The room
A courtyard house with the roof taken off
Forty covers around an open courtyard, the grill along one wall, and a majlis at the back for eight. It gets loud after nine. That is not an accident.
Bur Dubai · Levantine and Emirati dining
The grill is the loudest thing in the room.
One fire, lit at four, and a card built around what comes off it — lamb chops, kafta, whole hammour — with the mezze arriving first and not stopping. Saffron rice takes an hour, so we start it before you arrive.
- dishes on the card
- 38dishes on the card
- covers around the courtyard
- 40covers around the courtyard
- the coals are lit
- 16:00the coals are lit
What we are known for
Six dishes people come back for
If it is your first time, order these and let the rest of the table argue about the mezze.
The kitchen
Levantine hands, Emirati pantry
Mezze and grills the way they are made in Beirut and Damascus, cooked with what the Gulf actually keeps: loomi, saffron, dried lime, tamarind, dates.
The fire
Charcoal, lit at four, out by midnight
Lump charcoal, no gas assist. It comes up to temperature slowly and holds, which is why the lamb goes on at six and not before.
From the kitchen
“My grandmother pounded kibbeh by hand and would not let a machine near it. We still do it that way, which is why it runs out on a Friday. Order it early or come back Sunday.”
Nour Haddad — head chef, in the kitchen since it opened
Come and eat
Walk-ins take whatever is free, which after eight is usually nothing. Book and the table is yours for two hours.
- Hours
Sunday to Wednesday 12:00 – 15:30 · 18:30 – 23:30
Thursday to Saturday 12:00 – 15:30 · 18:30 – 00:30
Kitchen closes 45 minutes before the room does
- Where
House 14, Al Fahidi Historical District
Bur Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Off the courtyard behind the wind-tower houses, five minutes from Al Fahidi metro. Valet on the corner after 18:00.
- Call the room
- +971 4 555 0142
Two services, every day
Lunch
Mezze and grills, daily
Dinner
Full menu, oud after ten
Map deliberately left out — this is a demo site and the address is invented.