Latte and pastries at Suraya PhiladelphiaEverything in this restaurant/cafe/market is Instagramable – the decor, the market AND the food.  Lucky for us, the food tasted as good as it looked. Tobey and I shared the $18 mezze plate, which came with 2 deliciously puffy pitas, a yogurt dip (with olives, mint and a yummy roasted hot pepper), a fava bean dip (with tomatoes, jalapeno, cilantro and chickpeas), a dish of crudites on ice and a 6-minute egg – the most beautiful soft boiled egg, rolled in a mixture of seseme seeds, nuts and spices.  I’m not a big egg fan, but this was delicious and totally unlike anything I’ve ever had.  Everything was super-fresh and tasty.

We finished with a dessert splurge – 2 pastries and a cup of the chai latte. Topped with rose petals and tumeric, this was the prettiest late, ever.

Tobey says: Best latte I’ve ever had and the prettiest restaurant I’ve ever seen!

Update: We made a return visit for breakfast and I have to say this was the prettiest, tastiest yogurt I’ve ever had.  Even Tobey liked it and she’s not a yogurt fan.  Yogurt, tehina, date syrup, pomegranate, dried apricots and nuts.  Suraya Philadelphia

Finally made it back for dinner December 2023, our first visit post-covid. They’ve changed their schedule a bit. No more breakfast- they just do weekend brunch, lunch (Wed-Fri) and dinner. Everything is still as beautiful (they now have an outdoor garden area for warmer weather dining) and the food still delicious. Friday and Saturday dinner is fixed price, with mezza (the baba ganoush and fatteh were my favorites), entree (the branzino was so yummy – crispy with a bit of zing), and dessert (loved my tiramisu – no idea how I stuffed it in!).

http://surayaphilly.com/

Location- Fishtown