Mounir Restaurant

Never disappoints! Fresh garden picked tomatoes. The best Lebanese food! Dishes are consistent and great attentive service. The atmosphere is relaxing with great views, it’s spacious and has a playground. Surrounded by greenery and flowers.

One of the best lebanese restaurants. It never disappoints. The staff are very friendly and welcoming. The food from mezze to bbq is tasty. Must try 🍽️: Fattoush Kebbe nayyeh Batata harra Bbq platter Warak enab Hommos Make sure to book a table with a view of the greenary and coast ❤️

It was lunchtime on a Spring day in early May and we arrived at Mounir restaurant. My friend parked her car within centimeters of a towering jasmine hedge so that I opened the car door straight onto fragrant white blooms.This is the loveliest welcome one could hope to have at any restaurant, yet alone one at a mountain side in Lebanon, a place of antiquity that holds one of the oldest country names in the world in continuous reference and reverence and yet at the same time gives startlingly fresh and ethereal dining experiences. As I followed the artistic floral path of jasmine,geranium and other horticultural delights to the restaurant’s main door, I peaked between the pathway's foliage and there I saw what can only be described as a breathtaking tent with tables and chairs elegantly awaiting our arrival… smart waiters in the grand space perfecting flourishes here and there. To the one side of the restaurant, diners overlook a terraced slope where produce is grown and to the other end seating is alongside a rock garden with murmuring water feature...a thoughtful outdoor experience comfortably indoors. One should go to Lebanon in May just to be seated at Mounir, to almost fall into a jasmine hedge on entering and then to simply have a bowl of equally fragrant mint leaves placed in front of you on a very crisp tablecloth on a very long table by a very grand waiter. Wow. A symphony of delights continues in Lebanese style with one fresh plate after the next, after the next until the table is filled with dishes like artichoke and hindbeh , purslane with toasted pine nuts on humus , potatoes with coriander, meat and cheese rolls, stuffed aubergines ……each thing to be enjoyed for itself as something perfect in itself , or layered in a progression of flavours. The service is impeccable, the finesse is exquisite. Even the bread , markouk bread ,was held up to the mountain light by my Lebanese friend as if it were a hand spun textile. Who even needs dessert in Lebanon when one has filigreed bread or a bowl of sweet onions that can be eaten neat ;) We left Mounir to my friend’s mountainside home, another corner of another cliff away, another hospitality awaiting us. Any lunchtime experience in Lebanon is where food, friendships and generosity effortlessly persist.

Visited the restaurant twice , last august and November , id like to share my experience Food overall is really fresh and great , one of the greatest in Lebanon , atmosphere could be better with some Lebanese music , The restaurant is really overpriced compared to other same concept restaurants , in my both times the waiters were really annoying and kept interrupting us to seek for tips , in both times when we paid they didn’t return back the change , valet parking is also annoying , they will always tell u pay whatever you want , and that’s really embarrassing , either the waiters are not getting paid what they deserve or they’re just being greedy . Lastly you will never get a good table unless you know the manager , it’s always (fully booked) although you call several hours in advance , when you get there and ask to be moved to a different table the answer will be it’s reserved , both visits we were there for more than two hours and the table kept empty , you will never offered a dessert or fruits after food like any other restaurant although prices are double , even the coffee guy will insist to be tipped 🤣 , and the shisha is really bad The waiters really knows how to embarrass the customer especially if you go as a couple in order to seek for tips .

Mounir Mounir Mounir.... Everyone makes you feel unwelcome, from the person you speak to on the phone, to the waiter, to the coffee server. The food is average, nothing special for the reputation or the prices, I've tasted much nicer like Mhanna Aamsheet. No fruit or desert offering, unlike every other Lebanese restaurant, you don't even get offered a coffee is you didn't tip right. Not recommended, go to a restaurant that value you.