Muscat Restaurants

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In a country surrounded by Gulf of Oman and in the historical region of Muscat covered with tall palm trees under the bright sunlight of Al Khuwair area we decided to establish our first restaurant. Visit us at NARENJ for a delicious and authentic Persian cuisine experience.

It was our Anniversary and we had our dinner in this restaurant, the surrounding/view was good so we thought we will have a good time. Then we entered a nicely lit place, the waiter was nice it was buffet style but the food was not as good as we thought it would be, the selection...the main course was acceptable, the salads has no taste, juices/ drinks was so minimal and the dessert?, well i thought there's another table b'coz it was not good at all.
Service?, gosh someone keeps on collecting the plates that we got so annoyed, then this other waiter keeps an eye at customers how many times they fill their plates, well we have to keep on trying the other dish to find which one is better than the other. So really there's no anyting special 'bout this restaurant except for the price, it is expensive and for what????

My wife and I went to this Turkish restaurant. The food was excellent and the flavour was amazing. We had a nicely cooked fish and a kebab. The staff were great. We really enjoyed the food at the place and the service was very good. Should not be missed.

Keyword about Grand Lounge:

Great atmosphere, delicious food

Favorite Dish: Fish Kokorec, Fish Skewer and Iskender Kebap

Among the coolest and trendiest hangouts in Muscat.
It is an open air restaurant/Caffe', with a couple of medium sized indoors halls.

They have a very rich menu fll of varieties, from Kebabs, to Rice, to Pizza to extravganza Salads and juices.

The service is unique, and the waiter/waitresses are dressed in an old Arabic/Ottoman Turkish traditonal way.

Portions are quite big, and out door setting is really cool.

In addition to normal tables, they have what they call "Arabic sitting" which some sort of wooden benches covered with carpets.

They also offer excellent varities of Tea in addition to Shisha (water pipe for those who are interested)

Favorite Dish: I tried so many dishes there, all are excellent.

Try also the Yemeni Tea (tea with cloves), very tasty.

Enjoy.

Mumtaz Mahal Indian restaurant sits on top of a hill overlooking the sea and Qurum Park, and there is live music most nights too. However, the views and music are not what set this restaurant apart--it's definitely the food.

Mumtaz Mahal specialises in North Indian, or Moghul cooking. Biryani, Tandoor specialities, and delicious breads characterise this style of cooking.

Favorite Dish: Having travelled around India, I have developed a fondness for really good Indian breads, and Mumtaz Mahal certainly delivers on the bread front. You can assemble your own bread basket with your choice of breads like Roti, Paratha, Chappati, Naan, etc. and each one is delicious.

Being a Mughlai-style restaurant, any dish with Tandoor meats that we've tried has been delicious.

An extensive ranger of Starters is offerred, and a good selection of Paneer dishes.

As Ali & I live but a stone's throw from The Chedi Hotel and are also keen to sample different dining establishments, we have been trying to book The Restaurant for months. Unbelievably, it has a minimum one month waiting list for a table. That, and the much touted winning of the Oman Today Best International Restaurant, Best Ambience, and Best Service awards for 2004 (probably equivalent to the Bombay Star winning the best restaurant award in the Aberdeen Press & Journal for all its culinary value) leads one to think that this is one special Muscat Restaurant. So, I booked the table one month in advance and managed to get a 21.30 sitting (painful as work starts at 07.00).

Favorite Dish: The menu card is divided into 4 sections: Arabic, Mediterranean, Asian, and Indian. For Arabic, read Moroccan and Lebanese which is a bit of a misnomer really but there's no Trading Standards Office here. Mediterranean leans heavily towards fish dishes and pizza whilst Asian (read Thai), and Indian focus on the meat curries. The ambience is reasonable, albeit a little cavernous, and far from intimate. The 4 cooking areas for each type of cuisine is an interesting feature if you happen to get a seat facing one. Service was good with the staff being very attentive. In summary, I can only offer that the prolonged wait for a table is caused by the hotel giving priority to residents who would otherwise be marooned miles from any decent alternative eatery. It's good but nothing too special and, certainly, the Al Marjan restaurant at the Al Bustan Palace is equally as good and a more intimate venue for that meal a deux.

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Pizza Express was easily the best meal I had in nearly a week in Muscat. It is a modern restaurant, with great views of the beach, casual outdoor seating, and really good food. Pizza Express is a English company that has gone global, with some 300 restaurants, mostly in Europe and the Middle East.

The location at Al Qurum in Muscat is great--right on the beach with plenty our shady outdoor seating. I took a seat right by the water and was surrounded by a mix of local Omanis and Europeans. I started with a Diet Pepsi (.600 OMR), then I ordered the pizza diavolo with jalapeno peppers (4.000 OMR). The pizza took only about 20 minutes, and arrived hot and fresh. I enjoyed my pie while I soaked up the sun and enjoyed watching a few people fly kites on the beach.

Highly recommended.

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Trader Vic's is a small, but global chain of Polynesian-themed restaurants with a variety of Chinese, Japanese, Polynesian, Vietnamese, Thai, French, and Californian foods. The restaurant is inspired by an Oakland restaurant dating back to 1934, owned by a man named Victor J. "Trader Vic" Bergeron, though I'd bet he'd hardly recognize his namesake restaurant. Trader Vic is also credited with inventing the Mai-Tai drink.

The Muscat, Oman location sits right beside the InterContinental hotel, right along the beach in Muscat. We arrived one busy even, but were fortunate to find parking right out front. We were quickly seated, and we ordered drinks, then the waitress decided to move use 15 feet to another table because someone had supposedly reserved the table we were seated in... very lame. She later got very annoyed when we asked to split the bill, so we could pay separately with credit cards. Sorry, I didn't know.

For dinner I had a Szechuan prawn dish along with a few Singaporean Tiger Beers. The food was really spicy and with lots of shrimp and veggies. Not too bad, and much more food for the Rial than the steak dishes. Unfortunately, when it came time to pay and leave, it took us 15 minutes to flag down a waitress and get our bill so we could get to the airport.

The bill was a very expensive 17.784 OMR ($46 US) for a cheap entree and two beers. The Szechuan prawns were 10.000 Rials, the Stella beers 2.600 Rials, and taxes/service charge a hefty 2.584 Rials.

Trader Vic's also runs the Senor Pico restaurant in the Muscat InterCon.