Restaurant Arabesque

Highly recommended restaurant. The service is impeccable and the chef Joseph (who greeted us) is true talent, certainly mastering the Lebanese cuisine in all it’s dimensions yet he has added a fusion element that we have not encountered at any other Lebanese restaurant. If you are in Geneva and the neighboring cities, getting a taste of this restaurant is absolutely a must.

J’y été avec ma blonde! Et bien vraiment cool! Le menu est environ 90.- mais très copieux! Il y avait de quoi faire! J’en suis sortie rassasié!
La déco design… normal Hotel 5* oblige… Service de standing.

Des ingrédients de qualités et d’une fraicheur inégalable!
J’adore la nourriture libanaise et 2 – 3 bonnes adresses né manquent pas à Genève pour se délecter de saveurs du Liban. Mais l’Arabesque propose tout cela en version «haut de gamme».
L’Arabesque est un des trois restaurants de l’hôtel Président Wilson, donc c’est vite vu. Peu de risqué d’être déçus. Peut-​être juste le risqué d’avoir un peu mal au porte monnaie, mais de temps à autre c’est chouette de se le permettre.
J’avais testé le Yo Mo Lounge il y a quelques temps (autre libanais qui propose cette nourriture en version gastro) et j’avais été clairement déçue. Les quantités étaient ridiculement petites et les saveurs né dépassaient de loin pas celles de «la Caravane passé» (la Caravane passé est un délicieux libanais à prix mini). Donc déception. Autant aller à la Caravane passé, mieux manger et moins dépenser!
L’Arabesque, lui, a su jouer sur la carte gastronomique et apporter la petite touché qui le différencie d’un libanais ordinaire. Vous serez donc peut-​être surpris de voir un mezzé à CHF 15 – 20 mais je peux vous garantir que la qualité en vaut la chandelle. Ingrédients d’une fraîcheur qui dépassé largement tout ce que j’ai pu goûter jusqu’ici.
Les différents menus vous proposent des formules qui valent largement la peine aussi. Les plats s’enchainent et né se ressemble pas. Leur seul point commun c’est qu’ils sont tous délicieux. Une seule petite remarque pour le mezze salade du moine qui était, à mon goût, très vinaigrée. Elle restait très bonne pour qu’on la dévore jusqu’à la fin, mais une meilleure sauce aurait rendu le tout parfait à ⁵⁄₅!
Ah non, juste un autre point joue dans l’étoile en moins: le serveur.
Très froid, pas très agréable. On se sent un peu embêtant alors que j’ai vraiment fait l’effort de le faire rire, mais rien à faire. Fermé, complètement fermé. Faut changer de métier Monsieur ;-)
Le cuisinier quant à lui passé entre les tables demander à chacun si tout va bien. Adorable, il rattrape la moue de son employé!
Je retournerai sans aucun doute à l’Arabesque. Un délice de A à Z!

The Lebanese food here is certainly of high quality and well-​presented and the service is the best you’ll find in the city. However I simply found the portions much too tiny for the price you pay. The lunch menu is very good value at 45 francs for 3 courses.

The best Lebanese food in Geneva, excellent service and superb welcoming.
The quality and the taste of the food like homemade. Definitely I will keep coming because it is one of my favorite place.

Great lebanese food in a small intimate place. Great mezze and roasted meats to share with your table. Expensive for the portions but the quality is always there.

This place is small but the Lebanese food they serve has big flavor. Set inside the President Wilson Hotel, it’s quite opulent, sleek and beautiful inside. I dined here on a one night stay in Geneva with my wife and two daughters.
This is a service restaurant. The servers were friendly and helpful. They were always there without being intrusive. They were even nice enough to familiarize us with some Lebanese dining customs like the presentation of fresh, whole vegetables at the beginning of the meal.
We were a little slow getting acquainted with things (plus, it’s a big menu) but pretty soon we were slicing up the fresh veggies and enjoying the olives an pickled vegetables they brought as well. Then, some great flat breads came. And, we hadn’t even ordered yet.
We ordered some baba ganoush and hummus for starters. The baba ganoush was really good. The hummus was also very good but paled a little in comparison. Both were very fresh and well-​presented. For me, the hummus had a bit too much tahini in it (but, really, what do I know??? It was still good).
We got the lemon chicken wings and three-​cheese Lebanese pizza for Thing 1 and Thing 2 to split. Both were excellent. Wife got the baked spinach and lemon rissoles and she thought it was very good but might have been a little lacking (she described it as «filling»…kind of what you say when you don’t have something nice to say, I guess). I got the skewered beef with a cumin and paprika rub. It came with a trio of rices and the whole dish was very simple but just really outstanding. So, with the exception of my wife’s spinach dish, everything was pretty darn good and the flavors were bold and well-​balanced.
Overheard the couple next to us say that they had heard it was the best Lebanese restaurant in all of Geneva and I believe it.
OK. I mentioned that my whole family came to Arabesque. Thing 1 is ten and Thing 2 is six. They were fairly well behaved and there was at least one other family in there with a child. But, this really isn’t a kid place.
Will definitely go back.

You have to like lebanese Food to enjoy it. Location is nice and the Food too… If you like lebanese Food.