Restaurants in Yemen
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Mumbai Durbar
Dishing out spicy subcontinental dishes, this is one of Yemen's lonely Indian restaurants.
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Houmald Salta
Next to the qat market in the heart of the old city. This salta (a kind of stew and the traditional lunch dish of the highlands) restaurant is regarded as having the best salta in San'a and is a pre-qat-session institution. Buy the accompanying sheets of bread from the women standing around outdoors.
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Al-Fanoos
Probably the best Western-style sit-down-and-relax restaurant in Yemen - though don't rely on it being open, as it often only swings back the doors at weekends or when there's a group booking. The food is predominately Middle Eastern and there's occasional live music.
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Alsafina
Sail away on this boat-shaped restaurant and enjoy its range of Lebanese starters and dips and seafood mains. If you've emerged from a stint in the countryside, it's probably going to be the first restaurant in a long time where you might want to relax over dinner.
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Hot Hut
You'll probably be craving something a little different by the time you get to Ta'izz, in which case this new and clean restaurant with burgers that aren't a bad imitation of those back home should pass the test. Super sweet ice creams are another favourite.
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Al-Khima
Its Yemeni and Lebanese food isn't great but it's one of the few places where you might want to linger over a meal. Better than the food are the fruit-flavoured sheesha pipes and the big-screen TV showing all the major sporting events.
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Al-Ryan Tourism Restaurant
It doesn't have the Reem's hordes of fans but those in the know keep coming back for the Middle Eastern staples and clean kitchens. Try the excellent arayesi, which is more dessert than drink! It's opposite the bus station.
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Reem Tourist Restaurant
Step into the noisy belly of this local institution and you're in for a treat. Good atmosphere, smartly turned-out waiters and heavenly banana juices (YR150) are just some of the highlights. The kebabs (YR200) are also worth a pop.
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Zeyna Food
Run more as a hobby than a business by an Ethiopian woman, this incredibly popular lunchtime restaurant gives you the opportunity to try Ethiopia's national dish, injira and wat, a decidedly acquired taste!
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Golden Falcon Proast & Restaurant
There are two very good reasons to eat here. Number one is the superb fried fish and number two the chance to escape chaotic Crater and relax in the altogether more genteel surroundings of At-Tawahi.
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Al-Shibani Restaurant
The fast-talking owner (who speaks brilliant English) will have you ordering everything on the menu in no time at all. Don't let this worry you – it's all top nosh, but the fish is best.
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Naeem
This shiny white-tiled restaurant is cleaner than most and does great roast chickens (around YRI600) and freshly squeezed fruit juices (around YRI1000). It's right next to the Bab al-Yaman.
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Al-Shaibani Modern Restaurant
This is the restaurant that all the other restaurants in Yemen want to take after. All the staples are done to perfection, but it's the oven-baked fish that rules the roost.
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Al-Oryyan Restaurant
This clean and busy joint is by far the pick of the bunch and its English-language menu makes ordering easy. The crushed beans with egg is way better than it sounds!
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Al-Shaab
Located opposite the corner of the park, this brightly coloured restaurant has long served as the pit stop of choice at lunchtime. The menu offers no great surprises
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Al-Khayyam Restaurant
A noisy and chaotic restaurant that is a long-standing Mukalla institution, and when you taste its gorgeous barbecued fish, you'll understand why.
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Abu Khalid Cafeteria
Clean, peaceful and with pleasant window seats, this is a good place for fruit juice and cakes and lingering conversations. Popular with students.
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Al-Asdeqa
Open to all are the excellent fruit-juice stalls dotted around town, such as Al-Asdeqa not far from the Crédit Agricole Bank.
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Best Ice Cream
The dozen or so cool, fruity flavours of ice cream on sale here are perfect on a hot day.
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