Restaurants cuisine du monde Amman

Le Cantaloupe is the capital's trendy, ultra-design, all-glass restaurant on the top floor of a building. You come here for the view of the city through the large bay windows and for the "gastronomic pub" atmosphere, which combines two concepts: a trendy bar with electro music and a chic restaurant. It's the ideal place to meet Amman expatriates, businessmen with big cigars, groups of friends and couples in evening dress. The menu offers Italian-inspired dishes that are good without being exceptional.

This is an address that locals highly recommend. Opened in 2015, the restaurant has a large terrace and offers a variety of dishes. These blend Armenian cuisine with traditional Oriental cuisine. Try the Freekeh Bilfukhara, a type of wheat cooked with cheese, or the Khashlama, low-roasted beef. You won't be disappointed. The prices, a little more expensive than average, are justified by the quality of service and cuisine. Reservations are recommended for weekend evenings when the restaurant is very popular.

Bonita Inn is one of the trendiest restaurants in the Jordanian capital. It offers Mediterranean cuisine with a Spanish accent in a bohemian-chic setting. This is a nice change from the local cuisine while keeping the tradition of mezze and small portions to share! The restaurant offers the must-try dishes of the Iberian Peninsula such as paella, fried calamari, Galician-style octopus (served with potatoes and sprinkled with paprika)... and other Mediterranean-inspired dishes such as beef carpaccio.

Opened in 1987, Peking is the first Chinese restaurant in Jordan. The chef is a real Beijinger who lives in Amman. He is inspired by the food prepared in Sichuan, one of the most famous culinary regions in China, but also one of the regions where chilli and sliced flavours are particularly popular. Taste specialties such as Peking beef and Sichuan fish, prepared with sincerity. On the other hand, we regret the excessive use of glutamate. The setting is rather nice, very modern, and the terrace very pleasant.

When Asia invites itself to Amman, it is in a long dining room, without much charm, with grey tiles and tables and chairs seen a thousand times elsewhere. You will find here all the flavours of Asia at the right price: Thai curry, sweet and sour fried rice, fried noodles, chicken with cashew nuts... Every Tuesday and Saturday, the restaurant serves an all-you-can-eat sushi formula at a fixed price. The rice rolls filled with fish and especially vegetables are presented on a buffet and accompanied by salads. If you feel like playing with your chopsticks...

If you're looking for a quiet place to relax, check out the Hotel Intercontinental. Here you can "chill out" in comfortable armchairs while listening to classical music played every night, and then go for dinner! Two restaurants break with the Mediterranean style that you will taste during your stay: Indu uses original Indian spices; the cuisine is fine and light. Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican restaurant like you wouldn't expect: the cuisine is very creative in the choice of ingredients as well as in the presentation.

Located right across from the Intercontiental Hotel, Romero is undoubtedly the best Italian restaurant in the city. Apart from the pasta, you can enjoy the meat and fish dishes as well as the original salads. Whatever your choice, save a little room for the excellent desserts (crepes, homemade ice cream...). You can enjoy the beautiful terrace with green gardens or the intimate interior all dressed in wood. The Living Room bar, just above the Romero, is perfect for a nightcap.

The former Spanish embassy is home to this very pleasant restaurant which seems to attract the influential people of the kingdom. The address is reputed to be one of the best restaurants in the city. Its reputation is probably slightly overrated, but it is in any case the best address in the city centre. The marble floors, the coffered ceilings, the white tablecloths, but above all its beautiful terrace make it a superb place. The menu contains all the specialities of Lebanon, which you can taste in the form of mezze. Wine and arak are also served.

Najla welcomes you to a space divided into levels and mezzanines where each level has its own atmosphere. Our favorite is the one upstairs, between a cabinet of curiosities, a 1930s boudoir and a small lounge. The antique furniture, old sepia photos, Bedouin jewellery from another time, old trunks and the radio recreate the Amman of the 30s. This is one of the oldest restaurants in the capital, open since 1910. The traditional cuisine is prepared here with fresh products and the menu is renewed every day.

If you have left your children at the Haya Cultural Center, you can sit down at the large terrace of this café on the square. This café-restaurant, at first sight industrial, is nevertheless welcoming and very cheap. Customers come here more to smoke a shisha than to eat. However, the dishes are correct, but classic and not very copious. Don't be surprised if, as a welcome, the staff plays a classic French song! Here, the atmosphere is relaxed and the setting rather pleasant.

Don't be fooled by its unattractive location on the edge of a busy thoroughfare. This is a traditional and chic place with beautiful tiles on the floor and convoluted stucco on the walls. Mawwal is frequented by middle class Jordanian families who enjoy the freshly prepared and tasty food. They serve a variety of Lebanese specialties, prepared in small portions. The service is very attentive and the atmosphere relaxed. A bargain at such low prices.

Cairo is considered the undisputed meat specialist, and its popularity seems to go up a notch on Friday lunchtimes after prayers at the mosque. The chickens cooking on the street may make your mouth water. A kebab or half chicken won't set you back more than a few dinars and the portions are generous. More elaborate dishes such as mansaf or maqlouba are also available. Its nourishing and inexpensive cuisine attracts everyone. It is one of the best addresses in the lower town.