Arabesque Restaurant & Lounge 642 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000

"Awesome restaurant to visit when you are looking for good Middle Eastern food. The staff are friendly and very accommodating and it's got a cool calm atmosphere whether you want to go for dinner by yourself, a date, friends and family dinner or even dinner with work. This restaurant is a must return for me."

"Go past this place all the time on the way to city and thought to try Jordanian Mansaf! Gorgeous dish and probably enough for 2! Lamb was beautifully cooked and tender and rice was great texture."

"- One of the recommended place in Melbourne for Hookah lovers. - Tried a different flavor “Pan with Blueberry” it was amazing ‘highly recommend’ - Cozy place, dining downstairs and shisha upstairs only. - Turkish Coffee and Hot Chocolate are very delicious. Note: better to pay in cash, because they are charging 10% extra for Shisha as Card Surcharge if you pay by Card."

"Never ever recommended A ridiculously disgusting place that anybody would ever imagine. Customer service : horrible and very poor. Short staff always compromises the quality of the service which was quite evident in this restaurant. Food quality : below average and we witnessed how it was cooked with rush and very less attention to the taste and quality of the food Environment: very tiny and no room to move around the tables. People were bumping into each other with no whatsoever privacy in their tables and sitting areas. It looked more like a college cafeteria. The food was not enough and the plates were dirty with water leaking a around them. They didn’t even bother to dry up the plates … really disgusting Our experience: My family and I booked the Iftar Buffet ( Break Fast - Dinner ) Over the phone we were told 55 per head but when we reached to the restaurant they charged us more. Further to that , for Iftar, it is really important to have the food ready to be served right on time ( approximately 6pm that day ) to be served straightaway however, the dinning area was not even ready by that time. All the guest with their little ones had to be directed to a waiting area on a first floor mezzanine with a dangerous stair case. The allocated waiting area was also freezing which the families were clearly not comfortable at all. Later on when the guests were directed to down stairs to sit on their tables, the food was not yet ready…. Staff were rushing around . Regardless the food was also significant delayed and then once the serving began the buffet area was so tiny and never enough for that number of people at all. For instance one little soup pot was allocated for that many people … you imagine …it wasted a good 15 minutes of everybody’s time for a small bowl of soup. The bowls were just washed with leaking water around them. You should have technically closed your eyes on their cleanliness otherwise you would have walked out starving … The dessert options were very limited and there was a tasteless ice tea and a disgusting whatsoever Turkish coffee ( no where near Turkish coffee ) was served The very first time ever I could have seen that my little ones rejected the chips ( French fries ) was in this place. When I asked my child why don’t you eat your chips … they are gross and slurpy … he replied The resentments and unhappiness was quite visible on people’s face. Over all it was a disgusting place and never worth it for the money we paid and the time we wasted in there. A once off experience which will never ever happen again."