Riyadh Restaurant Tips by anees Top 5 Page for this destination

Mama Noura Juice Center: Shaurma

The best middle eastern fast food restaurant. Their Shawrma is so popular as you have to take long queque to get your order ready.
They have several branches in Riyadh, Al Dhabab Street branch would be good choice after walking around King Fahad Medical City.
The other branch located by King Abdullah Road, this branch serve King Saud University Students. It will be less crowded during summer vacation.
They have help your self service where you need to take your small paper and give it the staff and line up waiting your turn.
Their fresh juice is among the best in town

Favorite Dish: Shawrma, Falafil, Fresh Juice, hot pastries, Kabab

Comparison: about average

Phone: +966 1 439998

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 5

Theme: Middle Eastern

Al Fakhar Restaurant: Turkish, Middle Eastern, Shawarma, Fakhar

Very Famouse, Fast Growing, popular Turkish Restaurant located on Al Thaltheen Street (Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz St)
In here, you will find fresh food at reasonable prices, quality service, home delivery service and warm reception.
The restaurant was very popular among King Saud University Student throughtout 90s. Al Fakhar (The pottery) has its name from the porcelain they use to make their famouse Turkish Iskandar Shawarma dishes.
They offer a great deal of griled food, Middle Eastern appetizers, fine pastries, and fresh juices.
They have indoor and outdoor settings, their Turkish workers are friendly.

Favorite Dish: Al Thaltheen St, West King Fahad Road (not Olaya side)

Address: Al Thaltheen St, Street Prince Sultan bin Abdulazi

Comparison: about average

Directions: Between King Fahad Road and Al Takhasosy street

Phone: +966 1 4623092-4659528

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 4

Theme: Middle Eastern

CREP AWAY: The Yummiest fantasies

I think Creb Away is the best quality burger restaurant in town. It offers wide verity of dishes including very good BBQ burger, Philly Steaks, Sub Sandwiches, Pizza, Pasta, and fine sweets such as Martine and Magali.
The chain is lebanese, and they have two branches in Riyadh. The best located is in Al Takhasosy street.
They used to have a unique Ice Tea, but they no more offer that one, they now just offer normal ice tea made by famous company.
One good thing about this restaurant, they always allow me to remain eating while they close for prayers time.
The BBQ and drink would cost you SAR 42.

Favorite Dish: BBQ Burgers, Steaks, Chicken Sub, Char-Grilled sandwiches, Estelle, Beatrice and otehrs.

Address: Al Takhasosy Street and Granada Center-East Ring R

Comparison: about average

Directions: Al Takhasosy Street besides Fudruckers, and Granada Center-East Ring Road

Phone: 01 2535522

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 5

Theme: Steakhouse

Website: http://www.crepaway.com

Bliss House: Lebanese Qaulity Sandwiches Since 1978

This Lebanese chain, has been serving its costumers since 1978. Now it operates 4 branches in Riyadh.
The nicely decorated and the central part of Al Tahlya St. branch is offering wide verity of sandwiches for your breakfast, lunch and dinner with meal for kids and fine salads and sweets.
The restaurant has outdoors area for seating in the fine weather days.
It offers philly steak, chicken fajita, chicken breast burgers, chicken subs, hamburgers in nice quality and moderate prices.

Favorite Dish: Side Lights:
Homous, scampi shrimp

Salad:
greek salad, green salad, tuna salad, crab salad, pasta salad.

Chabatta
polo pesto, polo cisliano, fish fillet

BBQ
kufta, shikaf, tawouk, mixed BBQ, arayis

Sub/Burgers
philly steak, chicken fajita, burgers

Platters
real steak, polo pesto.

Address: Tahlya Street, Saharra Mall, Grananda Mall

Comparison: about average

Directions: Four Branchs, Tahlya St, Saharra Mall, Granada Mall, and King Abdullaziz St.

Other Contact: blissykma@bliss-house.com

Phone: 01 4211818, 4633328

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 4

Theme: Middle Eastern

Website: http://www.blisshouse-int.com

TONY ROMA'S: FINE RIPS, SEAFOOD, STEAK IN RIYADH

The Miami based Tony Roma's finaly in Riyadh, it has opened its first branch in Saudi capital recently offering wide verity of grils such as Rips, and steaks. It also serve Seafood.

You can find the restaurant just next door to Jarir bookstore, Olaya St.

They have outdoor seating area, which will be covered by cooling system that spray cold water in the air to ease the summer heat.

Favorite Dish: BBQ burger, Salads, Steaks, Rips, Seafood

Address: Olaya St.

Comparison: about average

Directions: Olaya St. near Zara Olaya branch and Jarir Book store

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 4

Theme: American

Amo Hamza: Bes Seafood in Riyadh

or Uncle Hamza is best seafood restaurant in Riyadh with their serveral branches. I recommend for you to go to the one by Salah Al Deen St. the most recent one opened and it has nicer decoration and beautifuly dressed morocan and turkish staff.

Favorite Dish: Strimps, seafood soup, hamour.

Address: Salah Al Deen St. King Abdullah St.

Comparison: about average

Directions: Salah Al Deen St

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 5

Theme: Seafood

Steak Diner: Steak Diner

Steakhouse place focuses also on sandwiches, serviced in casual but original style.
The restaurant's only branch I know is getting larger in size, and it has some nicely decorated dining area.
I don't recommend to go there while its windy, the door get open easly by wind and it cause some noise and mess in the dining area. (they lock the door some times, but they have to open it with every one coming in or out)

Address: Olaya, beside Al Jazeera Suppermarkets

Comparison: about average

Directions: Olaya, beside Al Jazeera Suppermarkets

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 4

Theme: Steakhouse

Sheraz: Best Iranian Food in Town

The most delicious food in town can be found in here. It offers wide verity of Iranian cuisine including all Chulu Kabab dishes.

The dining place looks beautiful with its Iranian decoration like, especialy the single first floor part.

people are so friendly.

Favorite Dish: Sultani chulu Kabab, vegetable soup

Address: Abdullah Al Hamdan Street near Al Tahlya Street

Comparison: more expensive than average

Directions: Near Roma Cafe and other cafe by Abdullah Al Hamdan Street near Al Tahlya Street

Price: US$21-30

Rating: 5

Theme: Middle Eastern

Al Qaria Al Najdia: Saudi Traditional Food,

Al Qaria Al Najdia by Al Takhasosi St. is the most popular local food restaurant among foreigners in Riyadh.

The nice traditional designd, the outdoor setting in the backyard of the restaurant away from the street noise, fine food, and central location made the choice number 1 for foreigners who want to taste Saudi cuisine.

Here you can to sit cross-legged on the floor, and eat your favorate Saudi dishes in very nice atmosphere.

They have large rooms for groups, and they have open areas.

Favorite Dish: Saleeq (Hijazi Dish made of rise cooked with milk), Kabsa, Briyani, Mathlootha, Moqalqala.

Address: Al Takhsosi St.

Comparison: about average

Phone: +966 1 4646530

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 5

Theme: Local

Al Qaria Al Najdia: Saudi Traditional Food,

Al Qaria Al Najdia by Al Takhasosi St. is the most popular local food restaurant among foreigners in Riyadh.
The nice traditional designed, the outdoor setting in the backyard of the restaurant away from the street noise, fine food, and central location made the choice number 1 for foreigners who want to taste Saudi cuisine.
Here you can to sit cross-legged on the floor, and eat your favorite Saudi dishes in very nice atmosphere.

Favorite Dish: Saleeq (Hijazi dish made of Rise cooked in Milk in some special style), Kabsa

Address: Al Takhasosy Street

Comparison: about average

Directions: Al Takhosasy Street

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 5

Theme: Local