Great "down the street" place to eat for Azaibites and Gubranese residents. (4.5 Stars)
This place has some of the tastiest curry around. It's very clean and is more "trendy" than it is upscale. They have great hot and sour soup and "murg shorba". Butter chicken is not on the menu but is always availabe - and always eaten as it is our favorite. There are good vegetarian meals as well. I really like the Tandoori Gobi (Tandoori Cauliflower). As I'm on a diet, cauliflower works better for me than rice, so I quite often use the Tandoori Gobi as a rice substitute. It's quiet there (seldom more than 5 customers at a time - even on a thrusday night). Though you'll hear American accents there more commonly than other places as it is near the American School.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Monday, August 24, 2009
Left Bank (next to Mumtaz Mahal)
Rating (5 Stars)
If you're at the top of the hill and you aren't particular about Indian or Western food and you are looking for a romantic dinner spot, the Left Bank is a far better choice. It offers the same great view with both indoor and oudoor dining (al fresco for all those hoity toity types out there). The food is great. I had a steak and it was prepared perfectly. It's a quiet place with smart looking waiters and waitresses and good wine, drink and beer choices.
If you're at the top of the hill and you aren't particular about Indian or Western food and you are looking for a romantic dinner spot, the Left Bank is a far better choice. It offers the same great view with both indoor and oudoor dining (al fresco for all those hoity toity types out there). The food is great. I had a steak and it was prepared perfectly. It's a quiet place with smart looking waiters and waitresses and good wine, drink and beer choices.
The Woodlands (in Ruwi)
Rating (4 1/2 stars)
Great place to have an excellent Indian meal with excellent service and excellent food at an excellent price and THEY SERVE BEER TOO. This would get a 5 star rating if I wasn't perched on a delicate wicker chair that felt as though it was going to collapse from under me any second.
Great place to have an excellent Indian meal with excellent service and excellent food at an excellent price and THEY SERVE BEER TOO. This would get a 5 star rating if I wasn't perched on a delicate wicker chair that felt as though it was going to collapse from under me any second.
Mumtaz Mahal
Rating (2 Stars)
Probably the most expensive and yet unimpressive Indian restaurant in Muscat. If you want a good meal, good atmosphere and excellent service, there are better places in town. The Woodlands restaurant in Ruwi is a far better choice.
Environment: Huge Wooden Door. Oppulent dining room that is only polished below Indian height. bowl shaped chandaliers hanging from the ceiling are full of dust. The view is nice from the huge windows along one wall as the entire restaurant shares a hill decorated by a colorful waterfall (water pump driven) that over looks Qurum Beach.
Food: Fair. There are better Indian restaurants in town that are cheaper. My wife and I both had chicken curry style dishes. They don't have butter naan. They have every other type of naan though.
Service: I would say snobbish, but I couldn't understand but every 5th word the waiter spoke and yet he seemed to understand us completely. He wound up ordering us extra food we didn't order and charging us for it and he refused to get us a take-away box for the leftovers.
Probably the most expensive and yet unimpressive Indian restaurant in Muscat. If you want a good meal, good atmosphere and excellent service, there are better places in town. The Woodlands restaurant in Ruwi is a far better choice.
Environment: Huge Wooden Door. Oppulent dining room that is only polished below Indian height. bowl shaped chandaliers hanging from the ceiling are full of dust. The view is nice from the huge windows along one wall as the entire restaurant shares a hill decorated by a colorful waterfall (water pump driven) that over looks Qurum Beach.
Food: Fair. There are better Indian restaurants in town that are cheaper. My wife and I both had chicken curry style dishes. They don't have butter naan. They have every other type of naan though.
Service: I would say snobbish, but I couldn't understand but every 5th word the waiter spoke and yet he seemed to understand us completely. He wound up ordering us extra food we didn't order and charging us for it and he refused to get us a take-away box for the leftovers.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Burger Nation (City Centre)
Rating 4 1/2 Stars
Special Award: Best Hamburgers in Muscat!
Malt Shop atmosphere. Great people watching spot. Burgers are WONDERFUL, but itsy bitsy... I had to order two just to feel like I had eaten one. Can't wait to go back for another!
Special Award: Best Hamburgers in Muscat!
Malt Shop atmosphere. Great people watching spot. Burgers are WONDERFUL, but itsy bitsy... I had to order two just to feel like I had eaten one. Can't wait to go back for another!
Update 15-Jul-09: Burger Nation is closed and being re-vamped...
The Noodle House (City Centre)
Rating: 3 stars
Thai/Chinese restaraunt: This place has a wonderful warm atmosphere. The entire mall front entrace is an ingenious sideways Venitian blind set of giant mahogany panels that create an interesting doorway. It would be a good place for parties as there are plenty of long tables. I have been here twice. Appetisers have been excellent, but the main course always seems to lack flavor. I've even been as far as to order something seriously spicey. It had almost no spiciness to it at all. I have yet to find anything of flavor past the meat and the rice the dish is served in.
Staff is friendly. Service is great. Appetizers great. Main course needs work.
Thai/Chinese restaraunt: This place has a wonderful warm atmosphere. The entire mall front entrace is an ingenious sideways Venitian blind set of giant mahogany panels that create an interesting doorway. It would be a good place for parties as there are plenty of long tables. I have been here twice. Appetisers have been excellent, but the main course always seems to lack flavor. I've even been as far as to order something seriously spicey. It had almost no spiciness to it at all. I have yet to find anything of flavor past the meat and the rice the dish is served in.
Staff is friendly. Service is great. Appetizers great. Main course needs work.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Silk Route
Rating: 4 3/4 Stars
Special Award: Best Chinese/Thai Restaurant
The Silk Route has the most amazingly clean kitchen. It is so clean that it is behind glass so that the entire restaurant can see it. Unfortunately, nobody bothered to tell the cooks that it is unsanitary to taste test food with the same spoon that you use to stir the pot (unless you are at home). I have also seen members of Silk Route staff using the public toilet outside, whith insufficient equipment for washing and drying hands before returning to work.
Outside of that, excellent food and nearly an infinite choice in how you want it served.
Special Award: Best Chinese/Thai Restaurant
The Silk Route has the most amazingly clean kitchen. It is so clean that it is behind glass so that the entire restaurant can see it. Unfortunately, nobody bothered to tell the cooks that it is unsanitary to taste test food with the same spoon that you use to stir the pot (unless you are at home). I have also seen members of Silk Route staff using the public toilet outside, whith insufficient equipment for washing and drying hands before returning to work.
Outside of that, excellent food and nearly an infinite choice in how you want it served.
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