Habibi Restaurant

Delicious :) if you like Middle Eastern food, just go!
The only important things to note is that Habibi is cash only and be prepared to be there longer than most places as starters and mains are quite staggered.

love going in here for the shisha, very relaxed and cool vibe. love it! the tea is great too.

Nice Persian restaurant offering delicious food! I thought the establishment itself was beautiful and had a charming Middle Eastern personality to it. The garden setting was my favorite area; next time, I will definitively go back there to partake in a shisha session hehe… A little indulgence here and there won’t hurt anyone!
My group opted to go for the Mezza to sample a variety of dishes: Hommous, Baba Ghanoujj, Salata Arabia, Warek Enab, falafel, and shawarma. The falafel and warek enab were my favorites. They also had flavorful baklava…
They don’t sell alcohol, but you’re welcome to bring your own. We brought wine and champagne since we were celebrating a friend’s PhD scholarship. Habibi simply charged a small corkage fee, and were very accommodating.

A cosy little Persian (BYOB) restaurant located away from the main pub and club strip in Coventry City centre, offering something a bit different in a town that is slowly being overrun with cookie cutter chains.
I’m terrible at choosing what to eat, especially when it all sounds so delicious! But Habibi’s helpfully offer a sharable set meal platter with a taster of most dishes, which is perfect for 2 – 3 to share. The menu is heavily meat based — all freshly marinated and grilled to order — but they also provide a vegetarian platter and mains, so there are plenty of options when in a group.
After your meal I fully recommend rounding off an evening meal with a fresh mint tea and a fruity shisha, lolling about on the floor cushions in the bedouin tent out in the back garden.

Great place! Been coming here for years but mainly to smoke shisha in the Garden. which is very cosy and homely arabic styled floor seating with a nice fire and cushions! The smoking area is cleverly covered by a huge tent and although legally it is classed outdoors, it has that nice indoor feeling and is a great place to relax and chill with friends come rain or shine! Owner is a friendly and kind lady! Habibi is a must!!!

Great arabic restaurant (it doesn’t pigeonhole itself more than that). Set in one of Far Gosford Street’s old buildings — occupying both ground and first floor, extended at the back and with a HUGE tent beyond that — it’s rather higgledy piggeldy with cushions, candles and carpets all around.
The food is awesome, particularly the range of veggie stuff on offer. It’s cheap too — I usually go in with one particular friend and order far too many dishes so have to sit for hours eating, drinking and chatting.
Some tables are ‘proper’ — you know, real seats at the proper height with backs and everything some of the areas are on the floor with huge cushions and squat tables, great for huddling around and making plans. The star of the show at Habibi’s though is the huge tent at the back, with a massive charcoal barbecue in the centre, where you can sit to eat and smoke shisha. Shoes off first though! Particularly good on a rainy night — it doesnt seem that the tent should be waterproof (it appears to be made from rugs), but it is.
It’s BYO here and there’s an off licence just opposite.

Good quality Arabic food, have extensive Mezza dishes, a large menu suitable for a lunch or dinner. A lovely outside seating area is provided, useful especially if you wish to partake in the smoking of Shisha pipes. Prices are variable, sandwiches etc. are very good value, the Mezza is more pricey, but all food is high quality and tasty.