Al Mallah, Lebanese restaurant and café in Al Hudaiba, United Arab Emirates.
Al Mallah is a Lebanese restaurant and café in the Al Hudaiba neighborhood of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It offers shawarma, falafel, mixed grills, and fresh juices, with both an indoor dining room and an outdoor street-side seating area.
The place started in 1979 as a small juice stand and gradually grew into a full restaurant over the following decades. It eventually settled at its current address in Al Hudaiba, where it became one of the better-known spots for Lebanese food in Dubai.
Al Mallah serves dishes like ful medammes for breakfast and fresh manakish straight from the oven, which are part of everyday eating habits in Lebanese communities. Watching the cooks work through the open kitchen window is a normal part of the experience here.
The restaurant has indoor and outdoor seating, and the green neon lights on the street side make it easy to spot at night. It can get busy in the evenings and on weekends, so arriving a little early is a reasonable approach.
Al Mallah started as a juice-only stand years before it served any hot food, which explains why fresh juices remain among the most ordered items here today. The juices are made on the spot from fresh fruit and are at least as popular with regulars as the food itself.
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