Middle Eastern Cuisine

Sami Tamimi on ROVI, 'waste' ingredients and Ottolenghi

09-Jul-2018 By Joe Lutrario

Chef restaurateurs Sami Tamimi and Yotam Ottolenghi opened their first restaurant in six years late last month. Located in Fitzrovia, ROVI serves a vegetable-centric menu that explores fermentation and cooking over fire.

Apostrophe founder to launch Delamina restaurant in London

06-Feb-2018 By Sophie Witts

The couple behind Shoreditch’s Strut & Cluck are to launch a new Eastern Mediterranean restaurant in London.

Comptoir Libanais to expand to the west Midlands this spring

29-Jan-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Lebanese restaurant brand Comptoir Libanais is set to open its first restaurant in Birmingham this spring.

Former Nando's director to launch kebab restaurant BabaBoom

02-Aug-2016 By Sophie Witts

A former Nando’s director is to open a new charcoal kebab restaurant in London.

Business Profile: Comptoir Libanais

09-Mar-2015 By Joe Lutrario

Tony Kitous is on a mission to bring Lebanese food to the high street and believes that the shawarma has what it takes to one day oust the burrito and the burger. 

Josh Katz to launch Berber & Q in spring 2015

02-Dec-2014 By Carina Perkins

Former Ottolenghi chef Josh Katz will open his first restaurant in Haggerston next spring – a Middle Eastern and North African grill house inspired by his travels across London, Marrakesh, Istanbul, Tel Aviv and New York.

Mamounia Lounge doubles up in the capital

25-Oct-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Mamounia Lounge, the Middle Eastern restaurant, cocktail bar and ‘late-night den’ in Knightsbridge, has opened a sister site on Curzon Street in Mayfair.

Silvena Rowe’s Mayfair restaurant to launch in April

14-Feb-2011 By Becky Paskin

Silvena Rowe’s modern, Eastern Mediterranean restaurant Quince is to open at the May Fair Hotel in April, replacing the hotel’s existing dining offer Amba.