Kahwat Ras Beirut Call · 03 259 200Call
Dalfa · Ras Beirut ★ 4.8 · 590 Google reviews 33.900° N · 35.473° E

A taste of
Ras Beirut.

Lebanese comfort food from eight in the morning to one at night. Manakish from the oven, mezze and grills, knefeh and coffee, with the Manara and the sea outside the window.

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Open every day, 8 AM – 1 AM

A brass rakweh of Turkish coffee, za'atar and akkawi manakish, labneh and orange juice on the terrace at sunset, palms and the sea behind

Under the arches on Avenue de Paris, Ras Beirut sits down to eat. Manakish at eight grills at lunch, the sea at sunset and knefeh while the Corniche lights up.

Comfort food. A relaxed table. The Manara outside the window.

Espresso pouring in a thin golden stream from a brass machine into a gold-rimmed porcelain cup
Kahwa · قهوة

It’s in the name.

Before the manakish, before the grills, before the knefeh, there’s the first cup.

Espresso · Turkish · white coffee

Pulled slow,
poured gold.

Cappuccino, latte, French press

However Beirut
takes it.

08:00 · the oven is on

Then the kitchen
wakes up.

From the first manousheh to the last knefeh

A day at Kahwat

Morning

Manakish from the oven.

Za'atar, kishik and akkawi manakish straight from the oven. Foul and balila, fattet hommus, awarma with eggs, and a tray combo that covers the whole table, all while the Corniche is still quiet.

The breakfast tray: foul, mousabaha, labneh, an omelette, akkawi, olives and za'atar manakish in clay bowls on a copper tray, under the café's arches
Kaftet karaz in cherry sauce, hommus with foul, tabbouleh, cheese rolls, batata harra, grape leaves with yogurt and a sesame kaak on orange and purple placemats
Afternoon

Kaak, grills and long lunches.

At one the sesame kaak comes out, filled with akkawi, labneh or picon. Then the long table: hommus Beiruty, kibbet Kahwatna with walnuts, kaftet karaz in cherry sauce, and a mixed grill to share.

Golden hour

Dalfa turns gold.

Sunset over the sea and the palms of the Corniche, seen from the terrace, with a layered fruit cocktail and a brass rakweh on the table

The hour everyone asks for a window seat. Order a Ras Beirut cocktail of passion fruit, orange and strawberry, or a minted lemonade, and watch the sun go down behind the palms.

Night

Knefeh under the arches.

Warm knefeh, osmaliyeh with ashta, aish el saraya and a Turkish coffee to finish, under the chandeliers with the Corniche lit up outside. The kitchen keeps going until one.

Knefeh, osmaliyeh with ashta and mouhalabiyeh with Turkish coffee, under the café's pointed arches and chandelier at night
Find us

Wish you were here.

Sketch map of the Beirut seafront with Kahwat Ras Beirut on Avenue de Paris in Dalfa, just west of the Manara lighthouse Mediterranean Sea Raouché Avenue de Paris Manara Kahwat Ras Beirut

The oven's on, the coffee's poured, and there's a window table with your name on it. See you at sunset.— Kahwat Ras Beirut

Where
Avenue de Paris, Dalfa
Ras Beirut, Lebanon
When
Every day, 8 AM – 1 AM
Also
Dine in or take away · sea view
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Come hungry

See you at sunset.

Window tables go first at golden hour. Call ahead and we'll keep one for you.

Call 03 259 200 Get directions