№ 01 · Marylebone
A home. A hub. A heartbeat.
The first Palestinian restaurant in London, born from Haleem Kherallah's mother's kitchen.
The kitchen
From a single recipe.
Shakeshuka grew from a single recipe — the shakshouka Haleem's mother made on weekend mornings in Beit Sahour, a small town near Bethlehem. Onion, garlic, ripe tomatoes simmered low, eggs cracked in last, the room hot from the burner and the kettle.
Today, that same dish opens the menu. The room has changed — Marylebone Road, white tablecloths optional, a basement lounge that fills with poets and producers — but the kitchen still moves at the pace of a Palestinian Sunday.
Everything you'll eat here was either taught by someone's mother or learned from someone who learned from someone's mother. We don't fuse cuisines, we don't reinvent the plate. We make the food properly, and we keep making it.
Tonight, we recommend
A handful of favourites.
“Properly-made food. Properly-set tables. Properly-long evenings.”
— Haleem Kherallah, founder
The Lounge
Downstairs, the room remembers.
120 seats below Marylebone Road. Banquettes, soft light, a stage end that hosts everything from oud players to startup announcements.
Book launches · Film premieres · Poetry · Live music · Fundraisers · Gala dinners.
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Notes from the kitchen.
