Hotels

Premium
Le Gray
Martyr’s Square
+ 961 1 971 111
campbellgrayhotels.com

Premium
Four Seasons
1418 Prof. Wafic Sinno Avenue, Minet el Hosn
+ 961 1 761 000
fourseasons/beirut

Dependable and stylish
Albergo (Relais & Chateaux)
137 Abdel Wahab el Inglizi St, Ashrafieh
+ 961 1 339 797
albergobeirut.com

Affordable and well located
Palm Beach Hotel
Sea Road, Aïn Mreisseh
+ 961 1 372 000
palmbeachbeirut.com

Dining

Midnight snacks
Kabab-ji
Hamra Street, next to the Masrah Madinah theatre
+961 1 741 555
kabab-ji.com

Late drinks
Dictateur
Badawi Street behind Mandaloun nightclub, Mar Mikhael
+ 961 3 251 512

Dinner for two
Le Petit Gris
Petit College Street behind Gouraud Street in Gemmayzeh
+ 961 1 443 737

Big dinner with friends
Momo at the Souks
+ 961 76 700 407
momoresto.com

Afternoon tea/drink
Lux
Darwish Haddad Street - Al Marfa (port district)
+ 961 1 444 311

Mid morning coffee
Manar Palace Café
Manara near Hammam al Askari
+ 961 3 753 887

Fast Lebanese breakfast
Ginette
Convivium 05 project, Gouraud Street
+ 961 1 157 449
ginette-beirut.com

Midnight snacks
Barbar
Spears Street, Hamra; every taxi driver knows it
+ 961 1 379 778

Late drinks
Torino Express
7 Gouraud Street, Gemmayzeh
+ 961 3 611 101

Dinner for two
Bread
Gouraud Street, (Dragonfly bldg), Geymmayzeh
+ 961 1 566 506

Big dinner with friends
Centrale
Mar Maroun Street, Gemmayzeh
+ 961 1 575 858

Dinner with friends
Casablanca
Deir Aïn Mreisseh Street, Aïn Mreisseh (near Beirut by Bike)
+ 961 1 369 334

Afternoon tea/drink
Balima
Saifi Square
+ 961 1 985 295

Fish restaurant
Chez Sami
Old Seaside Road, Jounieh
+ 961 9 646 064

Lunch on your own
Boubouffe
Saint-Louis St, Mar Mitr
+ 961 1 200 408

Lunch with friends
Tawlet Souk el Tayeb
Nahr Street, Chalhoub Bldg (facing Spoiler Center), Mar Mikhael
+ 961 1 448 129
tawlet.com

Mid-morning coffee
Rawda
+ 961 1 743 348

Leisurely breakfast
Café Paul
581 George Haddad Avenue, Gemmayzeh
+ 961 1 570 170

Fast Lebanese breakfast
Zaatar w Zeit
Bliss Street
+ 961 1 365 778
www.zaatarwzeit.net

Reading

Books and CDs
El Bourj
Martyr's Square, Immeuble An Nahar, at the back of An Nahar Building
+ 961 1 973 797

Newsstand
Papercup
Pharaoh Street, Agopian Bldg, Mar Mikhael
+ 961 1 443 083
www.papercupstore.com

Shopping

Something for someone you love
Karen Chekerdjian
Darwish Haddad Street in Marfa (port district)
+ 961 1 570 572
karenchekerdjian.com

Something for the kids
Lola et Moi
Saifi Village, next to La Posta Gourmet, Al Saifi district
+ 961 1 970 430
lolaetmoi.com

Something you can’t get anywhere else
Orient 499
499 Omar Daouk Street, Ain Mreisseh
+ 961 1 269 499
orient499.com

Something for the kids
Sunflower Mkhallassiyé
+ 961 1 999 393

Lost luggage - where to buy shirts
ABC Mall
Ashrafieh
+ 961 1 212 888

Something you can't get anywhere else
Artisans du Liban et d'Orient
Aïn Mreisseh or Mreissé (opposite Palm Beach Hotel)
+ 961 1 362 610

Two hour tour

01
Beirut National Museum beirutnationalmuseum.com

02
Walk in Downtown Beirut

Basics

Basics
Pharmacie Le Gabriel
Independence Avenue, Ashrafieh
+ 961 1 324 686

Transport

Buses
Buses
There are both government and privately owned bus services that operate a hail-and-ride system.

Limousine/car

Allo Taxi
+ 961 1 366 661
allotaxi.com.lb

Charlie Taxi
+ 961 1 285 710
charlietaxi.com

Fitness

Good gym
Phoenicia Intercontinental spa & gym
Minet el Hosn
+ 961 1 369 101
ichotelsgroup.com

Good gym
Fitness DomeClub
Crown Plaza Hotel, Hamra
+ 961 1 739 042

Good gym
Lifestyle Health Club
Ras Beirut, Al Mada Bldg
+ 961 1 366555
lifestyleslebanon.com