Habibi USA Lake Buena Vista

Good food overall. Excellent babaganosh w/​a slightly smokey character. Nice hummus. Excellent toom. Overcooked chicken. Decent price. Our kids enjoyed it (7 and under), but i imagine many similar aged children would not.

This place is closed. I’m not sure when they shut down since the last reviewer was dated in December. Maybe they reviewed the wrong location? I’ve tried the Metro West location prior and I loved it. I was delighted to find the sit down version of it… which no longer exists. When I arrived on location and discovered the restaurant vacant I asked the Gift Shop owner next to door and he said that Habibi has been closed for awhile now and that a French restaurant will replace it. I was super disappointed since I went online and everything to look at the menu. The online site still considers the Palm Pkwy location it’s main one which is confusing since it no longer exists.

Dining at Habibi was such a treat during our vacation in Orlando! I love Lebanese food so my best friend (who happens to be Lebanese) introduced me to this restaurant, giving it rave reviews. Obviously I trust her judgement and Habibi did not disappoint one bit.
The restaurant itself is beautiful inside and out. It was a particularly hot day so we chose to eat inside. It was very clean, the tables were elegantly adorned with white table cloths and the atmosphere was relaxing.
Our server was excellent. He was attentive through the meal, answered all our questions (my boyfriend and I had many) and offered suggestions based on our likes and dislikes.
We decided to have a meal of appetizers so we could samples as many items as possible from the menu. It was an absolutely scrumptious meal, one that I’m still thinking about today. Between the three of us we had the hummus, baba ganoush, lebneh, mohamara, fattoush, arayes, grape leaves, tabbouleh, shish kabob… and I think something else, but it’s all a delicious blur at this point. I honestly have no criticism about anything we ate — I enjoyed every single bite I put into my mouth and would recommend any of these dishes.
If you are looking for a place to eat off the beaten path of Disney World and American food chains I HIGHLY recommend you consider Habibi. I can’t wait until I’m back in Orlando so I can eat here again!

Excellent food excellent service very unusual sausage dish, the soujek!

We enjoyed a very pleasant meal at Habibi. As the weather was nice, the three of us dined in the covered patio area. It was quiet and relaxing, with just a couple of other tables occupied in the patio.
The owner suggested we have the Lebanese Maza, a selection of seven or eight appetizers plus grilled meats. While not cheap ($ 30 per person), it was great to taste so many different dishes. The servings were more than generous, and we left with enough food for the three of us to have another meal.
We tried a bottle of Lebanese red wine, which was, well, okay.
Service (by the owner) was friendly, and he explained each dish, though so far as we could tell Lebanese food consists of just the typical Middle Eastern dishes such as hummus, tabouleh, falafel, kababs, etc.
But we enjoyed dinner very much and would recommend this restaurant to others.

Good prices, good food. A real hidden gem in the chain restaurant wasteland that is Orlando. Kinda got the feeling that they don’t get much business when I was the only person in the place at 7 pm on a Friday so the ambience leaves something to be desired.

Excellent food, and very accommodating service
we went on a dead night, but everything was to the 9s and quite reasonable compared to other places just outside the orlando area
the turkish coffee was particularly interesting if you want a real caffeine buzz, but don’t expect to leave in a hurry, the coffee cups are the size of an espresso shot

Went on a friday night. The place was empty. Food was nothing to write home about. Dissappointed that they don’t serve shawerma sandwiches at that location seeing that that was the whole reason we drove there. Waiter was very aggressive and made us uncomfortable. It was too expensive for what you get. Not tasty, dry meat, either overcooked, or meat was undercooked (raw). Really dissapointing meal.

Excellent middle eastern food. Went here twice on our Disney vacation and both dinners were outstanding. Service is amazing.

Great service! Great food! Great atmosphere! We ate dinner here and loved it! Everything was fresh and made to order. The waiter was very helpful and made excellent suggestions. You better love garlic — this place uses a lot of fresh garlic and man oh man does that make the food taste amazing

This was our first time trying Lebanese food & the food was tasty & flavorful. The outdoor seating was pretty & serene (even though it faces a somewhat busy road).
The only real downside was the price. It was extremely pricey for what you got.
Since we were on vacation, I can’t say whether or not we’d go back but I would definitely give Lebanese food a try somewhere closer to my own house.

Food was three stars, service was 5, so I’m giving a 4.
I really enjoyed the hummus and baba ganoush, especially because they both had tahini (sesame paste), which is important to me. I had the kibbeh sainyah (sp?) as my entrée, and it was good, different than kibbeh I’ve had before though. It was good, but not super memorable for me. I think my favorite part was the baba ganoush with warm pita. Another member of my party got the dolmodes, which were good.
There was only one other table with people when my party of 4 arrived at the restaurant, and they left soon after we arrived, so we had the full attention of the two waitstaff. When a cup of water was spilled on the table, napkins were brought over quite quickly, and our waters were never empty for long.
So, I have other Middle Eastern/​Mediterranean places I’d prefer in the area, but this one’s good. Not super memorable, but it was enjoyable. Pricier than I tend to go, however, which was a turn off for me.

My parents, younger brother and I ventured out to this restaurant on our last night in Orlando! We ordered the roast lamb, marinated chicken, and lamb chops (all for about $ 20 each plate). The lamb chops were phenomenal as was the chicken but the roast lamb over couscous left a less than desired taste…
Note there is an inside seating area as well as a covered outside area for eating dinner and smoking hookah.
Ambiance overall was very relaxing. We went on a Friday night at 8 pm and were the only ones there. If the prices were less I would definitely be giving a higher rating. Bonus points for being Halal!

Food is excellent, Hookah is perfect the place is really nice the location is amazing.

On our most recent evening jaunt up to Orlando (through crappy traffic) we decided to color outside the lines a bit and NOT go to our usual spot, Chevy’s, and try something different.
We found Habibi Lebanese Restaurant right around the corner! Habibi’s is really a beautiful spot with great outdoor seating and a much more upsscale, but still comfortable feel that other places of it’s type we’ve been to. It’s really charming and perfect for either a date night or family dinner.
We immediately knew we were in the right place because we were surrounded by families speaking Arabic (sounded like Arabic anyway). The food was really fresh: we put a tapas meal together by ordering appetizers like falafel, baba ganouj and this wonderful mixture called Mohamara that had walnuts, red peppers and pomegranate molasses — you also HAVE to have the Arabic coffee and the mint tea — YUM! Oh, and it’s a Hookah lounge too :)
Great service, ambiance and food. We found a new spot!
Habibi is easy to get to, just get off I-​4 at Exit 68, go left, then take a right on Palm Bay about 2 lights up. It’s on your left.

Beautiful restaurant. I ordered their fattouch and hummus with pita — both were delicious.

Choosing Habibi by mere default (the Cuban restaurant across the way was closed for construction), my sister and I were anything but dissapointed!
The sign out front advertised a lunch kebab special. We both sat on the covered patio that looked quaintly yet oddly like a Middle Eastern bath house courtyard, plush sofas and hookah recliners abound. With fans pointed full-​force on us, we enjoyed the appetizer hummus dish, then thoroughly and succinctly devoured our kebab plates.
Everything was great, service was a bit slow on the water refills, but perhaps because we were the only outside diners. Overall, a surprising and delightful culinary journey through well balanced eastern mediterranean flavors.

We went there for a late lunch on a saturday.
The appetizer was delicious. Our entrees not so much, flavor was not the greatest on the fish but the side dishes were really good and spicy. I think the place is too pricey for the non excitement i felt over the food, it didn’t have the best flavoring and didn’t do much for us. The service was not the best, so we will probably not go back again.

This place ROCKS! I was working 16 – 18 hour days on a project and we found time for some lunch and wanted to leave the crap Jamlando food at the resort. Unilocal was guiding us to a Cuban joint down the street only to see it was closed until 3 PM. Their loss.
We look for other places close by and Habibi pops up. We show up and the place is rather fancy yet we are the only party there. I always get a bit nervous when we are the only ones there but we were short of time.
The menu comes and the place isn’t the cheapest place BUT… As I scan the menu, I notice something I haven’t seen on a menu in a long time. Wait for it… Wait for it… RAW Kibbeh! Yes! Raw meat with Burghul and spices. Once I saw this, I knew it was the real deal.
Unfortunately, I was unable to get the raw Kibbeh since my teammates wouldn’t have been into it. We got some Hummus and cooked Kibbeh for apps. The Kibbeh was perfect. We got it with Tahini on the side and a ton of lemons. Perfect!
I then got the shwarma sandwich and Tabouleh. Fantastic stuff.
To finish the experience I got Turkish coffee and, like the rest of the meal, it was fantastic.
Next time I am in Jamlando, the Vegas for children, I will definitely be going back to this place.

Fantastic service, nice atmosphere, AWESOME food.
We ordered the Mezze appetizer platter and loved everything on it. Grape leaves and falafel were delicious as they should be, and the fried cheese in dough was really spectacular. Hummus, eggplant dip, and tabbouleh were all so yummy too!
For entrees, we got Shish Taouk (chicken) and it came with some truly amazing fresh garlic dipping sauce — if you’re a garlic lover you’ve got to try this! We also got the Kafta Lamb which was really unbelievable. Everything was prepared so fresh and perfectly spiced — the wood fire roasted vegetables and fresh rice were great complements to the meat. We got the baklava to finish things off and it was perfect as we suspected it might be. 3 split squares of tasty treat were almost too much to finish — it was totally worth that last little pig-​out in the end. :)
I would really recommend this restaurant. I want to go back when they have bellydancing on Saturday nights.