About Al Fanar Restaurant and Cafe - Yas Island
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.
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Chicken Machboos
Highly ratedgrilled half chicken with slow cooked simmered rice infused with dry lemon, cinnamon, bay leaves, cardamom and mixed spicesAED 65Fish Kofta
AED 54Build Your Own Tray (BYOT)
AED 94Grilled Prawns
AED 58Prawn Machboos
AED 78Fish Stew
AED 74Grilled Sea bream
AED 82Bedouin Mutton Stew
AED 74Hobool
AED 54Chicken Stew
AED 65
Trays
Seafood Tray for 2
Jesheed, grilled prawns, grilled squid, grilled sea bream, and white riceAED 192Build Your Own Tray (BYOT)
AED 94Mixed Grill for 1
Emirati chicken tikka, lamb kebab, Kebab Mafroom. Served with bread or riceAED 85Jesheed & Fish Biryani
AED 99Shrimp Biryani & Fish Machboos
AED 115Chicken Machboos & Mutton Biryani
AED 99Mixed Grill for 2
Emirati chicken tikka, lamb kebab, Kebab Mafroom. Served with bread or rice.AED 160
All Day Breakfast
Breakfast in the UAE usually features breads liked raqaq, khameer and chebab, served with cheese, date syrup or eggs.
Balalit
sweetened vermicelli with cardamom, saffron and plain omelette, served with freshly baked breadAED 42Scrambled Eggs & Tomato
AED 42Paratha Wrap
AED 21Al Jazeeri Khameer Bread
Freshly baked bread infused with saffron, dates, and cardamom, served with sweet egg paste cooked with saffron and cardamomAED 32Chebab
Three soft pancakes infused with saffron, cardamom and turmeric. Served with a side of cream cheese and Emirati produced date syrupAED 34PopularKeema
Minced beef with peas served with paratha breadAED 44Khameer Bread
freshly baked bread infused with saffron, dates, and cardamom, served with date syrup and cream cheeseAED 32Shakshooka
egg in a sauce of tomatoes, chili, pepper topped with basil leaves, served with freshly baked breadAED 46Sunny Side Up
Egg sunny side up or over hard with reqaq bread.AED 42Mohalla
Sweetened thin traditional bread mixed with sugar and dates.AED 34Dango
Chick peas.AED 22Reqaq Bread
Thin traditional bread.AED 24Bajella
Broad beans.AED 22
Appetizers
Fish Kofta
Deep fried crumbled fish with onion and coriander leaves in our special spices, served with al fanar tomato sauce.AED 54Hobool
Deep fried fish roe.AED 54Grilled Prawns
Grilled jumbo shrimp.AED 58Sliced Baked Potato
oven baked thin slices of potato infused with garlic and Emirati spicesAED 39Samboosa
Deep fried pastry.AED 30Mixed Appetizers
Koftat samak, samboosa and habool.AED 54Grilled Squid
Grilled squid.AED 52
Soup
Harees Soup
Wheat and meat soup.AED 25Lentil Soup
pureed lentils flavored with onion, garlic, and mixed spicesAED 25Chicken Soup
Chicken soup.AED 25Seafood Soup
tomato based seafood soupAED 36
Salad
Al 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 38Rocket Salad
rocket with cucumber salad topped with walnuts and lemon vinegar dressingAED 34Tomato & Onion Salad
tomato & onion salad with dijon mustard dressingAED 32
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.
Chicken Machboos
Highly rated· grilled half chicken with slow cooked simmered rice infused with dry lemon, cinnamon, bay leaves, cardamom and mixed spicesAED 65Fish Stew
Fish stew cooked in rice tomato sauce and tamarind served with side white rice or bread.AED 74Prawn Machboos
fried black tiger prawns with slow cooked rice infused with dry lemon, tamarind, capsicum, and mixed spicesAED 78Bedouin Mutton Stew
Mutton stew with potato, tomato and dry lemon served with side white rice or bread.AED 74PopularFish Tanoor
Grilled fish in oven, marinated in our special spices served with side white rice or bread.AED 86Grilled Sea bream
Grilled fish with our special spices served with side white rice or bread.AED 82PopularHarees
Traditional Emirati dish made of wheat and meat.AED 46Chicken Stew
Chicken stew with seasonal vegetable cooked in tomato sauce and our special Arabic spices served with side white rice or bread.AED 65Moghar Maleh
Salted fish dipped in clear lemon water served with white rice.AED 74Fish Beryani
wild caught king fish steaks with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onion and corianderAED 76Fish Machboos
fried emperor white fish with slow cooked rice infused with dry lemon, tamarind, capsicum, and mixed spicesAED 76Prawn Magli
Pan fried black tiger prawns with onion and tomato. Served with freshly baked flat bread or white riceAED 76Maleh Nashef
Slated fish cooked in rich tomato sauce and our special spices, served with side white rice or bread.AED 74Grilled Squid
Grilled squid seasoned with our special spices, with side white rice or bread.AED 82Mutton Stew
Meat stew with seasonal vegetable cooked in tomato sauce and our special Arabic spices served with side white rice or bread.AED 74Mutton Thereed/Margouga
Arabic bread simmered in meat with potato and seasonal vegetable.AED 74Mutton Beryani
juicy mutton with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onions and golden raisinsAED 74
Side Orders
Saman Baladi (Ghee)
AED 6Wagafi Bread
AED 7Pickled- Lemon
Lemon slices pickled.AED 9Pickled Mango
mango-pickleAED 9Pickled - Onions
pickled baby onionsAED 9Paratha Bread
SideAED 8
Sweets
Dates, saffron and cardamom are the main ingredients used to prepare Emirati sweets.
Leqaimat
Golden crisp fried dough balls coated with date syrup.AED 28Mango Araroot
Mango Custard PuddingAED 30Ferni
Rice pudding.AED 25Asidat Al Tamor
Emirati dates pudding.AED 30Bathith
Crumbed dates mixed in roasted flour and butter.AED 30Khabisah
Traditional Emirati sweet made of sautéed flour and molasses mixture.AED 30Araroot
Currently sold outAED 25Pistachio Kunafa Brownie
fudgy brownie layered with crunchy kunafa and velvety pistachio creamAED 39.99
Drinks
Karak Tea
AED 14Fresh Juice
AED 20Soft Drinks
AED 5Laban Ayran
AED 18Vimto
AED 14Arabic Coffee
AED 20Water
AED 5Tea
AED 18
