Authentic desserts from Palestine, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon

All made fresh on site, with the finest ingredients. A dessert café on Holland Park Avenue, open Tuesday to Sunday and late into the evening.

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The café

Relaxed seating, reminiscent of the street cafés of Old Jerusalem.

Serving up traditional and authentic desserts from the Arab world, with plenty of seating inside and out — and a hidden courtyard garden at the back. Come for kunafa straight from the tray, baklava from the oven, and a coffee or tea to go with it.

Open
Tue–Fri 11am–9pmSaturday & Sunday 11am–10pm · Closed Mondays
Where
102 Holland Park AvenueLondon W11 4UA — a short walk from Holland Park station
Orders
WhatsApp +44 7399 004447Whole trays and celebration orders made to order
Customers at the tables inside The Arab Quarter, with the red steel door at the back
Inside, on a weekday afternoon
The desserts board: knafeh Nabulsi, baklawa, qatayef, muhalebi, halawet el jibn, knafeh ashtta, sha'biat, mafroukeh, rice pudding
The desserts board
Sunlight through the front window onto the café tables
Morning light on Holland Park Avenue

From the kitchen

Kunafa, baklava and the sweets of home, made fresh every day.

Everything is made on site, in small batches, the way it is made across the Levant — hot cheese kunafa with syrup and pistachio, trays of baklava, and ghreybeh with ashta.

Pistachio being sprinkled over a serving of kunafa
Kunafa with pistachio
Melted cheese stretching from a slice of kunafa
Hot cheese kunafa
Two kunafa sandwiches in sesame buns held up on Holland Park Avenue
Kunafa sandwich, to go
A tray of ghreybeh biscuits filled with ashta cream
Ghreybeh with ashta
A tray of baklava coming out of the oven
Baklava, from the oven
A large round tray of kunafa
Whole trays to order
A pyramid of baklava on a serving plate
Baklava

What people say

4.8

from 273 Google reviews · Read them on Google

“The best kunafa I’ve ever tasted, great Turkish coffee and super friendly staff.”
Google review
“Great atmosphere, music, amazing tasty traditional Arabic desserts and pastry.”
Google review
“The food was absolutely delicious, and the service made it even better.”

Made to order

For a big celebration, or a party of one.

We make all the traditional desserts, and any of them can be made to order — a whole tray of kunafa for a wedding, boxes of baklava for the office, or a single portion to take home.

  • Whole kunafa trays, baklava and ghreybeh boxes
  • Collection from the café on Holland Park Avenue
  • Tell us the date, the numbers and what you'd like, and we'll confirm on WhatsApp

Place an order

Message us on WhatsApp and we'll get back to you with a price and a collection time.

+44 7399 004447

Message on WhatsApp

Prefer email? hello@thearabquarter.com

The courtyard garden at night, with a tiled fountain, arched windows and café tables

The garden

A hidden Arabic courtyard garden, in the heart of Holland Park.

Through the café and out the back: a quiet, lantern-lit courtyard with a tiled fountain, open on warm evenings until closing.