Went here with a group of about 20. We had the 'banquet', it was a complete rip-off. Store bought bread (I saw them taking it out of the plastic bags as I walked through the kitchen on my way to the toilet), and not enough food. They made a killing charging us each $30 and then providing so little to eat. On the upside, the tabouleh was delicious, the felafel light and crunchy on the outside and the owner was charming. However, I won't be returning.
Really good lebanese restaurant, we had a great night here. Opted for the banquet menu, $30 per person we all left extremely full and satisfied. The belly dancer also made the evening feel a lot more enjoyable.
The best Lebanese food this side of Beirut. And I've never been to Beirut, so Emads probably does much better food than you can get there as well. After all, they have all they need right here, the best chef/s and the highest quality and freshest ingredients you can get probably anywhere in the world.
I don't know what all these people are on about! I have been to this place so many times and everytime it is nothing but fantastic! The food is to die for service super friendly, I think the place has great atmosphere but have always been in a cushioned room which adds it, BYO and cheap food they are always happy for us to hang around and have a few drinks after, I can't fault it, The Lady fingers, oh so good! and its the best hommus I've ever tasted everything is great really!
Have been here many times with friends and I guess I suffer it to be sociable, but no more, on my last visit they pushed the envelope to far. 15 minutes after arrival I was unfortunate enough to witness one of the kitchen staff exit the toilet cubical without washing his hands and return to the kitchen, and recommence food preparation. That was enough for me, and our group left, never to return. I made a formal complaint to South Sydney Council, I hope they act upon it and check this place out.
What can I say! The food was below mediocre, and the decor was shocking. Although the worst part was their service. I was impolitely spoken to by the restaurant manager, whom at that time was taking my order. The wine I ordered was meant to come out chilled, however, it didn't and my main came out 2 hours after iIordered it.
To describe my experience at Emad's Restaurant, I would say that it was distasteful, both the food and the senior staff's attitude. The overall experience was dissatisfying and dreadful. I highly recommend anyone not to come to this restaurant but rather spent your evening dining in any one of Sydneys many lebanese restaurants thats most likely to be better than this one!
Have been going to Emad's for years! Find the food very tasty and authentic and great value for money! Don't be put off by the area or dodgy decor, cause the staff are lovely and the food is extremely good and filling! Have always felt extremely satisified and happy. Always gone with a group of 4-10 friends and gone for the banquet. Great for vegetarians as well!
We popped in for a quick bite at around 9.30 pm last night. The first thing we noticed was the dreadfully worn carpet, the second thing was that the new tented ceiling fabric was already falling down. The third thing we noticed that we were totally ignored. We stood in the 'office' area whilst the owner took an amazing amount of time to close off an account without a look, a smile, nothing, no sign of acknowledgement. After standing around for nearly 10 minutes we decided to leave and went down to Hannibal.
We went here after watching the chopping block and were quite disappointed. The service was terrible, we tried about 3-4 times for someone to take our order. The food finally arrived but appeared to have been well prepared some time before as a lot of people from our table commented how quiet and calm the kitchen was, thats because no one was cooking anything!
I thought at least the bread would be warm but it wasn't. The best part was the kebabs at the end but they were somewhat dry, would have been nice to have the hummous we asked for (to go with it) but came after we had all finished. For $30 ahead for the banquet I would have preferred to spend my $30 on a really great main somewhere else. Disappointing as I had high expectations after watching Matt Moran comment on the good food on the chopping block.
The service was terrible we spent two hours, 1 half of our mains came 45 minutes in and the second half 45 minutes later, we were all served at different time and we were not even allowed to eat the super banquet seperately we had to share a minimal amount of food. We were not offered a drink once and ordered several items that never came.