Jamel’s in Rutland

I recently visited Jamel's Lebanese Food whilst out, and was impressed with the service by the staff. The staff were friendly, approachable and welcoming. There's a range of different Lebanese delicacies which you can choose from. The restaurant is quite cosy. There's lots of lovely art displayed, and even a mini library so you can have some food and drink whilst reading a book. It's a lovely restaurant and I recommend trying it out if you want to try something different.

Excellent for a light tasty lunch, recommended!

Amazing place for dinner 😍 staff are so nice and helpful 🤗

Lovely tasty food. Extremely good value. Staff very pleasant and friendly.

This is a lovely place to eat with absolutely delicious food which was amazingly spiced, well portioned and authentic. The only two things worth bearing in mind before you go (and you should go) are 1) there is very limited seating so either go during a lull or get a takeaway and 2) The door to get in requires a bit of a shove to open, so you don't look as feeble as I did...

This is a genuinely fantastic little restaurant. I can't praise these guys highly enough. Service is always impeccable and the food is fresh and utterly delicious, at a very reasonable price too. An absolute gem.

Delicious food and a cozy welcoming atmosphere. Top notch falafel. This is a great addition to the Oakham high street! We’ll be back.

Nice restaurant. Cozy, beautiful decor and delicious food at an affordable price. Good customer services.

Our go to place when we come into Oakham. Incredible food, coffee, service and atmosphere and our 18 month old loves the food (especially the hummus)!!!

Really delicious fresh Lebanese food

What a gem. Tasty food and fast service! They even gave me the remainder of the Turkish coffee granules to try it at home; very thoughtful.

Just discovered this wonderful place and we as a family will certainly be back! Wonderful food, full of flavour, lovely atmosphere, attentive and very polite staff. I would highly recommend this place. Very reasonably priced. Thank you Jamel’s.

We heard how good this restaurant is but only just had a chance to go. Everyone was right - the food is absolutely delicious and also reasonably priced. We will be back!

Great food, good service & cosy athmosphere. We arrived in a rush having been let down by a booking elsewhere & they turned our order round in super quick time so we could make our show. Thank you. We will be back again for sure, love the food

Very yummy traditional Arabic food here in oakham

Wonderful service and the staff's attitude is honey

Popped in here for lunch after a meeting in Oakham. The food was amazing and the people who run it are lovely. Support local and pay a visit, you won't regret it!

We have arrived 30 minutes before they will close but they have prepared for us a dinner. The food was fresh and delicious. Service was really kind. Prices moderate. Highly recommend place!

Lovely couple who care about what you eat. It's not witherspoon cheap nor is it expensive. But my my the food is delicious.

The most amazing Lebanese food. The decor is so lovely, amazing atmosphere. The staff are so friendly. The food tastes so fresh and it's such good value for money. Would definitely recommend to anyone visiting Oakham!

Just had a schwarma to take away from this place. My first visit to this restaurant and it was excellent. I have spent a lot of time working in the Middle East, so I have eaten a lot of this kind of food, and I have to say this was among my favourites. I had it with the chilli, and the staff were very careful to make sure it would not be too hot by suggesting i take the chilli in a side bottle. I like hot food and would say the heat level was spot on hot enough to feel it but not overpowering. I will have to go back and sit in to try the hot mezze, being able to get fresh Kebbeh or Baklava in a small town like oakham is a pleasant surprise.

I wrote a really good review and then accidentally lost it. I can't write it again but the key points are, Go there. It's excellent. Support this small business. Food is fantastic. Makes you feel good. Prices are excellent. I loved it. PEACE!

Amazing authentic Lebanese food

Absolutely love the food and the friendliness here at Jamals!! Amazing value for money and such love and care clearly goes into every dish. My favourite place to eat here in Oakham.....Will be returning very soon 😋

This place is an absolute gem, great food and lovely staff. Can't recommend enough!

Absolutely wonderful! The warmest welcome, excellent Lebanese food and exceptional service. We love Jamel's! 🤗

Friendly people, service with a smile. Food is delicious and the tea is refreshing. Definitely recommend.

The food was lovely, obviously freshly made and cooked, and good value too. We'll be back.

What a wonderful place to eat authentic Lebanese food. Absolutely delicious. Great portions, super welcoming, friendly staff. We’ll be going back there and taking others with us. Such a great experience! Thank you xx

Fabulous addition to Oakham! Food is delicious, great value, staff extremely friendly, atmosphere and decor refreshingly different from the usual Oakham offerings.

I go here often and normally the food, the music can be a bit loud for my liking, but if no one else is upstairs they are happy to turn it down. Probably the best value for money food in town.

Friendly Lebanese cafe on two floors with lots of vegan options inc. falafel, hummus, stuffed aubergine, tabbouleh and salads, made freshly to order. Upstairs is very cosy. Everything on the menu clearly labelled. I had a delicious falafel and aubergine wrap with tasty pickles. Spicy sauce would have been a nice addition. Quite a surprise to find this little gem in the middle of Rutland. Very welcoming and helpful service. I recommend adding it to the Happy Cow app as I'm sure it will attract lots of vegans and veggies visiting Oakham. Also open some evenings.

The quality of the food is excellent and the welcome could not have been better. The whole place had a great feel about it. I would thoroughly recommend a visit!

Amazing place with absolutely delicious food! We had one halloomi and one falafel and aubergine wrap, one cold mezze and some soup. Highly recommended!

Delicious food and friendly service

It was the first time in this restaurant unfortunately I didn't take any photos I have forgot and I ate everything I fully recommended.

Lovely food and friendly staff, will definitely recommend!

!!!MUST TRY!!! This is the first review I’ve ever wanted to leave on a place so hopefully that tells you something. Amazing food, great staff and a great interior for a great price. If you fancy trying something new I’d 100% recommend Jamels. It’s probably the most culture rich option in oakham food wise and stands out from all of the other typical food places that we have. Support a local business and try out Jamels you won’t disappointed. 10/10

We had such an amazing meal here. The food was delicious, and it’s nice for Oakham to have something a bit different. The staff were very friendly, and yet again the food was amazing. We will absolutely be returning customers.

Can thoroughly recommend Jamel's. Delicious very tasty, fresh food. Great to have something different in Oakham. Service good, friendly and helpful. Large portions. Good value for money. Will definitely be going back.

Up there with the BEST on offer in Oakham, Rutland and beyond! Absolutely delicious!

We are so lucky to have this Lebanese inspired Restaurant here in Oakham. Serving a great selection of Arabic favorites, made from fresh ingredients in a totally traditional way. With some daily specials hailing from other Middle Eastern countries. Jamels offers a delightful change to the normal hum drum of coffee shops. Serving excellent coffee and a delicious variety of sweet and savory treats. You will be comforted if you are already familiar with this food and if trying for the first time you will not be disappointed.

The best food in Oakham. Lovely service and a wide range of options for vegans/vegetarians. We'll be returning many times, I'm sure!

A late Christmas outing with my yoga group, this tiny restaurant was delightful. We had a table of eight upstairs...a very very small room and table so if you love convivial elbow to elbow eating and don't mind the noise of other diners, you would love this place. The staff are polite and friendly and the food is delicious. Good value too...you can eat here for £20. Take your own booze!

Lovely little place! Great finding for a quick Sunday lunch! Food was delicious and the service was great! Looking forward to come back soon to try more stuff

Just had a delicious Lebanese breakfast at Jamal’s. So tasty and a nice change to a standard English breakfast. The Moroccan mint tea is also very refreshing. Cannot recommend enough. Friendly helpful staff and the food is all cooked fresh. Love it!

really tasty food 😋 absolutely lovely staff and great environment, will be going nack regularly.

Fantastic value, great service a must go to place.

Nice place but order traditional chips not English as the normal English chips are poor. Cheap but small portions so the idea may be to order a few things. Nice coffee.

My partner and I came here on Saturday for lunch and both thought the food was excellent! We tried a few of the cold and warm dishes and loves every one of them. Only thing we would say is that the 1st and 2nd floor were packed and you had one poor guy running around cleaning tables, serving, paying and taking ordered so could have done with another person there with him to help. We will return!

I was really excited to see a new eatery open in Oakham, and we weren't disappointed! We went here for lunch on Saturday, and had a falafel and aubergine wrap, a chicken shawarma wrap, and sweet potato fries, which were all delicious. It was great to see the place busy, and we will definitely be back soon. The prices are very reasonable, and the staff are very welcoming.

Delighted with our lunch! The food was so delicious and fresh. The chicken wrap was beautiful. I highly recommend visiting here

Stopped by for some lunch. Absolutely great! Super tasty and super friendly. Definitely worth checking out!

We had our first Jamel's meal tonight - a takeaway. It was superb and to be thoroughly recommended. We both had Jamel's special bowl which is basically a bit of everything. It was so flavoursome and satisfying and the staff are really welcoming. We can't recommend Jamel's enough.

Called in for some early evening food. Absoloutely delicious - amazing flavours that are clearly home made by a friendly team that care about what they're doing. Highly recommended.

We dropped in today for a hot chocolate and couldn’t resist ordering a few small dishes. Everything was absolutely delicious and fresh. The hot chocolate was also one of the best we’ve ever tasted! Service was also excellent, such friendly staff. We can’t recommend this lovely place enough!

Wonderful food and a warm welcome. An absolute Gem

Excellent - lovely traditional Lebanese food. Kibbeh, tabouleh, hoummos etc up there with the Maroush’s of London. Great to have a little place like this in the town.

Lovely staff, nothing was too much for them. Food was very good on multiple visits!

Visited for the first time today for my lunch. Wonderful food and amazing service, served by a very bubbly and helpful young man. Very cosy atmosphere and well decorated. Highly recommend.

What a welcome addition to Oakham High Street! Excellent service, excellent price and excellent food! We will definitely be back. Thank you!

Wonderful fresh and tasty Lebanese food. We are extremely lucky to have this great cafe and restaurant in Oakham. This is as delicious as fancy Lebanese restaurants in London in Dubai. 10/10

Outstanding food and the coffee was amazing! Highly recommend and will be back! Great value food with such intense flavours

Had an excellent brunch with lots of sharing platters. Was great, will be back again!!

Super brunch at Jamel’s. Bea was charming, food very tasty and we’ll definitely be back. Thank you!

We've been looking forward to this opening and had lunch there today. It was very busy, it being a Saturday. We had a mix of things, falafel, kebbeh, makdous and chicken shawarma. I wasn't keen on the makdous, not keen on aubergines so not surprising that but the rest were delicious. We shall be back and maybe we shall order less next time. With a couple of pots of tea it came to just over £25.