Chamisse is an established Lebanese restaurant on Gray's Inn Road between King's Cross and Chancery Lane. Its friendly dining room is built around traditional hospitality and the shared table, offering lunch and dinner alongside takeaway, delivery and catering services.
Cold mezze include hummus, smoked aubergine moutabbal, tabouleh, fattoush, stuffed vine leaves and vegetables cooked with tomato, olive oil and herbs. Hot plates such as falafel, cheese sambousik, spinach fatayer, spicy potatoes and halloumi make it easy to build a broad vegetarian or plant based spread.
Charcoal cooking shapes the meat selection, from chicken shish taouk and lamb kafta to mixed grills, arayess and lemon and garlic chicken wings. Fish, seafood, stews and daily dishes broaden the choice, while set menus arrange several mezze and mains for two or four diners.
Baklawa, date and nut maamoul, kenafa and rosewater milk pudding provide distinctly Lebanese finishes. Fresh lemonade, mint tea, Lebanese coffee and a wine and spirits list accompany the food, giving guests options for anything from a quick platter to a longer shared meal.
Address: 55 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8PP, England
Chamisse Menu
Cold Mezzeh
Hommos
Puree of chickpeas with sesame oil & lemon juice.
Hommos Beiruty
Puree of chickpeas with hot pepper, parsley, sesame oil & lemon juice.
Hommos Beetroot
Mixed with beetroot puree.
Roasted Butternut Squash Hummus
Puree of chickpeas with sesame oil, lemon juice, and butternut squash.
Moutabbal Baba Ghanouj
Puree of smoked aubergine with sesame seed oil & lemon juice.
Batinjan El Rahib
Grilled aubergine with lemon, onion, garlic, green & red pepper.
Mfassakh
Black aubergine salad.
Moussakaa
Aubergine cooked in tomato sauce.
Trio Mix from the Above
Makdous Aubergine
Pickled baby aubergine stuffed with walnut & garlic.
Tabouleh
Famous Lebanese parsley salad.
Tabouleh Twist
with pomegranate.
Fattoush
Garden salad with crispy bread.
Lebanese Salad
Green garden salad.
Wara Inab
Grape vine leaves filled with rice, tomato & parsley cooked in olive oil.
Grilled Sweet Pepper
in olive oil & garlic.
Loubieh bel zeit
Green beans cooked in tomato sauce.
Bamieh Bel Zeit
Okra cooked in tomato sauce.
Labneh
Thick cheesy yogurt mixed with mint or garlic.
Cucumber Yogurt Dip
Plain Yogurt
Mixed Pickles
Courgette Salad
Fried Zucchini in tahini sauce.
Mixed Olives
Lebanese pita bread
Sauces (each)
(Garlic, Sesame, Chili).
Hot Mezzeh
Hommos Sojok
Hommos topped with Levantine sausages.
Arayess
Lebanese bread filled with seasoned minced lamb grilled.
Lamb Sambousik
Minced lamb mixture stuffed in a handmade dough.
Kebbeh
Lamb & cracked wheat shell filled with seasoned minced lamb & pine kernels.
Sojok
Levantine spicy sausages cooked in tomato sauce.
Jawaneh
Chicken wings marinated in lemon & garlic, charcoal grilled.
Chicken Makanek (Sausage)
Sauted chicken Levantine sausage with coriander and lemon sauce.
Kellaj
Lebanese bread filled with halloumi cheese, grilled.
Cheese Sambousik
Mixed cheese stuffed in a handmade dough.
Halloumi Cheese
Grilled on Charcoal.
Cheese Rikakat
Crispy fillo pastry filled with mixed cheese.
Falafel
Beans croquettes chickpeas, garlic & sesame oil.
Foul Moudammas
Fava beans simmered in tomato, garlic & olive oil.
Spicy Potato
Potatoes diced & cooked with coriander & spices.
Thyme Kellaj
Traditional Lebanese zaatar spread in pita bread.
Spinach Fatayer
Spinach mixture stuffed in a handmade dough.
Calamari
Crispy calamari served on a bed of lettuce and garlic sauce.
Grilled Padron Peppers and Sea Salt
BBQ
Gluten Free Option Available Upon Request. All BBQ are served with rice or french fries or salad.
Chicken Shish Taouk
Marinated chicken skewers, charcoal grilled.
Chicken Farrouj Meshwi
Boneless marinated baby chicken, charcoal grilled.
Mixed Grill
Selection of skewers, lamb meshwi, chicken shish taouk and kafta meshwi.
Chamisse Mixed Grill
Selection of skewers, lamb meshwi, chicken shish taouk, kafta meshwi and lamb cutlet.
Lamb Meshwi
Cubes of lamb skewers, charcoal grilled.
Lamb Kafta Meshwi
Minced lamb with parsley and onion, charcoal grilled.
Lamb Kafta Khashkhash
Minced lamb with spicy tomato sauce & mixed pepper, charcoal grilled.
Lamb Castaleta
Marinated lamb cutlets, charcoal grilled.
Sea Bass
Fresh boneless fillet on the grill.
King Prawns
Grilled in their own shells.
Plats du Jour
Served with rice. Gluten Free Option Available Upon Request.
Yakhneh Loubieh Vegetarian
Green beans cooked with tomato sauce.
Yakhnet Batinjen Vegetarian
Baked aubergines cooked with tomato sauce & chickpeas
Yakhnet Bamieh Vegetarian
Okra cooked in tomato sauce and coriander.
Yakhneh Loubieh with Lamb
Green beans cooked with Lamb and tomato sauce.
Yakhnet Batinjen with Lamb
Baked aubergines cooked with lamb, tomato sauce & chickpeas
Yakhnet Bamieh with Lamb
Okra cooked with lamb in tomato sauce and coriander.
Soup & Side Dishes
Chicken Soup
Lentil Soup
White Rice
Rice with Vermicelli
French Fries
Desserts
Baklawa
The famous filo pastry & nuts.
Maamoul
Dates & nuts Lebanese cookies.
Mhallabieh
Milk & rose water pudding.
Ossmalieh
Crispy wheat filled with homemade cream.
Kenafa
Melted sweet cheese cover with semolina crust.
Chef Special
Drinks
Fresh Fruit Juice
Orange, Carrot, Apple, Mixed juice.
Homemade fresh Lemonade
Soft Drinks
Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Diet Coke, Coke Zero.
Ayran Yogurt
Mineral Water
Sparkling Water
Tonic Water
Slim Lime Tonic Water
Soda
Ginger Beer
A Pot of Lebanese Coffee
Espresso Single
Espresso Double
Americano
Latte
Cappuccino
Cafe Blanc
Refreshing hot rosewater.
Mint Tea
Per person