The Best Restaurants Near Dragonfly, by the Record
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Rank 1. Beihouse
Lebanese
A centuries-old olive tree anchors the courtyard at the center of this sprawling Lebanese restaurant and bar complex, three converted villas deep, in Gemmayzeh. The chef spent years at Noma before bringing fermentation and quiet boundary-pushing back to Beirut, and the menu lands somewhere between Levantine tradition and places tradition has never been. Ranked fifth on MENA's 50 Best Restaurants, it carries that weight without seeming to try.
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Rank 3. Em Sherif
Lebanese
Chandeliers, deep pink textiles, live Arabic music, and a lunch spread of around 30 small dishes that arrives until the table can't hold any more. Em Sherif is a Lebanese restaurant built around the idea of opulent home cooking, the kind where seasonal produce does the talking and the set menu removes any decision fatigue entirely. It ranks 13th on MENA's 50 Best Restaurants list, which tracks for a room this committed to the cause.