Habibi's - Surry Hills

Wandered into Habibis after our dance session yesterday and found a nice little warming nook of a restaurant. The menu was large and with varied choices. For the three of us we chose a veggie mix plate, the lamb kofta with hummus and tabouli, a baba ganoush and the fattoush salad. Everything came quickly and was delicious. I think the order for the baba was mixed up as we actually recieved a hummus but it was really good. We were given a fantastically large amount of Lebanese bread which was soft. The veggie mix came with rice, beans, falafel, humus and eggplant. Everything was great on there, especially the beans which were in a tomato sauce. The salad was fine, made exciting with toasted bread and the lamb kofta were also good. It came to just over 20 bucks each which was great value for how much we ate.

We had a voucher for this place and when we arrived we were slightly hesitant - place seemed run down but it was clean despite this - Michael the owner was very welcoming - we had some excellent dishes - tabouli excellent, dips were great, the beans and rice perfect and the the meats were very tasty. We then had the falafel and lady fingers which were as good as any I've had elsewhere. We had the home made lemonade which was very refreshing. It just shows you can't judge a book by its cover! Very happy and will definitely pop back here

Service was ok. We got the vegetarian platter......... the felafels were very nice, lots of garlic. It seemed to be very popular for take-away. I thought the rice and lentil vegetarian dish was the best.

The food is what you would expect - tasty, too quick service, no atmosphere downstairs but they do have a nicer venue upstairs which I think is only used at weekends but I am not sure. We have eaten here three times and as we are vegetarian it is always the same selection of dishes as we buy the 'vegetarian banquet' on a voucher. Baklava and Turkish delight is included as dessert. The a la carte menu is quite large and varied.This time we tried the homemade lemon squash which was very good.

small cozy atmosphere makes it the perfect spot for a casual meal. The food is delicious and authentic, with generous portions at reasonable prices. The staff is friendly and attentive, adding to the overall enjoyable experience. Would definitely recommend checking out this hidden gem!