I’ve been to Le Chef in Gemmayze for the first tine last Saturday, I don’t know why I always thought it was a meat shop everytime I passed by until a friend told me about it and recommended it to me.
As soon as you step inside you get greeted with a loud “Wlecooooome” by Charbel the head waiter at the restaurant. Charbel is a phenomenon himself! Throughout your stay he can’t but grab your attention everytime he strikes a “Welcooome habibi! how are youuu?”.
The restaurant is relatively small with few tables, and at first glimpse you feel like everything around you has been there since the 70’s of the 80’s (except for Charbel of course :P). The food is just great, it tastes like real homemade food, unlike other restaurants that throw the word “homemade” everywhere on their menus but taste like plastic. They serve nothing very fancy, but rather traditional plates such as Lebanese mezze, and a plat du jour varying between roast beef with mashed potatoes, sayyadiyeh, kibbeh bil sayniyyeh, mloukhiyyeh, and few others.
The pricing at Le Chef is really something! The most expensive item on their menu costs 8,000 L.L, while others such as lentil soup and fattoush cost 1,500L.L and 2,000L.L!
Definitely worth a visit!
Went there the other day..but only had turkish coffee..is it always so thick? I will have to go back and try the food! What did you have?
We first ordered lentil soup & fattoush, then had roast beef with mashed potatoes and escalope with vegetables and fries. And they all tasted really good!
I have no idea regarding the coffee…
Mann..you really went to town.. 😉
I’m at work and I really wanted the number of Le chef, I came across your post and got the number from the picture of the store front 😛 so thanks this was very helpful ! haha
I stopped by there for the first time today…I was blown away and will most certainly be returning. Cheap and filling home cooked food on a cold and rainy day, couldn’t ask for more 🙂
AVOID! AVOID! AVOID!
This place has a deceptive title and need to recruit a better waiter. The waiter clearly needs to dress in a more professional way and also need to learn the manners and etiquette of hospitality. He added water that I didn’t order to the bill and when I paid, he moved the table to new guests who just arrived while my wallet was still on the table leaving me sitting in an awkward situation. Apparently, the waiter doesn’t like his job or he simply lacks adequate manners.
The food could have been better when the menu states something while what you get is a big disappointment. Unfortunately, I didn’t take photos of the spinach with meat according to the menu when it arrived the meat was a mission impossible to find in the spinach. The side dish and the salad was really mediocre and the vegetables looked old and about to become fossils.
Last but not least, I wouldn’t eat there again even if they offer me the food for free.