Budget
Al-exandria
Fanja house, near sabco centre, ruwi, tel - 561611. the best rotis indian bread. try the chicken jalfrezi and paneer aloo potato.
Gujrat Bhojan Shala
Ruwi high street, ruwi cuisine - indian.
Automatic
cuisine - lebanese. try the hummus chickpea paste, fatoosh salad, mutabel egg plant paste, falafel and mint tea. even the waiters are not sure why the restaurant is named automatic. there is a branch of automatic located on the side of the sabco centre facing away from the central car park. there are also branches in ruwi, al khuwair and elsewhere in muscat.
Al-Shaheen
Honda road, ruwi cuisine - pakistani.
Oman Express
Tel - 7731329. delivers lunch - 18 rials for a month including fridays or 15.6 rials excluding fridays.
Al-Tarboosh
Opposite the sabco centre, qurm. fast arabian/lebanese-style food available for takeaway or eat-in on the first floor.
Al-Haikal
Near bus stand, ruwi cuisine - pakistani.
Bella-Pais
Mam roundabout, just off the nizwa turn off cuisine - greek + other.
Al-Hanan
Ruwi cuisine - indian.
Saravana Bhavan
Opp. o.c centre, ruwi cuisine - indian.
Subway
City centre, seeb, tel - 542225.
Many restaurants targeting Indian guest workers in Al Khuwayr; also, Ofair and Ibn Ateeq Omani restaurants.
Midrange
Haffa House Hotel
Ruwi.
Chedi Hotel pizza restaurant
Offers less expensive food than the other chedi outlets, with the same understated chic ambience.
Top end
Passage to India
Po box 385, jibroo, wadi adai, hatat house compound, tel - 568480 cuisine - indian.
Al Khiran
Al bustan palace hotel, cuisine - buffet. famous for their friday brunch buffets which cost ro 19.500 per person + 17% service charge/tax.
Mumtaz Mahal
cuisine - indian.
Chedi Hotel
On the coast road cuisine - 4 open kitchens from across the world.
Samarkhand
Oasis by the sea, cuisine - indian peshwari.
Food can be cheap in Muscat and for about 1-3 Rials you'll get a meal per person, depending on where you eat.