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cosmopolitan atmosphere. Wi-fi is available and is helping to make this central venue a
popular meeting point for travellers.
CAFE
Tche Tche Café$
( 3244416; Rocks Al-Ozizi St; mains JD6; 10am-midnight)
A fashionable chain res-
taurant with branches throughout the Middle East, this cafe is set in a bright hall with a
rare outdoor seating area. The menu offers a 'mind map' (after Buzan) of tasty options.
Dana Restaurant$$
( 3245749; Rocks Al-Ozizi St; lunch buffet JD10; noon-3pm)
Popular with tour
groups, this restaurant serves a good quality buffet in a pleasant dining hall. It makes a
useful stop if you've worked up an appetite on the walking tour.
BUFFET
Stop & Go$
CAFE
( 776530034; Al-Hassan bin Ali St; snacks 500 fils)
The doughnuts may not always be
today's, but the frank and thoroughly likeable owner is the first to tell you as much. A cup
of coffee in the upper gallery of this tiny cafe is like tea in a carpet shop: an essential ex-
perience of being in town.
Quick Eats
There are a number of snack shops along Yamouk St and the King's Highway, selling
felafel, shwarma and roasted chicken. For freshly baked Arabic bread, head for the ovens
opposite the Church of the Apostles. There are several grocery stores in the centre of
town. Fresh fruit and veg for a picnic can be bought along King Abdullah St.
Don't miss out on the Arabic sweet shops, such as
Al-Baraka Sweets
Offline map
Google map
(cnr Sameh al Farah & King Abdullah Sts)
where you'll find round trays of
honey-drizzled pastries, some filled with local cheese, others with nuts and sugar.
There's little going on in Madaba after dark, except drinks in the bar at Queen Ayola,
Ayola Coffeeshop or poolside at the Mariam Hotel.
Shopping
You can visit private mosaic workshops (with no obligation to buy) around town and pur-
chase your own copy of the Madaba map or a more modest Tree of Life (from JD15, de-
