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Al-Lamati Mosque is located in the old town of Menyia, surrounded by houses and shops. It was built either in AD 1182 or AD 1154/AH 549) by Al-Salih Tale’e bin Ruzayk the Armenian, before he became a minister. Renovations to the mosque occurred during the Mamluk period of Sultan Jaqmmaq (AD 1439/ AH 843) and the Ottoman period. The mosque’s minaret has a relatively low height and a pointed top.

The mosque has an outer wall with crenelation, one row of windows, a main gate and two side gates along the streets. Its façade has a row of 10 upper windows with round arches and a similarly shaped window above a square window on either side of the main gate, both with open woodwork. The wall on the right side of the main gate is also decorated with five sunken limestone rosettes.

The courtyard is flanked by six columns (front hall, prayer hall) and three columns (side wings) that support high round arches. All but two columns in the mosque have slim marble shafts, whereas two other columns are of granite. Segments of open woodwork shield the prayer hall between six columns. All columns have a two-fold wooden abacus with incised floral ornaments