Lebanon’s Cafe

I love Lebanon Café! It is a great neighborhood joint. If you live in the area, it is a nice place to grab a bite. BYOB. Best appetizer hummus platter. Falafel is pretty good. Nice staff.

Great food and service. I’ve been tons of times and I’ve never had a bad experience. The falafel is amazing and the shawarma is perfect. Just don’t forget to BYOB!

I went during the day and had a Greek salad and a meat combo with, hummus, rice and bread. Which I shared with a friend. There was so much food, we couldn’t eat it all. I’ve been back for take out twice since and have enough food for 3 people. Greek giros salad, hummus and pita bread. Just over $ 20 total… You can’t beat that price, and the quality is some of the best food I have eaten in New Orleans. :)

This place really did not cut it for authentic Lebanese food. We visited around lunch time so they were pretty busy. It took close to half an hour to receive our food and the appetizer was still cold. Definitely would not recommend going there.

Three words: LAMB. WITH. HUMMUS.
Lebanon’s is my go-​to spot for Mediterranean takeout. I’ve only eaten at the restaurant twice, but my roommate and I order takeout from Lebanon’s at least once a month. I’ve tried many different dishes and appetizers, and they’ve all been excellent. The only dish I’ve ever disliked was the combination shawarma (chicken shawarma and gyro). The chicken was dry and unseasoned, but the wonderfully flavored gyro made up for it. You can’t go wrong with lamb at Lebanon’s. The lamb with hummus plate is my all-​time favorite, with the lula kabob coming in close second.
Why it isn’t five stars: it’s pricy and more than I’d want to pay for a quick takeout. You do get A LOT of food with each plate though. Considering each plate comes with a huge order of meat, hummus for days, pita bread, and a side salad, $ 15 bucks a plate isn’t bad. Their takeout service also needs improvement. They’ve messed up our order at least twice, and we never realize that our order is messed up until we get home. Luckily I live close and they always throw in an appetizer along with the correct entrée once we come back, but it’s something I don’t want to deal with to begin with.

Yummy! The food here is always great. The standouts for my palate include the chicken tecka, which is absolutely delish and the sautéed veggies. The salads are also exceptional, as well as the hummus, falafel, pita staples. It’s fantastic for a group or date dinner because it’s BYOB!
The reason I give ⁴⁄₅ stars is that sometimes the wait staff can be hit or miss-​seems like there’s frequent overturn, and this place can get really busy, understandably.

My first time here last week and I really liked my vegetarian plate. Hummus, baba ganouj, tabouleh and falafel. The plate should have a few olives tossed on it and another falafel. It was short for the money but what was there was delicious. The pita was good. I like mine like the thicker version at Shaya. I would definitely come back and order something else. The quality of food, service and experience was very very good.

Last night I was craving some falafel and lamb… So I dipped into Lebanon’s Café and I was really happy that I did.
Lebanon’s Café is a small and unassuming café. It was busy for a Sunday night, which is always a good sign.
We starte, d off with a plate of falafel (6 balls for $ 4.50). They were fried to crispity crunchity perfection. We had to order more tzaziki, but I don’t think they charged extra for that. We were given a nice little basket of warm pita, which was demolished pretty quickly.
For an entrée we split the lamb over hummus. The lamb was delicious and was served on top of a huge dollop of extra garlicky hummus. For the most part we used the pita as utensils, and it was really, really good.
For drinks we got the mint iced tea, which was really refreshing and basically great.
The service was good, attentive, but not overbearing. Two grown ass American adults had a nice dinner for about $ 30. I would definitely recommend this place and I am DEFINITELY going back.

We could not say enough about Lebanon’s Café! Absolutely loved this place! We visited it once on the first day of our trip to NOLA and again on the last day. If there weren’t so many awesome places to eat in town we would have visited more often.
We arrived in town late on Friday night and were starving so decided to take the streetcar down the line to see what was good. Lebanon’s Café seemed to be the most lively so we stopped in. Omg, it was like a whole other world in there! Very vibrant, young crowd drinking wine and laughing. It was so warm and friendly. They were short staffed and bumpin’ busy, but we didn’t mind.
Both times we rocked the bathenjan dip (which I am totally going to recreate at home… that is a sexy starter), then also ordered a spinach pie (on special), fattoush, eggplant sandwich, sautéed vegetable plate and chicken tecka. Honestly, everything was a home run for us. The flavours, portion sizes, the time it took to receive food at the table, the freshness, everything was spot on!

Quality of food is excellent as always but price has gone a little steep for my blood. I was used to the old menu which was much better, cheaper and diverse. This new slimmed down menu is good but the prices are not on par with other Mediterranean restaurants. In example you can get a gyro salad for $ 8 at a leading competitor and its $ 13 for the same salad here. The gyro sandwich is a joke because you can’t find the meat for all the bread. Mona’s may be a step down in quality but the cheaper price makes up for the small difference in quality.

The food is phenomenal. This is some of the best hummus that I’ve ever had. Very smooth and creamy. The fried cheese is tasty. I love the beef and chicken shawarma. Service was not great last night. We had to wait for drink refills. And finally saw the waitress to ask.
She took a while to give us more pita bread as well.

This place is delicious. I didn’t know what to expect since I never had Lebanese food before. I started off simple with the chicken kabobs plate. It came with salad, pita bread, and chicken with vegetables. I also had the Lebanese rose water. Amazing! Food came out fast and the service was pretty good. Would recommend!

Come here for your next Greek craving.
I have never sat inside when dining here so I can only talk about the outside seating. The outdoor seating is the
, and I just said that… Now that that’s over… You get the best scene with street cars passing by and quick service.
Street parking only so bring your patience. I’ve never had a huge issue finding a spot so I still continue to go.
Food is yummy and the portions are very generous. Although the pricing is slightly higher than the normal sandwich shop for only getting a gyro with no sides.

IMHO, the best hummus around. Seriously. I enjoy this particular spot being so close to the street car line.
It is a mix up of things they excel at versus the other Med places. With that said, all of it is yummy and cant go wrong with anything here. Staff is friendly and fast. The Lebanese tea is the shizzle.
Hopefully you can agree on a entrée with your guest because otherwise you will be bringing leftovers home. Its alot on every dish they have.

De-​lici-​ous! I decided on the combination kebab which was beef, chicken and lamb kebabs with sautéed onions. Comes with a side salad and side of hummus. My friend got chicken kebabs. The hummus is a 10! I only gave this a 4 because our waitress was a little scatterbrained. We were the first and only customers in there for the first half-​hour and it took her a while to come and get our order. She never came back to fill up our drinks and by the time she did we were done eating and waiting for our check. She walked off with our cards and came back and handed them to the wrong people (there was only two of us). Not to mention it was Josh and Lindsey. Not hard to confuse. Then she only gave us one mint, we attempted to do the «lady and the tramp» thing with the single mint, but no luck. :-)
Overall the food was amazing!

Lebanon’s has a lot going for it — it’s BYOB, the food is delicious, and it’s in a great uptown location.
I love Mediterranean food and although I recognize this is far from the best food of its kind in Nola, I’ve been to Lebanon’s quite a few times and always enjoyed it. The food is seasoned and cooked well, and although the prices are a bit higher than I’d like (~$ 15 for a plate), you get a TON of food. I’ve never finished a meal here and always take about half of the dish home with me. I recommend the lula (lamb) plate, which comes with hummus, pita, and a salad.
Service is decent but you may have to wait a bit on a weekend night.

My wife (who is Lebanese) and I came here for lunch one day expecting some authentic Lebanese food, but as soon as we walked in we saw the Egyptian décor and then had a look at the menu and had already decided this restaurant had very little to do with Lebanese cuisine. Nonetheless we decided to give it a try and sat ourselves… We waited for a couple minutes before any server approached us, we literally watched about four of them huddled around the cash register deciding who was going to take our table (we were very casually dressed and probably passed for college students in their mind). Bad start…
For appetizers we ordered the Halloumi cheese plate which was a great starter… And we also ordered the feta cheese & olive plate (which to my wife’s surprise was served without pita bread). When she asked if we could get some pita bread to eat the feta cheese and olives with, she was almost shunned by the server for asking such a thing, and she then seemed to reluctantly deliver. Strike two.
My wife ordered the lamb kabob plate which was highly recommended from my middle eastern friends, and I must say I can’t imagine there is anything better on the menu it was fantastic! Definitely one of the few bright moments in our dining experience. I ordered the combination kabob plate which comes with chicken kabob, beef shish kabob, and lula kabob (ground lamb with herbs & spices). I asked the server if I could pay to substitute the Lula kabob with Lamb kabob, and she went in the back to ask the chef/​owner and came back to tell me that they could not make that substitute (strike three)! I wasn’t very impressed with the combination plate and wished I had just ordered the lamb kabob plate. However at least the salad and hummus were enjoyable.
By the time we were finished with our meal the restaurant had filled up quite a bit since our arrival… We kind of got the sense that this place does high volume with a low level of service. The entire time we could hear the chef in the kitchen barking orders in Arabic and yelling at employees in English. Overall, very disappointed with our experience. Perhaps the owner should consider renaming the restaurant Cairo’s café… We will not be going back!

Unfortunately I have to drop a Star. And mostly because of Service. Food is still good although it appears to me the lunch I ordered was a smaller portion than I have enjoyed in the past.
Server took the order, brought the food, and appeared with the check after the meal was long finished. Iced Tea was long gone and there was no Thank You for a good tip even with the less than attentive service.
People like me judge a restaurant on Food and Service. Repeat business occurs when both are present and on a consistent basis.
Hoping this was just one person who is in the wrong profession and does not reflect the wait staff.

This was exactly as I expected but with fresher ingredients and a great atmosphere. Service could have been a little better maybe take on a little bit of a team approach it really makes a difference!

I’ve been known to lick the last of the labna from the plate. It’s that good.
Lebabnon’s is definitely on of my go-​to restaurants when no one in the family can decide on dinner because no matter what, it’s always good and satisfies everyone. I am a creature of habit and stick with the gyro plate while my husband switches it up and often gets the Sautéed Vegetable Plate which is delicious or the falafel which is decent. We always get the aforementioned labna and have also enjoyed the faul and kibby.
Seat yourself, we prefer inside, but al fresco is nice too and BYOB is awesome. I have been known to cart my box o’ wine from my house up the street.