Petra & Wadi Musa Restaurants

  1. Al-Afandi Quick Restaurant

    A simple and friendly place off Shaheed roundabout, offering hummus, felafel and shwarma and one of the very few places in town that doesn't habitually overcharge foreigners.

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  2. Al-Arabi Restaurant

    Almost next door to Al-Wadi is this pleasant place with helpful staff and good meals. A large chicken shwarma with salad and hummus costs around. Repeat customers get a discount.

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  3. Al-Saraya Restaurant

    If you need a splurge, look no further than the blow-out buffet, or you can just choose the salad, soup and bread.

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  4. Al-Wadi Restaurant

    One of two good places right on Shaheed roundabout. There's pasta and pizza, as well as a range of vegetarian dishes and local Bedouin specialties such as gallayah and mensaf, most of which come with salad and rice. It also does breakfast.

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  5. Oriental Restaurant

    A popular place with a slightly schizophrenic menu that churns out Lebanese main courses and Western-style pasta and pizza.

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  6. Red Cave Restaurant

    Cavernous, cool and friendly and the menu has a good selection. The Bedouin gallayah comes with lamb or chicken as well as rice, onions and a spicy tomato sauce. Bedouin specialties include mensaf and maqlubbeh (sometimes called 'upside down'). Located a couple of hundred metres east of the main entrance.

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  7. Sandstone Restaurant

    Next door to the Oriental Restaurant, this is a friendly place with expensive but decent meals. They sometimes do buffets. The nice outdoor seating is a good place for a beer.

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