Salalah Restaurants

To have memorable dining experiences, you should go out and explore. Restaurants in Salalah are limited in terms of quality and variety, but there are a few good places to try local Omani cuisine, standard Arab fare, and South Asian dishes. Hotel restaurants will suffice if you aren't looking for something local, but the best food in Salalah is served from roadside coconut juice stands and "rock grillers" who serve the specialty of meat or chicken cooked on hot stones, which they call mathbi, as well as a salted, air-dried, pan-fried meat called majeen. During the Salalah Festival, typically held during August or early September, you should plan to eat in the women's cooking pavillion where ladies from the villages around the Dhofar province will be cooking and selling all of the Southern Omani classic foods. The breads are particularly good.