“Kasr el Helou” Hallab Palace was founded in 1881 located in Lebanon, Abdul Rahman Hallab combined centuries of know-how from the various cultures and civilizations that occupied the region to achieve his long-time dream. After nearly 100 years, as the grandson of Mahmoud, Abdul Rahman Hallab decided to keep his own shop in Riad el Solh Street, Tripoli, Lebanon, called “Abdul Rahman al Hallab and Sons”. Abdul Rahman Hallab elevated the au​thentic oriental sweets industry to an artisanal level. His sons (grandsons) kept his memory alive by transforming the Palace he had lived in into Hallab 1881 a restaurant and shop. Therefore Hallab 1881 became the leading oriental sweet brand in the Middle East and in the whole region.

Building on the success of their father, Abdul Rahman Hallab’s sons continued to carry the torch, setting up in their grandfather’s Palace and celebrated in Hallab 1881 Palace “Kasr el Helou”, which has asserted itself as an empire in its own right. Hallab 1881 is distinguished from all Hallab family shops by quality assurance and taking care of selecting each ingredient to obtain an amazing authentic sweets taste. Enhancing the authenticity of oriental sweets through a unique know-how and reflecting the beauty of characteristic oriental architecture, “Kasr el Helou” Hallab 1881 Palace is considered today as one of Tripoli’s most renowned tourist sites, and is visited by scores of people from across the world.