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Shams El Balad
Middle Eastern
A wraparound balcony and old mulberry trees frame this family-run restaurant and cultural space set inside a lovingly restored Amman villa. The kitchen built its reputation on traditional home cooking that most Jordanians only eat indoors, with bread milled from local heirloom wheat as a quiet anchor to the whole philosophy. Non-alcoholic cocktails keep things interesting at the table. It holds a spot on MENA's 50 Best Restaurants list.
The awards strongest first
One number, weighted & current 82
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Date and rose manqousheh
“Desserts are also outstanding: the date and rose manqousheh is not to be missed.”
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Fig dirty chai
“There's a selection of non-alcoholic cocktails, including a Fig Dirty Chai (oolong tea, espresso, milk and fig syrup) and a Maté No-jito (alcohol-free rum, maté cordial and kombucha).”
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Maté no-jito
“There's a selection of non-alcoholic cocktails, including a Fig Dirty Chai (oolong tea, espresso, milk and fig syrup) and a Maté No-jito (alcohol-free rum, maté cordial and kombucha).”
The 50
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