Balha's Pastry

Brunswick's Lebanese sweets institution: baklava, knafeh and mafroukeh made in-house, with coffee

Bright, clean and bustling sweet shop with a counter full of trays and an upstairs dining room; lively on weekend nights, and the crowd of kids can make it noisy.

Everything made in-house; huge counter selection sold by the kilo; custom celebration towers; ice cream in unusual flavours; prayer corner; upstairs seating.

Strongly rooted in Lebanese pastry tradition, and reviewers from Lebanon, Egypt and the wider Middle East rate it as the real thing, though a few say the knafeh has slipped.

Gift boxes and kilo mixes are seen as good quality, but several diners find it pricey, with per-kilo costs and weights questioned and small coffee cups.

Summary drafted with AI from public reviews.