
About Al Fanar Restaurant & Café - Al Jimi
At Al Fanar, you can experience true Emirati flavours throwback to the good old days, Al Fanar rekindles the spirit of the ’60s. A menu packed full of recipes passed down through generations.20% off entire menu
For orders over AED 30 up to AED 20. T&Cs apply. New customers only
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Fish Beryani
AED 76Prawn Magli
AED 76Salmon Biryani
AED 79Grilled Sea bream
AED 82Prawn Machboos
AED 78Moghar Maleh
AED 76Fish Machboos
AED 76Seafood Tray for 2
AED 192
Trays
Seafood Tray for 2
Jesheed, grilled prawns, grilled squid, grilled sea bream, and white riceAED 192Chicken Machboos & Mutton Biryani
AED 99Jesheed & Fish Biryani
AED 99Shrimp Biryani & Fish Machboos
AED 115Mixed Grill for 1
Emirati chicken tikka, lamb kebab, Minced Kebab. Served with bread or riceAED 85Mixed Grill for 2
Emirati chicken tikka, lamb kebab, Minced Kebab. Served with bread or riceAED 162Build Your Own Tray (BYOT)
Currently sold outAED 94Tanoor Tray
Sea bass tanoor, jesheed, prawn magli, andcalamari on white riceAED 199Machboos TRAY
fish machboos, prawns, grilled squid, and fishkofta on machboos riceAED 219
All Day Breakfast
Breakfast in the UAE usually features breads liked raqaq, khameer and chebab, served with cheese, date syrup or eggs.
Shakshooka
egg in a sauce of tomatoes, chili, pepper topped with basil leaves, served with freshly baked breadAED 46PopularBalalit
sweetened vermicelli with cardamom, saffron and plain omelette, served with freshly baked breadAED 42PopularDango
Chick peas.AED 22Reqaq Bread
Thin traditional bread.AED 24Mohalla
Sweetened thin traditional bread mixed with sugar and dates.AED 34Sunny Side Up
Egg sunny side up or over hard with reqaq bread.AED 42Chebab
Three soft pancakes infused with saffron, cardamom and turmeric. Served with a side of cream cheese and Emirati produced date syrupAED 34Al Jazeeri Khameer Bread
Freshly baked bread infused with saffron, dates, and cardamom, served with sweet egg paste cooked with saffron and cardamomAED 32Khameer Bread
freshly baked bread infused with saffron, dates, and cardamom, served with date syrup and cream cheeseAED 32Scrambled Eggs & Tomato
AED 42Keema
Minced beef with peas served with paratha breadAED 44
Appetizers
Fish Kofta
Deep fried crumbled fish with onion and coriander leaves in our special spices, served with al fanar tomato sauce.AED 54PopularHobool
Deep fried fish roe.AED 59Grilled Squid
Grilled squid.AED 52Samboosa
Currently sold outAED 30Mixed Appetizers
Koftat samak, samboosa and habool.AED 54Crispy Calamari
crispy fried calamari served with spicy mayosauceAED 46Grilled Prawns Large
grilled prawns, 12 pcsAED 99
Soup
Lentil Soup
pureed lentils flavored with onion, garlic, and mixed spicesAED 25PopularSeafood Soup
tomato based seafood soupAED 36Chicken Soup
Chicken soup.AED 25
Salad
Rocket Salad
rocket with cucumber salad topped with walnuts and lemon vinegar dressingAED 34Tomato & Onion Salad
tomato & onion salad with dijon mustard dressingAED 32Al Fanar Salad
seasonal fresh mixed vegetables with special Al Fanar dressingAED 38Mango & Rocket Salad
fresh sour mango with rocket and cucumber topped with tangy chili dressingAED 38
Main Dish
The dishes are usually like stews as everything is often cooked in a single pot. Saffron, cardamom, turmeric and thyme are the core flavors used in Emirati cookery.
Grilled Sea bream
Grilled fish with our special spices served with side white rice or bread.AED 82Emirati Chicken Tikka
chargrilled boneless chicken cubes marinated in yogurt. Served with white rice, breadAED 66Salmon Biryani
sautéed Salmon with slow cooked biryani ricetopped with crispy fried onion and coriander.AED 79Prawn Magli
Pan fried black tiger prawns with onion and tomato. Served with freshly baked flat bread or white riceAED 76Fish Beryani
wild caught king fish steaks with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onion and corianderAED 76Chicken Machboos
grilled half chicken with slow cooked simmered rice infused with dry lemon, cinnamon, bay leaves, cardamom and mixed spicesAED 65Fish Machboos
Fried Sea Bass fish with slow-cooked rice infused with dry lemon, tamarind, capsicum, and mixed spicesAED 76Moghar Maleh
Salted fish dipped in clear lemon water served with white rice.AED 76Prawn Machboos
fried black tiger prawns with slow cooked rice infused with dry lemon, tamarind, capsicum, and mixed spicesAED 78Chicken Stew
Chicken stew with seasonal vegetable cooked in tomato sauce and our special Arabic spices served with side white rice or bread.AED 65Spicy Jesheed
crumbled baby shark cooked with onion, drylemon, coriander, and mixed spices, servedwith white riceAED 72Harees
Currently sold outAED 44Chicken Beryani
grilled half chicken with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onions, lentil beans and golden raisinsAED 65Mutton Beryani
juicy mutton with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onions and golden raisinsAED 79Prawn Beryani
sautéed black tiger prawns with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onion and corianderAED 78Maleh Beryani
salted yellow fin tuna with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onion and corianderAED 74Mutton Machboos
mutton with slow cooked simmered rice infused with dry lemon, cinamon, bay leaves, cardamom and mixed spicesAED 79Chicken Nashef
chicken cubes sautéed in rich tomato gravy and mixed spices. Served with freshly baked flat bread or white riceAED 62Squid Nashef
Squid cooked in rice tomato sauce and our special spices, served with side white rice or bread.AED 64Maleh Nashef
Slated fish cooked in rich tomato sauce and our special spices, served with side white rice or bread.AED 74Jesheed
Crumbed baby shark cooked with onion and mixed Arabic spices served with side white rice.AED 72Mutton Stew
Meat stew with seasonal vegetable cooked in tomato sauce and our special Arabic spices served with side white rice or bread.AED 79Bedouin Mutton Stew
Mutton stew with potato, tomato and dry lemon served with side white rice or bread.AED 79Fish Stew
Fish stew cooked in rice tomato sauce and tamarind served with side white rice or bread.AED 79Chicken Thereed/Margouga
Currently sold outAED 62Mutton Thereed/Margouga
Currently sold outAED 79Fish Tanoor
Grilled fish in oven, marinated in our special spices served with side white rice or bread.AED 86Grilled Squid
Grilled squid seasoned with our special spices, with side white rice or bread.AED 82Lamb Kebab
Mutton meat kebab marinated in traditional style served with side white rice or bread.AED 82Machboos TRAY
fish machboos, prawns, grilled squid, and fishkofta on machboos riceAED 210Tanoor Tray
Sea bass tanoor, jesheed, prawn magli, andcalamari on white riceAED 198Okra
served with freshly baked wagafi bread orwhite rice.AED 45Potato Hamsa
served with freshly baked wagafi bread or white rice.AED 35Hamour biryani
freshly caught Hamour steaks with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onion and coriander.AED 79Hamour Tanoor
Charcoal grilled whole hamour marinated in rich tomato gravy, onion and mixed spices. Served with freshly baked flat bread or white rice.AED 180
Side Orders
White Rice
AED 14Machboos Rice
AED 14Beryani Rice
AED 14Saman Baladi (Ghee)
AED 6Wagafi Bread
AED 7
Sweets
Dates, saffron and cardamom are the main ingredients used to prepare Emirati sweets.
Ferni
Rice pudding.AED 25PopularLeqaimat
Golden crisp fried dough balls coated with date syrup.AED 28Asidat Al Tamor
Emirati dates pudding.AED 30Khabisah
Traditional Emirati sweet made of sautéed flour and molasses mixture.AED 30
Drinks
Soft Drinks
AED 5Water
Currently sold outAED 5Vimto
AED 15Laban Ayran
AED 18Karak Tea
AED 14Tea
AED 19Arabic Coffee
AED 20