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Best Middle Eastern Restaurants

Around Brisbane

Updated: May 21, 2025

Feast on delectable Middle Eastern food at the best Turkish, Lebanese, Levant and Iranian restaurants around Brisbane. From no-frills hidden gems, mezze bars and glamorous vegetarian restaurants, to fire-powered and upmarket restaurants here's 25 of the best:

Layla is an exquisite Middle Eastern inspired restaurant nestled wihin the heritage-listed brick walls of the Thomas Dixon Centre
A chic modern wine bar and bistro serving exquisite Levantine-inspired cuisine that is worth travelling for
Little Beirut Bistro is a little slice of Lebanon located in Indooroopilly, offering modern-infused Mediterranean cuisine
Mecca Bah is a lush Middle Eastern dining oasis in the heart of Newstead's Gasworks Plaza
Olive Thyme Turkish Cuisine is arguably Brisbane’s best Turkish restaurant, located in a gorgeous heritage-listed 1920’s Albion building
A charming beautifully decorated restaurant bringing the delicious taste of Turkish cuisine for brunch and dinner
Cedars brings an authentic and delectable taste of the Middle East to Milton's Park Road dining precinct
Downtown Istanbul is a cool contemporary Turkish restaurant on a leafy corner of a lively little dining precinct
Farah Restaurant is an oasis of traditional high-quality Persian cuisine in the inner-city suburb of Spring Hill.
A colourful and cosy Turkish restaurant and bar serving up authentic Turkish cuisine and cocktails on Graceville's main dining precinct
South Bank's beloved Lebanese restaurant, Baba Ganouj, has relocated to luxe new digs & has a dedicated shisha area
This hilltop cottage lit by colourful Turkish lights and candles is an enduring Brisbane favourite
Taste of Saffron is a Persian and Mediterranean restaurant serving authentic cuisine in Stones Corner
A Middle Eastern inspired urban oasis serving breakfast and lunch daily from its leafy plant-filled home
Istanbul 1923 brings an authentic and delicious taste of Turkey to the north-side suburb
Watany Manoushi Lebanese Foods, found tucked away in Palmdale Shopping Centre is an authentic Middle Eastern bakery, cafe and grocery store
A stunning riverside dining oasis inspired by the once-thriving ancient metropolis of Babylon
ēmmē is a stunning light-filled diner dishing up an ever-evolving menu, breathtaking interiors and exceptional brews on James Street
A colourful and basic Lebanese eatery that has been on this bend of Waterworks Road since time immemorial
A cool subterranean Middle Eastern restaurant and mezze bar on a bustling street corner of South Brisbane
The quaint hilltop eatery is serving up the best Turkish street food to be found in Brisbane
Naim brings the exquisite taste of modern Middle East-inspired cuisine to a quaint corner shop on a Paddington hilltop
Dishing up traditional Iraqi cuisine from its home tucked away on Moorooka's main shopping strip.

Tucked away in Moorooka is this gem of a popular Persian and Afghani BBQ restaurant serving delectable authentic cuisine

The ultra chic moodily-lit restaurant off James Street serves exquisite Middle Eastern cuisine that combines ancient with modern

A South Bank institution, Mado has been dishing up traditional Turkish cuisine in a charming al fresco setting for over ten years now

Image credits:

Zeitoon courtesy of Zeitoon Facebook page

Gerards courtesy of Gerards Facebook page

Mado courtesy of Mado website.

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