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kumkapi restaurants   Istanbul

kumkapi restaurants, Istanbul

 18 Reviews  The restaurant was recommended by the hotel and we didn't regret going there. It is located in the historic fishers district of Sultanahmet where many fish restaurants are located. They offer a free... 

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Dr. Shakshuka   Tel Aviv-Yafo

Dr. Shakshuka, Tel Aviv-Yafo

 10 Reviews  We enjoyed the best Shakshuka ever. " In Rome act Like a Roman" Shakshuka is made out of soft Tommetoes and that what gives it the best taste. The priceces at Dr. Shkshuka are resionable in Shekels... 

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Uno Momento   Marmaris

Uno Momento, Marmaris

 3 Reviews  I LOVE Uno Momento! The food is the best and the service is outstanding! The people working there is simply the best. They are allway smiling and dansing, they really make you feel at home! Without... 

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Al Baik   Jiddah

Al Baik, Jiddah

 24 Reviews  Albaik the best chicken and sea food quick service restaurant in the world.... Guys check it out i was searching around for their website and i actually found the original website for ALBAIk not the... 

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the blue fig   Amman

the blue fig, Amman

 8 Reviews  DON'T EAT HERE!!!!!! They were moping and dusting right next to us and when we tried to tell them we are bothered about this issue the owner of the restaurant came to us telling ": Oh,,,,it's not like... 

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Fastfood   Bodrum

Fastfood, Bodrum

 9 Reviews  This restaraunt on the sea front provides steaks etc. and multi national quisine. The staff are very friendly and make your stay a pleasant one, nothing is too much trouble for them. The food is very... 

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The Red Sea Star   Eilat

The Red Sea Star, Eilat

 8 Reviews  First, no one was at the door to greet us...we had to find our own way to the tables (3 stair levels down). No body was in the restaurant (first tip we should have taken to walk out). We ordered tap... 

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jabri house   Damascus

jabri house, Damascus

 16 Reviews  I've been many times to Beit Jabri, the atmosphere is very nice and you make an encounter of meeting either a famous Syrian actor or actress there by only having a drink or a meal there. There are... 

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Fattoush   Haifa

Fattoush, Haifa

 3 Reviews  This Cafe / restaurant look like one of the nices at the area. We only looked for a warm drink after walking around for a few hours and we decided to check this one and look inside, the surprise was... 

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The Champagne Bar Restaurant   Icmeler

The Champagne Bar Restaurant, Icmeler

 8 Reviews  The food in the champange bar is exelent it serves everything from breakfast to dinner,you can get everything from beautifull turkish food,amazing steaks to snacks.The staff are always very friendly... 

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dragon great wall   Aleppo

dragon great wall, Aleppo

 6 Reviews  In 2008 August my husband,my daughter and myself with the help of 2 local police officers searched for the dragon Great Wall Tes.Sadly we found it butwas a shut down Indian rest. So we finally got... 

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Ponderosa   Qatar

Ponderosa, Qatar

 4 Reviews  My cousin and her husband and sitting and enjoying their dinner. Please note that it is Must for every women to cover herself whenever she is in public places so, in this picture my cousin is covering... 

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fast food   Bahrain

fast food, Bahrain

 8 Reviews  On the way to the airport, in Muharraq right behind BBK> a small little shop around the corner, truely serves a great taste of Lebanon. Shawarma's, fresh grills and best of all DISH OF THE DAY>... 

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Doy Doy Restaurant   Istanbul

Doy Doy Restaurant, Istanbul

 13 Reviews  Good local cuisine with lots of option to select and don't forget to try some ayran(Yogurt drink). Good value for money, cozy & friendly environment. Tavuk çorba with Kosh kosh (Chicken Soup with... 

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Falafel & Shawarma (all places)   Tel Aviv-Yafo

Falafel & Shawarma (all places), Tel Aviv-Yafo

 7 Reviews  Where ever you go in Israel you can find this nice small places where they sale one The famous Falafel ! Its a good dish especially if your vegetarian, Served in a pita bread with salad and chips... 

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O'Yes Restaurant   Marmaris

O'Yes Restaurant, Marmaris

 2 Reviews  O Yes is one of my favourite restaurant in Marmaris. Due to their success, now theyhave several corners around the town. I prefer the one one the beach side. If you ever visit marmaris you will soon... 

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Vertigo   Jiddah

Vertigo, Jiddah

 14 Reviews  You can't miss vertigo's spectacular chicken steak!It's so delicious,that once you have ONE tenny bite,you'll want to have 10 more orders! ISN'T IT OBVIOUS,MY FAVORITE DISH IS CHICKEN... 

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Seafood   Bodrum

Seafood, Bodrum

 19 Reviews  The Bodrum Fener Restaurant is located in Bodrum Milta Yacht Club. Me and my family went there in summer 2011. Its view was good. But it had an awful service. The waitresses didn't interested in us.... 

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Eddi's hide a way   Eilat

Eddi's hide a way, Eilat

 3 Reviews  This nice restaurant is hidden in the residential area, mostly the Locals knows about it. Its known for its good meat and other kinds food, quite and nice atmospher. I dont remember the prices as i've... 

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Hashmura 1872   Haifa

Hashmura 1872, Haifa

 2 Reviews  We ate here in June 2006 and had an excellent meal. This restaurant is in an old stone buidling in the German Colony of Haifa. The street it is on has many restaurants, but this is supposedly the best... 

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Waterfall Restaurant   Icmeler

Waterfall Restaurant, Icmeler

 2 Reviews  The ambience is superior to most of Icmeler. All the tables are outside, and some right by an attractive - if artificial - eponymous waterfall. Prices are above average. So is the food quality. The... 

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Breakfast   Qatar

Breakfast, Qatar

 4 Reviews  There is a vast variety of food offered as a buffet and on-order-delivery system here in Marriot's Breakfast room. There are a few dishes from the lunch which are offered here as well. It was a very... 

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International   Bahrain

International, Bahrain

 8 Reviews  Here are the best restaurants in Bahrain. Upstairs, Downstairs (see my separate review) Jim's - this place has had multiple owners. Chef Dominic bought it from the original Jim Lawless (avoid his... 

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Haci Abdullah   Istanbul

Haci Abdullah, Istanbul

 20 Reviews   My favorite restaurants are: Yeþil Yayla * or ** in Þisli main street..open only weekdays for lunch only and serves all local pan dishes real Turkish, better then my mother's ones Develi Restaurant... 

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Manta Ray   Tel Aviv-Yafo

Manta Ray, Tel Aviv-Yafo

 6 Reviews  Food in this restaurant is graeat but...what is excellent is the location: Alma beach! Eating outside, it's like being on the beach, with a view of Tel Aviv and Jaffa, in front of the sea. The menu... 

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Reviews from VirtualTourist Members

several: Aleppo, Syria

by call_me_rhia

FULL MEALS- "al mir restaurant" serves traditional syrian food in a beautfully restored old Aleppine house - "la gouna restaurant" has incredible mezzes... dozens of them, including local onesSNACKS- "khan restaurant" is a simple place in the old town to go for some chai and some mezzes. They also have full meals. see above or my Aleppo page for details and addresses

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beduin restaurant: Palmyra, Syria

by call_me_rhia

the restaurant is actually the cleanest -looking of all restaurants in Palmyra, and the place where the few tourists seemed to eat. Fortunately the food was quite good, and the owner friendly the shish kebab was extremely delicious, the falafel ok and the hummus well, acceptable. However, but I did not taste it, the restaurant specialises in traditional beduin mensaff... the other people at the restaurant really seemed to love it

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Damascus, Syria

by call_me_rhia

FULL MEALS- "shahrazad palace" is not touristic and has an unwritten menu that changes every day. The shish taouk was great- "Jabri house" is quiet touristic but has a menu written in English, which is helpful. mezzes are great there.- "Narcissus Palace" like the two previous resstaurants is in an old traditional Damascene Palace. Nice food there, too.TAKE-AWAY- "El Az" has unforgettable shwarmas for 25 syrian poundsDESSERTS- "ice-cream" doesn't sell ice-creams but delicious rosewater puddings topped with pistachops for 25 Syrian pounds each see above - or my Damascus page. They are all in the centre - with the exception of the take-away - near Hejaz station

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Hotel Pera Palace: Istanbul, Turkey

by call_me_rhia

Maybe a bit too expensive for a full meal - but definitely worthy for an afternoon tea in historical surroundings. It's a wonderful old palace/hotel - a piece of Turkish history, basically. delicious tea and wonderful little cakes

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dead sea spa: Dead Sea, Jordan

by call_me_rhia

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

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Rest House: Wadi Rum, Jordan

by call_me_rhia

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

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Basin restaurant + nameless restaurant: Petra, Jordan

by call_me_rhia

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

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jerusalem, blue fig, somewhere written in arabic: Amman, Jordan

by call_me_rhia

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

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Restaurant Palmyra: Baalbeck, Lebanon

by call_me_rhia

Food problems in Baalbeck: we tried several restaurants and none of them looked like a restaurant. We were not tempted. The other option would have been some sort of fast-food-lookalike places - once again we were not tempted. At that point we were getting desperate - and especially hungry... until we had a brilliant idea: the Palmyra Hotel would surely have a restaurant. It did, indeed, and it looked magnifically decandent... as if only ghosts have been eating there in the past 100 years. OK, we said... Simple food, like the usual kebabs and mezzes... at the start of our meal we were brought a huge plate of veggies... and equally huge was the fruit bowl we were given at the end of our meal. The best, however was the... hummus! The best hummus I have ever had - delicious and not swimmingPrices:

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Damoun: Tripoli, Lebanon

by call_me_rhia

The restaurant is.. well, just a simple restaurant. Definitely not the one we were looking for (the Wardeh restaurant), but since neither we nor taxi-drivers could find it, we ended up in the nearest place we could find: Restaurant Damoun The restaurant serves only mezzes: we had 4 different ones: 2 cold and 2 warm ones. They were ok, but not special. The hummus was unhappily swimming in oil. OK if you're starving, otherwise you'd better pass on

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