Lord of the Wings

You guessed it... this is THE place that specializes in chicken wings. You can get all sorts of different kinds of chicken wings here, ranging from buffalo, BBQ flavored, honey mustard, and others. What's more, the wings can be ordered with a level of spiciness that, if you so choose, can range from mild, to hot, to suicide! It doesn't end there... Lord of the Wings has one of the best burgers I have ever eaten.
I presume that that is attributed to the make-it-yourself nature of choosing each of the ingredients and toppings that go into your burger, which include choices that show that those who came up with the menu spent a lot of time paying attention to detail. Such ingredients and topping for your burger include whole wheat bread, Angus beef, avocado, guacamole, a breaded mozzarella patty, and others, as well as your usual offering of condiments and such. One of the things that really did it for me to consider their burger a success is that it was served hot. That is rare. It is served to the point where it will be warm in your mouth, where, if you order the breaded mozzarella patty with it then it would slightly melting. It's just perfect, and it's something I've never experienced anywhere else, with any of the burgers I've eaten. The branch in Gemmeyzeh has one of the friendliest waiters I've come across too.
Our waiter, Nicholas, was jovial and knew how to maneuver his way to making his clients feel welcomed and at ease, and cracked a joke about needing to "take the test" so we could order.
You see when we sat down we were each given a sheet with circles next to the menu items and pencils. We needed to tick off the items that we wanted to eat and hand in the paper to the waiter to process our order, something like how taking the SATs or the TOEFL were before they became computerized.
Dessert was great too. If you're crazy for espresso and just love vanilla ice-cream, then just get the dessert that combines the two. I must have swallowed it all up in under a minute's time.

Mandaloun Café

Situated on the main st. of Achrafieh, this restaurant/café is not to be confused with either of the other Mandaloun concepts, Mandaloun sur Mer, Mandaloun Grill or Mandaloun the nightclub. Yet, like its cousins, the Mandaloun pulls off its café version with class and poise.

Upon walking in, one notices the warm, woody decoration that isn't spoilt by anything but being slightly too bunched up with tables being too close to each other and the fact that there's a flatscreen tuned to a football match on the back wall bookshelf, a feature that has the potential to encourage antisocial behavior. After being greeted and politely lead to our table we forge on to ordering our food and drinks.

The service is attentive and friendly, with staff that give and take when casually spoken to. They aptly answered any questions we had and took our order.

The food arrived promptly tasting "good", leaning towards "safe", all while looking scrumptious. For an entrée, the lentil soup was served as mashed yellow lentils with mashed potatoes, a side portion of croutons and a lemon slice served alongside. The fish brochettes, came next and had a pleasing, tangy quality to them. The Funghi pizza also, was "not bad". After the meal came degestion time.

By the time we finished our meal, the café had filled, and the volume level rose a little. We enjoyed each other's company and the waiter managed to take an order for tea from us on his second offer.

We drank a nice digestive tea, which also turned out a little more standard tasting than what the menu makes it out to be, paid, got our cars from the valet, and returned home for the night.

Cristobal Colon

Saturday night. Destination Cristobal Colon in Hamra facing Dany's. Colon is a gastropub that marries European & Latin American Flavors with a speciality in Latin club sandwiches and refreshing punches.

Indeed any food you order will be guaranteed to taste good since extra care was placed in selecting this pub's chef. This is your classic 'good food, good mood' spot with a selection of drinks that any taste could accommodate with their flexible waiter George.

George, with his understated style, will accommodate to your every need whenever he can drop an eye on your table. And when staying late in the weekend night then you can still be sure of a continued wild time until you decide to leave!