Lebanese restaurant offering a chic setting to enjoy tasty, generous cuisine prepared by chef Jean Haidar.
After 17 years at the helm of a renowned restaurant in Strasbourg, Le Cèdre is the new address of chef Jean Haidar, a graduate of the Lebanese hotel school. In a chic setting, he offers tasty, generous and typical Lebanese cuisine, prepared with passion by himself and his son Anthony. The sun-drenched flavors of the Middle East come to the Côte d'Azur to the delight of gourmets who appreciate authenticity and creativity. This establishment is a must for lovers of Levantine cuisine and those wishing to discover it.
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Members' reviews on RESTAURANT LE CEDRE
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L’accueil est chaleureux le decor est soigné l’espace entre les tables permet une certaine confidentialité. Les plats sont savoureux les portions parfaites et le déroulement des plats parfait. Une mention particulière pour le houmos avocat et le dessert signature znout séit
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Et pour le service tout le monde est aux petits soins avec vous.
Je recommande vivement
The owner John presented a lovely menu for us including starters, main and dessert and amuse-bouche. We paid for the higher set menu as we wanted the extra mezzes as well.
For amuse-bouche we were given a cracker with a dollop of cheese and truffle. We were also given carrot sticks soaked in lemon. These were a lovely touch.
For cold starters we were given a fried cracker with a creamy avocado paste. Humous, tabbouleh, vine leaves with a beautiful pink radish sauce, a cheese paste and baba ganoush with bread. All were fabulous.
For hot starters we were given a black falafel with a grey tahini sauce, kibbeh with a sour yoghurt rice, sucuk sausage with tomato sauce and onions and garlic and finally a cheesy filo pastry. We enjoyed most of this with the exception of the sour yoghurt rice which wasn’t to our taste.
The mains were also beautifully presented but smaller portions than expected. We were given a small skewer of lemon chicken and small skewer of kofta with a garlic paste and side salad. This was served with a very flavourful rice bowl to share between two people. The meat was very beautiful and the side salad was tasty too with vinegar. The garlic paste was not to my taste but was beautifully presented too.
The mint tea tasted very sweet and was very hot. This was served with pine nuts which is a personal preference - some love some dislike this, I am the latter but this still did not stop me enjoying the tea!
For desserts we were given a platter of small bites including baklava. This was not to our taste as we found it a little dry except for John’s own dessert which was a combination of mascarpone, filo pastry, and a combination of strawberry and raspberry amongst other flavours and was a real delight.
We would wholeheartedly recommend this restaurant. The food, presentation, culinary experience is all worth it and very reasonably priced.
The one and only criticism would be that one waitress kept touching our food when describing what each thing is. This would be ok if it happened once by accident but this happened every time and she placed her finger firmly on the food which was annoying for us and possibly unsanitary. This is a very easily avoidable mistake and I’m sure management will take this into consideration after this review so this should not deter anyone from trying out the amazing food here.
Please give this restaurant a try!
A noter le chef fait même le service et aime partager avec les clients