Noura

Not the kind of place you want to go to.
Unbelievably arrogant and unprofessional — both wait staff and host. I would never recommend a place like this to anyone — aside from food, why subject yourself to this? From most comments and people I’ve spoken with — food is not very worthwhile here.
Have also been to their other location and this kind of approach they have seems consistently poor.
I’m in shock at how they run a business like this — aside from maybe certain clients they give a different treatment to.

Delicious food, very friendly staff. Came here with a party of seven on a quiet Tuesday night. Ordered two bottles of wine and they gave us a complimentary third, plus an extra dessert. Delightful experience, everything was tasty. I was impressed with the quality of the Lebanese wines on their list — I’d never had wine from Lebanon before and it paired very well with the meal.

This was our first experience with Lebanese cuisine and we will definitely come back next time we are in town. It was delicious! I highly recommend their Hoummos, Kebbeh, and Cheese Rikakat.

Noura has an excellent reputation among Lebanese who live and travel abroad. I’d never been to any of the locations in London (been to the one in Paris), so on this trip, I decided to give it a try for lunch.
The food and service were both excellent. Originally, I wanted to do the Shawarma Platter — the Maitre D, said since it was Sunday lunch, they had not made a fresh skewer of Shawarma and what they had was from the previous night — used as a hummus topper only. I appreciated his honesty as he recommended the mashawi (grill) mix. I ordered that with a side of fattoush. Being gluten intolerant, he ensured no bread was added on the fattoush.
After finishing my meal, I requested a cup of mint tea — black tea with fresh mint leaves. In classic Lebanese style and hospitality, he brought a complimentary, and rather large, cup of milk pudding (m’halabiye). Normally they offer a piece or two of bhalkawa, but since I was gluten intolerant, they brought the pudding instead!
It was a great experience and would recommend Noura. The only reason I give it 4 instead of 5 stars, is probably the price. Even with the complimentary dessert, the bill was 50pounds ($ 75) — granted I ordered a glass of arak as well, it seemed a little steep for the meal itself. Something like this in the US or even Germany, would be around $ 40 – 50.

Went there for dinner after a movie at Curzon Theater right across the street. The food was good. My friends and I had a variety of vegetarian mezza, including hoummos, Moutabbal, chopped salad, Falafel etc. Everything was delicious. I also ordered a lamb skewer, and I liked it as well.
Overall, I liked my experience there, but that wouldn’t be a restaurant that I crave.

I wish we could review the restaurant based on going, but we got shut out on Christmas Eve. I made a reservation online two weeks prior to coming London for Christmas Eve dinner. I received an auto-​reply indicating I would get a confirmation. I never got a confirmation. When I tried to call from the hotel in London, I got nothing but a dead line signal. The reception tried calling, but he got an unassigned number. Finally the concierge got through, only to be told that they were closing at 19:30, which was before the time of our reservation! It would have been nice to have been informed before the night of our reservation that they would not be able to honor their online reservation system!

By far the best Lebanese restaurant I’ve ever been to. I used to work in Mayfair so this became a favourite place rather quickly. Love the location right on Curzon St. — where you might spot a celebrity or two. I’ve never had such fresh food in my life. Fav items include hoummos beiruty, mousakaat batenjan (aubergine), labneh (yogurt), moutabbal, and lahm bin ajine (a lebanese pizza with minced lamb). It’s authentic, fresh and the décor is really nice. Well worth the price. Upscale but quite a treat if you want to try something more than your Edgeware Rd fare. Great spot for lunch and/​or dinner.

An absolute bargain for the money. I have been to the Mayfair location 5 times and try to hit it up for dinner or take out lunch every time I visit London.
Do your palate a favor and go there.

Just came in here for a meeting, so I only had a drink. But I was impressed by the atmosphere and the staff. The location, Curzon Street, is top notch. Would love to come back and eat here.

I’ve been to two of the three «finer dining» Nouras in London — Piccadilly and Mayfair (the third is in Belgravia and Knightsbridge has a café/​deli) — and while the atmosphere could not be more different (big and glam in Piccadilly; small and austere in Mayfair), the food, prices and staff are all consistently top-​notch.
I find Noura’s food a head above what some say is its main competition (Maroush and family). Traditional Lebanese dishes are fresh, not too oily and executed perfectly. Their menu is extensive, but I tend to stick to tried-​and-​true dishes like grilled halloumi (or the Grilled Kellaj which is simply bread filled with halloumi), hoummos, tabbouleh, chawarmas etc. — and a bit of post-​dinner baklawa hits the sweet spot.