Café entertainment in Amman
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Al-Rashid Court Café
Also known as the Eco-Tourism Café, the 1st floor balcony here is the place to pass an afternoon and survey the chaos of the downtown area below, though competition for seats is fierce. This is one of the best places for the uninitiated to try a nargileh (JD2). Although you won’t see any local women here, it’s well accustomed to foreign tourists. To find it look for the flags of the world on the main facade; the entrance is down the side alley.
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Al-Sendabad Coffee Shop
About 150m west of the Roman Theatre, this place has great views over the city (though not of the theatre itself), and is kept clean and comfortable by the friendly staff. It’s a great place to smoke the nargileh (JD2), especially on the roof in summer, where you can soak up the sunshine while losing your head to syrupy sweet puffs of smoke.
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Tche Tche Café
You’ll have to arrive early to get a seat in this bright and buzzy cafe – far from a traditional teahouse, it’s full of Jordanian women smoking the nargileh, sipping on fruit smoothies and nodding their heads to Arabic pop. The ice cream and pecan waffles are a great (if unconventional) accompaniment to apple tobacco.
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Auberge Café
This authentic Jordanian spot is popular with local men. You’ll have to make your way through the tobacco haze to reach the balcony, which overlooks the main street and is a particularly good place to smoke a nargileh (JD2). There are no pretensions to luxury, but it wears a certain downmarket authenticity as a result.
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Peace Café
This place is reached via a filthy staircase and is fairly basic, but if you can get one of the two balcony tables overlooking the street, you’ll have one of the prime vantage points in downtown. This is great place to take puffs from the nargileh (JD2) and just watch the world go by.
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Shaher’s Penthouse Cafeteria
This cutesy cafe has a traditionally decorated indoor dining area as well as an outdoor terrace overlooking the street far below. Hussein, the resident musician, will happily play the oud (lute) or violin to provide a cultured counterpoint to the street noise below.
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El Farouki
Not hip but a solid old-fashioned coffee shop if you need a quiet break, with good coffee, crêpes and cakes. The coffee comes with a biscuit and a chocolate.
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Palestine Juice
An overflowingly fertile juice stand that serves refreshing carrot or orange juice, or banana with milk.
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