Huda is a cozy Levantine bistro in Williamsburg, where you can savor a sharable menu of vibrant Mediterranean dishes and delightful wines in a warm, inviting ambiance.
"A new Levantine bistro in Williamsburg, celebrated for its lightly charred squid and unique sides like hummus and broken olive vinaigrette." - Eater Staff
"Summer Sundays @ Huda / Sundays, May 5-August 25; 6:30pm One of our favorite new restaurants of the year serves food from the Levant, like batata harra and shish Barak. Starting on May 5, they’ll be hosting a summer series at their East Williamsburg restaurant, with film screenings and live performances that highlight the region's creative community. Film screenings are free, and live performances have a small fee that goes 100% to the artists. Check out their calendar here, and read our review so you know what to order. " - neha talreja
"Huda, from the owner of the decades-old Manhattan bistro La Bonne Soupe, opened in Williamsburg last fall. The restaurant serves bistro dishes with Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian influences, like baked branzino with muhammara and shish barak dumplings remixed as beef tortellini." - Luke Fortney, Eater Staff
"Huda is a restaurant with Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian influences. It features an ivory front with tinted windows and a main dining room that also serves as a barroom. The menu offers around 15 dishes with no divisions and three desserts. Notable dishes include grilled squid and hummus, batata hara with harissa and herbed labne, kibbeh nayeh with raw ground beef and homemade harissa, and msakhan with whole boned branzino. The restaurant is owned by Syrian-born Gehad Hadidi, with chef Omneyah Hassan." - Robert Sietsema
"On any given w eeknight in Williamsburg, people go to trivia, pay for a guest pass at their crush’s rock climbing gym, and wash dishes while listening to a 90-minute podcast episode. But spending an evening at this snug Levantine bistro will surely be better than all of those. Huda's white marble bar is the sort of place we'd happily sit on a random Wednesday, drinking arak with mint and ice and eating blistered grapes that come out hot and smoky with a pile of feta and mint. All the food here leans bright, with acidic pops from pomegranate, yogurt, and labne. Canker sores may not fare well, but you and a friend will. Portions are generous and everything—from the roasted lamb dish to the smoky shish barak with yogurt—is built to share. Great food aside, the easiness of the space and reasonably priced drinks are the main reasons to come to Huda whenever you're in the mood to get out of the apartment. House arak costs $12 and the extensive wine list has options from $14-18 by the glass (including a few wines made in Lebanon). So kick back, eat some hot grapes off the vine, and let J. Cole and modern Lebanese music wash over you. Your bathrobe and parasocial obsession with a certain podcast can wait until tomorrow night. " - Will Hartman
