al liwan - marjan island resort & spa

we were in house guest and took breakfast and dinner buffet. i will give 4 out of 5 to breakfast. variety of dishes with good taste. staff was very helpful specially a lady name roomi. she was very helpful.
i will give 2 out of 5 to dinner buffet.tastewasnt good at all. need lots of improvement. salads and main course options were limited andtastewsnt good. i am giving 2 rating only because staff were helpful. i have been to different buffet restaurants and charm is always live stations, grills and salad options. no live stations, badtasteof grill items not juciy and chicken was very hard, and very limited salad options. i hope management read this and take appropriate step. in marjan island there are not many options for food so guest had to take in house restaurants..

beautiful interiors, good staff service and nice ambience. seating arrangements are neat and quick service too. ordered the following from al liwan:

1. mix green salad : great intaste- 4/5
2. chicken tikka masala : average in taste, neatly presented - 3.5/5
3. paneer masala : i didn't like it all. it had a weird taste. not the usual paneer masalataste- 2/5
4. shish tawouk : good intaste- 3.5/5
5. chicken bbq: loved it - 4.5/5
6. pizza bbq : thumbs up ! 👍🏻👍🏻 - 4.5/5

we ordered for parathas, and they dont serve parathas, but the chef said he would cook it for us, but the frozen parathas was served to us. but i'm not taking this into consideration since they don't have it in the menu and prepared it for us on our request. our breakfast was also from this restaurant and it was buffet. the buffet ranged from fruits to baked beans, scrambled eggs etc. this was during our two nights stay at marjan island resort and spa. a one time restaurant to try.

nice set up...the service was quick...we ordered the chicken biryani and beef curry...authentictaste...however, i would've given a 5/5 if there would've been more variety in the main course...special thanks to mr nawas who was very kind and hospitable and made sure we had a good dining experience...also thanks to chef biswash for the lovely macaroons!! they were yumm!! :)

how was the food?

average. there was a wide spread of food with different cuisines buttastewise wasnt that great 

how was the ambience?

very casual as its a buffet. most guests were in flip flops

how was the staff?

still learning. mostly its self service

how was the price?

paid 150 for a promotional offer of breakfast lunch dinner as a guest at the hotel

will i recommend it?

if you are staying at the hotel, its the only restaurant for the full board option