The best restaurants Al Ain

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.

To enjoy the aerial view, you will have to drive about 50 km round trip and 40 nasty curves from Al Ain! Posed as in an eagle's nest overlooking everything, you can then enjoy your tea or glass of wine deserved, knowing that in the Emirates you can not drink and drive. So, consider going downhill or sleeping there afterwards. We recommend you arrive before sunset and enjoy the view. Hookahs are available.

At Paco's, you can choose from a variety of Tex-Mex dishes: fajitas, quesadillas, nachos and other classics of Southern American cuisine. Opt for specialties like the Beef & Mushroom Chimmichuri or the Outlaw Bone-in Prime Rib, a true taste of New Mexico or Texas in the middle of the Emirati desert. Terrace dining available. The restaurant also has a big screen for watching the most important sporting events, and on certain days offers live music or game nights. A very popular bar-restaurant in the city.

Within the Rotana hotel, a few steps away from the Al Jahili fort, here is a very pleasant Lebanese restaurant. It offers a terrace in front of the pool, but out of the sun. This place is renowned for its traditional Lebanese cuisine. You will like to have some mezze, like hummus, babaganoush, fattoush salad, and of course manakish with zaatar. The dishes are very copious, but if you are still a little hungry, don't hesitate to have the lamb keftas! Mediterranean atmosphere with live concerts and dances. Shisha on the terrace.

Here is a must visit address in Al Aïn. Al Mallah was the first restaurant to serve Levantine cuisine when it opened in 1988. In a family and relaxed atmosphere, you will have a hard time making your choice. So ask your waiter to make you a small selection of hot and cold mezze. One thing to know though: the portions are very copious and the shawarma is only served from 5pm. Possibility of home delivery.

Shake Shack started as a hot dog stand in Madison Square in 2001. Since then, it has become a successful fast food chain with locations around the world. It offers natural, hormone-free beef burgers with a soft bun. Its spiral fries are legendary. The shakes are a must... and a calorie bomb too. The kids will love it and so will we. Located in the Bawadi mall in the center of Al Aïn. If you don't have too much time and are looking for a little break between two museums, this is a good alternative.

This is another of the city's popular restaurants. Nestled in the Radisson Blu Hotel, this restaurant, whose name means "my place" in Arabic, is one of the best in the city. The atmosphere is pleasant thanks to its terrace surrounded by palm trees. On the menu, tasty Levantine cuisine like delicious mezze, manakish and saj. Otherwise, a lot of people go there to smoke shisha to the sounds of oriental music. Come for dinner and stay for a nightcap. Friendly, attentive and fast service.

We come here more for the atmosphere than for the food which is correct, but not exceptional. It is above all a Lebanese family restaurant. The pleasant garden with its fountain in which there are tables and sofas is a call to relaxation, a good place to come and rest at the end of a long day of exploring the city. You can order some mezzes, a pizza, a shawarma, a shisha or a fresh juice. Sometimes, an oud player, a small orchestra are there in the evening. Often a lot of atmosphere on the weekends.