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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Mango & Rocket Salad
AED 38Balalit
AED 42Fish Kofta
AED 54Al Fanar Salad
AED 38Jesheed
AED 72Scrambled Eggs & Tomato
AED 42Build Your Own Tray (BYOT)
AED 94Grilled Prawns
AED 58Macarona
Highly ratedMacaroni cooked with spiced ground beef.AED 50Hobool
AED 54
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 42Chebab
Three soft pancakes infused with saffron, cardamom and turmeric. Served with a side of cream cheese and Emirati produced date syrupAED 34PopularParatha 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 32Keema
Minced beef with peas served with paratha breadAED 44Shakshooka
egg in a sauce of tomatoes, chili, pepper topped with basil leaves, served with freshly baked breadAED 46Reqaq Bread
Thin traditional bread.AED 24Khameer Bread
freshly baked bread infused with saffron, dates, and cardamom, served with date syrup and cream cheeseAED 32Bajella
Broad beans.AED 22Dango
Chick peas.AED 22Sunny Side Up
Egg sunny side up or over hard with reqaq bread.AED 42Mohalla
Sweetened thin traditional bread mixed with sugar and dates.AED 34
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
Seafood Soup
tomato based seafood soupAED 36
Salad
Mango & Rocket Salad
fresh sour mango with rocket and cucumber topped with tangy chili dressingAED 38Al Fanar Salad
seasonal fresh mixed vegetables with special Al Fanar 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.
Jesheed
Crumbed baby shark cooked with onion and mixed Arabic spices served with side white rice.AED 72Macarona
Highly rated· Macaroni cooked with spiced ground beef.AED 50Minced Kebab
minced lamb marinated in onion and mixed spices. Served with white rice or breadAED 74Mahashi
Zucchini & Onions stuffed with spiced, herby meat and rice, served with wagafi bread or white rice.AED 50Potato Hamsa
served with freshly baked wagafi bread or White rice.AED 35Okra
Served with freshly baked Wagafi bread or White Rice.AED 45Chickpeas Hamsa
A blend of chickpeas and potato simmered in our tomato masala served with freshly baked wagafi bread or white rice.AED 35Chicken Thereed/Margouga
Thin Arabic bread in chicken stew with potato and seasonal vegetables.AED 65Musaqa
Roasted Eggplant, chickpeas and tomato sauce, served with wagafi bread or white rice.AED 45
Side Orders
White Rice
AED 14Cucumber & Yogurt Side
sliced fresh cucumbers mixed with yogurtAED 10French Fries
Crispy Potato friesAED 16Wagafi Bread
AED 7Pickled- Lemon
Lemon slices pickled.AED 9Saman Baladi (Ghee)
AED 6Machboos Rice
AED 14Pickled Mango
mango-pickleAED 9Pickled - Onions
pickled baby onionsAED 9Paratha Bread
SideAED 8Beryani Rice
AED 14
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
Custard pudding.AED 25Pistachio Kunafa Brownie
fudgy brownie layered with crunchy kunafa and velvety pistachio creamAED 39.99
Drinks
Karak Tea
AED 14Soft Drinks
AED 5Fresh Juice
AED 20Laban Ayran
AED 18Vimto
AED 14Arabic Coffee
AED 20Water
AED 5Tea
AED 18