ZAM ZAM MANDI RESTAURANT (Al Karama) image

ZAM ZAM MANDI RESTAURANT (Al Karama)

Restaurant

👍 One of the best option for Mandhi in Karama area. Five star for the service. Friendly and attentive staff. Wooow... We really enjoyed the food. I also love the free mint tea😁 People often mention mandi, good, Mandi, service, soup, Dubai, restaurant, staff, rice, mutton,


Address

Al Fahad Building - Sheikh Rashid Rd - near LULU Hypermarket - Al Karama - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Website

bestmandigroup.com

Contact

+971 4 370 6777

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.20 (5.1K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: 10 am to 12:30 pm
  • Monday: 10 am to 12:30 pm
  • Tuesday: 10 am to 12:30 pm
  • Wednesday: 10 am to 12:30 pm
  • Thursday: 10 am to 12:30 pm
  • Friday: 10 am to 12:30 pm
  • Saturday: 10 am to 12:30 pm

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Frequently mentioned in reviews: mandi (20) good (19) Mandi (19) service (15) soup (11) Dubai (11) restaurant (10) staff (8) rice (8) mutton (8)
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  • 4/5 Mahmood M. 2 years ago on Google
    One of the best option for Mandhi in Karama area. Five star for the service. Friendly and attentive staff. Wooow... We really enjoyed the food. I also love the free mint tea😁
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Jihane E. 2 years ago on Google
    Very good food mash’Allah. We enjoyed it but we found the starters was a bit too spicy/hot. The rice very well cooked and the mutton was fried I think. It would’ve been better if it was grilled. I have no comment on the juice cocktail because it was just amazing 5 stars for that 😁 overall very nice experience and the staff was very good too !
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Muhammad A. 2 years ago on Google
    We visited this place on Friday lunch so was jam packed since now Friday is a working day. Having said that, worth a visit. They have ample sitting area and the staff is really courteous. Mutton mandi stands out but try haneth as well. Though, Haneth is expensive but you will love the tender meat. Do visit this place if you like mandi and that too for Friday lunch.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sanju S. 10 months ago on Google
    First place that comes to our mind when we think of mandi. Have been to their other branches too.. they maintain the taste every time.. i dnt know if it can be called the "authentic " one, but i like it.. i am also a big fan of their kunafa..
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Fayha M. 1 year ago on Google
    Best mandi restaurant in town ❤️ Surely one of the best mandi I’ve ever had ❤️ The place is always crowded cause the taste of this restaurant is always in demand ❤️ I’ve visited al-karama branch were they have two types of seating area one is majlis and other tables n chairs Both types are spacious and clean The service is really good despite of having crowd all the time the attend the customers very well and the serving time is less than 10 minutes. The best part about this restaurant is soup, salad, luqaimat and suleimani is complimentary ✅ They have various kinds of mandi and madhbi i love both of their servings in mutton, chicken and fish. The meal usually starts with soup which tastes tremendous ( good for appetite ) Mandi rice is so aromatic, flavorful and cooked to perfection tastes heavenly delicious. Mandi chicken is so flavourful, fresh, tender and cooked to perfection just love the smoky flavour Luqaimat with well balanced sweetness We’ve tried their Chicken madhbi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Chicken mandi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mutton mandi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Luqaimat ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kunafa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Quality and quantity ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Value for money ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ambiance ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hygiene ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Overall 100/10 I highly recommend this restaurant ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mirza A. 9 months ago on Google
    One of the best and most crowded mandi place in Dubai. This offers huge range of mandis. We tried Fish and Mutton Mandi, both of them were amazing. The service is superb, you will be welcomed with a complimentary drink and the meal ends with a dessert which makes the entire experience more wonderful. The location is easily accessible and prices are really cheap according to the taste of food. Its a must visit place for any food lover.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 PolDenz R. 7 months ago on Google
    The best mandi and madbhi in town! We drove all the way from tecom just to try this reataurant
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 meosluvi b. 8 months ago on Google
    Overwhelming food, good flavour and good service. Mutton items are not recommended to people who don’t like strong odor. Also the complimentary sweet and tea was very good.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Caroline F. 8 months ago on Google
    Good food, amazing atmosphere and well priced. You can't go wrong with their food.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 EarthVagabonds D. 10 months ago on Google
    Fantastic place! Great service, delicious food, wonderful atmosphere. We are world travelers and this place was up there for taste and value and location! It’s just across from the Dubai Frame. Thank you Zam Zam!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ashid s. 1 year ago on Google
    Best place to order as the quality and quantity are good, highly recommended. Tomato chutney also very good. We have tried both fish and chicken Mandi, Madbi and Madfoon. Rice are well spiced. Though the prices are a bit expensive, worth trying it!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Francis T. 1 year ago on Google
    Great quality food. Lost a star because when my partner and her mom went in ahead, sat down and ordered a juice, it took them more than 20 mins to serve it, and that too only after I arrived and had to make a little noise about it. Otherwise, the food was good and tasty, and the service became on point. Don't know if it was a thing that happened because of my male presence. I wasn't best pleased that my ladies were being ignored by the staff.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Vivek K. 1 year ago on Google
    This place is situated opposite to Dubai Frame. We went there around 10pm. The restaurant was crowded. But they have lot of dining tables, so we got one. They served mutton soup first. Then we had mutton mudghout. After food they served sulaimani and sweet. We ordered Kunafa as well. The service was nice. It was not authentic arabic taste. But still it was nice enough.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Subhasis C. 2 years ago on Google
    Once we came out of the Dubai Frame after spending there for a couple of hours, we felt hungry. And as we were passing by Zabeel Park, my son prompted, “Dad, can we go to the other side of the road to try out Mandi at ZamZam?” I nodded in no time. This is the first outlet at Karama centre, Dubai incepted in 2009, just beside Lulu Hypermarket. The Karama one, where we got in, was a two-storied restaurant on the roadside with options to enjoy separate family diners as well. It was lunch time and hence we took a platter combining of Green salad, Raw Hot Chicken Soup, Chicken Mandi and then Kunafa and Sweet Balls as dessert. I find their chicken soup completely different (both in colour and taste) compared to one we’re normally acquainted with in India. This soup is light with no added spice except salt and smells raw meat. Also once you finish off this soup, you feel tremendous hungry. So, Chicken Mandi is an apt choice under the circumstances. Now, what is Chicken Mandi? Mandi, originated from Hadhramaut, Yemen, is a traditional dish. This extremely popular staple dish in the entire Arabian Peninsula is an awesome combination of rice, chicken and a host of spices. Traditionally, Mandi is cooked in a tandoor. And hence, it is considered as healthy since it is prepared in less, or zero oil. Chicken pieces are big, nicely cooked with zero grease and hence get smothered nicely by the softest pressure of a jaw. I had never heard of Kunafa before. It's a traditional Arabian delicacy consisting of kataifi, a spun pastry soaked in sugar syrup and stacked with cheese or other ingredients like clotted cream, almonds, pistachio, rose water, or nuts. It is popular in Egypt, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans. You feel heavy once you take a bite. My son liked it a lot, Though find it nothing extraordinaire.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Robin F. 3 months ago on Google New
    Best mandi restaurant in town. Their chicken mandi tastes very good. Mutton soup and tea at last is simply superb. Price is also good.kunafa is a must try dish here

  • 5/5 Nikhil P. 3 months ago on Google New
    I searched and also asked few of my friends for Mandi and they suggested me this restaurant. And I was highly happy with the recommendation. When we visited the place it was full pack and had to wait for 15mins. We got a soup as complimentary. We had mandi it was perfect as per our expectations. In the last we again got one complimentary desserts. Over all experience was very good. Staff was polite , service was prompt. Prices are reasonable. Surely recommended.

  • 5/5 Malik H. 5 months ago on Google
    The REAL Arabic style Mandi experience. Heaven for meat lovers. Loved how tender and juicy the meat is. Although be prepared to get your hands into a messy situation but totally worth the hype.

  • 5/5 S M Iftaker Harun S. 6 months ago on Google
    Awesome Mandi. This was the best Mandi i ever had. Perfect tender meat with perfect aromatic puffy rice. Customer Service is very good. The space is bit squeeze but food covers it well. Will definitely visit again whenever i will be in Dubai. Good Luck.

  • 5/5 Dr Ahsaas L. 7 months ago on Google
    Zamzam itself is a great authentic place for Mandi in Dubai, awesome ambient lovely service, a great guy Azam, what a Hospitality can never forget this place at Karama, I visit this place for great service and sumptuous food, Sulaiman Tea and Kunafa are worth to have...Whenever I visit Dubai will surely visit this place...

  • 5/5 Nathan 7 months ago on Google
    If you're in Dubai and graving for good Mandi food, try these guys out. Great dishes and tasty.

  • 4/5 Madiha N. 7 months ago on Google
    One of the best mandi in town ,a must try with a reasonable price and good quantity....also give free deserts n kewa ....

  • 5/5 salil r. 2 years ago on Google
    The best mandi in town. They have the authentic taste. First they serve the soup, followed up with black tea and dumpling sweets in the end.

  • 4/5 Augustine L. 2 years ago on Google
    Excellent Mandi dishes (Yemeni dish) in Dubai. Great service and food. Many choices too.

  • 5/5 anjitha mekkayil a. 1 year ago on Google
    Great service by the staff; even when it was crowded and busy, they will accommodate your group within a few minutes. We tried the majlis seating area and it was a great experience. Complimentary mutton soup and salad continued by varieties of mutton mandhi, then followed by complimentary luqaimat and suleimani. The mandhi was accompanied by tomato chutney, dates pickle and spicy chilly. The mutton was cooked to perfection and simply awesome, you will enjoy it a lot. After having mandhi, when the dessert and tea arrives, you feel like you won't be able to take even a small bite but once you try it you will enjoy it very much. The staff service was awesome and they give suggestions based on group size etc. which are spot on.

  • 5/5 Amruth Sruthi A. 1 year ago on Google
    Hands down, One of the best Mandi we had. The food was absolutely delicious. Most recommended.

  • 1/5 Basel A. 2 years ago on Google
    The least pleasing Mandi experience I have since I moved to uae 15 years back?! The food is just bland!! The meat portion is average and rice is not slow cooked. In fact rice arrived cold even the meat, and when I reported that food is cold, they took the plate and heated it in Microwave instead of changing it. Overall, food is not fresh and I will never come back or recommend it !

  • 5/5 Kamran Z. 2 years ago on Google
    Great food, superb taste, arrangement for families who need to sit separate and in privacy.... Luqaimat and Qahwa on the house.... Don't forget to visit Zabeel Park after the food.....

  • 5/5 DON D. 1 year ago on Google
    One of the best mandi to have. Situated opposite to The Frame. Near Lulu Supermarket. Karama. Family restaurant. Good ambience to sit.

  • 5/5 Pari S. 1 year ago on Google
    Zamzam is our favorite mandi restaurant. It’s just opposite Dubai frame. I’ve tried the one In Deira as well. It’s bigger than this one. We love to sit on the floor. It like a private room. My favorite is mutton mandi and my kids love chicken mandi. The tomato and mango chutney are so so good. I always need to ask for the chilli powder. It makes the food so tasty. By far it’s the best mandi in UAE for our family.

  • 4/5 Sanjana B. 2 years ago on Google
    Been a fan of their mandis since a long time. We usually order but tried dine in for first time last week. We had the Chicken Madhbi which was delicious and filling. The rice quantity is ok for one person but you can order extra rice but it is paid. Madhbi comes along with soup and and small salad. Also they serve complimentary suleimani tea and luqaimat (Arabic sweet) which is appreciated. Good and fast service and prices are also reasonable.

  • 4/5 Joe_travels �. 9 months ago on Google
    over all, amazing. Food is good. they will serve appetiser initially before your main course come and dessert luqaimat with the mint tea. #HappyTummy #HappyDzai 😊 😃 Thanks to Mr. Satish for excellent service and all staff as well are very polite

  • 3/5 Shahid B. 1 year ago on Google
    Its a bit over priced for the Quality, if you want to try a good Yemeni food I suggest you walk 200 m, straight you will find al barajeel, which is more authentic, and if you want to try the best kebabs I highly recommend ustad kebabs.

  • 5/5 Hamdan H. 1 year ago on Google
    I really like the place the seating arrangements and the family rooms kind of. Such a friendly staff. On weekends it’s a bit crowded so you might wait for a while. The food is really tasty. Must try kunafa its fresh and so cheesy yumm 🤤


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Paid parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
    • ✓️ Paid street parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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