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Best Middle Eastern Restaurants

Around Brisbane

Feast on delectable Middle Eastern food at the best Turkish, Lebanese, Israeli and Iranian restaurants around Brisbane. From the restaurant with no menu to no-frills hidden gems, mezze bars and glamorous vegetarian restaurants, here's 17 of the best:

Cedars Restaurant

Cedars brings an authentic and delectable taste of the Middle East to Milton's Park Road dining precinct

Little Beirut Bistro is a little slice of Lebanon located in Indooroopilly, offering modern-infused Mediterranean cuisine

Mecca Bah Newstead, Gasworks Plaza, Brisbane

Mecca Bah is a lush Middle Eastern dining oasis in the heart of Newstead's Gasworks Plaza

Za Za Ta is an exotic oasis within Fortitude Valley's Emporium - a Middle Eastern restaurant and bar

Olive Thyme Turkish Cuisine is arguably Brisbane’s best Turkish restaurant, located in a gorgeous heritage-listed 1920’s Albion building

Downtown Istanbul is a cool contemporary Turkish restaurant on a leafy corner of a lively little dining precinct

Farah Restaurant is an oasis of traditional high-quality Persian cuisine in the inner-city suburb of Spring Hill.

A bar that conjures up the romance of far away worlds and bygone eras, Byblos, named after the ancient Phoenician port makes a fine waterfront drinking spot

This hilltop cottage lit by colourful Turkish lights and candles is an enduring Brisbane favourite

Taste of Saffron is a Persian and Mediterranean restaurant serving authentic cuisine in Stones Corner

Watany Manoushi Lebanese Foods, found tucked away in Palmdale Shopping Centre is an authentic Middle Eastern bakery, cafe and grocery store

A stunning riverside dining oasis inspired by the once-thriving ancient metropolis of Babylon

Woman at counter of No No's Lebanese in Red Hill

A colourful and basic Lebanese eatery that has been on this bend of Waterworks Road since time immemorial

Istanbul 1923 brings an authentic and delicious taste of Turkey to the north-side suburb

A cool subterranean Middle Eastern restaurant and mezze bar on a bustling street corner of South Brisbane.

Authentic CharGrill & Kebab Turkish Bardon

The quaint hilltop eatery is serving up the best Turkish street food to be found in Brisbane

Dishing up traditional Iraqi cuisine from its home tucked away on Moorooka's main shopping strip.

Tucked away in Moorooka is this gem of a popular Persian and Afghani BBQ restaurant serving delectable authentic cuisine

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