Abu Dhabi is known for its diverse and vibrant food scene, with a wide range of options to satisfy any craving. One popular cuisine in the city is Mandi, a traditional Yemeni dish consisting of spiced meat (usually lamb or chicken) and rice cooked in a tandoor oven. If you’re a fan of Mandi or looking to try it for the first time, you’re in luck – Abu Dhabi is home to some of the best Mandi restaurants in the region.
The city’s Mandi restaurants offer a unique dining experience, with their mouth-watering aromas, rustic decor, and friendly staff. Many of them use traditional cooking methods and ingredients to create authentic, flavorful dishes that will transport you straight to Yemen. Whether you’re looking for a casual spot to grab a quick bite or a more upscale venue for a special occasion, Abu Dhabi’s Mandi restaurants have got you covered.
Al Mandi & Al Madhbi House
| Address : | Musaffah – M-37 – Abu Dhabi |
| Contact Number : | +97126588330 |
| Reviews Count : | ★★★★★ 3.9 | 1238 |
| Website : | https://almandi-ad.ae/ |
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| 1: | umar faisal: We ordered Madhbi & Madfoon. Quality & Taste was not good as we expected. Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Price per person AED 1–50 Food: 3 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes Lamb Madfoon, Chicken Madhbi Parking space Plenty of parking Parking options Free parking lot Parking There’s plenty of Parking Wheelchair accessibility Yes |
| 2: | Santosh PH: My favorite Mandi restaurant 😋…. Wasala Lahem at its best 👌 👍 👌 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 |
| 3: | Nabeel Akram: Mandi and Madhbi outlet in Abudhabi is very good. We tried madfoon from there it was very good. Keeping that feedback in mind we tried their Mussafah outlet. This place is not a ambience or family outing place. Place is messed up with the crowd. Its like a big hall and waiters are not giving attention to patrons. Not taking orders properly and their attitude towards patrons was not satisfactory. Overall food also not good. Waste of time and money for trying this place. Not recommending to mandi lovers |
Al-Janoob Mandi Restaurant
| Address : | Musaffah Industrial Area Sanaiya M04 Near Mercedes Showroom – Abu Dhabi |
| Contact Number : | +97125556556 |
| Reviews Count : | ★★★★★ 4.1 | 726 |
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| 1: | Garakest: Seriously i love their food they need to work on their waiters as they always forget 2 -3 items ordered and you have to keep reminding them But in general its good |
| 2: | Foodie Rowther: I had tried arabic delicacies from different restaurants around uae. This will be one of my favorate restaurant all the time. The mandi and madhbi is so good over here.The rice is so deliciously flavored and tasty. The succulent chicken is the highlight of all dishes. The people over is friendly. I suggest all my friends to try thier madhbi and zurbian dish this will blow your taste buds seriously it so delicious. |
| 3: | KAZIBWE David: 5 months ago Always on point. You even get more and more and more rice at no fee incase ur not yet satisfied . It’s just a good place for a lunch. Take away kinda sax…small food Service Dine in Meal type Lunch Price per person AED 1–50 Food: 5 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4 |
Zam Zam Mandi Restaurant
| Address : | Khalifa City – Sector 32 – Abu Dhabi |
| Contact Number : | +97125566575 |
| Reviews Count : | ★★★★★ 3.9 | 630 |
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| 1: | AJ I: We ordered two types of mutton mandi. The other one was grilled and if i remember it right it was madbee. Twas delicious. Love the kunafa and the tea. The staffs were friendly. • there was flies flying around when we were there. It’s distructing us while eating a good meal and thinking it could contaminate the food. |
| 2: | Afsal Muhammed ali: We fell in love with mandi for the first time when we had mandi from zamzam dubai, after that we had the same mandi few weeks back, from there we came to knew that they have branch in abu dhabi also, we visited the branch soon enough and had a great time and experience. If you are a mandi fan, you must try this, worth a visit. Usually restaurant reviews cannot be trusted blindly , as many reviews are manipulated and the taste and quality changes overnight, as the ingredients may vary or the making itself vary,even the cook itself change. Most importantly every person’s opinions are different, for the same food we get many reviews. So the review is purely based on my taste and for the food I had. |
| 3: | Laiba Mubashar: Outstanding food.. They have the best taste.. Also they give an additional starter before serving food and a qahwa and luqaimaat at the end from their side, which is a very nice gesture. Price per person AED 1–50 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes Chicken Madbee Parking options Free parking lot |
Hajrain Restaurant & Kitchen
| Address : | Mohamed Bin Zayed City – ME-11 – Abu Dhabi |
| Contact Number : | +97125556624 |
| Reviews Count : | ★★★★★ 4.2 | 577 |
| Website : | https://linktr.ee/alhajrain.ae |
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| 1: | R S: Delicious authentic Yemeni food tastes really good .. great stuff and service 👌🏼 … |
| 2: | Abdu SOL: Arabic food speciality, namely all kinds of mendi rice, with very delicious and well done mouton and chicken meat. Service Take out Meal type Dinner Price per person AED 1–50 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Parking Free Parking available near the restaurant. Wheelchair accessibility Wheelchair accessibility available |
| 3: | Khalifa AlZaabi: Great food, I came with some of my friends at around noon and I was greeted by the staff who were pleasant and understanding. I placed my order for a large plate of Mandi (White rice with Chicken or Meat or Both) and after a couple of minutes they gave us some free soup and lemons as appetizers. 15mins later we got our 2 large Mandi plates with yogurt and ajiyka (tomato sauce with garlic and spices for the rice). After we finished eating we got some mountain dew and went on our way. |
Besbas Yemeni and Gulf cuisine Restaurant
| Address : | Zayed The First St – behind Shining towers – Al Khalidiyah – W9 – Abu Dhabi |
| Contact Number : | +97126662288 |
| Reviews Count : | ★★★★★ 4.1 | 564 |
| Website : | http://www.besbasrestaurant.com/ |
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| 1: | Flik Tony: food is delicious. Ordered the prawns with rice. Comes with a salad and soup. -vine leaves wasn’t good. -service is great, friendly staff. -toilet isn’t clean for dine in. -prices are very fair. Our meal was 75 aed. Service Dine in Meal type Lunch |
| 2: | Josselin Pello: Wow, delicious Yemeni food!! Very generous quantity and tasty balanced flavors. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal! |
| 3: | Nabeel Akram: Yemen – The birth place of famous mandi and other arabic dishes. Most of the authentic Arabic dishes are originated from Yemen. This place in Abudhabi serves authentic Yemeni foods at pocket friendly price. The generous portion served is the highlight of this place. Their mix grill and dips are awesome. We tried Majboos, Madhfoon and Kabsa. Kabsa was the tastiest one in the rice. May be it is kinda spicy masala one comparing to other rices. Advice to management: limited family dining Majilis setup. Majilis is not spacious for a group of 5. |
Tower Mandi Restaurant
| Address : | 8GMM+7R7 – Mohamed Bin Zayed City – ME-10 – Abu Dhabi |
| Contact Number : | +97125512220 |
| Reviews Count : | ★★★★★ 3.9 | 533 |
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| 1: | Akhil Babu: Good food with nice service, the service team is very good. Nice place for having good Arabic food. My best is Chicken Kabsa , wasla. Service Dine in Meal type Lunch Price per person AED 100–150 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes Zurbiyan Rice, Chicken Mandi, King Fish with Mandi Rice, Chicken Madfon, Soup, Salmon Fish, Salad, Half Grilled Chicken with Rice, Dry Meat, King Fish Vegetarian options No much vegetarian option. Kid-friendliness Yes, non- veg lovers can have a good time. Parking space Plenty of parking Parking options Free street parking Parking Place have lot of public parking. |
| 2: | Abu Thahir: The food is excellent and the price is fair. The only thing is the interior and vessels are to be updated. Food: 5 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 2 |
| 3: | Mohammad Shahab alam: I love this place |
Nar Mandi Kitchen & Restaurant
| Address : | GM76+W42 – Al Bahyah – Abu Dhabi |
| Contact Number : | +971503562334 |
| Reviews Count : | ★★★★★ 4.0 | 366 |
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| 1: | Waza28: Nar Mandi Restaurant This restaurant is located in Bahia. I ordered the Chicken Mandi. Madhbi. Fish fry. Meals are served with red sauce, yogurt. No soup. Rice was good. Madhbi was okay. Seating area inside the restaurant. Friendly and polite staff. Parking space is available. |
| 2: | Tharindu Darshana: Very Friendly staff, The mandi price reasonable. Really great food the mandi is excellent. Clean place. Lot of parking place in front of shop. |
| 3: | YASIN HAWALAR: I had try bukhari rice,mandi,faham and laham nearly all dishes at this yamni resturant,taste was good and price is not so high not so low but an average. |
Saba Mandi & Madhbi Restaurant
| Address : | 8GFQ+Q3H – Mohamed Bin Zayed City – Shabiya 12 – Abu Dhabi |
| Contact Number : | +97125759992 |
| Reviews Count : | ★★★★★ 4.0 | 248 |
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| 1: | Sameer Yemmay: Afternoon they serve Biriyani in the name of Mandi ! Too much Fat in all good ! Love it, but not healthy ! Meal type Dinner |
| 2: | Jemmi Joseph: Chicken zurbian was very tasty and the cheese kunafa was awesome too…. Service Dine in Meal type Lunch Price per person AED 100–150 |
| 3: | Al QEMZI: I like this restaurant very much you can enjoy 😉 yamany food and Arabic food 🥘 like foul and chicken 🐓 nwshfa. … |
Marhaba mandi
| Address : | 17 Yidha‘ St – Al Hisn – W4 – Abu Dhabi |
| Contact Number : | +97124447111 |
| Reviews Count : | ★★★★★ 4.1 | 257 |
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| 1: | Kate P: Service is amazing, smiley and super attentive personnel who gave us good advice for dish choice with good explainations. Food is tasty, ordered 2dishes but portions were huge! We got complimentary soup, salad, and karak tea with mint at the end, so delicious! Thank you, keep up! |
| 2: | Saifudeen Sainudeen: Again on our look out for good food in Abu Dhabi , the boys really craved for something mouth watering. And we did succeed, The ambience is great, the food is no doubt amazing, lamb was tender, juicy, perfectly cooked, just right to come off from the bones on your touch. They do have table and floor seating, We will surly be back to try more food options. |
| 3: | emil alex: Authentically cooked mutton Mandi with traditional Yemeni spices and rice , reasonable price and fast delivery Service Delivery Meal type Dinner Price per person AED 50–100 |
Tazij plus cuisine – Taza Plus Mandi
| Address : | Muroor Rd,Near Dubai Islamic Bank – Abu Dhabi |
| Contact Number : | +971561590663 |
| Reviews Count : | ★★★★★ 4.7 | 106 |
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| 1: | Ihab Alamin: Nice food good atmosphere Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 |
| 2: | Jason Zackey: One of the best mandi restaurants I have been too so far in Dubai and Abu Dhabi Must try their meat Masdhi 😍😍😍😍 amazing service |
| 3: | Dr.Khadeeja Alblooshi: Delicious.. highly recommend |
