Reviews Sahara Restaurant Cafe

2 Coming back with a friend for some Lebanese dishes :) The Arayess is a new favorite. Lovely grilled flatbread with sourced minced lamb. Hummus is smooth and aromatic. Borek is cute and tasty with tahini, but it doesn’t seem to contain much feta. I’m also trying the Foul Mudamas for the first time— it is very filling as a starter and also more lemony than expected. Sea bass is as beautiful as the one I had last time. Tender and juicy under the crispy grilled skin. Chicken Shawarma also tastes good. The deserts are of course heavenly. The Ma’amoul has a delightful fig/date filling. One of the baklawas have a special creamy/milky taste. Absolutely love the music playlist <3 —— A homely corner to escape to the land of tasty food and hospitality. Service is attentive and organized, and meals arrives super fast and despite our large group. Lentil soup is warmly spiced, a great start for Iftar. Somehow lamb shank wasn’t mentioned among the recommended lamb dishes (mixed, kofta, meshwi, signature) 🤔. I was 100% planning to get meat but ordered the “fresh-from-the-day” grilled fish instead. It was awesome indeed. 🐟 A whole fish, not a fillet as in many European restaurants. The skin is beautifully charred and crispy; and the flesh is not dried out. The charcoal grilling level is exemplified here, more than the meat dishes perhaps. (And maybe that’s why they are more proud of grills than stews.) I had been regretting not staying longer for the fish restaurant in old Jaffa last summer. Now I don’t have to think about that anymore. 😌 Cambridge is not close to the sea, but you can trust the Lebanese restaurant for handling fish. Instantly transported me to the warm Eastern Mediterranean coast. Rice is aromatic and fluffy. It’s hard to not finish the huge plate. The Lebanese salad is refreshing, especially toward the bottom where all the lemon juice goes. Perhaps I can ask for a less oil option. Znoud El Sit is not too sweet, and the cream filling is soft and slightly bouncy. Ramadan Kareem :)

Delicious food, very generous portions and excellent service. Had the mixed grill for 4 as well as the mixed hot mezze, was more than enough for 4 big, hungry lads, and it all was very reasonably priced.

Clean and hygiene . Friendly staff. Amazing food with really good quantity and quality .

Very tender meat, the lamb shank was super tasty. The milkshake was very filling.

The Best Lebanese cuisine in Cambridge hands down, the baby chicken they do is to die for if you fancy grilled food then look no further this is the place to go.