zaytinya

the ambience looks nice but was a little dark for a dining place. the food was decent but i've had better arayes and kibbe. the arayes was a bit soggy while the kibbe wasn't as crispy as it should be. we ordered the kebab platter as well which was good except  the chicken, which i felt was a tad overcooked and did not have much flavour unlike their other items. the freshbreadthat they serve at the beginning with the zatar and olives is really nice. one of the tastiest zatar mixes i've eaten. i visit this place once in a while because it's good food, but i refrain from exploring too much with the dishes.

the worse and most pathetic lebanese food we received today. i dont know how its possible for reviewers to give this a 4.0 rating when its not even 2.0 worth. not the money worth neither the calories.

we ordered the following:
fattoush salad, very soggy and not fresh.
arayes grill, dont know how they can call this arayes, doesn’t look or taste like arayes, it taste like a burned piece of old bread. very little meat, absolutely no flavours, you cannot taste its arayes.
the fries we received was old and oily.
thebreadreceived had piece of hair inside the bread.
the dips was okay.

i can recommend anyone to much better and fresh lebanese food with much less price.

i believe food should be fresh and the money worth, to rely on these ratings is very deceptive because the quality does not match up.

we should be honest regarding ratings for the restaurant to improve and also for other food lovers to know what they are buying.

absolutely great food. freshly bakedbreadwith fresh zatar and awsome olives. delicious, soft lamb cubes. mouhalabya tastes excellent, not too sweet - just perfect. i can only recommend this place.

it has been around bawadi mall but we thought of trying it out. we were not dissappointed. we ordered hummus, vine leaves, mixed grill with saffron rice for the boss and lamb chops with chips for me. first came the complimentary arabic bread, freshly baked and came with olives and zattar. thebreadwas super and dipping it in the zattar and hummus complemented it very well. the hummus is the silkiest (and yummiest) ive tasted in al ain. it was silky smooth which i havent tasted before. a sure winner and i didnt believe the waitress when she said theirs was good. the grills were still moist and the saffron rice was cooked perfectly with a bit of butter i believe. the lamb chops were perfect, a hint of pink was still there and not too overly spiced. if only i could eat the bones i would have. overall the experience, ambience, the staff (the manager was very corteous) and specially the food was worth it and i wouldnt mind being called a regular customer!

very good lebanese food. their menu offer lots of choices. the complementarybreadis extremely tasty and is served hot from the oven. excellent location. the roof top is open and allows you to enjoy the weather
downside: shisha is on the menu but is not available.