Comments on: One order of ventilation please.

By: Robertina Casa

Robertina Casa — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:14:37 +0000

Now Margherita is smoking free…..=)

By: This is Beirut

This is Beirut — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:06:17 +0000

Haha..Well Karim…the problem is that the WHOLE restaurant was smoking..so I was vastly outnumbered..even if I had told the waiters to tell them to stop smoking, I doubt they would have done that for fear of upsetting the whole restaurant you know? It’s a shame though, because I really enjoy the place, as do my friends..but I just don’t know how much longer I can continue to inhale the smoke.. I keep telling myself, this is the last time, this is the last time..but it’s almost like I have to learn to live with it, or just stay at home! ;/ Thanks for the comment.

By: Karim N.

Karim N. — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:53:07 +0000

Couldn’t agree more!
The place is tiny which makes it charming, but the smoke is just unbearable! And even if huge restaurants is can be disturbing.
I just ask smokers to stop smoking, pretending I’m allergic or start coughing like crazy and turn and give them The Look!
And if they don’t stop, I start complaining and ask the waiters to tell him to stop!

I can be a pain in the ass sometimes!
Be a bitch! It’s the only way to get heard in here!

The menu? Not a fan! Took me 10 minute to understand the concept, and 10 others to find the pasta section, which help from the whole family and the waiter who was as lost as we were!

By: Stephanie Nour

Stephanie Nour — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:37:56 +0000

I totally agree that most if not all places around here need better ventilation. Sometimes it gets so bad – and I used to smoke, so quite a number of people think I should be ‘used to it’ – that my eyes start burning up and I feel completely overwhelmed. How disrespectful, I mean, there is smoking and taking responsibility for ruining your own lungs and overall health – and appeal – but come on, there is also a certain level of respect that is owed to others. Even when I used to smoke, I was never able to light a cigarette in a jam-packed venue, when it would bother others, or in front of children. Makes me really wonder about those who smoke in front of their own kids at home…

By: Youssef Chaker

Youssef Chaker — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:21:50 +0000

i wonder if i went up to someone smoking next to me and punched them in the gut, or in the chest, broke their thoracic cage and punctured their lungs, how they would feel. mmmm, i think im going to try it on my next visit! who wants to be there taking a video?

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:04:47 +0000

I would have had the best time of my life on my 5 weeks holiday in Lebanon if it wasn’t for smoking! I had a terrible cough and soar throat and stuck by me the whole time i was there!
Went to some of the best restaurants only to breath smoke and taste cigarettes as i’m eating. Went to Basma in ashrafiyeh, they offered us a table in the non-smoking section, which was a table next to all the other smoking tables.!!!

It’s a major issue and needs to be fixed ASAP. Second hand smoking can cause cancer! it’s pathetic the ignorance of the smokers thinking they aren’t harming others…

By: KM

KM — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:36:09 +0000

totally agree, but the good news is that a law that bans smoking in public places has been drafted, and will be issued quite soon I believe.
btw good pizza pic! it’s the best one they have, called rustica which has goat cheese & spec (ham). u should try the gnocchi, it’s also great. but I beleive they need to start incorporating truffle in their food ASAP!

By: mimokhair

mimokhair — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:16:34 +0000

This comment is so funny

By: mimokhair

mimokhair — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:14:59 +0000

I have been great, thanks! Are you back in Beirut? I thought you moved to Miami. I am in Shanghai, off to Philippines for a week today
Thanks for adding!

By: Gass

Gass — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:19:56 +0000

I guess they decided NOT to ban smoking after they realised that people will die anyways from the polluted air outside. so why bother wasting ink !

I live in the mountains and every time I go visit my parents on the coast I end up seriously sick and dizzy. They told me it could be even worse in the summer time! And speaking of smoking, I was literally shocked when they announced me that Syria decided to ban smoking from public places. Is it true? Aren’t Lebanese the sexiest most brilliant, most developed and civilized people in the world?