The restaurants below have been grouped into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over LD20)
$$$ (LD15 to LD20)
$$ (LD10 to LD15)
$ (under 10LD)
This is for a three course meal per person, with water and soft drinks, tax and service included.
Al-Murjan
With a dark elegant interior, this is one of the best fish restaurants in town. The staff are friendly and there is a salad buffet for starters. This is also a good place to try out some Libyan couscous or tagines (stews).
Midan al-Gazayir
Tel: (021) 333 6507.
Price: $$-$$$
Al-Makulaat al-LubnaniyaExcellent Lebanese
restaurant, popular with foreign expats, serving a good selection of mezze, salads and mixed grills.
Sharia al-Gargaresh, 4km (2.5 miles) west of the center
Tel: (021) 477 6978.
Price: $$
As-Soraya
Very lively Lebanese-owned restaurant-cum-snack bar, popular with younger Libyans, right on the city’s main square. Libyan as well as international specials, including salads, kebabs and excellent pizzas, are served in a contemporary decor.
Green Square
Tel: (021) 444 1459.
Price: $$
Zumit Restaurant
Great restaurant in an old caravanserai hotel decorated in Ottoman style, specializing in traditional Libyan cuisine, particularly fish and seafood.
Marcus Aurelius Arch Square, Medina
Tel: (021) 334 2915.
Website:
www.zumithotel.comPrice: $$
Ash-SharqPopular eaterie with a very plain decor on a first floor above the busy Souk al-Attara. The
Ash-Sharq serves good rustic traditional Libyan dishes such as
rishda, a home made pasta with onions and chickpeas, couscous and
osban, sheep’s stomach stuffed with meat, herbs and rice.
Souk al-Attara, Medina
Tel: (021) 444 1427.
Price: $
Nightlife:Since the 1969 revolution, Tripoli has not had a nightlife scene. Libya is one of the strictest countries in the Arab world, with a total ban on alcohol and drugs, neither of which are publicly available or can be brought into the country. The hotels have bars where locals, mostly men or just-married couples, come and sip an alcohol-free fruit juice cocktail. A few cafes in downtown Tripoli serve mint tea, juices and waterpipes, known locally as
sheesha or
narghilah, until later in the evening. The most popular are by the Ottoman clock tower inside the gate of the medina, the cafe in the park on Green Square and the beautiful
Café Salim, Midan al-Gaza’ir in the Italian arcade opposite the former cathedral. Locals tend to go for an evening stroll on the promenade on the seafront and Green Square, or have a picnic in the little park.
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