Khayal
Prince Sultan Road, History Roundabout
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“If someone’s a glutton, they should come to this restaurant”, groaned my sister, wiping off the last of the Half Meter Kebab from her plate.
We were dining at Khayal, a Turkish restaurant located on Prince Sultan Street. Known for its meter long kebabs, Khayal spoils you for choice by offering an endless variety of dishes. Make sure you come hungry.
The small entrance lobby has fancy, maroon velvet colored sofa and tiled wrought iron chairs and table in case one needs to wait. The circular lights set on the floor and staircase keep changing colors. There are two sides to the family section. One is the indigo blue room for larger gatherings, the other comprises of private booths sectioned off with wooden partitions draped with russet colored velvet. Sunlight bathes the restaurant, making the atmosphere more appealing.
The menu runs on like a short story, with 112 items. We eagerly devoured the mixed salad, comprising hummus, creamy potatoes, muttabal, chili salsa, and tahina, served with hot flat bread sprinkled with sesame and nigella seeds.
After the starter I headed straight to the Khayal Acidic Cocktail, a citrusy blend of Vitamin C fruits. The Sweet Melon juice was smooth and silky, while the Kocktail Juice Levels (strange name, I know, but you’ll see why) was a mix of various fruits with a strong punch.
The Chicken Kubba was as it should be, crisp on the outside, light and fluffy inside. You’ll lap up every last drop of the pale creamy Chicken Soup and savory Lentil Soup. I wasn’t too enthused with Sizzling Chicken layered under bubbling cheese a bit too oily for my taste.
The Mixed Grill, served on a perfectly cooked bed of rice, consists of succulent grilled chicken breast pieces, meat pieces, long Seekh kebabs, French fries and grilled tomatoes and capsicums.
Our group was too small for us to order the Meter Kebab, so we opted for the Half Meter Meat Kebab. The meat was fragrant and juicy, dotted with green parsley. The Kebab Pistachio an odd marriage of meat and pistachios was exceptionally tender with the mellow crunch of pistachios. Even though we were near to bursting, we couldn’t leave without sampling the dessert.
“We’ll never lose weight this way,” I laughed, as we ordered our second Kunafah.
You will swoon over the Kunafah we did. No dish surpassed the breathtaking desserts, Kunafah with cream and ice cream. These small golden discs sprinkled with crushed pistachio in the center are served warm. They are light and airy, with beautifully harmonious flavors merging with the sweet chewiness of the vermicelli. This is a “don’t miss” dish; it will convert anyone who’s not a Kunafahlover. I now go regularly to Khayal especially for the Kunafah and every time I eat it, I feel I’ve died and gone to heaven.
This post was submitted by Fatma.
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It was such a amazing experience. Every one there was so nice. There was a button at the edge of the table that played a noise when pressed, witch was very helpful because then the waiter knew to come. The soup was put in a bread bowl, the bread gave the soup such good flavor. The best thing was the kunafa, it was amazing we took two home with us, we all just loved it!
Excellent place to take out first time your wife for a romantic dinner!!
المطعم لا يستأهل هذا السعر فقائمة الطعام الرئيسية تحتوي على طعام لا يتناسب مع السعر على سبيل المثال ايدام فاصوليا بيضاء ،شكوكه ،شاورمة ما هذا هل أنا في مطعم راقي ام في كفتريا شعبيه أنا لا انصح بتجربة هذا المطعم فهوه لا يستأهل الا ٥٠ ريال فقظ
Outstanding food and quality food
Our visiting family from Spain enjoyed our lunch today!! We are familiar familiar wirh Turkish gastronomy and and pleased to find this inviting restaurant with pleasant staff and well prepared, presented and priced food. Bravo! Gracias!!
Having read the reviews in this website, I was led to believe that Khayyal is an exceptionally good Turkish restaurant and duly decided to pay it a visit. To be perfectly honest it was a big disappointment in many aspects. First, seating arrangement was cramped and uncomfortable so forget about privacy. Second, service isn’t exactly what we expected from a relatively expensive venue which bring us neatly to the third disappointment, price. It must be said however that food is fine so for me the wisest thing to do is to take it away. I’d rate the food at 4 out of 5 and only one for the interior and price totaling 5/10, have seen much better restaurants at that price.
by the way, this is the offical web site
of Khaial Resturant :
http://segamturizm.com/arabic/index.php
it is really a nice restaurant specially for the people like Turkish food, like me!!. this restaurant change the idea about the Turkish restaurants, that are most of them are just consider the food only, but at Khaial the consider the ambient & the services. also considering the prices of the mails its very valuable comparing to the quality of the food. and also, not to forget the new expansion in the family section it was at the right time in Ramadan.
I recommend everybody to visit one day
best regards
Ali
Khayal is definetly a bit more expensive than other turkish restaurants, but it’s definetly worth a visit. As the article says, the Kunafa is absolutely amazing, being the main reason why we go there instead of other turkish restaurants.
i read out a few reviews of this restaurant to my mom and she said that she clearly remembers the yummy Kunafa, il be going there this weekend to try it out.
thanks for posting it up.
I think khayal is one of the best restaurant.i like it because of its food variety and the friendly atmosphere.its also a lovely place to visit. i simply love it.
I love Khayal. It’s one of my favorite restaurants. I like the taste and the portion of the food.
I agree with fatima. kayyal is a very good restaurant.very tasty dishes. you have to try taboula also its excellent.I am not a kunafalover but after u taste the kunafa there u will be an addict.
its one of my favorite restaurants especially if with my family.
Currently, Khayal is the best Turkish restaurant at Jeddah but consider to be expensive compared to other Turkish restaurants
This is very nice and good