Derwandi

Delicious food, extensive choice of food and drinks.
Friendly service.
Too bad that smoking is allowed everywhere, both inside and outside.

خدمه اكثر من رائعه و اكل ولا أروع و الموظفين رائعين خصيصا الاستاذ محمود كله ذوق و ان شاء الله تتكرر الزياره

Very nice restaurant. Delicious dishes. The service is excellent. We were served by Hesham, and there was a feeling that he was enjoying it. Highly recommend!

Best Lebanese shisha place in town. Great food, great service, great atmosphere, nice music, easy parking, attentive staff. Everything on the menu is good, never had a dish that wasnt superb. Gets busy around 8-9pm so call ahead and reserve a table. I hope they open other branches. Great job, well done!

Good food, but terrible service.
The accommodation was not good. They told me that there was no space outside and after 90 minutes I could still see lots of available space. Service of the dishes was randomly delivered. At the end of the meal, I requested what discount cards they accepted. The answer was that no cards were accepted. I showed that the restaurant was listed in Esaad. When I received the bill after 25 minutes the discount was not applied. The place didn’t show the care we are used to in the UAE.

The restaurant is nice and clean, very near to the Qasr Al watan, it is Lebanese food. Good is good, some food are sour as it is with thr yogurt. After all, it is a good experience.

Food was great. Many choices. Service was perfekt. Good Price.
Payment digiitalized. You can scan your bill via QR Code.

Excellent dinner at Derwandi! Fabulous staff who went out of their way to ensure my daughter had dairy free food. The food was extremely good and huge portions! We sat in the no smoking area which is slightly separate to the main restaurant but I would highly recommend!

It was a good experience everything was perfect especially the waiter his name Oussama he was so good and so friendly and so professional.
At the end i want to thank all the stuff.

It was a great experience at Berwandi everything was perfect especially the waiter his name Oussama he was so kind and so good and he know how deal with the customer.
Finally i want to thank all stuff there
Greetings

My trusted friends tell me this restaurant is worthy of a visit. I may travel here, so I made choices AS IF I were there. This much is true. Alan

Very good place to entertain your taste buds! Ordered two mains and a dessert and everything was on par. Our waiter Ali was very friendly and accommodating. Would come again!

My hotel recommended this restaurant the foods were all good and staff Magdy was very friendly. Thank you. Will try to come back again.

Absolutely the best Lebanese restaurant in Abu Dhabi. High quality clean food and have to mention the proper and genuine service that comes with it. Sarah served us several times and the manager always checks that everything is good. They have excellent daily dishes (except Sunday) hope you will add malfouf that day. Had the best Kharouf mahshi and kousa with vine leaves

Great place and ambivalence. Mohmoud was very patient and kind to tourists and guests dining at the establishment. Service is quick and place is really pretty. They also have a lunch special menu that has a wide assortment of dishes that you can pick. The portion sizes are very big. Food was good and filling. I loved the bread!

مكان رائع وجميل جدا وكلاس والموظفين هناك جدا جنتل و محترمين و اسلوبهم جدا راقي ولشيشه صراحه خطيره خطيره اطيب شيشه جربتها في بوظبي بس اتمنى لو ينزلون سعرها شويه واكلهم جدا طيب و رائع مكان يفتح النفس انصحكم فيه وبقوة

الاكل والمكان والخدمة ممتازة جداً. من دخلنا لين طلعنا وكل شي بيييييرفكت. شكر خاص لعلي المنجر وعلي النادل ع الخدمة المميزة بياض ويه الصراحة

What a restaurant! Simply perfect
Thank you so much to Samir and Mahmoud they are so kind and professional.

Do you want to experience real Arabic Mediterranean cuisine & atmosphere in Abu Dhabi, UAE,:) go Derwandi
Really liked the food, service, staff and restaurant management! A great shisha and very pleasant hospitality too. Abdelghani was very professional and pleasant
Definitely going there again

Best Lebanese restaurant in town.food extremely delicious and the service was great
Staff was friendly and welcoming
Value of money is great

Loved the breakfast and service was good and also loved the location.i would definitely go back again

Great atmosphere, lively with nice music. Thanks to A. Ghazali’s great service it was very enjoyable.

Lebanese food. Nice ambience. Good service. Located on Abu Dhabi Corniche near Radisson Blue Hotel. There's indoor and outdoor sitting areas. Better to do previous reservations if you want to go on the weekends. Cold Mezze and salads are great. Shawerma doesn't taste like authentic Shawerma. Ice cream with cotton candy was good. Usually busy in the weekends. Valet parking is available. There's smoking area were shisha is served. Based on the city's culture and norms I wish alcohol is not served in this restaurant.

Food taste is excellent. Atmosphere is very well organised and well sorted. Very clean and tidy, with spaces environment. Service to order food is not quick, but once the items are ordered the, they are served very quickly. Very pricy for the quantity and quality served for the food. Overall very nice experience.

Ordered online
Bland food, chewy dry meat, overcooked, for a 167dhs mixed grill only 2 piece of bread, soggy musakhan… Not worth it at all

The waiters need alottt of training. They are uncomfortable, and not so intuitive. You need people who know how to answer questions (for non arab customers), and tweak things if there is something that needs attention. The food quality - for a lebanese resto - is ok. Not bad. But the grills came with certain meat taste and smell, like I am not used to this in other good lebanese restaurants like Safadi and Mosaic. The shish tawook is chewy and dry. The hummos plate came shapeless and nothing special. Prices high for the quality to be honest. I would expect better. Still Mosaic remains my favourite in Abu Dhabi, and Safadi in Dubai.

The worst experience ever, the price vs food quality & taste very expensive, serving size is funny (it’s not enough for tasting only), food presentation is very bad and service is very slow, one of the waiters was tactless.
We make a complaint to the supervisor about all above and he promised that they will contact us but nobody cares.

The place is amazing for shisha, a super lovely ambiance for smokers, the non smoking area very small and too noisy next to the kitchen orders, the fatoush came so sour and I change it, but still alot of pomegranate was added. I ordered some of the hot mezza and cold mezza was normal. The service was amazing and very helpful.

Finally such a restaurant with great ambience and atmoshphere in Abudhabi. The food is amazing and fresh with their daily plate option and some home style meals makes it even better. Tried the mixed grill which so juicy and tasty, along with the daily dish of chicken over rice which which we loved. Shishas provided and family seating area too.cant wait to try the outer terraced seating once the weather cools down.

I can’t understand the level of uncomfort they provide for their guests! Even request is rejected and even the fazaa card discount Cannot be punched for unjustified reseaon! The interior is fine but seriously the waiters and managers are too strict to the point I feel u r at a school. Pls educate ur waiters to try to feel their guest more welcomed.

المطعم حلووووو ويجنن الاكل 10/10 شكرا كثير لاسيل ،زايد. وئام العاملين في المطعم على حسن المعامله

Delicious Lebanese food. Friendly staff. Good quality and quantity was good.
Visited with the family but it’s also a good place to hang out with friends for food or drinks and shishah

Super tasty grilled shrimps, grilled chicken & mint lemonade! Staff were also very kind, friendly and helpful.

Really enjoyed our dinner!

Great Lebanese cuisine, authentic and tastes good, give you an exact feeling of being really in Lebanon, the atmosphere is very elegant and pleasant, it reflects the beauty of Lebanon, food is delicious specially desserts, date cake and muhallabiya were tasteful. Staff as well were friendly, nice and served well.

سيء جدا من ناحية التقديم. تأخير في الطلب. الشاورما يجب تغييرها اسمها وتغيير نوعية اللحم. ما أنصح بتجربة الشاورما وقطع اللحم عندهم زفرة بشكل مزعج. الشي الثاني المواقف ٤٥ دقيقه انتظار. تجربة سيئة. لو في أقل من نجمة راح أعطيك.

Delicious food, great location, positive vibes, also they have outdoor seating, and valet parking and self parking, tried the sweet (a7lam el derwandi) its awesome, waiters are laughing all the time, hostess also.
Best of luck

مكان القعدة فيه رائعة جدا و لكن مستوى الاكل اقل من عادي بالنسبة للستاف ودودين و اسلوبهم بفكر ارجعلو بس ما اكل عندهم شغل شيشة و مشروبات

Derwandi, a great combination (memories, food & people).
Great location with easy access complemented by a good service from the valet parking.warm welcoming, good service, friendly staff and omar did a great job.positive vibes and great atmosphere and they served shisha indoor.

Food is good but can be better!
Atmosphere: 5/5
Shihsa: 5/5
Location: 5/5
Access: 5/5
Raw meat platter: 3/5
Tabouleh: 3/5
Shankleesh: 3/5
Bread: 5/5
Mixed grill: 3/5
Service / Timing: 3/5

I loved the place, location, food and atmosphere plus a wonderful staff.
Highly recommended and a new special place in
Abu Dhabi.

Never coming here again.

Service and appertizers were nice to be honest. Otherwise the meat on all main courses was very dry and chewy, the amount of smoke indoors is unbelievable, and to end the night, our new car came with multiple dings on the passenger door. When confronted the valet about it, one of them kept dismissing it saying its old even though the car was fully polished and ceramic coated at the dealership and it has its own underground parking spot at home. He was so rude that I got to see my father, a psychiatrist, furious for the first time in years. He kept arguing with us even though another valet guy said it does look like new.

I think it's totally logical that a car taken by valet should come back in the exact same condition. I'm not accusing the employees of damaging it but the way they handled it tells me not much will happen. I'M supposed to call them tomorrow to get them to check security cameras. They didn't even bother taking our information to help us.

Their chicken shawarma and mix grill are really delicious. Well decorated place and the atmosphere is really nice. This place is serving Shisha

Lovely Lebanese/Arabic decor, waiters were a bit overwhelmed and not well prepared to receive a lot of people, they were very late to take our order, I rate the food 7/10 in taste.
They also are not taking orders for a big part of the menu.
Atmosphere 9/10
Food 7/10
Service 7/10
Location 10/10

Perfect hospitality, Delicious food, amazing atmosphere, panoramic view AND Valet parking available! Must to try ️

The food and ambience is simply amazing here, caters for more Shisha smokers and adults but the small non-smoking area is good for the families. Make sure you book the non-smoking section.

Great restaurant! Absolutely loved the ambience, friendly staff, the food is so delicious, and I got addicted to the dessert Ahlem El Derwandi

Food B-. Avoid shawarma, I ordered mix platter and the chicken and the beef were over cooked and overpriced for the portion and not actually your typical shaved shawarma.

Service A+. The manager was very attentive and came to check on us many times.also the waiters were very nice, kind and helpful and they smiled at all times.

Place À+. Very beautiful decor and the ambiance is great, But I hated the fact that smoking was allowed.

Food is honestly nothing special. Our grill plate was tasteless and lacking lots of flavour. Nothing really stood out in the Mezza’s. Bread recipe needs to be changed as well. For a Lebanese restaurant, the fresh bread needs to be the star, and unfortunately it just isn’t here. It looks like the place is brand new so I do understand that a lot of tweaking needs to happen before the food is up to the standard. Now the good: the vibe and the decor are brilliant and the place is absolutely lovely. Tables are set to perfection and the service was lovely. All and all, i will definitely give Derwandi another chance in the future and I hope that they make all the necessary adjustments to their food in the future.

You feel yourself in home country

Staff are friendly specially the lady at entrance.

Food experience was 5/10.

This is amazing place, good gathering, very good food, and specialy the deserts,

Fun place to be

Actual price are higher than menu. I had to wait for manager 10 minutes to tell me menu price were exclusive! Even my 5 years old child did not get this excuse. Then another came to say the prices are without tax. So expect 17% more because they are inside the hotel.
Also make sure to ask them to bring food together, otherwise you will end up with eating mezza, stop and wait at least 10 minutes to get grills (worst experience ever). I will also warn families with children. The "non smoking area" is very small, and it's almost impossible to find a table. They will ask you to sit and wait with children in the smoking area until your table is ready. The funny thing: You can wait whatever it takes, but you cannot order