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During our visit to the old town went also to one of the famous sweet-shops Raf-at Hallab Fils and tried the famous local sweets.
For dinner we went to Al-Mina. There are a lot of restaurants and street shops at the Corniche opposite the fishing harbour.
We just sat on the side walks and had nice and varied snacks with bread, vegetables, chicken or shoarma and salads. The fresh fruitjuice with at top strawberries, almonds, cream and honey was really delicious.
Updated Oct 14, 2003
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The restaurant is.. well, just a simple restaurant. Definitely not the one we were looking for (the Wardeh restaurant), but since neither we nor taxi-drivers could find it, we ended up in the nearest place we could find: Restaurant Damoun.
Favorite Dish: The restaurant serves only mezzes: we had 4 different ones: 2 cold and 2 warm ones. They were ok, but not special. The hummus was unhappily swimming in oil. OK if you're starving, otherwise you'd better pass on
Written Jan 5, 2004
Address: Tripoli/Trablos
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Rafaat Hallab & Sons is the best place to eat Tripoli's famous Arab sweets, which are actually small cakes, not candy. They are perhaps most famous for their baklava and maamoul. They started making sweets in 1881 and now export them worldwide. The interior is bright and modern.You can buy a mixed assortment to eat on the premises or you can buy a package to take out. You pay according to the weight.
The staff are very helpful and friendly, and are clearly used to seeing lots of foreign visitors.
Updated Jan 10, 2009
Address: Hallab Bldg., Tall St., Tripoli
Phone: (+961)6 444411
Website: http://www.hallab.com/
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Tripoli is very well known for it's sweets and Rafaat Hallab & Sons is the best place to experience them. With multiple locations - the one nearest Tell Square the easiest to find - you'd be selling yourself short if you did not try it out. Grab some coffee or tea and pick something.
Menus are in English and Arabic.
Favorite Dish: something, something Tripolitian...didn't write the name down :-P
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Tell Street
Phone: (+961)6 44 44 11
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In Tripoli, you will find no better example of a local spot than this as far as the cafes go. Fillds with mostly old men playing cards and smoking nargilleh, its rustic nature reassures you of the fact that you are where you are - far away from home. The gritty interior will go perfectly with your coffee or tea. Inexpensive and untainted, it's definitely worth the LL1,500 for a tea, just to be able to sit and soak it all in.
Just be aware though...this is pretty much a mens only joint. There were no women inside and I am not sure exactly what the reaction would be if any foreign ones wandered in. Might as well give it a shot though...but who knows...be prepared for staring to occur.
Updated Mar 24, 2006
Address: Tell Street
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Compared to Rafaat Hallab & Sons, this place is a little bit swankier with just as good a selection. The interior is cleaner than the Tell Square location for Rafaat, more thought out, and simply more attractive.
Written Mar 18, 2006
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Touted as the best seafood in town, it certainly better be at these prices. One fish alone will clip you nearly $40 if it is the right one. When I asked for a recommendation, the waiter actually took me to the kitchen and showed me the fish available. I picked one, they weighed it to show me it's size, and then it was prepared whole. Overall it was a bit stuffier than I'd usually go for. But the setup was decent and the service was excellent. It seems more a place for an older crowd and the monied.
Written Mar 18, 2006
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If you want a local joint, my guess is this is as good a one to check out as any other. The menu is ONLY in Arabic. So I just pointed to a picture for my lunch and pointed to some script for my drink. The food was very good as was the fresh juice.
When taking the bus in from Beirut, it is the very vibrantly colorful restaurant with large glass windows on the left side of the street. Goodyear Tires are on the other side of the street.
Written Mar 19, 2006
Phone: 06-424433
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I only had orange juice here. The name of the place made me laugh because of the Hooters restaurants in the United States. This one of course is in no way similar to the American version.
The chef was very talkative with me. He read the whole menu to me in order to practice his English.
Written Apr 2, 2006
Phone: 06 222270
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It was 1100 when we asked one of the money-changers on the main street where we could find somewhere to eat. We were looking for somewhere with lebanese foul and hummus.
The directions given seems long and complicated (I only got the gist of half of it, being somewhat slow with my Arabic), but a few streets later and a couple more sets of directions .... there it was!!!
The decor was a few old posters, the ever-present Lebanese flag and some regulars. But it felt friendly and the room was light and airy.
Favorite Dish: Favourite dish?? Well the set menu consisted of piping hot foul, hummus, soft fresh arabic bread and fresh/pickled vegetables. All the food was yummy and it was interesting to sit and watch the other customers and people passing by.
Written Sep 24, 2005
Address: Downtown near Gold Souk
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