Alicia's Lebanese Cafe
- Warren Street (map of this place)
- W1T 5NA
- Early (7am?) to about 10pm, but generally a bit later if busy. Closed Sunday.
- Nearby Tube stops: Warren Street / Great Portland Street / Regent's Park
Food
Superb Lebanese food - a huge choice of dishes, served with lots of attention to presentation. Very good for vegetarians, with plenty of salads and bean dishes to choose from. And because the meze format allows for lots of little dishes, it's possible to have just a couple of meat dishes for meat lovers. "Main" dishes (enough for two/three) are around �9, meze dishes range from �3 to �6. All good value, lots of side bits tend to appear (bread, olives, etc).
For early risers, there's also an English breakfast (~ �4) However, the Lebanese breakfast is better, cheaper and probably much healthier: hot mashed beans with bread and salad (better than it sounds). The latter option for breakfast is also available all day.
I've eaten there many times and have never been disappointed. Calling it a cafe would be a disservice to the quality of the food, but a restaurant sounds more stuffy than it really is - so I suppose it is something in-between.
Drinks
Lebanese beer and wine, neither fantastic but fairly cheap. Excellent home-made fruit drinks - the strawberry one is great.
Service and Ambience
Family run, welcoming and friendly. The proprieter has just published a book containing all her recipies for the dishes on the menu, plus lots of interesting background on life in Lebanese culture. Good value for 10 quid.
Layout
One large room, flexible chairs and tables plus seating outside in the sun on good days.
Facilities
Toilet downstairs.
Parties welcome and well looked after.