Based on 46 opinions finded in 1 websites
Based on 46 opinions finded in 1 websites
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Nice family owned restaurant with a relaxed atmosphere. Delicious food, particularly the aubergine meze starter Mutabbal. Will definitely return when next in the area. Thank you!
backpackorsuitcase . 2024-01-01
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A good value lunchtime business menu as well as a good variety of classic Lebanese meze hot & cold and main courses. The house wine is also very drinkable and the owner friendly with his wife in the kitchen, a classic family run small but cosy place, go try it out even if it doesnt look fancy from the outside the fod is fresh and good.
narwhalman . 2023-12-05
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Popped in for a Take Away. I had heard mixed comments - positive and negative with suggestions that if 'so and so' or the owner was there it was better than if he wa not. well I am assuming on this occasion he was not. It was not late, about 8 o clock and I fancied something to take home to watch a film. There did not seem to be a mixed chicken and lamb fillet order (that is my usual at a couple of other local middle-east chiswick places) so I ordered one of each. First, the rice was clearly just re=heated, dry and tasteless without the little extra saffron one expects. There was no little salad or cooked tomato. The chicken was edible, nothing special. The lamb was tough and smelled susicious. after chewing on one bit, i spat it out and left the lamb. later my son came in and when he finished the lamb said it was chewy with some gristly bits but edible.
keefyisback . 2023-07-02
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Brilliant find....Love Lebanese food and this place is fabulous! Great food great service, can't wait to go back
894jackys . 2023-05-01
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One of the rare lebanese restaurants that are owned and managed by a lebanese couple and that serves true leb food! We had the chance to meet the chef “Najat”. She’s so clean and works as if she’s serving food for her own family. Highly recommended!!
113emiliog . 2023-02-18
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Very nice food and great value. Lunch deal was good. We tried 4 different wraps and grilled chicken. Every meal was delicious. Highly recommended.
Dream589211 . 2023-01-02
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My grandmother is from Lebanon so I grew up eating traditional Lebanese food. This restaurant was great food as well as food for my soul. I loved this place and always prefer supporting family owned businesses. For the few that claim they had a bad experience, I highly suggest you try again because this place is great!
rockindoublej . 2022-08-06
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Our first time to dine at Shams. Absolutely superb family run Lebanese restaurant with a great pride in their cooking and all with a twist. My wife likes mainly veggie and I like meat but we found dishes we could both enjoy to share and all were good. Special mention the falafel and the salad and the chicken in a wrap. All sounds obvious but all were truly excellent and all that at nearly 10pm. We will go again and can recommend highly to our friends and here on TA.
TonyB759 . 2022-06-18
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Great little restaurant. Warmly welcomed by owner. No issues with our booking with promotion. Food was reasonably priced even pre discount. We tried a number of starters and wraps as mains. Food quality was superb, authentic and fresh. Portion sizes were generous. All in all a fabulous meal.
orthopaedic2015 . 2022-06-01
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Very nice foods fresh and healthy with a friendly and great service, average price, we will be back definitely
mohamed h . 2022-04-23
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Recently Lebenese style food has gained popularity particularly in the Chiswick area, some are great, some not so, this one is really good, it has a varied menu, is freshly well cooked and is good value particularly the lunchtime business menu. Takeaway is goos but delivery puts the price up too much and not all the elements arrive! The service is very friendly and there are a couple of outdoor seats although the view of the bus stop isnt great ha ha. Well worth eating at it won't empty your purse or wallet but it will fill you tummy!
narwhalman . 2022-04-16
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Warmed up average food. Don’t buy their overpriced supermarket water. Staff is nice, maybe we were unlucky but feels like we were scammed.
Mielissi . 2022-02-19
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Visited for the 1st time & very impressed. Friendly waiter and great service. The food was amazing. All very fresh & to high standard. Tasty and large portions. Will definitely be back again soon.
deanio1972 . 2021-12-09
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callous and mechanical service by bored and indifferent staff serving poor food which does nothing to match the reputation of Lebanese food at its best,
bythebrook19 . 2021-11-20
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food was delicious but service surly and off-putting. waiter did not want to pack the take-out food, and when he did, it was only half because they took the best food. we threw out food for pets because we fearing surprises
Konrad R . 2021-10-09
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Simply terrible. Dry and cold food and awful customer service. Came here in July with Mum, excited by the good reviews. However, I was extremely disappointed. The Lebanese bread/pizza we ordered was served cold and bland which we had to ask to be warmed. Our...
325jenu . 2021-07-21
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I discovered this restaurant via a delivery app. Very fresh food, well cooked with generous portions and good value. Strongly recommend.
Richard G . 2021-05-12
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We&our kids are lovers of lebanese cuisine . We normally go to London for it. But as due to lockdown , I planned to try this one. Seriously, I don't want to say but to be honest worst ever taste. Shawarma was full of salt...
MrsKFZ . 2021-04-13
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Excellent feast. Hummus beiruty, labneh, lebanese sausages, grilled haloumi, and mixed grill. All washed down with a bottle of Clos St Thomas. Simply delicious. Couldnt fault it.
munchkin2849 . 2020-12-07
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The only good thing we had at this restaurant was the last tea we ordered just to wash away what we ate for starter and main. Literally none of the dishes were delicious. Worst lemonade we had ever, it was warm! The staff were friendly...
Navid_64 . 2020-09-26
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This was our first visit to Shams. First impressions were good, nice decor, pleasant greetings from the manager and what looked like a decent choice of food as shown on the menu. We decided on Lebanese wine and had a bottle of red and white...
R4901XArichardb . 2020-08-27
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I’m afraid this is a very disappointing restaurant. It looks great from the outside but sadly the service and food let it down. Others have commented that this place doesn’t compare to other restaurants along the high road. Two specific comments. Firstly, it was disappointing...
Tom B . 2020-08-26
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Great food and good value for money. The service was friendly and quick. Portions were a good size. I will eat here again, without hesitation.
TC2958 . 2020-08-15
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The wraps - woah! Better than Maroush, and that’s high praise. Loveliest owners; so welcoming and accommodating. Highly recommend.
Kel_fitz1 . 2020-04-04
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I never bother to leave reviews but just HAD to come on here and recommend this place. the food is soooo well prepared for amazing prices compared to usual Lebanese restaurants. we ordered the mixed grills and also the grilled lamb with salads and the...
Jo J . 2020-03-08
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Amazing find for good Lebanese food on Chiswick high road. Delicious crispy freshly fried falafels, with a little spicy hummus, beautifully cooked dolmas, lamb koftas, that’s what we loved the most. The service was great too, and the gentleman who served us gave us free...
Shilpa K . 2020-03-02
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Very nice Lebanese place .. cozy, nice decor, good service and above all very tasty and fresh hot and cold mezze
314azark . 2020-02-09
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Visited 18 October whilst visiting from Devon Excellent food good price staff could not be more helpful and the desert was wonderful
JohnSCrocker . 2019-11-17
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really quite disappointed about this place, my friends recommended to visit here, I found for gluten free the options not clear and not only that the food was so very salty, there was strange flavor spices i did not taste in other Lebanese I have...
Felicity S . 2019-10-26
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We were looking for somewhere to have a quick dinner and decided, having never had Lebanese food before we would give this a try. Usually we look on trip advisor for reviews before booking but on this occasion we were just walking past and made...
BaddersMum . 2019-10-23
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The waiter really took care of us and gave us a complimentary dessert. Really cared. The chicken I ordered was very tender and delicious. Excellent service throughout.
Emma C . 2019-10-19
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Excellent service, high quality food and a great atmosphere. Would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for somewhere to eat on Chiswick high road!
Neil B . 2019-10-19
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Wanted a late lunch and we were welcomed by friendly waiter. Tried Lebanese rose wine which was delicious. Chicken Schwarma and moussaka dishes were tasty and generous. Reasonably priced.
375jdj . 2019-09-06
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Just happened to stumble across Shams while wandering down to Chiswick from Hammersmith and thought we’d give it s try. We were very early as it had just turned 12.00 but were greeted with a very warm welcome by the lovely people who own/run the...
CharlieH695 . 2019-08-29
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Great place, tried by chance when passing and have returned since. We enjoyed the mixed meze shared between two with lebanese red wine. Good value for money. See you again soon!
ebattersea . 2019-08-10
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Pleased to find Chateau Ksara on the wine list, the falafel is as good as it gets ( in my pretty wide experience) the mixed grills fresh and fragrant- and prices most reasonable- newly opened, I wish them good fortune.
Peter D . 2019-07-28
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we have just finished our meal from shams and we were quite disappointed. There was way to much hummus in the box which managed to cover everything else in the box and just ruined the whole meal. The chips were cold and rock hard, the...
amydX7521IZ . 2019-07-12
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Very friendly local restaurant which is good value which is a good change for Chiswick. Starters are very interesting only disappoint was the standard Houmous which was a bit watery. The kebabs and the half chicken are large and very good value. No desserts but...
Fussylady . 2019-05-10
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First lebanese restaurant in Chiswick, the food is excellent, service is perfect, very good atmosphere , I strongly recommend
mohamed h . 2019-05-02
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Having been shown our (reserved) table in rather off-hand way, we then sat there for just over ten minutes before someone returned to give us menus and a wine list. And that slow and disinterested form of service continued throughout the meal, culminating in a...
Mark L . 2019-04-26
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Given the standard of Lebanese food in London, let alone the standard of eating in general on Chiswick, this new restaurant falls well below the bar. Bland. I had a selection of mezze dishes.pan fried chicken livers had barely detectable seasoning, spinach and lamb pastries...
T C . 2019-04-24
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This is quite a new restaurant opened in Chiswick and offering different style of cuisine to the area. The food here is fresh, very tasty and served nicely. Good sized portions of food and didn't leave hungry. Let down a little by sevice as our...
deanio1972 . 2019-04-14
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Saturday dinner one of the first weeks they were opened and I was very happy to see that the place was super busy. They couldn't offer all the items on the menu the day we wend since they were sold out but we still enjoyed...
Ciina . 2019-04-08
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New restaurant in Chiswick serving good Lebanese food. The grills are tasty, both chicken and lamb. Some starters were really good such as the falafel and kibbe. Others are okish such as the hummus. Definitely a place we will visit again.
JetSky88 . 2019-04-06
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New local Lebanese restaurant. Good tasty food. We had the smoky aubergine dip to start and it was one of the best we’ve had. The Tabbouleh salad was really fresh and delicious. The we had the chicken shawarma, the chicken shish tawouk and a lamb...
LuiseLondon . 2019-03-31
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Appalling management and work environment! My friend recently had to stop working here due to harassment from senior management. She reported this to the owner several times and nothing was done.