Lebanese restaurant Teta's kitchen and bar - Happiness in Hampstead

Espresso coffee at Teta's kitchen, in Hampstead, London.

Espresso coffee. They also offer Lebanese coffee, thick like Greek, Cypriot, and Turkish coffee. The name teta means grandmother in Arabic, and they offer rich, filling food, like grandma used to make, if not your grandmother, their grandmother.

Hampstead Locations

Most people in London know Hampstead is famous for poets like Keats, whose house is a museum. Hampstead is a trendy place and doubtless many inspired and aspiring modern poets, and writers live there now.

I have relatives who live in this secluded corner, a cluster of restaurants, in a spiderweb of narrow alleys. We dined just down the hill from bustling, crowded Hampstead, where we had taken a detour to buy books for their children (who had told us the titles) from three bookstores in literary Hampstead. 

After wrapping our presents in the car, we parked almost outside the Tetra restaurant, just as the Sunday parking restrictions were eased

Time for a tea time or coffee and cake break.

Since my husband and I were early and first, we indulged in espresso and a small pastry from the display. Only one pastry between the two of us, so as not to ruin our appetites. Instead of coffee I opted for something rarer,  lemonade. I loved the home made lemonade, with fresh lemon, and aromatic.

Lovely lemonade.

Then the rest of the family of ten arrived and we ordered a buffet of starters.

Potato at Tetra. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Novelty Starters

Potato croquettes had a minced meat fillîng inside a layer of potato with a crunchy outside case.

Familiar Favourites For Starters

Starters also încluded hummus and pitta bread.

Samosas.

Tubes of what looked like spring rolls but filled with soft tasty feta or cream cheese. Another alternative for anyone who is vegetarian.

Main Courses

Our main courses which arrived on a platter of salad were chicken and beef. The beef was in small curly pieces, soft and tasty. We also had long grain rice.. 

Toilet Downstairs

The toilet cubicle is downstairs. I discovered I could negotiate it easily if I went slowly with one hand on the solid rail and the other on my walking stick.

While waiting for the toilet cubicle to be vacated, I glanced through the open window of the basement kitchen. A member of the staff, chopping vegetables, was wearing hygienic waterproof gloves for food preparation. I thought this was a good sign.

Desserts

As the pastries were small, one of the men orderef\d a large serving of 20 pieces, enough for two per person, mixed - ône of everything, with dates, or pistacio or walnut, and ́mini baklava.

Acidentally Translated Into Hebrew

יש לי קרובי משפחה שגרים בפינה מבודדת זו, קבוצת מסעדות, בתוך רשת עכביש של סמטאות צרות. סעדנו ממש במורד הגבעה מהמפסטד התוססת והצפופה, שם עיקפנו כדי לקנות ספרים (הילדים סיפרו לנו את הכותרים) משלוש חנויות ספרים בהמפסטד הספרותית. כפי שרוב האנשים כאן יודעים, המפסטד מפורסמת במשוררים כמו קיטס, שביתו הוא מוזיאון.

כנראה כמה משוררים מודרניים שואפים, וסופרים בכל בניי

I accidentally clicked on the world symbol on my mobile phone which converted my text to Hebrew which I installed alongside Greek and Russian as I am learning multiple alphabets on Duolingo. In case there are any Hebrew readers I have left this bit here.

Help is on the way - I copied my text into a Microsoft word document and then into Google Translate..

אחרי שעטפנו את המתנות שלנו במכונית, חנינו כמעט מחוץ למסעדה, בדיוק כשהקלות החניה של יום ראשון הוקל

כיוון שבעלי ואני היינו מוקדם והגענו ראשונים, התפנקנו באספרסו ובמאפה קטן מהתצוגה. מאפה אחד בין שנינו, כדי לא להרוס את התיאבון שלנ

Back to English.

Teta's (Restaurant) Kitchen & Bar. To sum up. Hightly recommended for tasty food and large portions. The owner or manager is always walking up and down watching so it's easy to get attention to order more food, more drink, or ask for anything you need.

Useful Information About Teta's Restaurant

72 Belsize Park, London NW3 5B

https://tetaslebanese.co.uk/

Updated November 2nd 2025.