Sur
One of the few venues in Sur where you can dine with a glass of wine, Oysters is a sociable gathering point. The Friday lunch buffet (OR6) includes fresh…
Must-see restaurants in Oman
Hajar Mountains
With a rather elegant dining room, tables draped with cloths and upholstered chairs, this restaurant is a cut above the norm in a region of utilitarian…
Sur
Located next to the Oman Oil petrol station, this popular local chain serves Omani, Indian and Chinese cuisine, including a signature fried-chicken dish …
Hajar Mountains
This large restaurant offers a range of international favourites and some pan-Arab dishes, too. Between October and March it sets up tables around the…
Salalah
This smart little restaurant, with two floors of seating, has created a friendly, homely atmosphere with its cheerful and quaint interior. There is no…
Salalah
Tuck behind an arabesque screen for private dining or sit outside on the landscaped terrace and watch the shoppers go by at this attractive restaurant…
Nizwa
Part of a small chain of Omani-style restaurants, this is one of the few places where you have the opportunity to sample genuine local dishes. Dining is…
Muscat
Serving delicious French food in a small wooden den of a restaurant opposite the fish market in Mutrah, La Brasserie is the perfect venue for coffee and a…
Oman
Tucked under three giant neem trees behind Rustaq Fort, this large coffee shop cooks up a giant doner kebab each night and offers a range of fruit juices…
Oman
The best part about this restaurant is that it is open-sided – and on top of a sand dune. Licensed to serve alcohol, the restaurant offers a short menu of…
Nizwa
Roughly opposite the Falaj Daris Hotel, this modern, attractive restaurant with calligraphic walls caters to a growing national appetite for burgers. This…
Zahrat Bilad Al Sham Restaurant
Sur
Right beside the main road, this popular semi-open-air venue offers sizzling Turkish kebabs marinated in the chef’s best spices, reputedly of Ottoman…
Dhofar
This popular beachside restaurant offers tasty grilled seafood. It makes the perfect palm-tree setting for a four-course romantic dinner (OR58.5). The…
Northern Coast
This concrete booth serves up delicious grilled squid kebabs. If there's a queue of cars along Dama St, it's because someone has paused by the booth to…
Oman
This smart little cafe on the approach to the hot springs has an air-conditioned interior and a small terrace overlooking the wadi. Lattes and smoothies,…
Nizwa
This Turkish restaurant serves consistently delicious kebabs and other assorted Turkish dishes. It's some way out of town (near the Nizwa Gateway) but…
Salalah
Located inside a busy mall, teeming with visitors during the khareef, this modern and no-nonsense restaurant serves good, locally caught seafood. The…
Hajar Mountains
Chicken, rice and salad with an assortment of sides counts as staple fare in this brightly lit, central restaurant. It's conveniently located near the…
Masirah Island
For kebabs and whole roasted chickens, this restaurant, on the main street near Masirah Hotel and a prominent crossroad, is an old favourite.
Muscat
East of the main entrance to Mutrah Souq on Mutrah Corniche, this thoroughly typical local-style restaurant with tables on the pavement is an ideal place…
Hajar Mountains
This unlikely campground at the entrance to the village doubles as a restaurant at weekends. Buffets include Omani rice and Indian dishes. Sleep off…
Al Shariq Restaurant & Coffeeshop
Oman
This typical local-style restaurant, with its attractive red-painted exterior, has tiny, screened cubicles for private family dining. There's a huge…
Al Batinah Restaurant & Coffee Shop
Oman
Serving delicious grilled meat, steaming piles of biryani, whole fried chicken and fish scooped from the sea by the fishermen mending their nets nearby,…
Jebel Shams
By the signpost for Dar Lawi, across from some picnic shelters (and derelict toilets best avoided), this simple one-storey establishment with a barasti …
Northern Coast
A seasonal cafe opens at the Wadi Dayqah dam at peak times (from November to January), offering simple fare (microwaved burgers and other snacks) in a…
Oman
For a partial sea view and newly caught hamour (a type of grouper) from the fish market opposite, this simple eatery serves delicious Turkish food at…
Dhofar
One of a couple of basic coffee shops on top of the incline above the Ittin Rd, this simple establishment offers a few seats under shady trees that bob…
Al Saula'ee Restaurant & Grills
Oman
One of many similar grill restaurants here, this local favourite is distinguished by a white-picket fence enclosing a small tree-shaded yard. If it's too…
Muscat
This light-spangled restaurant on Mutrah Corniche offers cosy indoor dining on sedans under Turkish lanterns, or at trestle tables alongside Mutrah's busy…
Muscat
This intimate, licensed restaurant, with large windows and a terrace overlooking the fish market, is a good place to get a feel of Muscat’s age-old…
Nizwa
The biggest bakery in Nizwa and part of a chain operating all over Oman, this establishment sells a range of local- and Western-style bread, cakes and…
Muscat
Catering to homesick traders from the interior, this restaurant is one of the few to serve genuine Omani food the traditional way with seating on old…
Hajar Mountains
Men and women sit apart (or in family groups) at this highly popular restaurant serving Omani dishes, such as chicken mandhi (OR1.7) and Indian favourites…
Dhofar
This simple coffee shop serves black tea, tea boiled with milk, soft drinks and a few basic snacks. With a shaded terrace, it's a good spot from which to…
Jebel Akhdar
Serving simple but well-prepared fare such as shawarma (shaved grilled meat in bread) and whole roasted chickens (OR2.8), this local-style restaurant has…
Hajar Mountains
This coffee shop sells snacks and simple fare in a jolly, red-decked restaurant with some chairs on the pavement. It offers a quiet place to watch…
Oman
This tiny cafe serves up tasty shawarma (pockets of bread filled with shaved meat and salad) into the small hours of the night. During the day, it offers…
City Tower Grill Restaurant & Cafe
Muscat
Ignore the entirely irrelevant name of this venue and have an egg roll-up and fresh orange juice in view of Al Mirani Fort in this corner street cafe,…
Oman
Used to rustling up rice and dhal or an egg roll-up for breakfast for the occasional foreign guests from the neighbouring hotel, this local-style…
Dhofar
One of the only places to buy food and provisions for many kilometres in either direction along this desolate stretch of coastal highway. It is tucked…
