Al-Arabi Restaurant — Restaurant in Maan

Quick edit: Just recovered after 48+ hrs of food poisoning, damn so not try the traditional "upside-down chicken" dish this will literally turn your insides upside-down. I had a £115 taxi ride to 3 stops to the dead Sea the morning after here and I can tell you the only dead thing my girlfriend saw was my well to live. All the attractions were ruined as I chundered my way though all of them, once I arrived my insides started to turn and I can tell you the amount of wind I had would make wind turbines jelous and gas mining crew cry. Beware this place will take a good 2-3 days off of your holiday.

Good restaurant with quite a few choices! Food was a decent portion, perhaps not the baklava though... Friendly staff with quick service, not too...

The hubs and I walked Day 1 of 2 in Petra. We were hungry earlier and walked over to this place to try. The menu looks reasonable and we were seated at 5:45pm. The restaurant was quite empty when we arrived. Our server/waiter was patient to explain anything we didn't understand. We decided on the Arabic platter (chicken shawarma, hummus, mtabbal, yogurt, salad and fries) at 5:50pm. The order was ready at 5:55pm. The platter was filling enough for both of us. We really enjoyed the variety in the meal. Minus one star though for the fact that they have beer in the menu, but don't have a beer in stock to soothe our...

The quality of the food was very poor. I was eating arab chicken that was grilled like coal, the pita and everything extra to the chicken was very dry and uneatable. I wanted to get my money back or perhaps get a discount. Although there wearen't many people eating there the service didn't try to catch at least an eye contact with me. Because of being very hungry after a all day trip from Petra I had to eat this disgusting meal for a very bad price. I do not recommend this place. Ps. The tourist menu offers much more...