Our Favourite Middle Eastern Restaurants in Paris (2026)

Updated August 2026. We originally wrote this after spending a week in Paris eating our way through Turkish, Lebanese, Israeli and North African restaurants. I have checked the places again and kept the four I would still send somebody to: Urfa Dürüm, L’As du Fallafel, Chez le Libanais and Chez Younice.

I have removed the old star ratings, review counts, meal prices and detailed opening hours. Those were snapshots from 2019 and looked increasingly absurd sitting beside a current restaurant recommendation. All four restaurants are still operating, but check the day’s opening hours before crossing Paris for one.

Urfa Dürüm — my favourite kebab in Paris

Urfa Dürüm is still at 10 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis in the 10th arrondissement, and it is still the first place on this list I would revisit.

The reason is the bread. They bake the flatbread on site, then wrap it around grilled meat, herbs and vegetables while everything is still warm. The result is simple enough that every ingredient has to be good. There is nowhere for dry meat or stale bread to hide.

I like the minced-meat dürüm. It is not a giant overloaded kebab designed to defeat you. It is a compact, balanced sandwich with smoke from the grill, fresh bread and enough herbs to keep the meat from becoming heavy.

The surrounding stretch of Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis is also worth eating your way through. I would go hungry and make Urfa Dürüm one stop rather than planning an elaborate sit-down meal around it.

L’As du Fallafel — the famous falafel is still worth trying

L’As du Fallafel is still at 34 Rue des Rosiers in the Marais. It is famous enough that the queue becomes part of the experience, which is both a recommendation and a warning.

I would still order the falafel sandwich rather than getting distracted by the rest of the menu. You get hot falafel, vegetables, sauces and pita assembled into something messy enough that you should not attempt to eat it while wearing your best white shirt.

The useful thing to remember is that Rue des Rosiers is a food street, not a single-restaurant pilgrimage. If the queue is ridiculous and you are hungry now, I would happily eat falafel nearby rather than spend an hour defending a place in line.

Chez le Libanais — shawarma on fresh bread

Chez le Libanais is still operating on Rue Saint-André des Arts in the 6th arrondissement. It is a tiny place, which is part of why the wraps make more sense to me than trying to turn it into a long restaurant meal.

The attraction for me is again fresh bread. A good shawarma is not complicated: warm bread, properly seasoned meat, pickles, garlic and enough acidity to cut through the fat. When those pieces are right, adding more ingredients usually makes it worse.

I would order a chicken shawarma or falafel wrap and eat it while walking around Saint-Germain rather than hunting for a more formal Lebanese restaurant.

Chez Younice — Moroccan food when you want to sit down

Chez Younice is still at 13 Rue d’Avron in the 20th arrondissement. This is the place on the list I would choose when I actually wanted to sit down over a full meal rather than grab something wrapped in bread.

Go for couscous or a tagine. Moroccan food rewards the slower format: meat cooked until tender, vegetables that have absorbed the cooking liquid, semolina, preserved lemon, spices and mint tea afterwards.

The 20th is also a useful reminder that some of the most interesting food in Paris is well outside the small part of the city most first-time visitors walk around.

If I only had time for two

I would go to Urfa Dürüm for a quick meal and Chez Younice for dinner. They are completely different experiences and together give you a better sense of why I like eating Middle Eastern food in Paris so much.

L’As du Fallafel is worth doing if you are already in the Marais. Chez le Libanais is an easy choice if you are around Saint-Germain and want something fast. I would not cross the entire city simply to tick either one off a list.