
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 applyNew customers only
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Chicken Thereed/Margouga
AED 62Prawn Beryani
AED 78Emirati Chicken Tikka
AED 66Mutton Beryani
AED 79Maleh Beryani
AED 74
Trays
Chicken Machboos & Mutton 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 162Machboos 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.
Balalit
sweetened vermicelli with cardamom, saffron and plain omelette, served with freshly baked breadAED 42Breakfast Set Menu
Please choose main, bread, side dish and beverages.AED 52Reqaq 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 32Dango
Chick peas.AED 22Bajella
Broad beans.AED 22Shakshooka
egg in a sauce of tomatoes, chili, pepper topped with basil leaves, served with freshly baked breadAED 46Paratha Wrap
AED 22Scrambled Eggs & Tomato
AED 42Keema
Minced beef with peas served with paratha breadAED 44
Appetizers
Crispy Calamari
crispy fried calamari served with spicy mayosauceAED 46Hobool
Deep fried fish roe.AED 59Grilled Squid
Grilled squid.AED 52Grilled Prawns Small
Grilled jumbo shrimp, 7 pcs.AED 62Fish Kofta
Deep fried crumbled fish with onion and coriander leaves in our special spices, served with al fanar tomato sauce.AED 54Samboosa
Currently sold outAED 30Pakora
Crispy fried mixed vegetablesAED 36Mixed Appetizers
Koftat samak, samboosa and habool.AED 54Grilled Prawns Large
grilled prawns, 12 pcsAED 99
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 Thereed/Margouga
Thin Arabic bread in chicken stew with potato and seasonal vegetables.AED 62Maleh Beryani
salted yellow fin tuna with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onion and corianderAED 74Mutton Beryani
juicy mutton with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onions and golden raisinsAED 79Emirati Chicken Tikka
chargrilled boneless chicken cubes marinated in yogurt. Served with white rice, breadAED 66Prawn Beryani
sautéed black tiger prawns with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onion and corianderAED 78Chicken Beryani
grilled half chicken with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onions, lentil beans and golden raisinsAED 65Fish 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 65Mutton Machboos
mutton with slow cooked simmered rice infused with dry lemon, cinamon, bay leaves, cardamom and mixed spicesAED 79Fish Machboos
Fried Sea Bass fish with slow-cooked rice infused with dry lemon, tamarind, capsicum, and mixed spicesAED 76Prawn Machboos
fried black tiger prawns with slow cooked rice infused with dry lemon, tamarind, capsicum, and mixed spicesAED 78Chicken Nashef
Currently sold outAED 62Prawn Magli
Currently sold outAED 76Maleh Nashef
Currently sold outAED 74Moghar Maleh
Salted fish dipped in clear lemon water served with white rice.AED 76Chicken Stew
Currently sold outAED 65Fish Stew
Currently sold outAED 79Mutton Thereed/Margouga
Currently sold outAED 79Grilled Sea bream
Currently sold outAED 82Fish Tanoor
Currently sold outAED 86Grilled Squid
Currently sold outAED 82Lamb Kebab
Currently sold outAED 82Machboos TRAY
fish machboos, prawns, grilled squid, and fishkofta on machboos riceAED 210Macarona
Macaroni cooked with spiced ground beef.AED 50Chickpeas Hamsa
A blend of chickpeas and potato simmered in our tomato masala served with freshly baked wagafi bread or white rice.AED 35Okra
served with freshly baked wagafi bread orwhite rice.AED 45Potato Hamsa
served with freshly baked wagafi bread or white rice.AED 35
Side Orders
Wagafi Bread
AED 7White Rice
AED 14Machboos Rice
AED 14Beryani Rice
AED 14Saman Baladi (Ghee)
AED 6
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 28Asidat Al Tamor
Emirati dates pudding.AED 30Khabisah
Traditional Emirati sweet made of sautéed flour and molasses mixture.AED 30Ferni
Rice pudding.AED 25Bathith
Crumbed dates mixed in roasted flour and butter.AED 30Araroot
Custard pudding.AED 25
Drinks
Soft Drinks
AED 5Water
AED 5Vimto
AED 15Laban Ayran
AED 18Karak Tea
AED 14Tea
AED 19Arabic Coffee
AED 20