Al Fanar Restaurant & Cafe

Experience a complete mesmerizing sensation of Emirati traditions, authentic Emirati cuisine and Middle Eastern hospitality, in the ambience of Dubai recreated from the 1960’s.

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    +971 4 232 9966

  • Website

    alfanarrestaurant.com

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    AlFanarRestaurant

  • Type

    Middle Eastern Restaurant

Address

Dubai Festival City Mall Deira United Arab Emirates

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes
Outdoor Seating Yes
Music Live Music
Menus Lunch, Dinner
Drinks Cocktails

Comments / 83


Keywords:

biryani traditional cuisine emarati food machboos good for groups traditional emirati food trendy great value breakfast food restaurants chai casual coffee desserts quiet bar chicken salads good for special occasions lunch
Fatima Al Slail

Old traditional emirates restaurant ,looks like its from the 1600s,nice cuisine,we liked the kofta samak,the biryany rubyan and the deyay nashif is nice .. Don't 4get the balalet

Hani Alawadhi

One of few places in Dubai to try the real local food. Jesheed with rice is my favorite. (Don't forget to put some samn and lemon on the rice )

Mubin Mohammed

Great food and awesome ambience! Te prices are surprising very good value for money ! Must go! The entrance of the restaurant is a scene created from the history and tradition of UAE. Great place!

Azoof F

We love this place. It’s a must to have their traditional breakfast dishes there at least once every time we visit Dubai. Note that they close on Fridays from 12:30 to 01:30 pm.

A J

Best emirati food .Traditional ..amazing attention to details . anything on the menu is beyond delicious. All Buryani is a must try! Have Khabessah with coffee to fully live the experience! 10/10 ????????

John (aka “PHATFoodFan”)

The grilled prawns is very flavorful and fresh, getting your hands dirty to peel them is worth it. The place gets a little loud with the water fountain show if you sit outside as kids scoot around.

Salwa AlNuaim

Did not expect the food will be that good ????????????????loved the chicken briyani and the grilled shrimps ????my nephew enjoyed the place and the decorations so much????authentic place, will recommend it

Shamsa Bin Dasmal

You will not be disappointed by anything you choose here. From breakfast to lunch to dinner , everything tastes great. Especially the balaleet, you can never go wrong. Chai Karak ftw! :D

Mr. Mu~ © ????

Good restaurant with a lot of heritage choices. I would advice not to try Haris.. it wasn't made well

Amin Alghamdi

Sooo delicious you have to try it. We tried Alfanr salad , mix appetizers , fish biryani and later leqaimat and Arabica coffee and all of them were delicious. Highly recommended

Saeed Albedaiwi

One of the best UAE traditional food restaurant . Try to eat "Jisheed" with white rice , or fried shrimps with white rice . The rocca salad is awesome too.

The Ceo

Excellent local food. Service was really quick and food was served hot. I went for machboos dyay. This is my first but not last time. Loved the ambience

Bader ????

Diyay nashef, robyan biryani and dalonat lahm were the best.. Sweeten taste in your mouth with luqaimat at the end..

RA

We love it here! Great place to have traditional Emirati food . Whether its breakfast , lunch , or dinner Al Fanar won't let you down.

Saleh Al-awwad

A Great Restaurant with good food and great service, Would not suggest staying outside because of the weather never the less it's a very nice place

MHR

Food here is amazing, service is nice and ambient is wonderful. This restaurant will provide u with a unique unforgettable experience

Latifa

Waiters are in kanadeer & ga7feya. Waitresses ate in theeban. Old meihad hamad in the background. A blast from the 60's! The Majority of people dining here are emirati. Very refreshing!

Mohannad

Great decoration as an old house ... the food was delicious. . Majboos deyay was great

Arash Narchi

Biryani rubyan was delicious! So much food with lots of flavour

Pedro .

Traditional Emirati food . Presence of locals and tourists . Lamb is well made

Fatima Al Hashimi

Really good Emirati food. Especially love their breakfast .

Mohammed Alfalasi

A must visit for UAE traditional food and an excellent theme representing traditional UAE life

Dr. Ali Ahmed Al Hosani

It's the right place to try the UAE traditional food

Sumayah Abudawood

Great place for traditional Emirati breakfast and desert

Hamdan

When u finish ur main meal order "ferni" and eat it behalf of me plz

Heba ????

Food is clean and yummy, very traditional and tasty

Abbadi Abbadi

It's really worth to try it. They do UAE traditional food and drinks.

Rawan Mak

Traditional restaurant , food was okay, amazingly detailed decorations

H

Excellent traditional rest but the food is below avg..

H & N

Traditional amazing food, one of the best in Dubai

Ashwaq

One of the best in dubai

M ..

Meat majboos and chicken biriani was good

bellastellaluna ©

Local Emirati food. Taste great and the prices are affordable . Make sure you try the vimto :)

M. A

Great atmosphere, love the prawn biryani ????????

Abbadi Abbadi

Good UAE traditional food . It's worth to try it

Merve Kayalar Uyar

Tekat Deyay ✅, Kebab Emirati 〰️ and Jawaneh Deyay ❌

Zorain

A perfect restaurant for emirate cuisines @fanaruae @DFCDubai

Abdulwahab Sharif

Best local and traditional food in UAE

Jameela Ahli

Awesome traditional Emirati atmosphere. Try their machboos chicken !

Moosha Alhuwaidi

The best restaurant ♥️

MAQ

Outstanding emirati theme. However, the food & the services was below my expectations.

Iman Ben Chaibah

The rubyan biryany is to die for! And their karak is good.

Abdullah Al-Khalifah

Go for luqimat after shrimp briany

Merve Kayalar Uyar

Karak with Saffron 〰️

Saif 3N

Perfect emarati restaurant , Meehad Hamad in the backround made it even better!

Faisal Al Shohail

Loved the design the atmosphere was okay. The food was not special at all. However the machbos was good and beef tikka

Merve Kayalar Uyar

Emirati Mango Pickle / Achar 〰️

Merve Kayalar Uyar

Leqaimat with dates syrup 〰️

Deema Al-Salman

Traditional emirate restaurant , I love their samak fe altannor ????

Шуся Мазаник

Huge portions pretty prices wide range

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