Address: 122 Jermyn Street, London SW1 4UJ. Corner of Jermyn Street and Regent Street.

Telephone number: 0207839 2020

Website: http://www.noura.co.uk/

Date of visit: 13 July 2010

Approximate cost per head: £30 plus for several courses.

Comments on wine list/beer: Beer is £4 per half pint. Expensive wine list with decent Lebanese wines.

Summary:

This is part of a chain. The dining room is fairly modern.

As it was lunch time, we all had the large selection of mezze.  The large selection offers 6 different cold starters. They all came on one plate (normal size) with 2 types of hummus (one with pomegranate seeds), green beans in an onion and tomato sauce, one kebe, one falafel and a dollop of  tabbule. You also get warm Arab bread.

It was not a bad meal but the tabbule and the green beans were too lemony which ended up making the various components taste the same as they were all on the same plate. The portions were also on the small side.

I do not understand why Lebanese restaurants are so expensive when compared with Turkish restaurants. The dishes are similar – ok, the Turks don’t do kebe and Lebaneses don’t do Iman Bayildi – but the rest are very similar. We could have a similar dish at Ozer in Mayfair for around £10. Please also note that we could also get a 2 course lunch in quite a few restaurants in the area for less than £20 per head.

Service was efficient and friendly.

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