Em Nabil’s Lebanese Kitchen

REALLY good! Love that this is so local to me. Really authentic and really lovely staff. Great for dine in or take away.

Love the food, the service and the blonde. Close to trains bus and ferry but restricted parking nearby. Must try the fish in tahini sauce.

Had dinner here Wednesday 10^th June 2015. I have been dinning in Lebanese restaurants since the 1970s from Cleveland street to Lakemba. This ranks as one of the best for both quality and value. As we sat down a beautiful charming lady served us a big bowl of olives and pickled green chillies plus a large plate of flat bread. We ordered two «mixed plates «one of chicken and the other bbq lamb @ $ 23 each. Within 8 minutes they arrived on our table. We were suprised at the large size of these meals. Both came with generous servings of fresh tabouleh, baba ganoush, houmos, spiced rice, falafels, chicken and lamb. The chicken and lamb were cooked to perfection both succulent and tender. We couldnt eat it all and had to take much if it home. Dont be put off by the plain décor of this restaurant. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban live in the high rise apartments next door. When they are in town they have been seen dining here.

I’m fairly certain this is the best baba ganoush I’ve ever had. It has a nice smokiness to it. The falafel was also pretty dern delicious. I suggest going with the platters as they are an excellent value and give you a good variety of food.

Lebanese food is never especially daring or brilliant, and I didn’t expect that of Em Nabil’s. If you’ve eaten much of what Sydney has to offer in this particular cuisine — and it’s a city with heaps to offer — you’ll know the basics: flatbreads with hummus and smokey baba ghanoush, pickles and bright taboulis, koftas and crunchy falafels. It’s not pained at all, it’s easy and generous and, at its best, it makes you feel leaving fed-​well, happy and wholesome, like you’ve just had a big family dinner.
Em Nabil’s fails all that in one drastic way, in that a lot of the dishes — particularly anything not offered as part of their platters — is designed to make you feel not like family, but like a customer. And a sucker of a customer at that.
Sure, Milson’s Point isn’t Arnecliffe or Merrylands. The rent’s higher here, right? The locals are happy to pay for simply-​cooked food with a foreign name because they’re not really sure what they’re going to be getting and, hell, that just might be how much it costs. But you can’t charge $ 14 for about half an eggplant, thickly sliced and cooked unappetisingly in vegetable oil. You can’t charge $ 30 for a serve each of tabouli and falafels. Such dishes are basic and prepared simply, with little posture — served on a bed of iceberg — and are, almost universally, a rort.
If you’re in the area and desperate for a Lebanese fix, there’s frankly not many alternative options immediately at hand. Grab one of the platters and you’ll probably leave feeling happy enough. But venture off that beaten path, into the menu proper, at your own wallet’s peril. A much better beaten path to venture off is CityRail’s — I know a place in Arnecliffe…

Excellent Lebanese cuisine for less than $ 20 and meal platters starting at $ 15! For dinner? Yes please!
I ordered Farrouj Meshwi — Lebanese Garlic Chicken ($ 16) and completely brilliant Lubiya — Black Eyed Pea Stew ($ 14)
Overall, delicious food and extra friendly service. I’ll most definitely be back!
5 Stars!