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Best Middle Eastern Restaurants

Around Brisbane

Feast on delectable Middle Eastern food at the best Turkish, Lebanese, Levant and Iranian restaurants around Brisbane. From no-frills hidden gems, mezze bars and glamorous vegetarian restaurants, to fire-powered and upmarket restaurants here's 20 of the best:

Ach Wine Bar Bistro
Ach Wine Bar Bistro Hamilton
A chic modern wine bar and bistro serving exquisite Levantine-inspired cuisine that is worth travelling for
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Za Za Ta
Za Ta Ta Fortitude Valley
Za Za Ta is an exotic oasis within Fortitude Valley's Emporium - a Middle Eastern restaurant and bar
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Little Beirut Bistro
Little Beirut Bistro, Indooroopilly
Little Beirut Bistro is a little slice of Lebanon located in Indooroopilly, offering modern-infused Mediterranean cuisine
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Mecca Bah
Mecca Bah Newstead, Gasworks Plaza, Brisbane
Mecca Bah is a lush Middle Eastern dining oasis in the heart of Newstead's Gasworks Plaza
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Olive Thyme Turkish Cuisine
Olive Thyme Turkish Cuisine Albion
Olive Thyme Turkish Cuisine is arguably Brisbane’s best Turkish restaurant, located in a gorgeous heritage-listed 1920’s Albion building
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Cedars Restaurant
Cedars Restaurant Milton
Cedars brings an authentic and delectable taste of the Middle East to Milton's Park Road dining precinct
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Downtown Istanbul
Downtown Istanbul Hawthorne
Downtown Istanbul is a cool contemporary Turkish restaurant on a leafy corner of a lively little dining precinct
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Farah Restaurant
Farah Restaurant is an oasis of traditional high-quality Persian cuisine in the inner-city suburb of Spring Hill.
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Little Aladdin
Large art mural at Little Aladdin Graceville
A colourful and cosy Turkish restaurant and bar serving up authentic Turkish cuisine and cocktails on Graceville's main dining precinct
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Baba Ganouj
Baba Ganouj Lebanese Restaurant, South Brisbane risbane
South Bank's beloved Lebanese restaurant, Baba Ganouj, has relocated to luxe new digs & has a dedicated shisha area
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Caravanserai
Caravanserai West End
This hilltop cottage lit by colourful Turkish lights and candles is an enduring Brisbane favourite
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Taste of Saffron
Taste of Saffron
Taste of Saffron is a Persian and Mediterranean restaurant serving authentic cuisine in Stones Corner
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The Green
The Green Fortitude Valley
A Middle Eastern inspired urban oasis serving breakfast and lunch daily from its leafy plant-filled home
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Istanbul 1923
Istanbul 1923 Kedron
Istanbul 1923 brings an authentic and delicious taste of Turkey to the north-side suburb
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Watany Manoushi Lebanese Foods
Watany Manoushi
Watany Manoushi Lebanese Foods, found tucked away in Palmdale Shopping Centre is an authentic Middle Eastern bakery, cafe and grocery store
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Babylon Brisbane
Babylon Brisbane
A stunning riverside dining oasis inspired by the once-thriving ancient metropolis of Babylon
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ēmmē
ēmmē Fortitude Valley
ēmmē is a stunning light-filled diner dishing up an ever-evolving menu, breathtaking interiors and exceptional brews on James Street
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No No's Lebanese Food
Woman at counter of No No's Lebanese in Red Hill
A colourful and basic Lebanese eatery that has been on this bend of Waterworks Road since time immemorial
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Tarbouche Mezza Bar
Tarbouche Mezze Bar West End
A cool subterranean Middle Eastern restaurant and mezze bar on a bustling street corner of South Brisbane.
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Authentic Char Grill & Kebab
Authentic CharGrill & Kebab Turkish Bardon
The quaint hilltop eatery is serving up the best Turkish street food to be found in Brisbane
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Naim
Naim, Paddington
Naim brings the exquisite taste of modern Middle East-inspired cuisine to a quaint corner shop on a Paddington hilltop
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Babylon Restaurant & Lounge
Babylon Restaurant & Lounge Moorooka
Dishing up traditional Iraqi cuisine from its home tucked away on Moorooka's main shopping strip.
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Zeitoon Restaurant
Zeitoon Moorooka

Tucked away in Moorooka is this gem of a popular Persian and Afghani BBQ restaurant serving delectable authentic cuisine

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Gerards

The ultra chic moodily-lit restaurant off James Street serves exquisite Middle Eastern cuisine that combines ancient with modern

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Mado Restaurant

A South Bank institution, Mado has been dishing up traditional Turkish cuisine in a charming al fresco setting for over ten years now

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Image credits:

Zeitoon courtesy of Zeitoon Facebook page

Gerards courtesy of Gerards Facebook page

Mado courtesy of Mado website.

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