No No’s

Delicious salads and bread. Picked up a huge tub of dips and salads which are all made in house

Very good — bordering on excellent. The kebab was terrific — love the hint of cardamom, the crispness of the pita, the tabouleh, all great. The kafta was a bit too salty, the Bassma Pistachio we tried didn’t taste fresh (I will give them a break though on this as we were visiting right after the holiday) and something about the falafel wasn’t quite right or I would have given them a solid 5 stars. That being said, everything was really quite good and we’d happily return. The store itself is also very inviting with a small middle eastern ingredient section and lots of yummy things to explore. A great find.

Mmmhh. We went there for take away and didn’t order a kebab, which in turn seems to mean the food is just given to you cold and soggy. Also asked for some bread and they told us to buy an entire bag from their grocery section instead if just giving is some bread. Paid 29 bucks for cold food that wasn’t that great.

Went here with some colleagues who raved about the place (they made a considerable detour even on the way back from work to the city to stop here for lunch). The falafel was dry, the fried zucchini too oily. The total lack of ambiance didn’t help. So, I have to agree with the only other negative review here: Disappointing (and I hadn’t even seen the extremely positive Unilocal reviews at the time).
I’ll probably go back another time to see if I was wrong, unlucky, or both.

I am so in love with the food at No No’s I want to move house closer to it!
Some establishments don’t need long reviews to emphasise how truly wonderful they are, No No’s is of those places. You can spend $ 3 on a kebbi and be satisfied or you can go all out and never taste anything less that pure quality, authentic, delicious Lebanese cuisine!
No No’s is a must try, it’ll become a favourite for deserts, snacks and meals, it’s real delight!

For the price range here ($ 9 for a filling kebab), this is 5 star value. This is also one of the only places I will buy a kebab. No where in sight are the bizarre rotating trunks of greasy fake meat.
The «Shish kabab» is made with eye fillet lamb and beef, hummus, lettuce, tabouli, onion and tomato. Similarly the lamb kebi are not greasy and clearly made with high quality fresh mince.
Don’t look past the fresh salad range and sweet pastries! Absolutely worth stopping for every time you’re in the area. Classic. Oh, and cash only.

No No’s has delicious, unpretentious food and very reasonable prices. I could honestly live on their felafel kebabs forever. Don’t go here for ambiance (hey, we’re vegetarian: we have a pretty high tolerance for bad interior decorating), but the food makes up for any shortcomings in décor. Most of what they have (except for the meats, oddly enough) is vegan (including a DELICIOUS garlic potato salad), so there’s plenty to choose from, though I imagine the desserts are made with butter and honey (though I haven’t checked so can’t be sure!). Parking is a bit of a pain, especially if you’re not coming outbound on Musgrave Rd, so probably park wherever you can nearby and walk over.

Way too much drench in oil in my opinion. Ive been to plenty lebanese takeouts and none are as unsatisfying as this one.
Though i have been told this is the best lebanese in town, however i have to wholeheartedly disagree here.
Its good if your starving and in dire need of a kebab, but dont expect to want to go back in a hurry.
On the other side, the staff are friendly enough.

Nos Nos was a much spoken about place with almost mythical qualities and whispers of «you have to try» for many years before I began working in Red Hill and had easy access to visit Nos Nos.
The area is pretty baron for work-​lunch delights but Nos Nos never fails to deliver on their kebabs (you’ll get change from $ 10!) which are fresh, delicious and if you’re lucky are big enough to stretch to two meals.
I’m quite fond of the Lamb Kofta.
Fancy something for you and a date? Try their meat plates which for about $ 25 are a bargin.

Having grown up in the adjoining suburb Paddington, Red Hill icon No No’s was a childhood favourite of mine and a good cheap standby for the family takeaway dinners. It was likely my first introduction to ‘real’ Middle Eastern food (if you discount the odd dodgy doner kebab) and I couldn’t have asked for a better initiation.
Inflationary pressures notwithstanding, the kebabs here have always been that dollar or two cheaper than your food court kebab and SO much better. The chicken would have to be one of my favourites, featuring tender luscious nuggets of chicken breast in a tangy tahini dressing. Their Lebanese bread really makes the dish sing too — it’s perfectly chewy and pliable enough to contain the kebab’s voluminous filling.
You can buy the bread and their signature dips to take home, as there’s also a scrumpotious range of sweets on offer. Try the Katafi Pistachio — ground sweetened pistachios melded between layers of traditional Lebanese katafi rice noodle pastry. Delicious!

Is there anyone in Brisbane who doesn’t love No No’s? Seriously. I think we all know that no matter how many Valley or city kebabs we drunkenly eat, the original and the best can be found nowhere else but here. No No’s is one of a small, select group of Brisbane institutions that has been around forever, loved forever, and (fingers crossed) seems like it will never leave us. The kind owners are such familiar faces to me after all these years and even when I haven’t been past in a while, I always feel like a regular.
I blame No No’s for my off-​putting snobbery when it comes to Lebanese food. Before Middle Eastern food became a thing in Brisbane we were all noshing down on their kebbis, kebabs, and felafels and so when the Lebanese craze took off some of us were hard to please. ‘Not as good as No No’s’ was the oft-​heard remark in these new establishments. There is still nowhere, NOWHERE I tell you, that does tabbouleh the way the No No’s family does. And the prices! God, it feels like exploitation sometimes because everything here is so cheap. The dollar to delicious ratio here is about as good as you’ll find anywhere else in Brisbane. Even as a few of the longstanding stores along this strip have closed their doors and been replaced by chains (does anyone remember Wee Willie Winkie’s? It’s a Spar or something now. His candle used to light up, remember?!), No No’s stands strong. Keep on trucking, No No’s!

I love No No’s. It gets an extra star from me simply for consistency — this place has been churning out top of the line Lebanese (from an unchanging menu) since I moved out of home to Paddington in 1998.
The vegetarian kebbi’s are amazing (AMAZING) but they sell out quick so grab one. The baba ganoush and hummus are up there with A1 bakery in Brunswick, Melbourne (if you know what I’m talking about I’ll just assume you’ve just dropped your computer to run to No No’s NOW).
If you can’t be bothered cooking for a few days, get some of the cold dishes. They’ll let you mix and match in the same container so you don’t need to buy massive amounts of each. I usually go some of the green beans and tomatoes, the chick peas and eggplant and the brown rice and lentils with crispy onions on top.
The kebabs are also outstanding and damn cheap. Oh and of course you can pick up mega discount packets of Lebanese bread to go with their dips and the salads.
My one gripe is that sometimes the baklava isn’t as syrupy as I like (I drench mine when I make it) but it’s made from cashews so that balances it out.
God I think I need to go grab a kebbi right now…

No No’s has definitely established a bit of a cult following for itself over the years and I’ve lost count of the amount of people who have recommended the place to me. It reached the point, in fact, that I was convinced that no matter how good no no’s proved to be there was no way in which it could live up to my inflated expections so I just never went. It wasn’t until a friend of mine pointed out the ridiculousness of this boycott that I bit the bullet and got myself some Red Hill Lebanese. And while it wasn’t the life changing experience some had built it up to be but it was still pretty damn good.
Authentic is the word I would use to describe the fare served up at No No’s with everything being made up in store by the experienced staff. My first venture in I shared a platter and while it was delicious I had been prepped to expect more. I did return only days later, however, and tried one of their kebabs. And, at the risk of sounding hyperbolic, it is the best kebab I’ve ever had in Brisbane. But don’t let that put you off.

I can’t avoid the hyperbolic claim that’s coming: NO NO’S IS THE BEST LEBANESE IN BRISBANE. They make everything in store. All home made goods. Everything is dairy free, and most things are gluten free. Holy smokes!
When I first moved out of home and started going to uni, I’ll admit, perhaps I struggled to look after myself. Ever cooking anything more than Mi goreng was out of the question. This is where No No’s came in. The people at No No’s became parents to me. They would always feed me, and it would never cost me more than I could afford on my meagre student wage. You can exist on kebbi for at least a week. They’re $ 2.70 a pop. Kebabs? They’re an entire meal, and for only $ 7.00. If you want to take some No No’s home with you, they’ve got loads of salads and dips, the small sizes costing only $ 5.00! I’ll have some chickpea and eggplant, lentils and rice, some hommus, and baba ganoush– thanks!
Fact: No No’s hommus is second to none, by miles. That creamy, rich, almost velvety texture, that mild and perfect tang… For naysayers of hommus, you know, the «it doesn’t taste like anything» people– come to No No’s and have a finger full of this stuff. You might cry because you’ve never experienced something as beautiful as this before.
If you go there with someone, you’d do well to try out the platters. There’s the vego or meat option (both the same price, YES! $ 23.00) and they are fantastic. You’ll both walk away full as googs. Don’t ever feel like the annoying customer here– «can I have this instead of that, and without that please. Also, can you toast that?» No No’s are cool with modifications.
On your way out, be sure to grab a sweetie. They’ve got a lot to choose from and they’re all divine.
I have nothing else to say except, just come here. Experience it for yourself.