Amman: 3 restaurants and other Jordan Restaurant Reviews

Restaurant Name: jerusalem, blue fig, somewhere written in arabic

very basic ( u only get a spoon to eat) is the place under the beige/yellow and white sign in King Hussein street near the acco internet cafe (1 dinar). A better one, still in the centre is the Jerusalem Restaurant: spoon and fork (but no knife) and food for 3 dinars. At the other end of the price range, the Blue Fig in Adboun, where the rich youth goes. It's 10 dinars here for western food, including fork and (hear hear!) knife.

Favorite Dish: blue fig: arab bread, jerusalem: lamb meshaff, the restaurant with the name in arabic: great grilled chicken and chickpeas

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Address: see my amman page for presice details
Directions: blue fig: abdoun - the other two restaurants are downtown

Restaurant Name: basin rest.+ rest. next to petra palace hotel

Here's two restaurants i can easily recommend. the Basin Restaurant is inside the old city of Petra, right where yu start your climb up to the monastery. It's a typical tourist restaurant - but in wonderful surroundings. The food, strangely enough, is superb.
The otehr restaurant, and I can't beieve I lsot the name, is right nextdoor to the Petra Palace Hotel - you won't miss it since it's also an overpriced internet cafe: food was really good (and not too expensive)

Favorite Dish: Basin restaurant: falafels and grilled meats. The nameless restaurant had quite good desserts.

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Directions: basin: inside the old town, nrxt to the museum. the other restaurant next to the petra palace

Restaurant Name: Rest House

There's not many places to eat at Wadi Rum - the rest house is a goverment owned simple restaurant serving powerful chai and simple (and large) traditional meals in a wonderfully scenic location. It's also the place where you organize jeeps to take you inside wadi rum.

Favorite Dish: falafels were truly delicious - grilled meats a lot less. And - of course - i liked the hummus

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Address: wadi rum
Directions: right at the entrance of the desert

Restaurant Name: dead sea spa

The restaurant.. ugly.. all I can say.... then again at thedead sea you can only eat at posh hotels, since there's nothing else. so this one is just as good (or as bad) as any other one. The food, however, was quite good - despite the plastic surroundings.

Favorite Dish: there was some delicious arab bread with onions.. and some salty pastries (with onions again) that were delicious

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Comparison: more expensive than average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Address: Salt Land Village, Po Box 184194, Deas Sea
Directions: where all the hotels are - u can't miss it