Byblos Restaurant

The food was good but I didn't really love the ambiance of the restaurant. The tables are all really close and it was really cold. I got the chicken and beef skewers which were tender and juicy. We also started off with hummus and bacon wrapped shrimp which were both pretty good.

Today ( Feb 4/25) the food was terrible, bland and tasteless. The hummus and tabbouleh portions were very small.I have had better meals at this restaurant in the past. I hope it was only a rough patch, maybe the chef is on vacation.

Absolutely love this spot for Mediterranean cuisine. It's right off of Metairie Road next to the bank with plenty of parking. I'm a sucker for their spanakopitas, fried halloumi cheese with garlic spread and tomato, the Pine Nut Salad with salmon and Chicken Shawarma. The service is great, very polite, although they can get backed up during peek hours. The dining room has been fairly average in terms of noise level, maybe even on the quieter side during lunch. Will definitely be returning!

Catered luncheon for a group of about 20 people and they absolutely loved it! There was nothing wrong except I made a mistake and didn't order the hummus because I thought it was included with everything else so we didn't have hummus and pita bread, but everything else was great!

I've been eating at Byblos for decades and always enjoyed their great middle eastern food. Usually I prefer to eat at Byblos Market which is their combo of a Middle Eastern market that also offers hot food where you can get a lot of the food offered in this restaurant for a bit of a cheaper price. They do have many items on the menu here at Byblos restaurant which they don't typically offer at the Byblos Market though so you do get VERY different experiences at each spot. Overall this is a great spot and one of the very few Middle Eastern spots that also slings booze.My video review of Byblos Restaurant is here:https://youtu.be/dsUsKKvaqOM

I enjoy this type of food but I will stick with Albasa. We had lunch there last Friday. Foof was good but the portions were very small and prices were outrageous. No lunch menu! Four people, no alcohol. 150.00 . Never again

I wanted to try this Byblos location because the menu is more extensive than the location closest to me. Upon entering, we were told to sit wherever we'd like (which was nice). Service pretty good but the overall environment was dull. Also, the dishes looked dingy and my veggies were in a cracked bowl. We started with the stuff grapes leaves and they were pretty good! I had the redfish entree (bland). The veggies were good, but I didn't feel comfortable eating anything that was placed on the cracked portion of the dish. The other guest had a beef gyro and the meat could have used more seasoning. The entire experience was average at best.

I mainly go to the Byblos in the Lakeside mall, but my friends wanted to have dinner here a couple of months ago. At Lakeside, I usually get the Schwammer with hummus, pita bread and greek salad. Here I had the hummus and the medditerranean pasta. I have to sadly admit, the hummus was not as good as it usually is, or at least as good as it was at Lakeside mall. And the shrimp had little flavor, I was expecting it to be garlicky and good. The pasta itself was not easy to eat since they were thick, long noodles and non bite sized veggies that all needed to be sliced and since it was all in a bowl, the bowl would nearly tip over when I would cut the pasta or veggies so I could cut them small enough to eat. It almost needed to be served in a plate or served with smaller veggies, at least. Now the good news. The service is great. Our waitress was funny and kept our drinks filled. Lots of ample parking. They have specials on Wednesday nights for wine too. It is a decent size too, so may be good for groups as well. I think I may just stick to the Lakeside mall location for now on.

But this is in no way GREEK . Turkish, Lebanese for sure, which is for sure superior cuisine. Amazing food, amazing service and ambience! Love over and over.

$80.00 for a To-Go order:2 Bowls of Lentil Soup1 Double Chicken Kabob consisting 6 Tiny Pieces of Poultry that was tough. Single Lamb Kabob ($27) was also tough.The Rice Pilaf was extremely dried out.The Small portion of eggplant was the ONLY palatable item.Can't comment on the soup. We did not eat it.TOO EXPENSIVE FOR WHAT WE HAD‼Will not return.