Balade Menu (Update 2025)
Balade, a Lebanese falafel restaurant in New York City, offers a wide range of options for both vegans and vegetarians. With a casual, cozy ambiance and friendly staff, Balade is a popular spot for groups and families. The menu boasts traditional Mediterranean dishes with a unique twist, such as the mixte grill and beef kafta platter. Customers rave about the freshness and quality of the food, particularly highlighting the lentil soup, fatayir, loubiye bzeit, baba ghanouj, fafet shrimp, and warak einab. The restaurant also offers a variety of kabob combos and mezze platters, showcasing the diverse flavors of Lebanese cuisine. Balade's attention to detail and welcoming atmosphere make it a must-visit for those craving authentic Middle Eastern flavors.
Wine List
Sur La Cote, Le Week-End Rose, France
Domaine Des Tourelles, Bekaa Valley, , Lebanon
Massaya, Rose, Bekaa Valley, , Lebanon
Pinerose, Rose Of Pinot Noir
Fidora Prosecco Brut Spumante, Italy
Saurus, Pinot Noir, , France
Cheteau Heritage, Foothill, Bekaa Valley, , Lebanon
Le Prelat Cote De Rhone, , France
Chateau August, Bordeaux, , France
Chateau Ksara, Chateau Red, , Lebanon
Chateau Ksara, Reserve Du Couvent, , Lebanon
Chateau Musar, Lebanon
Massaya Le Columbier, Bekaa Valley, , Lebanon
Domaine Wardy, Chateau Les Cedres, , Lebanon
Baron La Rose, Malbec, France
Chateau Heritage, Sauvigon Blance, , Lebanon
Fleuriet Cuvee Prestige, Sancere, , France
Chateau Heritage, Foothills Blanc
Fidora Venezia, Pinot Grigio, , Italy
Massaya Blanc, Bekaa Valley, , Lebanon
Chateau Ksara, Blanc De Blancs, , Lebanon
Domaine De Pierre, Sauvignon, France
Pech Des Cades, Chardonnay
Bellini
Mimosa
Cedar High
Aperol Spritz
Spring Water Saratoga
Flat or sparkling
Soda
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite
Orange Juice
Freshly-Squeezed Home-Made Lemonade
Balade Jallab
Healthy date juice with pine nuts
Rose Water
Concentrated rose juice
Original Ice Tea
Sweetened or unsweetened
Laban Ayran
Healthy, salty yoghurt drink
Pot Of Lebanese Coffee
Espresso
Regular or decaf
Freshly-Brewed Coffee
Regular or decaf
Hot Tea
Herbal or regular
Pot Of Lebanese Tea With Fresh Mint
White Coffee
Digestive
Beverages
Dessert
Baklava
Fillo pastries with nuts
Kenafa
Baked in the oven topped with cheese, bread crumbs, pistachios, and homemade syrup
Mouhallabie
Milk pudding topped with ground pistachios and homemade syrup
Chocoba
Homemade dough baked with nutella topped with sliced bananas and pistachios
Lebanese Ice Cream
Homemade ice cream
Ashta
Homemade white pudding with honey, pistachio, and fresh fruits
Shish Kebab
Pieces of chargrilled marinated lamb with grilled vegetables, hummus, and pickles
Tuna Filet
Chargrilled tuna with tomatoes, onions, sumac, and tahini sauce
Halloume Cheese
Grilled Cypriot white cheese with tomatoes and cucumbers
Falafel
Grilled falafel with tomatoes, onions, parsley, pickles, turnips, and tahini sauce
Shish Tawook
Pieces of marinated chargrilled chicken with toum, french fries, pickles, and mixed greens
Chicken Shawarma
Shredded marinated chicken with toum, french fries, pickles, and mixed greens
Kafta
Chargrilled ground beef mixed with hummus, diced onions, parsley, sumac, pickles, and spices
Makanek
Chargrilled beef sausages with pickles, tomatoes, and french fries
Balade Chicken Burger
Chicken Burger with Cheese on a homemade bun, served with a side of hand cut fries.
Sandweechet
Pita Pitza
Tarboush Chicken
Thinly sliced marinated boneless chicken, topped with toum, honey, dijon, sliced tomatoes, onions, and pickles
Greek Pitza
Feta Cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, green peppers, saatar, and olives
Malak El Falafel
Delicious crispy falafel with tahini sauce finished to perfection with chopped parsley, tomatoes, and yellow pepper rings
Hummus Pitza
Hummus topped with seasoned ground meat, onions, and tomatoes
Sausage & Cheese
Combination of white cheeses and beef sausages
Lahme Baajin
Balade's secret recipe of seasoned ground-lean beef, mixed with finely diced onions, and tomatoes
Kafta
Ground-lean beef mixed with chopped onions, parsley, and lebanese spices
Taste Of Lebanon
Assortment of three mini manakeesh
Beirut Beats / Zaatar
Mixture of wild dried thyme, sesame seeds, sumac and olive oil
Wild Zaatar
Mixture of wild dried thyme, fresh tomatoes, onions, and olive oil
Banadoura Harra
Diced tomatoes, onions, and spicy flake pepper
Jebne
Combination of white cheeses. Served with sliced tomatoes
Manakeesh
Sides
Lebanese Salata
Chopped - cucumbers, tomatoes, green peppers
Balade Rice
Lebanese rice with vermicelli
Pickled Vegetables
Fresh from the market
Balade Fries
French fries sprinkled with zaatar herbs
Batata Mekleyee
French fries
Laban Bi Khiar
Lebanese yoghurt infused with cucumbers, garlic, and mint
Balade Mixed Grill
Beef kafta, lamb kabab and chicken tawook. Served with hand-cut fries and chargrilled vegetables
Supreme Mixed Grill - Balade's Signature Dish
Beef Kafta, Lamb kabab, chicken Tawook and lamb chops, Rib Eye Steak, covered with our famous house freshly baked bread and served with chargrilled vegetables and side of fries
Balade Lamb Chops
Chargrilled New Zealand baby lamb chops. Served with rice and grilled vegetables
House Of Lamb Kabab
Chargrilled tenderpoin lamb. Served with rice and grilled vegetables
Beef Kafta
Chargrilled lean beef and lamb mixed with chopped onions, parsley, herbs and spices. Served with rice and grilled vegetables, chargrilled lean beef mixed with chopped onions, parsley, herbs and spices. Served with rice and grilled vegetables
Koussa
Spiced beef and rice mixture, stuffed in squash and cooked in a garlicky tomato broth
Hummus Shawarma
Our Balade hummus with Chicken shawarma, tomatoes, scallions, parsley, sumac, and, onions. Served with pickles and tahini sauce
Salmon
Baked Salmon served with potatoes
Shish Tawook
Marinated chicken breast cubes with toum. Served with rice and grilled vegetables
Sheikh El Shawarma
Shredded marinated chicken with toum served with pickles and hand cut fries
Djej Al Fahem
Half chicken marinated with our authentic recipe, served with hand cut fries
Samke Harra
Grilled Chilean sea bass filet marinated with lemon, served with spicy warm tahini sauce
Fatet Shrimp
Jumbo shrimp infused with yogurt, olive oil, garlic, and lemon, mixed with toasted pita
Samke Mechwiye
Grilled branzinoBone-in marinated lemon and salt. Served with tahini sauce and home baked potatoes.
Moudardara
Cooked lentils and rice, topped with caramelized onions. Served with a side salad
Batenjen
Eggplant with tomatoes, onion chickpeas, spices, scallions, and a side of balade rice
Platters
Mezze
Grilled Halloume Cheese
Grilled, sizzling cypriot cheese slices served with tomatoes and cucumber
Rkakat
Phyllo rolls filled with mozzarella, feta cheese, and oregano
Batata Harra (Spicy)
Sauteed potatoes cubes with cilantro, garlic, and red pepper flakes
Shrimp
Sauteed shrimp with ginger, scallions, and jalapenos
Arayyis
Stuffed pita with minced meat, served with fresh lemon and Laban bi khiar
Sambousik
Decadent pastry pockets filled with seasoned ground beef and toasted Almonds
Kebbe Kras
Lebanon's national dish; is a mixture of lean beef and crack wheat, filled with a a mixture of ground beef, diced onions, and Almonds
Makanek
Spiced beef sausages flambeed with fresh lemon juice
Soujouk
Mildly spicy beef sausages sauteed with our fresh olive oil and tomatoes
Jwaneh (Wings)
Chargrilled chicken wings, marinated the Balade way
Sfiha
Miniature squares of pastry filled with our traditional mouth-watering combination of meats
Fatayir With Spinach And Feta
New York's famous pies are taken back to their roots in triangular style: stuffed with chopped spinach and feta cheese
Vegetarian Mazmeez
Create your own sampler by choosing four of the following: hummus, taboule, baba ghanouj, falafel, labne with toum, shankleesh, loubiye bzeit, warak einab, rkakat
Mezze Supreme
Eight favorites: hummus, baba ghanouj, labne, mouhamara, kebbe krass, sfiha, makanek, and halloume cheese
Hummus
Delightful dip of chickpeas puree, with tahini, and lemon juice
Hummus Beirute
Chickpeas puree, with tahini, cumin, cucumbers, tomatoes, and scallions
Hummus Lahme
Chickpeas puree with lamb topped with Olive oil
Hummus Kebbe
Chickpeas puree served with kebbe krass garnished with nuts and pistachios
Baba Ghanouj
Chargrilled eggplant puree with tahini and fresh lemon juice
Warak Einab
Homemade-style grape leaves, stuffed with chickpeas, tomatoes, parsley, and rice
Mouhmara
Our signature dip of spicy fresh red peppers, walnuts, and pomegranate
Shankleesh
Our aged cheese is perfectly blended with zaatar, diced tomatoes, parsley, and onions
Labne Bi Toum
Homemade cream cheese, infused with zaatar, and crushed garlic
Loubiye Bzeit
Fresh green beans sauteed in olive oil with onions, tomatoes, and aromatic herbs
Falafel
Made with chickpeas, onions, cumin, and parsley
Balade Falafel
Stuffed with onions, sumac, crushed peppers, and olive oil
Foul Medamas
A blend of fava beans, garlic, lemon juice, cumin, and olive oil
Taboule
Authentic parsley salad with burghul mixed with chopped onions, tomatoes, olive oil, and fresh lemon juice
Fattoush
A mixture of greens with cucumber, tomatoes, onions, mint, bell peppers, sumac, and extra virgin olive oil, served with toasted pita chips
Avocado Salad
A mixture of greens with cucumber, cherry tomatoes, scallions, green and red pepper, mixed in dressing
Halloume
Mixed green, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives served with pomegranate molasses
Chicken Meshwe
Chargrilled marinated boneless chicken over a mixture of greens, black olives, cucumbers, tomatoes, and feta cheese
Skinny Shawarma
Mixture of greens tossed with sliced onions, tomatoes, black olives, cucumbers; topped with shawarma chicken
Mediterranean Tuna Salad
Chargrilled marinated tuna over a mixture of greens, black olives, red onions, tomatoes, and cucumbers
Dressings
Hearty Lentil Soup
Swiss chard, lentils with essential Lebanese spices, and fresh lemon juice
Chicks & Veg
Homemade vegetable soup with tender pieces of chicken in an aromatic broth
Soups & Salads
The Legend
Balade
Fresh, local; used when describing produce of high quality
Burghul
Cereal made from different wheat species, such a Durum Wheat
Jebne
Cheese
Laban
Homemade Lebanese Yoghurt
Manakeesh
Lebanese pizza that comes with a variety of toppings; enjoyed anytime of the day
Mezze
Refers to a selection of small tasty dishes served in the beginning of a large-scale meal
Salata
Lebanese word for salad
Sandweechet
Lebanese word for sandwich
Sumac
Tart and Tangy, deep burgundy colored spice harvested from a wild berry bush
Tahini
Paste of lightly toasted ground sesame seeds
Tarboush
A red felt cap with a tassel that hangs from the crown used to be part of the traditional Middle Eastern dress wear.
Toum
A Lebanese garlic aioli
Khiar
A Lebanese word for cucumbers
Zaatar
Spice mixture of dried wild thyme, sesame seeds and sumac; high in antioxidants
Mloukhie
Mallow leaves cooked with chicken, cilantro, and onion vinaigrette, topped with toasted pita chips served with rice