Beirut Grill

Beirut Grill is a Lebanese and Middle Eastern restaurant on Bussorah Street in Kampong Glam. It has been open since 2009. The street leads to the Sultan Mosque, which forms the backdrop to the restaurant. The menu centres on mezza, kebabs and charcoal grills.

The restaurant says its key spices and herbs are brought in from shops in Beirut. Its awards page lists Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice awards for 2020 and 2021.

What to order

Most tables start with dips and pastries. Cold mezza includes hummus in several flavours, moutabal, baba ghanoush, labneh, muhammara and warak enab, or stuffed vine leaves. The dips come with pita bread. Hot choices include falafel, lamb sambousek, kibbeh, spicy soujouk sausages, grilled halloumi and batata harra, which is potato cooked with Lebanese spices.

The menu marks these as a chef's signature or best sellers:

• Beirut lamb chops, New Zealand lamb marinated in Arabic herbs and spices
• Mixed grill kebab platter of lamb chops, kofta, beef kebab and shish taouk
• Iskander kebab, meat skewers on crisp pita with tomato sauce and yoghurt
• Chicken shawarma roll, served with fries and pickles
• Muhammara, a spicy red pepper dip with nuts

The mixed grill comes in sizes for two or four, which suits groups. Chicken or lamb mandi, a spiced rice dish, can be ordered for one or two. Pide, an oven-baked flatbread, comes with toppings such as cheese, spinach and feta, or minced lamb.

Vegetarians have plenty of choice. Options include a vegetarian kebab, roasted cauliflower with tahini and pine nuts, and an eggplant moussaka. To finish, try kunefe, a sweet, cheesy pastry with a crunchy top. A kunefe flight lets you taste several flavours. Baklava, oum ali and mouhalabiah, a milk pudding with rose water, are also on the menu.

The setting

Beirut Grill takes up two floors of a shophouse on Bussorah Street, with outdoor tables in front. Upstairs is a cosy lounge decorated in an Arabic style. Choose an outdoor table if you want to watch the street and the mosque at the end of it.

Good to know before you go

• Bookings: you can reserve a table through the link on the restaurant's website.
• Takeaway and catering: delivery and takeaway are offered through third-party apps, and catering is available for events.
• Menus: the food and drinks menus are on the Beirut Grill website.

Nearby

Beirut Grill is an easy stop while exploring Kampong Glam and Haji Lane. The Sultan Mosque is at the end of the street. For more Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food, Anatolia Restaurant is on nearby Arab Street. For dim sum, head to The Dim Sum Place on North Bridge Road.

Hotels within reach include Andaz Singapore and Parkroyal Serviced Suites Singapore. For more, see our restaurants in Bugis and Kampong Glam, our international restaurants and our Kampong Glam and Bugis guide.