Libyan Restaurants & Cafès

Please see our popular guide to Libyan food for a brief summary of Libyan cuisine:
https://www.temehu.com/Libyan-food.htm

Libyan restaurants serve a wide variety of food dishes, including Libyan traditional food like couscous, seafood and grilled meats, international dishes such as steak and mushroom soups, and Middle-Eastern foods like pita bread served with hummus & falafel. Most visitors  and travel guides do not recommend eating fresh salads and raw food in foreign countries, but we do get quite a number of European visitors who, like Libyans, eat anything. People who eat anything anywhere tend to have stronger and tougher immune system. Recent local statistical reports state that there are now 1055 restaurants and cafes, employing 10,000 people, 70% of which are Libyans. These were categorised from "Excellent" to "3-stars" restaurants and cafes.

Prices

Prices of sandwiches and meals in Libyan cafes and restaurants vary considerably from place to place. Cheap meals in public restaurants start from about 5 lyd a meal; while in mid range restaurants you should expect to pay between 15 and 20 lyd a meal. However, in top of the range restaurants the price is usually varies from 30 to 70 lyd.

Pizzas: between 3 and 10 lyd.
Sandwiches: start from 0.50 lyd to 4 lyd a sandwich.
Soft drinks: from 0.50 lyd to 3 lyd.
Coffee & tea: between 0.50 to 2 lyd.

Because of this large variation in prices we prefer it if our visitors choose to pay for their food and meals as they go. This allows visitors the freedom to choose where, what and when to eat.

Abiya Seafood Restaurant

114 Souq al-Turk 114
Tripoli Medina
Tripoli
Libya

Tel: +218 92 5010736

Abiya or Obaya Seafood Restaurant is located in the old medina. This is one of the most popular fish restaurants in the capital, serving fresh fish, octopus salad, and fish soup. Try the the couscous with fish and spicy carrot salad.

TripAdvisor Review:
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g293807-d1214387-Reviews-Mat_am_Obaya-Tripoli.html

Fresh Fish Restaurant (Mata'am Assamak Attaazej)

Sharea al-Kameet
Tripoli International Fair Area
Tripoli
Libya

TripAdvisor Review:
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g293807-d1214377-Reviews-Al_Mat_am_as_Samak_at_Taazej-Tripoli.html

Diafa Fish Restaurant (Mata'am Addiafa Lilasmak)

The Diafa Fish Restaurant serves seafood dishes. The food is good but so are the prices. The main courses ranges from 15 to 40 Libyan Dinars. The above menu shows the prices of the various soup dishes served at the restaurant: a mixed fish soup for 8 lyd, while an octopus soup is for four Libyan Dinars.

Alhofra Restaurant

(This restaurant does not exist any more.)

Alfatah Street
Tripoli
Libya

Tel:

This fish restaurant allows you to select the fish you like then have it cooked especially for you. The price range reflects the type of fish chosen. The prices of fresh fish in Libya range from 1 dinar per a kilo for fresh sardines, to about 40 Libyan Dinars for a kilo of the local algambary; while a lobster will cost you around 25 Libyan Dinars. When you add the restaurant fees for cooking the fish and other costs, then the advertised prices would not seem that high after all.

TripAdvisor Review:
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g293807-d940901-r51058880-Al_Hofra-Tripoli.html

Corinthia Restaurants

Corinthia Hotel
Tripoli
Libya

To view details about each restaurant please visit: www.corinthiahotels.com/dining-and-bars

The term Corinthia restaurants here is used to refer to the number of  specialist restaurants located in the actual hotel, as shown above in the screen shot taken from corinthiahotels.com. These are:

• Tripoli Cafe: serving snacks, pastries, sandwiches, ice-cream, drinks.
• Moroccan or Fes Restaurant: serving popular dishes from the famous Moroccan cuisine.
• La Valette Restaurant: international cuisine.
• Venezia Restaurant and Terrace: Italian cuisine.
• Orient Asian Restaurant: serving Indian cuisine.

The Italian Restaurant

Gargarish Road
Tripoli
Libya

Italian food: this restaurant serves Italian cuisine, including appetizers and pizzas, pasta and deserts, and fish and meat dishes.

TripAdvisor Review:
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g293807-d1057955-Reviews-Italian_Restaurant-Tripoli.html

Xian Du China Express Takeaways

Chinese food: if you miss your Chinese takeaway then pay Xian Du China a visit and a few dinars for a portion of Chinese noodles or the chili sauce.

Gargarish Road
Regatta Arches
Janzour
Tripoli
Libya

TripAdvisor Review:
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g293807-d1595088-Reviews-Chinese_Express_Takeaway-Tripoli.html

Sicilian Restaurant in Tripoli

Sicilian cuisine: ideally located by the shore of  Tripoli's Mediterranean coast this Sicilian restaurant provides a selection of Sicilian dishes and recipes.

Sultan Restaurant

Tel: +218 21 721 4392
Janzour

Indian cuisine: this was said to be the first Indian restaurant to open in the country. It is very popular and serves delicious good food, vegetarian curries as well as meat or seafood based dishes.

Azmeer Restaurant

Tripoli
Tel: +218 91 3732134

Turkish restaurant.