Wondering where the best restaurants in Riyadh are? We have the question answered in delicious detail, thanks to the unveiling of the first ever Time Out Riyadh Restaurant Awards 2022 winners last night.
Riyadh’s very best restaurants were revealed by Time Out on Thursday September 15 at the inaugural Time Out Riyadh Restaurant Awards 2022 ceremony, in association with PepsiCo, a glamorous private event for the Saudi capital’s best chefs and restaurateurs held at Fairmont Riyadh.
Following 12 months of independent and anonymous reviewing by our dedicated team, where we pay our way every single time, Time Out has released its definitive guide to the top places to eat out in Riyadh.
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Choosing where to eat out in the Saudi capital is not a decision to be taken lightly, especially in a city filled with amazing restaurants and cafés and more new ones opening at a thrilling pace.
Fortunately, we’ve been doing this for 20 years across the region so we know a thing or two about what makes an eatery worth your money, time and stomach real estate.
We want you to be able to select the top restaurants in Riyadh that suit your every craving, mood and location each time you dine out.
Whether you like Indian or Italian, breakfast or burgers, we want you to eat out and have an absolutely amazing time doing so.
That’s why there are 17 categories in the Time Out Riyadh Restaurant Awards.
They span the huge range of cuisines represented across the capital, from Asian and European to Japanese and Saudi and include top dining experiences in themed categories ranging from breakfast to afternoon tea and coffee and cake, of course.
To find out the 17 winners, and all the highly commended and shortlisted nominees, visit our guide to the best restaurants in Riyadh here.
And for the name of the coveted Restaurant of the Year Award, the one eatery that has been the talk of the food-obsessed Saudi capital for the last 12 months, click here.
These are the top places that you need to chow down at. What are you waiting for? You don’t need a further invitation. It’s time to dig in at the best Riyadh restaurants.
How does Time Out review restaurants?
For more than 20 years, Time Out’s reviewers have conducted anonymous, independent restaurant visits in the region, booking anonymously and paying for every meal in order to establish which restaurants are truly worth diners’ time and money.
The Time Out Restaurant Awards are the longest-running, most established dining awards in the Middle East.
In Dubai, we are proud to have revealed 17 editions of the Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards, and to have supported and championed the growth of the city’s phenomenal dining scene as we have done so.
Every year, Time Out’s guide to Dubai’s best restaurants is issued following the annual Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards. These are the best restaurants in Dubai 2022, revealed earlier this year.
Want to know more about our review process? Click here.
For all our latest restaurant reviews, click here.
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