Best Restaurants in Al Barsha: 8 Different Meals to Choose From

Checked: 8 October 2026

Al Barsha is easier to navigate by craving than by ranking. You can sit down to Uyghur noodles pulled by hand, share a Filipino seafood spread, or make Tuesday taco night the whole plan. This shortlist stays within Al Barsha 1 and the Mall of the Emirates pocket, and gives each restaurant a concrete menu or offer detail to help you choose. Prices keep their channel and unit attached: a delivery listing is not a promise of the same price in the dining room.

At a glance

Eight Al Barsha tables, for eight different plans

Querida Mexican & Friends — make Tuesday about tacos

Querida is a 26-seat restaurant on 14th Street, five minutes from Mall of the Emirates. Its weekly Tuesday offer gives the meal a clear shape: AED79 per person plus 5% VAT for two unlimited rounds of tacos, with five fillings, three salsas, house starters and unlimited agua fresca. Three fillings are meat-free, although only the plant-based chorizo is vegan; the beans contain cheese and the potato filling contains egg. The table is for one hour, service is walk-in only, and the last taco order is at 11pm. Arrive early if Tuesday is the point of the visit. On other days, the menu moves through corn-tortilla tacos, enchiladas, birria and an open-flame striploin; the restaurant describes its lamb birria as a six-hour braise. Check the Tuesday terms and Al Barsha address and hours before setting out.

Pinoy Tambayan — order a Filipino spread to share

Here, the meal can arrive down the centre of the table: the operator’s seafood boodle is laid over banana leaves and comes with unlimited rice and iced lemon tea. Its posted price runs from AED71 for one to AED299 for six. If that feels like more than you need, the Al Barsha menu also lists pancit bihon at AED25, beef sisig at AED39 and halo halo at AED29; the operator says mains come with one rice. It is directly opposite Dubai International Academy on Al Barsha Road, and the restaurant says its website prices match its in-house menu prices. This is the most group-minded choice on the list, with a useful fallback of individually priced dishes. See the menu and order details and location.

Intizar — follow the hand-pulled noodles

Hand-pulled laghman is the reason to choose Intizar: the Uyghur noodle menu offers several preparations with fried meat and vegetables, plus a garlic-chive-and-egg version. The operator says it has served Uyghur food in Dubai since 2010. The current Talabat listing for its Al Barsha 1 outlet shows laghman at AED47–49, depending on the preparation. Those are delivery-app prices, not a dine-in quote. The restaurant’s own site confirms the Al Barsha First branch and provides booking/contact details, but its menu prices do not appear in crawlable text. If you are going for the noodles, check the outlet listing and confirm the dine-in menu when booking. See Intizar’s menu and branch details and the Al Barsha 1 Talabat menu.

WAWA Dining — build a Japanese-Korean meal for the table

WAWA calls its kitchen JAKO, bringing Japanese and Korean dishes to the same table: maki and robata sit alongside jjigae, ramen and rice. The current menu gives useful price anchors: kimchi jjigae with steamed rice is AED88, bulgogi ramen AED78 and an eight-piece California roll AED49. Prices include 10% service charge, 7% municipality fee and 5% VAT. On the ground floor of Golden Tulip Hotel, this is a good fit when a group wants to mix hot, comforting bowls with sushi and grilled dishes instead of agreeing on one cuisine. See the current menu and address and opening hours.

Ibn Hamido — ask which seafood price you are looking at

Ibn Hamido is the seafood specialist in this shortlist, a few steps from Insurance Market Metro. Its own Al Barsha menu lists seafood fajitas at AED60, fish papillote at AED58 and mixed seafood at AED79; the site does not say whether these are dine-in prices, so confirm the amount with the restaurant. Deliveroo’s Al Barsha listing calls its AED110 dish “Mixed Seafood 1 Person” and lists a two-person seafood tray at AED140. Those are delivery-channel prices, and the app showed a temporary 20% promotion on qualifying orders over AED50 when checked. The operator menu and Deliveroo page are separate price sources; do not assume the platform deal or listing price applies at the table. For market fish, ask how the restaurant prices the fish and preparation before ordering. Compare the restaurant’s menu with its current Al Barsha 1 delivery listing.

Al Hallab — turn a mall stop into a Lebanese meal

On Level 2 of Mall of the Emirates, beside VOX, Al Hallab suits a meal built from mezze and charcoal-grilled meat while the rest of the day stays in the mall. Its Al Barsha Deliveroo listing prices a full mixed grill at AED88 per plate or AED352 per kilogram. The plate combines lamb tikka, lamb kebab, chicken kebab, lamb meat masbaha and shish tawouk, with fries and garlic dip. That is a delivery-platform menu, so it may not match the dining-room bill. The operator’s own site confirms this branch and provides booking and ordering links, but its downloadable menu is not text-readable. If the per-kilo option appeals, ask how much you need for your party rather than treating a kilogram as a serving count. Check the operator’s branch details and its Mall of the Emirates delivery menu.

Hashmi Barbeques — go for clay-oven chicken or a charcoal tikka

Hashmi’s current menu is built around whole and half spring chicken, charcoal tikka, kebabs and naan rolls. A whole Chooza chicken is AED90; half poussin is AED50; chicken tikka breast or leg is AED45 each. The menu does not state how many people the chicken serves, so treat “whole” and “half” as the listed size, then choose sides for your table. The operator lists its shop at Trio Building, Shop 13, Al Barsha 1, with online order and collection options. See the live menu and branch details.

Donatello’s Retox & View Lounge — keep the meal going late

For a late dinner or a casual hotel-lounge stop, Donatello’s current Tower Burger offer is more than a burger alone. Chicken is AED69 or beef AED79, with cheese sticks, fries, potato wedges, coleslaw, five dipping sauces and a choice of beer bottle or soft drink. It is listed daily from noon to 3am at Retox and View Lounge, inside Donatello Hotel in Al Barsha 1. The offer page does not state whether any extra fees apply, so confirm the final bill when booking. If you want a quieter meal, the hotel also describes a separate international all-day dining restaurant; don’t assume the lounge offer applies there. See the live offer and contact details and the hotel’s dining overview.

Which one fits your plan?

- A fixed-price Tuesday: Querida sets the total per person and spells out the two taco rounds and one-hour limit.

- A big meal with a group: Pinoy Tambayan’s seafood boodle is priced by party size; WAWA’s menu lets the table mix sushi with hot bowls and grilled dishes.

- Something less familiar: Intizar’s hand-pulled Uyghur noodles make the meal itself the reason to come.

- Seafood: Ibn Hamido has a broad fish menu; compare its operator menu with the delivery-app price before choosing a channel.

- A mall day: Al Hallab is already inside Mall of the Emirates, while Hashmi is a neighborhood grill and Donatello offers a late hotel-lounge setting.

FAQs

Which Al Barsha restaurants show clear meal prices or offers?

Querida lists two unlimited taco rounds for AED79 per person plus 5% VAT on Tuesdays. Donatello lists a daily burger bundle at AED69 for chicken or AED79 for beef, with sides and a choice of beer or soft drink. WAWA’s current menu instead provides individual Japanese-Korean dishes at listed prices, including kimchi jjigae at AED88 and an eight-piece California roll at AED49. Check each operator’s live terms before visiting.

Are the menu prices in this guide all dine-in prices?

No. Querida, Pinoy Tambayan, WAWA, Hashmi and Donatello publish their own menus or offers; Intizar and Al Hallab examples are from branch-specific delivery listings. Ibn Hamido’s operator menu and delivery-app menu show different amounts for some items. The price basis is stated with each example, so use it as a menu reference rather than assuming every channel charges the same.

Is Barsha Heights included?

No. This guide focuses on Al Barsha 1 and the Mall of the Emirates area. Barsha Heights is a neighboring district and is outside the shortlist.

Selection note: Eight venues made the cut because each offers a different meal format or clear neighborhood use case and has a current menu, booking or offer route. This is an editorial shortlist, not a scored ranking or a claim of personal visits.

Last checked: 8 October 2026. Offers, branch operations and menu prices can change; confirm the chosen product and final price with the venue or ordering channel.