The best restaurants in Jordan Amman

We fell in love with this establishment that transports you to a Bedouin tent in the middle of Amman. The bourgeois society of Amman meets with family and friends to share an excellent meal around large tables. The service is adorable and will not hesitate to give you some recommendations if you don't know what to take. You will be able to taste the farashee, the Bedouin bread as thick as lace, prepared in front of your eyes by an old woman at the entrance of the restaurant. Save room for the pastries for dessert.

This pocket-sized restaurant is located just opposite the Institut Français de Jordanie, and is a regular haunt for its staff. With 5 tables inside and 2 on the terrace, Chapter is often fully booked and you have to wait for a table to become available. However, the bill is always reasonable and the dishes are really good, like the generously-portioned chicken sajjiyeh. If you can't finish your dish, you can ask for the rest to go. The menu is short but never disappointing.

This huge canteen, lit up like a shop window at Christmas time, is rarely full, as the room is so large. The choice is very limited and printed on the placemats: fuul (mashed beans), hummus, musabaha (a variation of hummus with whole chickpeas), fatteh or the inevitable falafel. You'll come across Jordanian families or clusters of friends who have come to eat a quick meal on the go. Many come here to take away. The terse service is efficient. It's simple, cheap and good.

Not easy to find, in a rather improbable street, dark and not very commercial, and what's more, with no visible sign, this restaurant only really reveals itself once you've climbed the stairs to the terrace. The surprise awaits you inside: a grandiose place, an immense glass roof, a breathtaking decor. The garden, worthy of a tale from the Arabian Nights, is just as attractive, offering a remarkable panorama of the city. The all-organic kitchen follows the "farm-to-table" concept, offering mezze of rare finesse.