Al Fanar Restaurant and Café - DFC delivery from Festival City

About Al Fanar Restaurant and Café - DFC
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
AED 65
Grilled Seabream
Highly rated
Grilled fish with our special spices served with side white rice or bread.
AED 82
Chicken Stew
Highly rated
Chicken and mixed vegetables slow cooked in rich chicken stock stew. Served with freshly baked flat bread or white rice
AED 65
Chicken Beryani
AED 65
Prawn Machboos
AED 78
Spicy Jesheed
AED 72
Prawn Beryani
Highly rated
sautéed black tiger prawns with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onion and coriander
AED 78
Threed
AED 62
Fish Beryani
AED 76
Mutton Beryani
AED 74

Trays

Build Your Own Tray (BYOT)
Currently sold out
AED 94
Seafood Tray for 2
Currently sold out
AED 192
Mixed Grill for 2
Currently sold out
AED 160
Chicken Machboos and Mutton Biryani
Currently sold out
AED 99
Tanoor Tray
Currently sold out
AED 198
Mixed Grill for 1
Currently sold out
AED 85
Shrimp Biryani & Fish Machboos
Currently sold out
AED 115
Jesheed and Fish Biryani
Currently sold out
AED 99
Machboos Tray
Currently sold out
AED 210

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 bread
AED 42
Popular
Chebab
Three soft pancakes infused with saffron, cardamom and turmeric. Served with a side of cream cheese and Emirati produced date syrup
AED 34
Laham Nashef
Boneless Lamb cooked in rich gravy .potato. and our special spices served with side bread
AED 44
Mohalla
Sweetened thin traditional bread mixed with sugar and dates.
AED 34
Reqaq Bread
Thin traditional bread.
AED 24
Shakshooka
egg in a sauce of tomatoes, chili, pepper topped with basil leaves, served with freshly baked bread
AED 46
Khameer Bread
freshly baked bread infused with saffron, dates, and cardamom, served with date syrup and cream cheese
AED 32
Al Jazeeri Khameer Bread
Freshly baked bread infused with saffron, dates, and cardamom, served with sweet egg paste cooked with saffron and cardamom
AED 32
Sunny Side Up
Egg sunny side up or over hard with reqaq bread.
AED 42
Dango
Chick peas.
AED 22
Keema
Minced beef with peanes served with Paratha bread
AED 44
Beidh wa Tomat
Scrambled Egg with tomato and our special seasoning .
AED 42
Bajella
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 54
Samboosa
Deep fried pastry.
AED 30
Grilled Prawns
Charcoal grilled prawns.
AED 58
Crispy Calamari
crispy fried calamari served with mayo sauce
AED 46
Hobool
Deep fried fish roe.
AED 54
Mixed Appetizers
Koftat samak, samboosa and habool.
AED 54
Grilled Squid
Charcoal grilled squid marinated in Emirati spices
AED 52
Pakora
Crispy fried mixed vegetables
AED 36

Soup

Chicken Soup
Chicken soup.
AED 25
Seafood Soup
tomato based seafood soup
AED 36
Harees Soup
Wheat and meat soup.
AED 25
Lentil Soup
pureed lentils flavored with onion, garlic, and mixed spices
AED 25

Salad

Al Fanar Salad
seasonal fresh mixed vegetables with special Al Fanar dressing
AED 38
Tomato and Onion Salad
Tomato and onion salad with dijon mustard dressing.
AED 32
Rocket Salad
rocket with cucumber salad topped with walnuts and lemon vinegar dressing
AED 34
Mango and Rocket Salad
Fresh sour mango with rocket and cucumber topped with tangy chili dressing.
AED 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 Seabream
Highly rated
· Grilled fish with our special spices served with side white rice or bread.
AED 82
Chicken Machboos
grilled half chicken with slow cooked simmered rice infused with dry lemon, cinnamon, bay leaves, cardamom and mixed spices
AED 65
Popular
Chicken Stew
Highly rated
· Chicken and mixed vegetables slow cooked in rich chicken stock stew. Served with freshly baked flat bread or white rice
AED 65
Harees
Traditional Emirati dish made of wheat and meat.
AED 68
Prawn Beryani
Highly rated
· sautéed black tiger prawns with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onion and coriander
AED 78
Spicy Jesheed
crumbled baby shark cooked with onion . dry lemon . coriander . red and green chili with mixed spices served with white rice .
AED 72
Prawn Machboos
fried black tiger prawns with slow cooked rice infused with dry lemon, tamarind, capsicum, and mixed spices
AED 78
Chicken Beryani
grilled half chicken with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onions, lentil beans and golden raisins
AED 65
Popular
Mutton Beryani
juicy mutton with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onions and golden raisins
AED 74
Threed
Bed of crispy Arabic bread with chicken stew
AED 62
Popular
Maleh Nashef
Slated fish cooked in rich tomato sauce and our special spices, served with side white rice or bread.
AED 74
Fish Beryani
wild caught king fish steaks with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onion and coriander
AED 76
Fish Tanoor
Grilled fish in oven, marinated in our special spices served with side white rice or bread.
AED 86
Bedouin Mutton Stew
Diced Mutton and potatoes slow cooked in rich mutton stock stew, flavouredwith dried lemons. Served with freshly baked flat bread or white rice
AED 74
Mutton Stew
Diced mutton and mixed vegetables slow cooked in rich lamb stock stew. Served with freshly baked flat bread or white rice
AED 74
Fish Stew
Fish stew cooked in rich tomato sauce and tamarind. Served with freshlybaked flat bread or white rice
AED 74
Emirati Chicken Tikka
charcoal grilled boneless chicken cubes marinated in yogurt. Served with white rice, or bread
AED 66
Jesheed
crumbled wild caught baby shark cooked with onion, dry lemon, coriander, and mixed spices, served with white rice
AED 72
Salmoon Biryani
sauteed salmon with slow cooked birayni rice topped with crispy fried onion and coriander
AED 79
Momawash Robyan
Dried shrimp cooked with yellow rice simmered in shrimp stock with special Arabic spices and dry lemon.
AED 62
Mutton Machboos
mutton with slow cooked simmered rice infused with dry lemon, cinamon, bay leaves, cardamom and mixed spices
AED 74
Macarona
Macaroni cooked with spiced ground beef.
AED 50
Moghar Maleh
Salted fish dipped in clear lemon water served with white rice.
AED 74
Margouga
Arabic bread simmered in meat with potato and seasonal vegetable.
AED 62
Potato Hamsa
served with freshly baked wagafi bread or white rice.
AED 35
Chickpeas Hamsa
A blend of chickpeas and potato simmered in our tomato masala served with freshly baked wagafi bread or white rice.
AED 35
Popular
Prawn Magli
Pan fried black tiger prawns with onion and tomato. Served with freshly baked flat bread or white rice
AED 76
Maleh Beryani
salted yellow fin tuna with slow cooked biryani rice topped with crispy fried onion and coriander
AED 74
Okra
served with freshly baked wagafi bread orwhite rice.
AED 45
Madroobat Deyay
Traditional Emirati dish made of wheat and chicken.
AED 65
Mahashi
Zucchini & Onions stuffed with spiced, herby meat and rice, served with wagafi bread or white rice.
AED 50
Fish Machboos
fried emperor white fish with slow cooked rice infused with dry lemon, tamarind, capsicum, and mixed spices
AED 76
Lamb Kebab
grilled boneless lamb cubes marinated in onion and mixed spices. Served with white rice, or bread
AED 76
Squid Nashef
Squid cooked in rice tomato sauce and our special spices, served with side white rice or bread.
AED 64
Musaqa
Roasted Eggplant, chickpeas and tomatosauce, served with wagafi bread or white rice.
AED 45
Chicken Nashef
chicken cubes sautéed in rich tomato gravy and mixed spices. Served with freshly baked flat bread or white rice
AED 62
Shaari Magli
Fried shaari fish, with onion and tomato served with side white rice or bread.
AED 76
Grilled Squid
Grilled squid seasoned with our special spices, with side white rice or bread.
AED 82
Grilled Prawns
Grilled tiger shrimp with our special spices served with side white rice or bread.
AED 94
Kebab Mafroom
Minced lamb marinated in onion and emirati spices served with side white rice or bread
AED 74

Side Orders

White Rice
AED 14
Emirati Pickle ( Achar )
AED 9
Machboos Rice
AED 14
Wagafi Bread
AED 7
Saman Baladi (Ghee)
AED 6
Beryani 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 28
Ferni
Rice pudding.
AED 25
Asidat Al Tamor
Currently sold out
AED 30
Khabisah
Traditional Emirati sweet made of sautéed flour and molasses mixture.
AED 30
Araroot
Custard pudding.
AED 25
Bathith
Crumbed dates mixed in roasted flour and butter.
AED 30
Pistachio Kunafa Brownie
Fudgy brownie layered with crunchy kunafa and velvety pistachio cream, finished with a dusting of pistachios for the perfect blend of textures and flavors.
AED 40

Drinks

Karak Tea
AED 14
Fresh Juice
AED 20
Laban Ayran
AED 18
Vimto
AED 14
Soft Drinks
AED 5
Water
AED 5