Kenafa = l'abeille d'or, any branch.

Foul, hummus & others = Fady, Jal el Deeb. Edit 1: El Sousi Zeidaniyeh street in the Mar Elias area

Manakish = Christo, Ashrafiyeh near Sawt Loubnan radio station.

Shawarma = Joseph, Sin el Fil.

Sfiha = lakkis farms is good but if in Baalbeck find a local butcher would be way better.

Subs, Burgers, Asbeh = Sako, Nahr road Mar Mkhayel.

Lebanese cuisine, kabab, kafta, She2af, Nayeh = Abo Jihad, Jal el Deeb.

Shams restaurant, Anjar. Edit 2: or his new branch Mirna Shalouhi highway

That's if you want the good tasting food and not just the known names

Recommendations would be best if you would exactly let us know what area and food varieties you wish to taste.

Em sharif is great but def not the best

Depends on budget and location really.

Fi plenty of AAA Lebanese restaurants like Babel and Em Sherif and Mounir and Al Halabi and Diwan and Burj Al Hamem and Mhanna and the list is really endless.

I guess Em Sherif and Babel stand above the rest but they are the most expensive out of them all.

Amaleen, loris , shams are great.

Shams

Babel sucks donkey ass.

Sunin for sure. My husband is from Beirut Lebanon and this is his and his families favorite spot for authentic Lebanese.

Skafs Glendale, Hayats Kitchen North Hollywood, Carousel Glendale, Byblos La Crescenta, Carnival Restaurant Sherman Oaks, Sajj Bakery Northridge, Sunin Lebanese Cafe Westwood Los Angeles. Bon Appetit.

My fall back is Hayat's in a strip mall in Burbank. The daily specials are killer. Someone else mentioned Skaf's which is equally good.

Where are you coming from? I have this same problem coming from Detroit and while I haven’t found an exact match to what I’m used to from home, I’ve found a few good ones. My favorite right now is Furn Saj. Carnival is also pretty good. I’ve heard good things about carousel in Glendale as well but I haven’t been yet.

Seconded. Sunin is fantastic.

Pro tip: Try their bakery on the opposite side of the street from the restaurant on Westwood blvd. Ask for an assortment of meat fillings in fresh bread they make right in front of you. You wont be dissapointed.

LA Pro Tip: except fine dining, more often than not, popularity is a poor indicator of quality of food here.

I’ve only been here once with my family (for lunch when I graduated college) years ago - I remember really enjoying the food.

Their Santa Monica location was the best Lebanese food I've had in the states but it unfortunately closed :-(

Al Shami closed down?? I grew up on those shawarmas between '97 and '08!

I tried Al Beiruti on SZR last night:
Service and vibe 10/10
Food 8/10 (zaatar hummus, batata harra, mixed grill)
Shisha 7/10 (lemon + orange + mint)

Reasonably priced IMO.

Lebanese - safadi, Emirati - theres a place at kite beach forgot the name, Yemini al romansi

Al Fanar for Emirati. The branch in Al Barsha is pretty nice for seafood

Al Hallab

Aroos Damascus - syrian... Just marvelous

Beiruti - really good Lebanese food

Al safadi on shk Zayed road and Al halab - both are yummy

Al reef - great stuff and very pocket friendly and iconic restaurant

If you want pasteries as well, Pâtisserie Royale is a good one. Grew up going to this place 20 years ago when my dad owned a restaurant in the same plaza. Always has a place in my heart

Ghadir is a popular one, people buy their toum by the tonne

Boustan - 2074 Lawrence Ave E

Lebanese Bakery - 2094 Lawrence Ave E for amazing authentic lebanese manakeesh

Ghadir restaurant - for arabic grills

Arz fine foods - for lebanese supermarket and snacks as well

Paramount fine foods - Not authentic but I did like the sheesh tawook and toum (garlic sauce)

Laymoon restaurant - Haven’t tried this personally but heard good things about it.

Hedary on west sahara

Can't speak to authenticity, but I like Pine Bistro and it styles itself as Lebanese. 21+ only, which is also nice.

• Lala Moulati (Umm Suqeim)

• Lfassia (Barsha)

• all Moroccan restaurants in Abu Hail/Hor al Anz East, in particular Boughaz al Maghrabi

A quite old one in Barsha is Jebel Atlas but I would first advise the aforementioned restaurants

Drive down to Hor al Anz East, experience few authentic Moroccan Restaurants.

Layalina next to snooker world Ittihad road

Abuhail has one

Miss authentic Lebanese food … home made humus with various pickled veggies …

potek itatanong ko pa naman sana kung saan. literal na sa lebanon pala boset

SARAPPPP PUTANGINA NAGUTOM AKO BIGLA 😭😭😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Nagutom ako bigla😩😋

This is so gorgeous

Not a specific dish bas lebanese mezza😫

Anyone else drooling?
That is one good-looking rezz 3a djej!

Moghrabiye

There is no difference, it is the exact same dish. Some local dialects call it tess'ieh

Easy choice, fatteh 🤌🏼. Preferably from Aldannoun in Tripoli

Northerners say Tesse2yeh more. Old Tripoli would say Tesse2yeh, like my parents, and my grandpa. But essentially they are the same thing.

Carnival in Sherman Oaks

Sunnin in Westwood

I already voted for skaf's but Hollywood shawarma is actually surprisingly good. They cut the shawarma sandwich into 8 bite pieces and serve it with fries. Good garlic sauce too. I doordash it all the time.

Marouch on Santa Monica Blvd. Close to Silver Lake.

East side: Skaf’s. Hollywood: Marouch. Valley: Carnival. West side: Sunnin. Anaheim: Shut up.

We’ve got a few great options!

The best Lebanese food in LA area is Skaf’s in Glendale. Amazing and authentic, tastes like my family’s cooking.

Best more formal sit down in my opinion is Carnival in Sherman Oaks. Really good quality.

Open Sesame would be my third recommendation.

As someone who grew up with authentic Lebanese food it’s hard to find great options, but these 3 definitely hit the spot.