Good value Middle Eastern in central London

[benjj]

Has anyone got any tips?

I'm in town this weekend (free weekend given as a gift) with my wife but we're totally & utterly broke.

I lived in Beirut for a while and we're both still crazy for Lebanese (& Turkish) food. Only problem is I don't have the sheckels for a decent outing to our usual haunts.

Has anyone been to Yalla Yalla (http://www.yalla-yalla.co.uk/) or any of the other 'street food' type places?

We'll make a trip to Comptoir Libanais for lunch on Saturday but any other suggestions would be most welcome for Friday evening.

Cheers all.

[benjj]

Thanks Egg.

I know Tas well, must have spent hundreds of hours in their various places over the years. Will look at Maroush, cheers.

Edgeware Rd not a bad call, especially for the 'budget' element of things.

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matrignano said:

Yalla Yalla is good. Very difficult to find a table in the Soho one though, avoid peak hours during the weekend.

Good to know, thanks.

We'll dodge Soho, I saw there was one in W1 not too far from the Comptoir Libanais behind Regent Street.

Really can't wait, up here in the Dales we're a bit light on Middle Eastern tuck. They even hate people from the next county, never mind weird looking brown people

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f1_dragon said:

Levant is pretty good.

http://www.levant.co.uk/

I like it there but sadly well out of budget

[benjj]

Thanks gents. We've decided we'll do Tas for lunch on Friday, Comptoir Libanais on Fri night and Yalla Yalla Sat lunch.

Have done Tas and Comptoir many times before but will update on Yalla. Bring on the Taouk!