Restaurants Near and Middle East cuisine United Arab Emirates

The restaurant's name is taken from the street that housed the chain's first restaurant in Beirut, and which is an institution in Lebanon. Located in the heart of Souk al Bahar, the restaurant offers one of the most beautiful terraces for admiring the dancing fountains and the laser show at the Burj Khalifa. It's best to book in advance to enjoy a few mezze between the various shows, as the restaurant is very popular and the Levant-inspired interior lacks the charm of the exterior. Good food and reasonable prices.

Protected by the Heritage Department, the building, which dates from 1935, was the first trading centre in the city, serving as the headquarters of the Gray-McKenzie trading company. The low-ceilinged rooms are decorated in the traditional style. In this fairly typical and cool setting, the kitchen served is simple and unpretentious, but appropriate. A good address when visiting the museum and the souk, especially since restaurants are rather rare in this part of town. The wide shaded pontoon over the water is very popular.

Are you looking for a local restaurant, local and no fuss? This is Al Hajarain! This restaurant with oriental and Indian accents is truly one of the best dining options in the town of Hatta. It's simple, copious, but tasty cuisine. You can just order a salad and a dish and share it like Makboos, a Biriyani or a Kebab. There is also a pizza and pasta menu for the diehards. As they don't serve alcohol in this place, you can still try one of their mochtails like the Mojito.

Located in the heart of the superb Wafi souk, it is a very lively open-air patio and often crowded on weekends. In the same spirit as the shopping mall, the architecture and the menu are of Arab inspiration, the waiters are in traditional costume. A mile-long menu of Egyptian, Persian and Lebanese specialties. The desserts and the Moroccan tea are also very famous. The atmosphere with hookahs, the music and the quality of the menu, as well as the clientele, willingly local, make it a very recommendable place in a decor of oriental soap opera.

Welcome to the house of Persian delights on the first floor of this hotel that is a legend! Known and frequented by many Iranian Emirati people, it is the den of quality Iranian dishes: fried aubergines, saffron rice, kebabs... Not forgetting the creamy ice creams. Live music except on Sundays, but keep away from the speakers so as not to leave your hearing. This is an address where you can go to dinner with your eyes closed. The service is attentive and the maitre d' has been there for more than 25 years.

It's difficult to choose the terrace, even though it is open onto the seigniorial swimming pool and the waters of the Palm, when you discover a room so beautiful, shiny, as if enchanted by the silver reflections, the nuptial white! Do according to the weather and your taste of the moment, but make sure you settle in, because the moment will be memorable: the menu is created by the starred chef Yannick Allieno. Let's set off on a trip to Asia, the Arab world and the shores of the Mediterranean. For dessert, you can choose between smoothies, milkshakes and fresh desserts.

This is a nice place where you can mingle with the Emiratis who take over the restaurant at mealtime. On the menu: saloona, a kind of soup with meat, similar to goulash, or the very hearty machboos, a dish made of rice and meat cooked with spices and cooked for a long time at very low temperature. For desserts and without hesitation, take the small fritters called lekeimat covered with date syrup. No alcohol is served in this establishment.

Nolu's is a fusion restaurant created by its happy owner who grew up in the United States and is of Afghan descent. She has succeeded in mixing a healthy and trendy Californian cuisine with revisited Afghan dishes. The result of this palette of flavours delights the taste buds, all the more so as the resolutely relaxed atmosphere plunges visitors into a space far removed from Abu Dhabi. A pretty room and a terrace, offering beautiful views over the water, make it a very good address for lunch.

In competition with the eastern garden of the Ritz gardens, Al Khaima is a very good table. We cross the tree park of the hotel, on a gentle slope to the beach, to stop "under the tent", in fact a charming terrace lined with palm trees. Photophores, sky of lavender, elegant plates, superb, taste the wide selection of mezze. In the appetizer, too.

Welcome to Baghdad! Established since 1973, this Iraqi family has earned an unshakeable reputation thanks to the quality of its preparations. Inside, a huge covered barbecue is used to prepare the great speciality of the house, the Iraqi style Maskouf: a large freshwater fish cooked on the barbecue, vertically for more than 45 minutes. If you want to taste it, you have to order it in advance. Otherwise, the kebabs are exceptional and tender thanks to the fat from the sheep's tail which has been added to the preparation: divine!

With a particularly varied menu, this address is very popular with the locals. The dishes are very copious: fish, mutton, chicken, hummus, tabbouleh and to finish off with some very sweet desserts... All the Lebanese classics are there. The chef tends to be a bit heavy on the fat, but no one goes to restaurants in the Levant for a detox diet. Lots of people at meal times, especially on weekends. The furniture is very basic with some black and white pictures. Large parking lot in front of the establishment.

It is in the middle of the souk Naif, while strolling one evening that we found on a small square this bouiboui opened in 1988. It is placed there a few meters from the mosque and it offers only terrace tables. We are closer, moreover, to the street food than to the restaurant. A very hot shawarma, a karak, dishes to eat on the spot or to take away without fuss. A full restaurant all the time, especially in the evening. The ideal break when you have bags full in your hands, when you have walked for miles in this maze and between two negotiations!

Zaroob is translated into French as : "Small alley". And the idea is to recreate the small stalls found in the streets of Levantine countries, and all those small street vendors. In this theatrical atmosphere, with its trendy counter, its street art with metal sheets and tags, the restaurant offers a small menu with specialties from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt: Pitas, falafels, shawarmas, hummus and crazy mezzes. A relaxed atmosphere with a regional touch: a good address for small budgets, and for the others!

Here is the Lebanese fast food chain, created more than 20 years ago and which has more than 20 outlets in the Emirates. It offers fresh and healthy products and it will especially avoid you to consume macglobalized trans fats. Phoenician wraps for the digital generation based on markouk cooked on the rounded saj. We like the decoration, the very contemporary and bold logo. It's quick and easy before leaving when you want to eat well and as quickly as possible. They are present everywhere in Dubai and especially in shopping malls.

The skewer is at its price, but what a frame! We are in the sumptuous garden of the hotel, right on the axis of the Burj Khalifa, on the edge of the lake. Arab tents welcome guests in the summer, blue swimming pool and hookahs available. A small treasure to be visited without hesitation even for a simple drink with tapas. Outside, it's at the nearby Argentinean restaurant Asado that you can trust to manage the grill area where succulent pieces of meat are served, and don't forget to keep a small place to try the desserts.