مطعم جيزان — Restaurant in Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate

This is as local as you're going to get unless you have food at someone's home in Oman. Did not see a single tourist. All local families. Hardly anyone spoke English, including the staff. Our local guide had asked us if we wanted to dry any traditional Omani/Yemeni dish. Couldn't resist. So... what he ordered for us was Camel meat!! Apparently, it is very traditional but not served in most restaurants. We were quite apprehensive so asked them to make it half Camel and half Chicken just to be on the safe side. The portions when they came were extremely large and meant more for a family of 4-5 people rather than just 2 of us. The Camel meat was quite good. Tasted like a stronger version of...

If there were an option for 0 stars, this restaurant will DEFINITELY deserve it. The staff and waiters are clueless and don't know what's being served. We asked them if the meat was fresh and they started making up their own explanations and didn't answer the question properly. The food tastes like it's made for animals. The rice and the chicken were bland and the chicken tasted like old, frozen meat. When it was time to pay, they charged us extra for nothing. They started making up excuses that the menu is old and doesn't inform about the new prices. I don't recommend anyone to visit this restaurant. God knows why...

Worst food ever, ate chicken mandi, and chicken qabooli, mentioned different prices in the menu given to us and then, showed the same menu but with different prices at the checkout and overcharged us 800 baizas, which is against the rules established in this country by the department of consumer affairs, but we weren't so petty to call the authorities and create an issue for them over 800 baizas, no idea as to why they give different menu prices when ordering and checkout, I guess it's their way of earning extra while screwing their consumers for every dime and nickle. Also, the food tasted like it was prepared...