Lava bar & Lounge
135 Oxford St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Middle Eastern restaurant
Opening hours
Temporarily closed
Menu
Mains
- Kafta Mishwe
Our classic skewered Kafta mix, bread with chilli, fresh biwaz, toum
- Shish Tawook
Marinated chicken breast skewers, bread with chilli, fresh biwaz, toum.
- Laham Mishwe
Succulent lamb rump skewers, bread with chilli, fresh biwaz, toum.
- Skewer Medley
Skewers of kafta mishwe, shish tawook and lamb Mishwe, bread with chilli, fresh biwaz, toum, house-pickled cucumber.
- Chicken Shawarma
Chicken marinated in our secret spices, bread with chilli, fresh biwaz, toum, house-pickled cucumbers.
- Meat Shawarma
Spiced black Angus rump cap, bread with chilli, fresh biwaz, tahini sauce.
- Grilled Lamb Chops
Grilled lamb chops with brussel sprouts and charred tomatoes.
- Lemon Garlic Chicken
Tender chicken breast, our signature lemon garlic sauce, parsley.
Cold mezza
- Hommos
Chickpeas, tahini, lemon, olive oil
- Baba Ghannouj
Smoked eggplant, tahini, labneh, olive oil
- Labneh
strained yoghurt, black olives, mint, olive oil
- Muhammara
Sundried bell pepper, walnut, breadcrumbs, tahini, pomegranate reduction
- Oysters 1/2 Dozen
Oysters sourced from a series of estuaries across the east coast of Australia
- Rahib Batenjan
Fire roasted eggplant, tomato and bell pepper salsa, fresh herbs
- Msakaa
Fried eggplant, garlic, onion, bell pepper salsa, fresh herbs
- Vine Leaves (5)
Slow-cooked and hand-rolled grapevine leaves of spiced rice, tomato, lemon
- Gourmet Dip Platter
A sample of our gourmet dips and accompaniments to start your meal: Hommos, baba ghannouj, Labne, crisp Lebanese bread
- Kibbeh Nayeh
Raw cured beef mince, burghul, walnuts, olive oil, radish, house roasted spices
Hot Mezza
- Hommos Bi Lahme
hommos, pan fried lamb fillet, brown butter, pine nuts
- Grilled Wings
Fried chicken wings, coriander, garlic , lemon
- Chilli Garlic Prawns
Chilli and garlic tiger prawns, muhammara, shaved cabbage
- Makanek
Lebanese sausage pan fried in butter, pomegranate molasses, lemon
- Haloumi
Caramelised in honey and thyme, tomato, black olive, pistachio dukkah
- Batata Bi Kizbara
Twice cooked crispy potato, garlic and chilli oil, fresh coriander
- Golden Cauliflower
Cumin spiced cauliflower florets, dukkah, tahini dipping sauce
- Falafel (6)
Crisp fried bites of chickpeas and favs beans, tahini dipping sauce
- Spinach Fatayer
Golden fried triangles of fresh spinach, lemon, sumac
- Sambousek (4)
Hand-crafted pastry of meat and onion OR cheese OR chicken
- Brussel Sprouts
Burnt butter, Hazelnut, chilli sage
- Broccolini & XO Butter
Pan-fried broccolini, fermented chilli, peanuts, crispy shallots
- Kibbeh
Crisp croquettes of minced meat OR spinach and chickpeas
Signature
- Samkeh Harrah
Oven-baked spring creek barramundi, tahini, and chilli sauce, aromatic rice
- Mansaf Chicken
Tender chicken poached in Mansaf spices, turmeric, rice, roasted nuts, mint cucumber yogurt
- Mansaf Lamb
Braised Lamb shank, spiced rice, roasted nuts, mint cucumber yoghurt
Sides
- Tabouli
Traditional parsley and burghul salad, tomato, onion, mint, lemon and olive oil dressing
- Fattoush
Cos lettuce, tomato, cucumber, capsicum, cabbage, radish, shallots, crisp fried Lebanese bread
- Toum
House-made rich garlic dip
- Turmeric Rice
Turmeric infused rice, roasted nuts
- Mansaf Rice
Rice infused with spices, roasted nuts
- Laban
Rich yoghurt, cucumber, dried mint
- Potato Chips
Fried potato chips
Dessert
- Knafeh Bel Ashta
Traditional Lebanese knafeh
- Halawet El Jeben
Sweet cheese rolls
- Baklava Ice Cream
Vanilla bean ice cream, baklawa