Zakia Modern Lebanese Restaurant

A culinary odyssey awaits at this Atlanta gem. Try creamy hummus, golden falafel, grilled chicken kebab, and deconstructed baklava. Sip the mystical One Thousand and One Nights cocktail. You are going to be teleported to Lebenon for a while.

Is it Halal ?

Visited this restaurant last Thursday to take my friend out for his birthday. Food and drinks were great and the interior was beautifully designed. Unfortunately, everything went downhill once I accidentally left my credit card in the check book. I realized this maybe 2 minutes after our waitress (Jennifer) left. We could still see her walking into the back room and quickly followed her. We informed two other servers who we were looking for and why. Jennifer comes out and we tell her about the card. She goes back into the room only to return and say she doesn’t know where the card is and she went through every check book. I emptied my jacket pockets to show that I don’t have it and I definitely remember leaving it in the check book. She tells me she can check again or I can call in the morning once the manager is in. I ask her to go back and check. It’s miraculously found and was in a different check book all along. But if all the books had been looked through, how was it found? It was my first time in Atlanta and it’s unfortunate that this was my first restaurant experience. I’m grateful that my card was returned to me but don’t understand how it could have gone missing within 2 minutes. For the rest of my trip I had to lock/unlock my card out of fear. Also needed to get it replaced once I reached home just in case.

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First class all the way! Loved the mushroom and hummus dish!!!

An amazing place.

The end result = amazing experience. It went off to a rocky star when my romantic reservation for two suddenly went upstairs to an undecorated, separated, grey-washed room with no view of well, anything. I politely said that I did not wish to sit at this table and management found another one under the chandelier. Nobody puts baby in a corner! I feel bad for anyone sat there in the future though, especially considering the ambiance in the main rooms. The food was excellent. I highly recommend trying the goat cheese and quail appetizer. My only complaint was that I communicated to my server that I wasn’t very hungry and probably would be drinking lots of wine instead. Once we ordered glasses, we realized it would have more economical to buy a bottle. Not sure why my server did not suggest this, since my partner and I drink the same wine. Was it a missed opportunity by the server, or an intentional oversight to boost the bill?

So, my friend and I work from home and today we were riding around Buckhead when a colleague called me on Teams to ask me a few questions. At the end of our call, she told me about how when she was in Dubai and had Lebanese food and it was exceptional. She said she had something made out of eggplant that was so good but she couldn’t remember what it was. I said, “Well, Ms. Shari, it’s lunchtime so, I’m going to head off now but if I see a Lebanese restaurant, I’ll give it a try.” And as soon as I clicked the red button and looked up, I saw this restaurant! My friend and I parked and went inside. The two ladies at the door had bright smiles and quickly greeted us. The shorter one said that I would need to remove my hat due to their dress code. As I had no intentions of going out for lunch today, neither one of us were in appropriate attire. I apologized and said that we would have to retreat to another restaurant. The taller woman, who I assume may have been a manager, said, “it’s ok. Yall can come in.” We were very grateful and were sat at the bar. The bartender was a very nice man. He recommended the falafel to my pescatarian friend but she said she didn’t like falafel because it was always dry and doughy. The bartender was a little disheartened by this but proceeded to explained to us how the eggplant appetizer was made. We were very interested in trying cuisine we never had before so we ordered that, the Spinach Rolls, I had the Octopus and Ericka had the rice bowl with salmon. We ordered the two drinks he recommended and patiently waited for our food. Very quickly we were treated to fresh pita bread and olive oil. Our drinks came and the appetizers were quick to follow. After we finished our apps, as if on cue, our dishes were served to us. While we ate, our drinks were topped off and the bartender brought my friend a beautifully garnished falafel sample. He said, “I know you’ve had bad falafel before but ours is really good and I want you to try it!” We both tried it and loved it. Everything was soooo good. I really appreciate that we weren’t judged by our appearance and still was treated with exceptional customer service from the time we walked in until we left. And today, it’s so hard to find a restaurant worth the money but this was so nice and the food, exceptional! Thank you to the staff!