The Authentic Table
Where locals actually eat, mezze, seafood and arak
Em Sherif Restaurant
Opulent Lebanese fine dining with endless mezze and nightly live tarab music.
Tawlet Souk el Tayeb
Farm-to-table lunch buffet where a different village cook prepares her region's home cooking each day.
Babel Dbayeh
Upscale progressive Lebanese mezze and seafood on the Dbayeh highway.
Rafaat Hallab 1881
Historic Tripoli sweets house famous for knefeh and Arabic pastries.
Al Sultan Brahim
Landmark seafood house on the water below Casino du Liban.
Casino Mhanna
Riverside mezze and arak on the Berdawni, a family institution since the 1880s.
Batrouniyat
Authentic Lebanese table and mouneh house in a restored Batroun mansion
Al Chalouf
Terrace restaurant perched above the Jezzine waterfall.
Barbar
Legendary 24-hour Hamra street-food institution.
Chez Maguy
Legendary homey seafood spot where the owner catches the fish herself, over the water.
Byblos Fishing Club (Pepe Abed)
Legendary harbourside seafood haunt of 1960s stars, still grilling the day's fresh fish.
Hilmi's House of Lemonade
Fourth-generation lemonade house, since 1888, with 13 flavours and a tiny museum.