Cousins Elias Hajjar and Nicholas Aubrey take yearly trips back to Lebanon to visit their family, but they can eat authentic Lebanese cuisine without leaving the confines of their own restaurant. With Gemmayze, which is named after a bohemian neighborhood in Beirut, they "wanted to create not only a menu that exemplified what's happening in Beirut and Lebanon right now, but we wanted to re-create the atmosphere,” Hajjar said in a Detroit Metromix article. “So the colors on the walls and ceiling are light and very clean and refreshing, and the menu reflects that as well.”
Inside the multi-level dining room, dangling lights twist like a strand of DNA above tables topped with shareable plates of hummus, grape leaves, and kibbe nayee—minced raw meat with bulgur and spices. Each dish is made from scratch using recipes that date back generations. Nearby, decorative palm tree appliqués cling to windows and a large brushed metal frame displays a variety of vintage forks, which can only be wielded by the rightful ruler of England. After dinner, patrons can move into the lounge and perch atop comfy ottomans and banquettes swaddled in rich fabrics while sipping wine or a cocktail.
Greek Salad tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, olives and feta cheese
$8
Fatoosh tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, onions and sumac
$7.5
Mashghara Tabouli chopped parsley, tomato, cucumbers, mint and cracked wheat in a lemon and oil dressing
$7
Falafel Salad falafel patties served with fresh veggies and tahini sauce
$5
Lentil Soup
$5
Soup Of The Day
$6
Dandelion Salad dandelions tossed with lemon, olive oil and fresh garlic topped with carmelized onions
$8
Greek Salad tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, olives and feta cheese
$8
Fatoosh tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, onions and sumac
$7.5
Mashghara Tabouli chopped parsley, tomato, cucumbers, mint and cracked wheat in a lemon and oil dressing
$7
Falafel Salad falafel patties served with fresh veggies and tahini sauce
1-5 of 18 Drink items
$7
Riad's Hommos B Tahini what separates the boys from the g
$7
Baba Ghannooch fire-roasted eggplant with tahini
$5
Lebanee lebanese yogart served with fresh mint and olive oil
$9.5
Shrimp Saganaki shrimp sauteed with tomatoes, garlic, white wine, oregano and feta cheese
$12
Blue Crab Lump Crabcake pan sauteed and served with creole mustard sauce
$10
Calamari Fritti crisp fried calamari served with homemade marinara and garlic sauce
$9
Gamberi Asti-spumante shrimp sauteed with garlic and asti-spumante
$10
Portobello Mushroom "pizza" grilled mushroom topped with provolone cheese, chopped tomato and prosciutto. served with a salad garnish and a drizzle of balsamic syrup
$7
Markouk Chicken Wraps a thin bread wrapped with roasted chicken, garlic sauce and pickle
$8
Veggie Grape Leaves
$8.5
Grape Leaves
$8
Sauteed Mushrooms
$8
Sauteed Zucchini
$7
Artichoke & Hearts Of Palm sauteed in lemon juice and garlic
$12
Sumac Encrusted Tuna served with diced cucumber salad
$13
Grilled Baby Chops
$9
Ara-yes Halabi kafta stuffed in bread and toasted
Kibbe Nayee
Kafta Nayee
$7
Lubia Bi Zeit sauteed green beans with garlic and onions in a tomato sauce
$8
Cabbage Rolls ground lamb stuffed in cabbage and cooked in a tomato base
$8
Foul Muddomus fava beans sauteed with lemon and garlic
$6
Mujadara sauteed green lentils and onions topped with diced pickle and raw onion
1-5 of 18 Drink items
$22
Beef Tenderloin Shish Kabob cubed beef tenderloin with peppers and onions and charbroiled
$19
Chicken Shish Kabob cubed chicken breast marinated and skewered with peppers and onions
$19
Shish Kafta ground lamb chopped parsley and onion
$18
Gemmayze Beef Tips beef tenderloin tips sauteed with garlic and served with hommos
$20
Lamb Shank Osso Buco gemmayze specialty served with carrots, celery and a tomato sauce
$17
Pan-seared Salmon salmon filet dusted in our special spice blend seared and baked
$23
Grilled Baby Lamb Chops tender new zealand rack marinated and charbroiled
$25
Gemmayze Beef Tenderloin Filet two six ounce filets charbroiled and topped with our special blend of spices
$26
New York Strip Steak usda choice center-cut strip
$17
Broiled Chicken half chicken broiled in our special sauce
$23
Brachioli beef tenderloin stuffed with ham and mozzarella cheese baked and served with a special gemmayze wine sauce
1-5 of 18 Drink items
$12
Fresh Mozzarella, Basil, And Tomato
$12
Sicilian homemade sauce, pepperoni, spicy italian sausage, salami and mozzarella cheese
$12
Pine Nut Pesto And Roasted Chicken
$12
The Gemmayze tomato, roasted peppers, onions, kalamata olives and feta cheese
$12
Pizzas Of The Day
$12
Artichoke And Spinach
1-5 of 18 Drink items
$72
The Raouche hommos, fatoosh, ara-yes, sauteed mushrooms, beef and chicken kabobs
G-thing fresh pressed grapes and raspberries, shaken with cîroc redberry and limoncello; topped with a float of champagne.
$10
Mediterranean Bleu fresh blueberries, muddled and shaken with sloli blueberry vodka, elderflower and fresh pressed apple juice.
$10
Pomme à La Menthe an orchard fresh martini made with apple vodka and a splash of fresh pressed apple juice.
$10
Arabian Paradise fresh ginger and pineapple muddled with home made vanilla sugar, then shaken with vanilla vodka.
$10
Lebanese Sunset stoli peach vodka shaken with homemade peach puree and a drop of chambord.
$10
Orange Blossom hangar one mandarin blossom vodka, elderflower and orange blossom water, shaken and garnished with edible flowers.
$10
One Thousand And One Nights fresh mint shaken with bacardi limon, passion fruit, lemon juice and chambord.
$10
Basil Cucumber Collins fresh basil stirred with square one cucumber vodka, fresh lime juice and topped with soda.
$10
Elderflower G-tini fresh muddled cucumber shaken with pearl plum vodka, plum sake, elderflower and topped with soda.
$10
Phoenician Lemonade house infused mint lemonade, stirred with premium vodka.
$10
Mojito fresh mint, lime and raw cane sugar expertly muddled with white rum and soda. ask your server about mojitos made with fresh seasonal fruit.
$10
From Gemmayze With Love fresh strawberries pressed and shaken with homemade vanilla sugar, vanilla vodka, fresh pressed apple juice and garnished with fresh cream.
$10
Chocolat Nana a luscious chocolate martini made with godiva dark chocolate liqueur and vanilla vodka, shaken cold. topped with a
house
made mint cream.
