Byblos Restaurant

I love Byblo's! The ambiance is nice, and the staff is very warm and friendly. I absolutely love, LOVE, LOVEEE the Fatoush salad, and have been trying ever since to make it as good as Byblo's, but there's just no comparison. The kebabs are delicious, and so is the hummus. Definitely try Byblo's for some great food!

My girlfriend and I try to come her at least twice a month. She is Lebanese and always raves about the authenticity. The food is delicious and the restaurant is very generous with their portions.

There is always a warm feeling when you go to Byblos, the staff is very friendly and there isn't that elitist feeling that are associated with so many nyc restaurants.

I don't know where to begin. We had such a wonderful evening at Byblos. Starting with the amazing appetizers and awesone ambiance. The food was delicious. Hommus was fresh and very tasty. I had the chicken and my date had the lamb shish kebob. Both were very generous portions and top quality. The staff was very friendly and mad us feel like part of the family. We truly enjoyed our night at Byblos amd cannot wait to go back. Prices were also very reasonable.

Not what I expected from a name that is supposed to be spell good food. What made me sick was the bad smell and taste of their garlic paste (recycled many times from one table to another). Their chicken was dry -- the portions were very small and the prices were up the roof - - so unncessarily very expensive... for some food that did not deserve it. One waiter spilled water on our babaghanouj by mistake and another waiter was nice to replaced it. Guess what? The owner conveniently charged us for 2 babaghanouj. He does not care becasue they know there are millions of people in Manhattan and very few Leb restaurants.

Coming from one of the largest arab-american communities in the United States, Dearborn(Detroit) Michigan, and someone who has dated many middle-eastern girls in his life, I can honestly say I've learned my lebanese food as well as any native of the middle-east. I can tell you that Byblos is not up to par with most Lebanese restaurants I've been to.
I went last week with my girlfriend, and was shocked(yet impresed?) at the layout of the restaurant. It was much more high-class than I had imagined it would be. Not what I'm used to with Lebanese restaurants. It was a nice place, but I could already tell the food would not be authentic.
I ordered the stuffed lamb-breast, which was actually pretty good, but extremely overpriced. My girlfriend ordered a kebab with rice, which was rather dissapointing. I've definetley had better at most middle-eastern restaurants I've been to. It was rather dry and bland. It was also overpriced for what it came with, which was practically nothing except rice.
Maybe I'm not being fair to this place comparing it to the Lebanese cuisine of Dearborn Michigan, but I feel the food was sub-par, unauthentic, and not worth the price. Then again, it is Manhattan.