Gibran In Venezia

After two weeks of pizza and pasta, we decided on Lebanese food in Venice and were not disappointed. Absolutely delicious and friendly service. Highly recommended!

We were looking for a sit down halal restaurant and came across this one and decided to try this out. We ordered some grilled veal plate, kefta plate and chicken makluba, along with a potato starter and labanese bread with minced beef. Food tasted great, especially the makluba and kofta plate. Veal sticks tasted okay. I really enjoyed the starters, bread had a nice well seasoned beef filling. Overall tasted great, Couple of things that took away the good food experience, first the lady who was the server didn’t seem very friendly, slightly annoyed looking at us entering the restaurant since she was sitting outside enjoying the weather I guess lol. I wanted to think it was because of the language barrier but I did see her talking relatively nicely to other people who were not brown :) serving size was very small considering a very high price tag, makluba had very few pieces of chicken. The bottled drinks were three times the price of what you would pay at a store. A sparkling orange soda was €6.5, which I thought was outrageous especially when you order like 5 drinks for a whole family. They also charged us €15 for sitting down at the restaurant which we did see in some of the restaurants in Italy but not all of them. Anyways friendliness and portion sizes, relative to the prices can be improved and it will be a pretty good food option, especially people looking for halal food.

Niente di trascendentale o particolarmente pregiato. Ceci verdure carni non nobili. Non ho potuto dire indimenticabile, pulito ed ordinato, niente di più. Caro in modo spropositato.

I can't recommend this restaurant enough... The waitress/chef was super nice. The place has ACs and it's quite clean. Simply Eman is the best of the best!

Delicious Food. Lovley Atmosphere even though my experience was ruined. Questionable service and amenities. I have mixed feelings about this restaurant. I took my wife here for a wedding anniversary dinner. I chose this place because it was one of the only Halal options for a sit down meal in Venice. The food was delicious, sorry I forgot all the dish names. We ordered fried diced potato starter dish, some meat dish cooked in Aubergine served with rice and a mixed grill platter for one. The meat/aubergine/rice dish definitely stole the show, it was exceptionally tasty, so tasty that I now need to learn how to cook this. The Salad that accompanied the mixed grill was also amazing. One of the best salads I've ever had! Presentation was really good too. I couldn't give the food 5* because I was pretty disappointed with the size of the mixed grill. 3 tiny skewers of meat, this felt more like a child's portion for 22 Euros, I did feel a bit cheated there. The decor was lovely and with the Arab music it had a lovely ambience until it was spoiled by an alarm from the till receipt roll running out. This alarm continued for a full 5+ minutes while I witnessed staff run out of the restaurant who returned with the replacement stationary supplies. I felt I was getting a headache after having to endure that terrible alarm, it certainly spoiled my experience. I believe that this issue was also the initial cause of the slow service and could have been avoided with better preparation of having a spare till roll at hand. The toilets were not lit properly and full of mosquitos. Maybe it's normal in Italy, but there was no toilet seat either. I would certainly expect to see one in a sit down restaurant charging these prices. The service was slow, a couple were finalising their bill before we ordered and another 2 ladies ordered on a table outside while we were halfway through eating, So it wasn't particularly busy at the time, but it still didn't't feel very hospitable. After paying, the waitress struggled to understand if the bill was paid or not because the receipt confirmed my home currency as well the amount in Euros. We had to wait for her to call somebody to confirm that the full amount was paid. I wouldn't normally mind waiting for this but as we were about to miss the last tram out of Venice and the restaurant is a good half an hour walk to the station, it gave us unnecessary stress and because the slow service and this additional delay we had to run just after eating a meal to catch the last transport for the night. It was completely unnecessary as the receipt confirmed payment in both currencies. To conclude, I did enjoy my meal but it was far from a good experience. I hope the restaurant can fix these issues and it certainly has the potential to be one of the best restaurants in Venice.

Avevo letto recensioni contraddittorie, ma ha deluso le aspettative: l'hummus in particolare non era all'altezza delle tradizioni mediorientali. Ne ho assaggiati di recente di molto migliori, e in altri ristoranti mediorientali. Troppo limone? Pochi ceci? Non aveva la consistenza giusta. Ho provato anche un piatto con pesce e riso con uvetta e nocciole... Il riso era piccantissimo, il pesce un po' aromatizzato e la salsa yogurt liquida e non dico non mi sia piaciuto, ma per quel che ho assaggiato non può dirsi cucina libanese... Mi dispiace che l’unico Libanese a Venezia non sia buonissimo...

Masha'Allah, the food is excellent, the cleanliness is excellent, the restaurant owner is very nice, all the staff are nice, I advise everyone to let the chef choose what to serve you, he offers a different dish from everything. Thank you very much, and we will definitely come again

What a great find! Gibran offers authentic, tasty and beautifully presented Lebanese dishes. The hummus, falafel, tabbouleh and shawarma are all really good, with balanced flavours and fresh ingredients. The staff is friendly and helpful, the atmosphere is warm and welcoming. The vine leaves are a must-try. We will definitely be back!

Excellent Lebanese restaurant The food is delicious

A beautiful restaurant, beautiful food, and all the food is fresh, and I thank Chef Iman for the good food.