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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Build Your Own Tray (BYOT)
AED 94Seafood Tray for 2
AED 192Chicken Machboos and Mutton Biryani
AED 99Mixed Grill for 2
AED 160Tanoor Tray
AED 198Mixed Grill for 1
AED 85Jesheed and Fish Biryani
AED 99Shrimp Biryani & Fish Machboos
AED 115Machboos Tray
AED 210
Trays
Build Your Own Tray (BYOT)
AED 94Seafood Tray for 2
Jesheed, grilled prawns, grilled squid, grilled sea bream, and white riceAED 192Tanoor Tray
sea bass tanoor . jesheed . prawns magli and calamari on whire riceAED 198Mixed Grill for 2
Emirati chicken tikka, lamb kebab, grilled chicken wings. Served with bread or riceAED 160Machboos Tray
fish machboos . prawns . grilled squid . and fish kofta on machboos riceAED 210Chicken Machboos and Mutton Biryani
AED 99Shrimp Biryani & Fish Machboos
AED 115Jesheed and Fish Biryani
AED 99Mixed Grill for 1
Emirati chicken tikka, lamb kebab, grilled chicken wings. Served with bread or riceAED 85
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 42PopularChebab
Three soft pancakes infused with saffron, cardamom and turmeric. Served with a side of cream cheese and Emirati produced date syrupAED 34Beidh wa Tomat
Scrambled Egg with tomato and our special seasoning .AED 42Mohalla
Sweetened thin traditional bread mixed with sugar and dates.AED 34Laham Nashef
Boneless Lamb cooked in rich gravy .potato. and our special spices served with side breadAED 44Sunny Side Up
Egg sunny side up or over hard with reqaq bread.AED 42Dango
Chick peas.AED 22Al Jazeeri Khameer Bread
Freshly baked bread infused with saffron, dates, and cardamom, served with sweet egg paste cooked with saffron and cardamomAED 32Shakshooka
egg in a sauce of tomatoes, chili, pepper topped with basil leaves, served with freshly baked breadAED 46Reqaq Bread
Thin traditional bread.AED 24Keema
Minced beef with peanes served with Paratha breadAED 44Bajella
Broad beans.AED 22Khameer Bread
freshly baked bread infused with saffron, dates, and cardamom, served with date syrup and cream cheeseAED 32
Appetizers
Fish 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 30Grilled Prawns
Charcoal grilled prawns.AED 58Crispy Calamari
Currently sold outAED 46Hobool
Deep fried fish roe.AED 54Grilled Squid
Charcoal grilled squid marinated in Emirati spicesAED 52Pakora
Crispy fried mixed vegetablesAED 36Mixed Appetizers
Currently sold outAED 54
Soup
Chicken Soup
Currently sold outAED 25Seafood Soup
Currently sold outAED 36Harees Soup
Currently sold outAED 25Lentil Soup
Currently sold outAED 25
Salad
Al Fanar Salad
Currently sold outAED 38Tomato and Onion Salad
Currently sold outAED 32Rocket Salad
Currently sold outAED 34Mango and Rocket Salad
Currently sold outAED 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· Currently sold outAED 82Chicken Machboos
Currently sold outAED 65PopularChicken Stew
Highly rated· Currently sold outAED 65Chicken Beryani
Currently sold outAED 65PopularPrawn Beryani
Highly rated· Currently sold outAED 78Threed
Currently sold outAED 62PopularPrawn Machboos
Currently sold outAED 78Mutton Beryani
Currently sold outAED 74Fish Beryani
Currently sold outAED 76Spicy Jesheed
Currently sold outAED 72Fish Stew
Currently sold outAED 74Fish Tanoor
Currently sold outAED 86Maleh Nashef
Currently sold outAED 74Bedouin Mutton Stew
Currently sold outAED 74Jesheed
Currently sold outAED 72Mutton Stew
Currently sold outAED 74Mutton Machboos
Currently sold outAED 74Emirati Chicken Tikka
Currently sold outAED 66Salmoon Biryani
Currently sold outAED 79Moghar Maleh
Currently sold outAED 74Margouga
Currently sold outAED 62Macarona
Currently sold outAED 50Maleh Beryani
Currently sold outAED 74Potato Hamsa
Currently sold outAED 35Chickpeas Hamsa
Currently sold outAED 35PopularMahashi
Currently sold outAED 50Okra
Currently sold outAED 45Shaari Magli
Currently sold outAED 76Fish Machboos
Currently sold outAED 76Lamb Kebab
Currently sold outAED 76Prawn Magli
Currently sold outAED 76Squid Nashef
Currently sold outAED 64Musaqa
Currently sold outAED 45Chicken Nashef
Currently sold outAED 62Grilled Squid
Currently sold outAED 82Grilled Prawns
Currently sold outAED 94Kebab Mafroom
Currently sold outAED 74
Side Orders
White Rice
Currently sold outAED 14Emirati Pickle ( Achar )
AED 9Machboos Rice
Currently sold outAED 14Wagafi Bread
AED 7Beryani Rice
Currently sold outAED 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 28Khabisah
Traditional Emirati sweet made of sautéed flour and molasses mixture.AED 30Ferni
Rice pudding.AED 25Araroot
Custard pudding.AED 25Asidat Al Tamor
Emirati dates pudding.AED 30Bathith
Crumbed dates mixed in roasted flour and butter.AED 30Pistachio 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
Fresh Juice
AED 20Karak Tea
AED 14Vimto
AED 14Laban Ayran
AED 18Soft Drinks
AED 5Water
AED 5