Alqasr Restaurant

Northern Saudi Arabia


Anywhere else, the Alqasr would be just another restaurant, but this is a town where eating out constitutes sitting on patio furniture and tucking into mandi (chicken and rice). So the fact the Alqasr has proper chairs, tables, plates and cutlery makes it the height of dining here. If you do stop by go for the spiced grilled meat.


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