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Emirati Hospitality

The First Authentic Emirati restaurant since 1997

Welcome to

Arabian Tea House Restaurant

A journey into Dubai’s past could well begin through the door of a quaint tea house in the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood, once known as Al Bastakiya. As you step into the Arabian Tea House (although old-timers would still prefer to call it the Basta Art Café), you transported into the old times, authentic style with turquoise benches, white rattan chairs, lace curtains and beautiful flowers, enjoying your cup of gahwa (traditional Arabic coffee) in the shade of an old tree and the languid air swoons around you, dreamlike, as if it were always afternoon.

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Salona Deyay

Fresh Chicken cooked in traditional way with tomato, potato, cilantro, onion, lentils, gulf spices, served with Arabic salad and white rice or tanoor bread.

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Vermicelli pasta cooked in a special Emirati way seasoned with cardamom, cinnamon and saffron.

Balaleet

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Emirati Breakfast Tray

Balaleet, dates molasses, cheddar cheese, melted cheese, baked beans, watermelon jam, dango, bajella that comes with traditional bread (khameer, chebab and tanoor)

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Colourful Tray of scrambled eggs as main dish served wit balaleet, yogurt, bread and the freshly squeezed orange juice.

Kid's Breakfast Tray

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Traditional Emirati dish made of wheat and meat/chicken.

Harees

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Tender shreded lamb cooked in Emirati spices served between two layers of white rice and topped with carmelized onions, fresh corriender leaves, and dried raisins served with salad and yogurt.

Tahta Laham

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Emirati Vegetable Sambosa is an Arabic pastry stuffed with mixed vegetables. And Cheese Sambosa is an Arabic pastry stuffed with cheese.

Sambosa

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Fresh Lamb cooked with rice and gulf spices served with Arabic salad and yogurt.

Laham Machboos

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Dates Cake

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Khabisah

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Choices of:
* Emirati bread filled with egg & cheese served with kraft cheese and honey.
* Emirati bread filled cheese & honey served with kraft cheese and honey.
* Emirati bread filled with fish sauce (mashawa).

Reqaq Bread

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Fresh lamb chunks mixed with Arabic spices and dried black lemon grilled in charcoal, served with salad, yogurt and tanoor bread.

Lemon Lamb Tikka

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Three skewers selected from tikka laham , tikka deyay , kebab laham and kebab deyay.

Mixed Barbeque

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Karkade ( Hibiscus Tea )

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Milk tea with strong flavour of spices like cardamom, cinnamon and saffron.

Karak Tea

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Dates Milk Shake

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Special Lime & Mint

Why Arabian Tea House?

OUTDOOR SEATING

To enjoy delicious, traditional food and precious, good weather.

HISTORICAL & ICONIC VIEWS

A picturesque view of historical buildings and modern architecture add a twist to overall experience.

EMIRATI HOSPITALITY

To experience Emirati hospitality in the way how dishes were being served before.

FAMILY RECIPES

To taste traditional Emirati food based on family recipes.

Taste of genuine

traditional Emirati hospitality

What Our Guest Saying?

Maria Hinrichs

Perfect spot for breakfast/lunch/dinner when you’re around that area in Al Fahidi/Souks. Nice ambience inside/outside and super nice staff. Food is very good, we had the beetroot salad, hummus, mixed barbecue and falafel. Very nice experience and always worth a visit!

Umm Nael

Great location and delicious food. The staff is super attentive and friendly, the children were even brought painting materials. We would love to come back (Original) Super location und köstliches Essen. Das Personal ist super aufmerksam und freundlich, den Kindern wurde sogar Malzeug gebracht. Wir kommen gerne wieder

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