One of the tastiest lunches I’ve had in quite some while was recently enjoyed at the few months old Lazeez restaurant on Duke Street across from Selfridges.
Far from reinventing the wheel or redefining what’s already well established, Lazeez offers a delicious range of classic Middle Eastern dishes made to share and prepared with fresh ingredients. What a refreshing concept!
Items I loved during my meal include a freshly made lemon and mint juice (£3.45); fried aubergine (with butter and topped with cheese, £5.50); kellaj (charcoal grilled Lebanese bread filled with halloumi and mint, £5.50); lamb
meatballs (with tomato sauce, £5.95); and chicken livers (with lemon sauce, coriander and pomegranate sauce, £6.75). Falafel and hummus were both top notch as well – as yummy as one would hope from a Lebanese restaurant.
I was happy to wind down my mini-feast with a double espresso of illy (£2.75) served with some complimentary baklava.
As mentioned, I was there for lunch, during the week … and pretty much had the place to myself. I reckon with the cocktail bar, offer of Lebanese beer and wine, and the shisha the atmosphere is different in the evening. My guess is service would remain prompt and friendly, the dining area would be just as impeccably clean and the food still would hit the spot.
Lazeez is located at 29 Duke Street, W1U 1LH. Find out more at lazeeztapas.co.uk.
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