Best Lebanese Restaurants in Dubai: Seven Tables for Seven Kinds of Meal

Dubai’s Lebanese dining scene isn’t one long row of hummus and grills. You can make a quick counter stop, come for a breakfast spread with the coffee already included, settle into a full mezze-and-grill menu, or order a box of miniature shawarma for a group. These seven picks are organized around those different plans, with prices tied to the menu and branch that actually publishes them.

Al Mallah: when a Lebanese meal means a fast stop

Al Mallah’s Dubai story starts in 1979 as a juice shop; the operator describes the present-day draw as a quick bite or a Lebanese-style dinner, served in its distinctive street-facing setting or packed to go. For a small, no-fuss order, its Dubai ordering portal lists regular chicken shawarma at AED10 and meat at AED11. The online menu view does not name one specific branch, so check the ordering options for your address rather than reading those prices as a universal table menu.

Al Mallah also appears in DubaiTable’s narrower under-AED50 and shawarma guides. Here, its purpose is the quick Lebanese counter meal within a wider cuisine choice; the article does not repeat a size-by-size shawarma comparison.

Al Safadi: the broad, dependable Lebanese table

Al Safadi is the easy choice when the group wants to build a meal out of familiar Lebanese categories rather than commit to one set format. The operator describes its menu around breakfast, mezze, shawarma, grills and hot dishes, and lists branches including Motor City, Sheikh Zayed Road, Rigga, Umm Al Sheif and Dubai Festival City. That spread makes it a practical neighborhood pick, not a single-destination splurge.

For a current, location-specific price cue, the Motor City Deliveroo menu lists shish tawouk at AED60 and mixed grill at AED98. Treat those as delivery prices for that branch. They tell you the rough menu tier, not what the same dishes cost at the table or at another outlet.

Al Beiruti: make breakfast the main event

At Al Beiruti, breakfast arrives with its own sharing logic. The operator’s UAE-wide menu lists a Lebanese breakfast platter at AED88 for two, with eggs, labneh, kashkaval, feta, eggplant fatteh, hummus, foul, vegetables, fig jam, carob molasses and halawa, plus two Lebanese coffees or teas. The Arabic breakfast platter is also AED88 for two; the grand version is AED168 for four. These platters are served until 13:00, and the menu says prices are subject to 5% VAT. It does not confirm that each Dubai branch uses the same price, so check the Dubai Hills menu before going.

The brand calls itself a Lebanese restau-café and describes an all-day rhythm, from morning manakoushé to lunch and evening shisha. Choose it when breakfast is the occasion or when your table wants the comfort of a café menu alongside its Lebanese dishes. Dubai Hills Mall is one of the operator-confirmed Dubai branches.

Bait Maryam: Levantine home cooking, stated honestly

Bait Maryam earns a place for a different kind of food story, but the label matters: the restaurant describes itself as a Levantine kitchen and a “melting pot” of Middle Eastern comfort food, not a Lebanese-only restaurant. Its menu ranges from manakeesh and fatteh to freekeh, kibbeh bel laban and dishes cooked in clay pots. Chef Salam Dakkak’s account of the region and its food is part of the restaurant’s own identity.

At the JLT West Deliveroo listing, Fatet Maryam Muskhan is AED54 and mixed grill AED89. Those prices belong to that named delivery listing. The operator also lists a JLT branch and a City Centre Mirdif branch; check the menu and terms for the location you plan to visit. Pick this one if a wider Levantine home-cooking menu is welcome in your Lebanese search.

Em Sherif Café: Downtown, from daytime into the night

Em Sherif Café is an all-day Lebanese café built around family traditions and Lebanese rituals, with a contemporary touch in the operator’s own description. The Downtown branch is at The Heritage Hotel, Autograph Collection, and the operator lists daily hours from 10:00 to 02:00. That makes it an option for a later meal when a conventional lunch window has passed.

The Downtown Deliveroo menu lists Taouk at AED72.80 and Hummus Snoubar at AED53.80. These are delivery-platform rates for the Downtown listing, not a promise of the same dine-in bill. Em Sherif Café also has a Jumeirah branch, so use the branch details rather than assuming the Downtown menu applies everywhere.

Al Hallab: Lebanese dining with a Tripoli sweets heritage

Al Hallab’s story begins in Tripoli in 1881 as a family bakeshop, and the Dubai operation now pairs Lebanese restaurant menus with a sweets legacy. Its Dubai Mall restaurant is on the Second Floor; the operator lists it separately from Al Hallab Bab El Bahr, its Levantine seafood concept on Burj Dubai Boulevard. The distinction helps: choose the Dubai Mall restaurant for a broad Lebanese meal, and don’t mistake the separate sweets shop or seafood concept for the same offer.

For a group order, the current Dubai Mall Deliveroo menu lists a mixed shawarma gathering box with 12 mini sandwiches for AED82. That is a delivery box, not a per-person dine-in package. The restaurant’s current dine-in menu pricing wasn’t verifiable from the accessible sources, so check the linked branch menu or call before you use it to budget a table meal.

BeBabel: Lebanese lunch by the sea

BeBabel is a Palm Jumeirah restaurant at Club Vista Mare. Its published menu leans into the setting without making the menu itself a beach-access promise: the operator describes Lebanese food on an open-air deck with sea views, as well as an indoor terrace. The August 2026 menu lists mixed grill at AED120 and says its prices include 5% VAT and the 7% municipality fee. It is open daily from noon to midnight. Go here when a Palm-side lunch or dinner is part of the plan; check the reservation details for your table.

Choosing between them

For a fast order, Al Mallah has the lowest visible price point in this list. Al Beiruti publishes the clearest two-person breakfast spread; Al Safadi gives you several Dubai neighborhoods and a broad Lebanese menu. Em Sherif Café keeps Downtown open late, while Al Hallab’s branch listing gives groups a specifically sized mini-sandwich box. BeBabel pairs a Palm-side setting with current menu prices that already include its stated taxes and fees. Bait Maryam belongs in the conversation if you are happy to include a wider Levantine kitchen.

Menus, hours and prices can change. Confirm the branch, ordering channel, meal time and any applicable charges in the operator’s current menu or booking flow before travelling or paying.

Menu and offer details checked 7 October 2026. Delivery-platform prices are labelled by branch and kept separate from operator dine-in menus.