Lebanese Grocer

Ordered the lamb with a side of whole green chili peppers. Very tasty; the chilies add a nice crunch and a mild kick without being spicy. Service was excellent; the staff were friendly. The open kitchen is great way to see how the food was prepared. Would definitely come back!

I had the Chicken Shawarma. Fresh quality ingredients, everything from the vegetables, chicken and hummus was great. One thing to note is because of the pickles, the Shawarma is very sour forward. I didn't mind it too much but I could see people wanting the dish bit more balanced. Overall I'd come back here again to have the Shawarma and also any other dishes. Would recommend.

Incredible Lebanese shawarma place. The pickles inside were amazing. Order with fries (they put them inside the shawarma). The shawarma is flavourful, but surprisingly not heavy. Lemonades are great too. Over all amazing place, great service, friendly staff, and excellent food. Fun fact: Döner(as döner kebab) turkish, shawarma arabic, and gyros greek all mean “turning”, as turning meat.

Visited Lebanese Grocer on Saturday and honestly, this place deserves serious praise. The chicken shawarma was outstanding — juicy, perfectly seasoned, and full of flavour. The fried chicken with hummus was a surprise hit: crispy on the outside, tender inside, and the hummus was smooth, fresh, and spot on. The service was just as impressive. Friendly, fast, and genuinely attentive. You can tell they care about both the food and the customers. So many great options on the menu — the kind of place where you already know what you’re ordering next time while you’re still eating. Highly recommended.

The shawarma was nice. I was worried about the fries inside the wrap but it worked great with the final product. 8/10 The coriander chips were lovely as well.8/10 The baklava super. 9/10 Staff were nice and friendly with fast service. Looking forward to return.

Came in last Thursday and even though it was a bit busy, I placed my order and it was ready within 5 minutes, which was impressive. Having lived in Saudi Arabia for 14 years, I’ve tried countless shawarmas and never thought I’d find anything that matches that standard again. This place absolutely nails it. Truly authentic, hands down the best shawarma I’ve had since leaving Saudi. The toum is spot on, the chicken shawarma is perfect, and the flavours are exactly how it should be. Will come back again. Highly recommend!

The service was amazing, very friendly and helpful. The atmosphere here was great as well, they have a nice little eating area at the back. The shawarma tasted really good, good mix of vege and meat. The coriander chips was also tasty as well if you like coriander.

Good food makes my day, Lebanese Grocer food really does it. When it comes to fine a new eatery in Auckland, multiple decisions are on the table. Came directly to Lebanese Grocery, once move towards the corner, Ali - the owner - saw us from 2 rooms away. He walked back to the restaurant, even did not know that if we would come in or not. Walked with impressive atmosphere of old style restaurant, we were greeted with Ali’s pleasure, so welcoming. Came to the back of restaurant there be 9 table for seating with a good atmosphere. We started with Lebanese Coffee - feels like home 🥰 taste great as coffee when you travel the world. Their falafel is good. A little salty but good falafel on top of tahini spread. Comes to the main, we order Chicken, Lamb and Beef. 🐔 Chicken Shawarma: halal, no dairy. Good moist and fantastic chicken shawarma. Love it. 🐑 Lamb: halal, no dairy. Very tenders braised lamb with their salad and pickle. Give you fantastic flavour. 🥩Sojouk: vegan: Armenian beef sausage. Very impressive. Our favourite dish of the meal. Wow oh wow. Doing business is very tough in Auckland. Ali leads the team well with enthusiastic and love of what he is doing. Come on over to one of Auckland’ ICONIC 100.