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Eating
For international-style food, the restaurants inside the Sur Beach Hotel and Sur Plaza
Hotel offer the best choices. Lonely Planet has reviewed the more local options.
There are many small grocery shops in the New Souq area of town. Nabras al-Afia
shopping centre, opposite Sur Hotel, sells everything needed for a picnic.
Zahrat Bilad al
Sham Restaurant$
KEBABS
(Main St; mains OR2; 11am-1am)
Right on the main road, this popular venue offers sizzling
kebabs marinated in the chef's best spices, reputedly from Ottoman origin, and naughty
triple-decker fruit juices. If these aren't hitting the spot, then the freshly baked baklavas
right next door from the Bab Al-Hara sweet shop surely will.
Albar Beach Restaurant$
MIDDLE EASTERN
(Beach Rd; snacks from OR1.500; 2pm-2am; )
One of the few restaurants beside the sea, this
simple eatery - with plastic chairs on a terrace and an air-conditioned interior for the hot-
ter months - offers friendly service on the beachfront near the Sur Beach Hotel.
Zaki Restaurant$
ROTISSERIE
(Main St; mains OR1; noon-1am)
Located next to the Oman Oil petrol station, this place serves
the best rotisserie chickens in town, complete with Arabic bread, chopped salad and tasty
dhal. If the roadside location doesn't appeal, then ask for a takeaway and park at one of
the picnic shelters near the Sur Beach Hotel.
Sur Sea Restaurant$
SEAFOOD
( 99 746423; off Souq St; mains OR2; 7am-3am)
On the ground floor of the Sur Hotel (the en-
trance faces the other side of the block), this is a popular and lively local
restaurant.
Drinking & Nightlife
Restaurant & Coffeeshop
CAFÉ
