Abu Dhabi Restaurants

  1. Al Dhafra

    If you're peckish in the Abu Dhabi Heritage Village, try some traditional Emirati dishes or Arabic mezze at Al Dhafra, on the white-sand beach where you can enjoy the splendid city skyline while you eat.

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  2. Automatic Restaurant

    This Lebanese eatery is a branch of the successful national chain, and while everything on the menu is good, their tangy shwarmas are some of the most delicious around.

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  3. Lebanese Flower

    Abu Dhabi's most popular Lebanese restaurant does delicious mixed grill meats and delicious garlicky chicken shwarmas . They also sell fabulous Lebanese sweets and pastries.

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  4. Pars Palace

    Tucked away in a Khalidiya backstreet behind Corniche Towers, this excellent Persian restaurant in Oriental surroundings is a hidden gem. Local favourites include the delicious zereshk polo-ba-morgh (chicken and saffron with pomegranate seeds, and spicy kebabs. The complimentary home-baked flat bread with sheeps'-milk cheese is scrumptious.

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  5. Sheesha Cafés

    On the grassy verge next to the Corniche at Kalidiya, these outdoor Sheesha Cafés are great for soaking up some local ambience. Emirati men, and the occasional group of Emirati women, chat over sheesha (around Dh20 ) and Turkish coffee (around Dh10 ) at white plastic tables on the lawn - well into the early hours of the morning.

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  7. Tché Tché

    Offers up a true expat Arab experience - with Arabic music videos blaring from the TV and a long sheesha menu. This popular café (with a branch in Dubai) also serves delicious Arabic food and good Turkish coffee.

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