Byblos Restaurant in Toronto

Byblos Restaurant, 11 Duncan Street, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3M2, Canada is bringing you the best of authentic Eastern Mediterranean Cuisine. Byblos restaurant is located on the first two floors of the Storys Building. Experience oriental culture through Mediterranean cuisine.

All our dishes are made according to modern cooking trends and using real spices and the freshest ingredients.

The best Mediterranean restaurant in Toronto

Byblos Restaurant offers the authentic flavors of the Middle East and North Africa into a single kitchen to diners in a very stylized and carefully illuminated space.

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Going down the entrance steps, you will find in a bright brick room, decorated in soft colors. Byblos focuses on handmade ingredients and sources as many as we can take from authentic places of the world like France, Spain, Israel, Lebanon and Morocco. The cozy dining room with slight accents on oriental culture will make the evening unforgettable.

Features of Mediterranean cuisine

Mediterranean cuisine is famous for its delicious, exquisite and healthy recipes. Byblos Restaurant is a restaurant serving dishes from different countries of the Mediterranean coast. The fresh, healthy food and large portions are always in the best traditions of Mediterranean cuisine. And our restaurant follows them exactly. Presented here Italian, Spanish, Lebanese, French and Greek cuisine delivers a true aesthetic and gastronomic pleasure to the visitors of the restaurant.

Authentic cuisine and the opportunity to enjoy the best hummus or pide, tartare or lamb or chicken dishes inspire our customers to come back again and again.

Each guest becomes a spectator of an amazing performance demonstrating the skill of cooks. Comes to this restaurant, not only connoisseurs of meat dishes, but also fans of fish, because Mediterranean cuisine, like no other, is famous for its original recipes for cooking seafood.

Executive Chef has created dishes that offer the authentic spices and flavors of the Eastern Mediterranean seaboard.

Unforgettable taste of Mediterranean cuisine

Taste the best oriental food in Toronto and make sure it’s not for nothing that Mediterranean cuisine is so popular in the world.

Which Mediterranean food will give you the best taste experience?
First of all, it is hummus. the king of oriental cuisine and a world trend for the bright notes of olive oil and authentic spices, the most delicate texture and a lot of vitamins.

Then, of course, there are the tartars. a flawless start to a meal that will prepare you for the main course, thanks to the fresh ingredients, moderately spicy and tender at the same time.

Lamb, beef, chicken or seafood? Not an easy choice for a gastronomic trip! Flavorful tender lamb meat will bring you to the east in a flash. Tender chicken will fill you with a feeling of felicity, as if you made a trip to the famous french bresse. The freshest fish or seafood will carry you magically to the Mediterranean coast.

Cauliflower and carrots, seasonal greens and eggplants, of course, will add the right touch to the main dishes. And all this splendor is seasoned with perfectly matched spices. Where appropriate, there are bright hints of garlic to enhance the flavor of the dish. rosemary, thyme, sumac or zira contribute to the magnificent symphony of flavor.

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And let’s not forget about desserts! original Mediterranean desserts, especially the light and delicious sorbets or honey baklava, surely round off the dinner on a worthy note.

The most popular dishes of the Mediterranean cuisine

Not every national cuisine becomes famous all over the world. Probably now it is difficult to meet a person unfamiliar with the Mediterranean cuisine. There are several good reasons for this.

• The first and most important reason is unusual and rich taste of dishes because of skillful combination of spices. And although they have hotness, it is not so strong and unusual for us, as, for example, in Indian or Asian dishes.
•  Secondly, it is very healthy: low-fat, olive oil, and the freshest seafood or meat. Spices have anti-inflammatory effects and support our immunity. And also in dishes of Mediterranean cuisine a lot of useful greens and bright, colorful vegetables, a source of vitamins and fiber.
• And the third reason for its popularity is widely believed to lie in the simple and inexpensive ingredients.

The main ingredients in Mediterranean cuisine are chickpeas, rice, wheat, olives, meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, tahini sesame paste, lemon, herbs and vegetables such as onions, garlic, tomatoes, eggplant and zucchini.

Crucially, all dishes are prepared fairly quickly, often with only a brief heat treatment. Also many of them do not require meat at all, so the Mediterranean cuisine is loved by vegetarians and vegans alike. So in the Mediterranean cuisine everyone is sure to find not just one favorite dish, but several. That’s what we suggest you to do in our restaurant. Enjoy your meal!