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Our story: Edinburgh's first Lebanese restaurant

Waitress carrying dishes outside the Beirut Restaurant facade. Food photography by Gorka Di Capitan (gorkadicapitan.com).

Since August 2010

  • 2010 Edinburgh's first Lebanese restaurant

  • 90 Seats

  • 21 Private room

Warm interior with arches and lanterns at Beirut Restaurant, shot by Gorka Di Capitan (gorkadicapitan.com)
Flames rising from a pan in the Beirut Restaurant kitchen. Photographed by Gorka Di Capitan (gorkadicapitan.com).

We opened Beirut in August 2010. It was the first Lebanese restaurant in Edinburgh, and we are still in the same place on Nicolson Square, a few minutes' walk from the Royal Mile.

Everything is made from scratch in our kitchen, to family recipes. The meat and the vegetables go over a charcoal grill, which is where the smoky taste comes from. All our meat is halal, and a good part of the menu is vegetarian or vegan.

Most tables order a few mezze to share and something from the grill. Some people drop in for a quick plate. Others stay all evening and finish with mint tea or a shisha on the terrace.

You can order through Deliveroo too. We still think the food is best here, straight off the grill.

“We make food that makes people happy.”

Private dining

The restaurant seats up to 90 guests, and the private room takes up to 21. We host birthdays, work dinners and family get-togethers, with sharing menus for the whole table.

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Lebanese restaurant in Nicolson Square, Old Town Edinburgh, five minutes from the Royal Mile, next to the University of Edinburgh and the Festival Theatre.