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Gemmayze Street is hands down some of the best Middle Eastern Ive tried outside of the Middle East and I could not recommend this place more (especial…
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Couldnt recommend this place highly enough, go for the jeeb menu - youll be stuffed and this includes a huge array of dishes so you can try a bit of e…
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Gemmayze St = A-mmayze-ing! I had been looking forward to trying this place for ages, so I was pumped to finally visit last Friday night. We were impr…
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7 Reviews on “Gemmayze St”
Gemmayze Street is hands down some of the best Middle Eastern Ive tried outside of the Middle East and I could not recommend this place more (especially for people like us who struggle to find super flavourful vegetarian food!) We chose the hummus, which was some of the thickest, creamiest and smoothest hummus weve ever had, the garlic was a good level, not too overwhelming, and I loved the topping of roasted chickpeas and paprika oil. It was potentially the best hummus in Auckland (Gemmayze can fight it out with Ima for that title) 9.5/10. We also ordered the falafel, which was likewise spectacular, with a tender interior and firm and crisp exterior flecked with sesame seeds. It was served with a wonderfully subtle parsley cream which was almost as thick as the hummus which just topped it off, 9.5/10. The star of the night had to be the Arnabeet. This was a large hunk of delicately spiced cauliflower cooked til tender, and garnished with flaked almonds and raisins. It was served on a bed of thick and surprisingly sweet tarator (tahini sauce) which I could have eaten by itself it was so delicious, its sweetness worked perfectly with the savoury of the cumin, and the cauliflower was drizzled over with a sweet sauce I cant identify but was also delightful, straight 10/10Because we are fitspos we got a couple of side salad options too – the tabbouleh, which was very citrusy and fresh but you couldnt have too much of it because it was quite potent, and the khyar, consisting of lengths of cucumber served on buffalo curd and flavoured with mint and coriander. Our best way to describe it was deconstructed tzatziki, and it was a nice refreshing dish which helped to break up the heaviness of the other dishes, both 8/10. Just as we were complaining about how stuffed we were the waiter brought over the dessert menu, and I mean itd have been rude not to. We tried the Baalewa, which was the beautiful love child of baklava and brandy snap. The exterior was flaky pastry and it was stuffed with a thick pistachio cream and sprinkled with crumbled pistachio, served with Persian candy floss and the most melt in your mouth passionfruit gelato. Weve never had anything like it and it was glorious, 10/10. Would 10/10 recommend coming here and ordering your body weight in Mezze, the food here really is out of this world and is certainly one of of our new Auckland favs.
Couldnt recommend this place highly enough, go for the jeeb menu – youll be stuffed and this includes a huge array of dishes so you can try a bit of everything. Great atmosphere and location
Gemmayze St = A-mmayze-ing! I had been looking forward to trying this place for ages, so I was pumped to finally visit last Friday night. We were impressed with pretty much everything: great service, quality food, and plenty of vegan and vegetarian options that are surprisingly filling.Since we were a party of 5, we decided to order a bunch of things first then add on extra dishes later if needed. This ended up being a good strategy, as we got to try a bit of everything and a few of us shared extra falafels later. The kitchen was busy, so this last dish took a while to come out but it was redeemed by how it tasted so much better hot and fresh! These falafels perfectly complemented the creamy (and slightly sweet) sauces we had leftover, like the babaganoush and hummus. Special mention goes to the crunchy chickpeas that come on top of the hummus just brilliant. The other dishes were good too. The beans were surprisingly tasty and most of our group enjoyed the fattoush salad though it was a bit too tangy for my liking. For drinks: one friend loved her cocktail, but others felt their ciders were average. My raspberry soda was great (and tasted like Ribena, which was fine by me). Note that if you book for one of the earlier dinner slots (e.g. 6, 6:15, 6:30pm), the staff will request that you vacate the table in 2 hours. This wasnt a big deal though, as they gently remind you about it several times and we did end up finishing before that anyway. Despite the high ceilings, it wasnt as loud as I expected so I’d definitely recommend Gemmayze St for group catch-ups, as the venue is lovely and the dishes are designed to be shared.
Gemmayze street is tucked into the back of st kevins arcade. The dining area utilises the shared space and has a decent view of the skytower and the adjoining myers park if you are so lucky as to get one of the limited tables directly at the windows however due to the high ceiligs and stone floors and can get very loud. Food was amazing. Have never been exposed to restaurant style lebanese. Half serve of hummus, which is too much even for me, has and exccelent taste. Think the chickpeas are sharp on the tongue though so watch out. Falafel was good interesting flavours in this one. Finished with the chicken shish which on its own without anything else on the plate would be good enough. The rest of this dish was good as well. Make sure someone gets it so you can poach. Definately would come back for the jeeb style menu
Such an awesome place. We had a big table and Jeebed it up. Best decision ever. We were all stuffed, amazing value! And every single dish was just done so well. So much flavour and care in making these dishes. And I dont even like Lebanese food ordinarily. Just so good and I want to go back already. I forgot to take photos. Thats how good it was.
We had a largeish table of 8 so we opted on getting the $65 Jeeb set meal. It was a three course sharing meal. They also asked if there was anything on the menu we would like to have so that they could include it.The entrees consisted of flat bread, hummus, tabbouleh, Khyar (cucumber), Mihshee Flayfle (stuffed capsicum) and Anrabeet (Cauliflower). All the dishes were really tasty but the cauliflower one beat out the rest in flavour, although the capsicum and cucumber ones were quite close. We hungrily guzzled them with the bread and it was just great. Some were already getting full when the mains came out. We had the falafel, Hapuka as the market fish, and lamb shoulder with the Batata Harra (potatoes) on the side. The lamb alone would have been worth the trip, crispy and sweet skin with tender and juicy meat served with mougrabeye (kinda like large Israeli cous cous). I also thought that the fish was cooked really well.For dessert, we had the knefe and the halooum. The knefe was crispy and sweet with a raspberry sorbet on top. The halooum was almost like an ice cream sandwich using cheesecake base. It had a lemon sorbet which was a bit to sharp for me. We did find it weird that we were served three knefe and two halooum but we were too stuffed to ask about it.Our servers were great, friendly and helpful and kept an eye on drinks and water for the table. They also packed the leftovers for us to take home.A really great place for amazing (amount and quality) food and service. I should also note that the main dining area overlooks Myers Park and does have a good view of the Sky Tower.
Weve been here 7 times now. The first couple of times, we couldnt fault them. The food was amazing and the drinks and service were the same.Each time we go back, everything slips a little further from our first experience.Tonight, we were highly disappointed!Fish – very salty, not worth a $35 dish.The chicken shish, again very salty.The scampi and dumplings….WTF! Two tiny pieces of scampi and noodles….no dumplings. I asked the waitress where are the dumplings and she said….as she pointed to the noodles……there they are, just done a different way. Who are you trying to fool?I always order an old fashion. It usually comes with a big square ice cube, strong in flavour, slightly sweetened with a peel of orange and a cinnamon stick….. Tonight I got sweet watered down alcohol with a cinnamon stick.Gemmayze Street……you are no long G-mazinging…… you are below average.Will not return again.