Al Wadi Restaurant — Restaurant in Maan

Petra is Jordan’s leading tourism draw/sight, and without the doubt that would mean a portion of restaurants are designed to be “tourist traps” with high food prices in contrast to the average or standard pricing and portion sizes. Finding restaurants that have the average national standard prices can be easier through speaking with local residents or effective Google Maps research (which I had neither).

Al Wadi Restaurant is one of them. The makloube is overpriced in Jordan standards and small. Other dishes seem to follow through with the overpriced prices too and portions that are less “Jordanian portion sizes” and more “small, Western portion sizes with high prices”. The makloube wasn’t stellar either - very average tasting and one of the least delicious makloube I had in Jordan in my years of living here.

There is a vegetarian section that includes moussaka, makloube, al wadi speciality, gallayeh, and the standard mezze dishes.

Tha taboon/tannour bread was good.

The restaurant is located in one of the busy areas of Wadi Musa - that can be quite loud in the evenings, including when I had dinner there. There is both indoor (non-smoking) and outdoor (smoking) seating. The restaurant is very often frequented by tourists who aren’t very knowledgeable about food prices in Jordan too.

Customer...

Found this place when we were wandering around looking for a quick breakfast. We met Baha, who was the host/waiter. Told him I was looking for a traditional dress to take pictures in Petra, he wanted to help. There was a beautiful one inside the restaurant, it was not for sale, but I was able to take pictures in it and it was amazing. The next day we came back and met Baha again, we told him we had to drive to the airport that same night and he gave us coffee for the long drive. Also he said that if something happened or if we needed some help to message him because it was late and he was worried about us. Well about 5minutes after we left the restaurant, a car almost crashed into us and our tire blew up! It was already very late and I messaged Baha. Baha came with his 2 brothers/coworkers straight from the restaurant and helped us right away! They basically saved us, because who knows how long we woulf have to wait without their help. I could not believe it and was so thankful for them. Not only is this a very nice restaurant with great food, but Baha genuinely caring and wanting to help us was above and beyond his job. Thank you so much for your hospitality friend, hope to come back again :) Definately visit this place and...

Al Wadi Restaurant is a great place in Wadi Masu to sample a taste of Jordanian hospitality. The service here was super friendly, and the item that impressed me most was the huge round of freshly-baked flatbread, which was thin yet crispy and chewy and reminded me of a bubbly naan. This went perfectly with the appetizers we ordered including the creamy hummus topped with olive oil, and the kibbeh, four little fritters made of bulgur stuffed with ground lamb meat. But the item on the menu that stood out to me as a “must-try” was the Camel Meat Kebab! These kebabs were made with ground camel meat mixed with herbs and spices, and the kebabs were super juicy and had a subtle flavor. The set of three kebabs were served with pita bread spread with tomato paste, onions, and herbs, along with grilled onions/tomatoes/peppers, a salad of chopped parsley and onions, and a tomato-based sauce on the side for dipping. Everything we had here was tasty, but the standouts for me were the fresh bread for its deliciousness and the camel meat for its...