Muscat Restaurants

  1. Al-Boom

    This small restaurant, with large windows overlooking the harbour, is a good place to get a feel of Muscat's age-old relationship with the sea. It is in an ideal location for breakfast (from to ) after visiting the Fish Market opposite.

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  2. Al-Daleh Restaurant

    Nervous Omani hospitality students practice their culinary and waiting skills at this exceptionally good-value restaurant. Menus comprise mostly top-notch international dishes. Ring to book a table as it gets busy.

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  3. Al-Kiran Terrace

    For Muscat's best Friday brunch, in gorgeous surroundings and with a bar licence after , this is more of a day out than just an excellent dining experience. Walk off that extra slither of smoked salmon under the coconut palms, or snooze away the rest of the afternoon on the beach lounge chairs - if the management sees sense and allows its customers out after lunch! The restaurant is closed until early 2008 due to hotel renovation.

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  4. Automatic Restaurant

    There is nothing automatic about the Lebanese fare from this chain of Lebanese restaurants: they serve uniformly good-quality food with friendly service in cheap and cheerful surroundings. Whatever you order, a dish of leaves (lettuce, radish and mint) is provided free and makes a good garnish for the kebabs, felafel and hummus staples.

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  5. Bin Atique

    This is one of the few places in town to serve a variety of local Omani dishes. As the restaurant caters mainly for homesick Omani traders, you'll be seated on an old carpet in a private room. If you can put up with the unglamorous surroundings, however, the food is generally good quality and authentic. Try harees, a glutenous, Omani dish often mixed with chicken.

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  7. Khargeen Café

    With a choice of open-air, majlis -style dining or a cosy, indoor coffee-and-a-chat, this café-cum-coffeehouse has spilt into a courtyard of lighted trees to make a wonderfully relaxed, atmospheric and Arabian experience. With hubbly-bubblies croaking, fountains splashing, kebabs sizzling and people propped on a variety of cushions and throws, this could almost be part of a Bedouin caravan. Try the hibiscus or cacao drinks or the avocado milkshake.

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