Restaurants in Tripoli
The restaurants in Tripoli below have been grouped into three different pricing categories:
Expensive (LD15 to LD20)
Moderate (LD10 to LD15)
Cheap (under 10LD)
This is for a three course meal per person, with water and soft drinks, tax and service included.
Expensive
Al-Murjan
Cuisine:With a dark elegant interior, this is one of the best fish restaurants in town. The staff are friendly and there is a salad buffet for starters. This is also a good place to try out some Libyan couscous or tagines (stews).
Address: , Midan al-Gazayir, Tripoli,Telephone: (021) 333 6507
Moderate
Al-Makulaat al-Lubnaniya
Cuisine:Excellent Lebanese restaurant, popular with foreign expats, serving a good selection of mezze, salads and mixed grills.
Address: 4km (2.5 miles) west of the centre, Sharia al-Gargaresh, Tripoli,Telephone: (021) 477 6978
As-Soraya
Cuisine:Very lively Lebanese-owned restaurant-cum-snack bar, popular with younger Libyans, right on the city's main square. Libyan as well as international specials, including salads, kebabs and excellent pizzas, are served in a contemporary decor.
Address: , Green Square, Tripoli,Telephone: (021) 444 1459
Zumit Restaurant
Cuisine:Great restaurant in an old caravanserai hotel decorated in Ottoman style, specialising in traditional Libyan cuisine, particularly fish and seafood.
Address: Medina, Marcus Aurelius Arch Square, Tripoli,Telephone: (021) 334 2915
Website: http://www.zumithotel.com/
Cheap
Ash-Sharq
Cuisine:Popular eaterie with a very plain decor on a first floor above the busy Souk al-Attara. The Ash-Sharq serves good rustic traditional Libyan dishes such as rishda , a home made pasta with onions and chickpeas, couscous and osban , sheep's stomach stuffed with meat, herbs and rice.
Address: Medina, Souk al-Attara, Tripoli,Telephone: (021) 444 1427