Tasty and healthy Lebanese food from a restaurant often overlooked despite its great position in the Northern Quarter. Better still, if operates a bring-your-own-booze policy, meaning an already cheap meal works out even cheaper. Well worth considering, both by travellers on a budget and locals out to try something new.

69 Thomas Street, Manchester M4 1LQ
+44 161 834 5016

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Lebanese restaurant. Gorgeous food - mezes, grills etc (must try fatoush). Great value, especially the set menu. Very friendly. Family run and therefore very welcoming toward young children. Top off your food with a hubba bubba pipe. Everyone we take loves it and takes their friends too.

44 Preston Street, Brighton;
tel: 01273 734 810

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If, like me, you're willing to forego the table service, live 'music' and belly dancers available on the Edgware Road - Beirut Express is the Lebanese cafe worth queuing for. Part of the Maroush restaurant stable, it consistently serves good food at reasonable prices.

You can sample a range of traditional mezze dishes (try: soujok, baba ghanoush, batata hara, moutabal, spicy lebanese salad), alongside the standard chicken or lamb wraps, fresh juices (mango works), finishing off with baklava and tea.

If you're determined to make it an (alcohol-free) all-nighter, the sheesha bar across the street has the latest 'licence' in W2. Follow the neon lights.

112-114 Edgware Road W2, Marble Arch or Edgware Road tube stations, www.maroush.com

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Tasty, fresh and healthy Lebanese food at very reasonable prices. The staff are friendly, and you can eat in or take away. They are also happy to cater for parties at home etc.

94 Churchfield Road, Acton, near Acton Central station;
tel: 020 8993 3335

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Lebanese restaurant in a beautiful cavernous basement arch stripped back to the original brickwork. Their menu has an overwhelming array of choice but there's no need to panic as the food is all excellent. Particularly good are their lebanese flatbreads fresh out of the on-site bakery.

13a Small St, BS1 1DE;
0117 927 7937

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