful river view dining experience. We guarantee you leaving happier, healthier and wiser. Call us 02 9635 6615.

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"Best Lebanese food I have had"

Business: • Souks Mediterranean Street Food offers to take you on a street food safari around the Mediterranean eating great Grilled Mediterranean food like Chicken Tawook Pita, Lamb Off The Hot Stone Grill, Chicken Gyro Pita to name just a few off Souks menu

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"SIMPLY THE BEST LEBANESE FOOD IN THE AREA !"

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Business: Discover the very best of The Rocks restaurants with Tayim, where traditions are reinvented with cuisine inspired by the Middle East.

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"One of the best Turkish restaurants I’ve been to."

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"Best food best service"

Business: Located on Marion Street, Leichhardt, Jasmin1 has become a local favourite over the years, serving up fresh, delicious traditional Lebanese dishes. We look forward to seeing you.

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"Best food, argileh, drinks, setting and the staff are absolutely amazing !"