Arabesque
Essen, Germany
The read// why locals go
Arabesque brings Arab-Levantine cooking to Rellinghauser Straße with a mezze table that runs past thirty vegetarian dishes — the sort of spread meant to be picked at slowly by a full table rather than ordered one plate per person. Lamb and poultry carry the larger dishes, flatbread arrives fresh, and the dining room commits fully to its theme: warm colours, ornamental detail and a ceiling of small lights overhead. There is a terrace for warmer evenings. Essen keeps two Arabesque addresses, both inside the city, and this is the Rellinghauser one — a local house rather than a formula rolled out across the country.
Opening hours
Tu-Fr 11:30-15:30; Tu-Sa 17:30-24:00; Su 12:00-24:00
Rellinghauser Straße 117, 45128 — Essen
The read// why locals go
Arabesque brings Arab-Levantine cooking to Rellinghauser Straße with a mezze table that runs past thirty vegetarian dishes — the sort of spread meant to be picked at slowly by a full table rather than ordered one plate per person. Lamb and poultry carry the larger dishes, flatbread arrives fresh, and the dining room commits fully to its theme: warm colours, ornamental detail and a ceiling of small lights overhead. There is a terrace for warmer evenings. Essen keeps two Arabesque addresses, both inside the city, and this is the Rellinghauser one — a local house rather than a formula rolled out across the country.