Our kitchen

Traditional oriental dishes, cooked at home

Diwan Al Saraya has served traditional, homemade oriental dishes in Souq Waqif since May 2024: mezze, grills, home-style dishes, coffee and sweets.

The kitchen

Recipes from oriental homes, served in a majlis above Souq Waqif.

Breakfast, the oriental way
Mornings start with foul in olive oil or yoghurt, fatteh Shamiyeh, labneh, makdous and shakshouka, with za'atar and cheese fatayer from the oven. For a table of three, there's the Diwan breakfast spread. Breakfast is served until noon.
Mezze to share
Cold mezze come first: hummus, muhammara, mutabbal, baba ghanoush and yalanji, or all of them on the Diwan mezze tray. Then the hot ones: kibbeh, grilled or fried, cheese borek, spicy potatoes and chicken liver with pomegranate molasses.
Home-style dishes
The dishes families across the region cook for each other: kibbeh labanieh, freekeh with lamb or chicken, sheikh al-mahshi, okra and lamb tagine, kabsa, and the house shish, slow-cooked in a clay pot.
From the charcoal and the oven
Shish tawook, Kebab Shami and Kebab Izmir, lamb chops and charcoal chicken, or the Diwan mixed grill for one, two or four. From the oven: sfiha with pomegranate molasses, and fatayer by the tray.

The kitchen

Our best-sellers, as the restaurant manager tells it: the charcoal grills, freekeh with lamb, kibbeh labanieh, okra with lamb shank, and vine leaves.

House specials

The dishes named after the diwan.

Diwan Al Saraya mixed grill (for 2)
QAR 149
Diwan Al Saraya mezze tray
QAR 49
Shish Diwan Al Saraya in a clay pot
QAR 71
Tender shish tawook with mushrooms, peppers and onions, under melted cheese, baked in the oven with bread.
Kibbeh Diwan Al Saraya
QAR 39
Golden, crisp kibbeh served with hummus, onions and caramelised peppers.
Diwan Al Saraya pastry tray
QAR 56
Muhammara with kashkaval, za’atar, Shami cheese and kashkaval.
Diwan Al Saraya kebab
QAR 82

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