Top Amman Dining Experiences

This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Ahmed has been working in the tourism industry for many years now, and in 2022 he started hosting cooking classes in his home, with his wife, Afaf. Afaf learned to cook from her mother and grandmother, and later received professional culinary training through a program facilitated by the USAID here in Jordan. - Private and authentic cooking class in Amman in a local home - Learn to cook 3 dishes in a hands-on cooking class - Learn about traditional Jordanian cooking while sharing customs, traditions, and stories inspired by their rich heritage - Enjoy a traditional Jordanian meal served with mint tea or Arabic coffee - Pick up and drop off from central Amman hotels is included - Afaf and Ahmed can accommodate lactose free, gluten free and vegetarian meals, on request - If you have chosen the market tour option, enjoy a guided tour of a local market

Sample Amman’s tastiest bites–and some of its most characterful neighborhoods–on this small-group tour. Follow your guide into downtown Amman, including Rainbow Street, and as you walk and talk, pause to taste popular local specialties. Visit restaurants, food shops, and markets to try everything from falafel sandwiches to succulent desserts, and learn about their recipes and history–background you’d likely miss alone. Arrive with an appetite and leave with invaluable insights into the city’s most-beloved eats.

The Jordan Heritage Restaurant, is a non-profit organization established in 2014. Its mission is for Jordanian heritage to be documented, revived, and experienced by all locals and international visitors; thus, using heritage as a vehicle of pluralism, women’s rights, social cohesion, commercial sustainability and inter-cultural exchange. It all started when tracing the “Mansaf” – Lamb with Yogurt in the remote villages back from the Great Arab Revolt, and as a response the local Jordanian villagers would make all sorts of unheard dishes; the number of dishes reached 25, Jordan Heritage decided to document the Jordanian cuisine. Five years later, Jordan Heritage had amassed 95 dishes from all corners and cultural groups of Jordan to the taste of all.

Savor the Jordanian love of food on this 4-hour private cooking class in Amman, including lunch or dinner. Head to a cooking school in the charming Amman neighborhood, and learn to make traditional Arabic dishes with local cooks. Prepare your recipes on a terrace overlooking old Amman and enjoy soft Arabic background music. Lastly, enjoy your creations for lunch or dinner, depending on your chosen class time; and choose to sip on a glass of wine with your food before finishing with a coffee.

Tourists visiting Jordan and the Holy Land area get extremely in love with the taste of our local food and spices. So imagine if you get the chance to learn our home-made recipes, cook the dishes by your own hands in assistance of a professional chef and instructor. Once the dishes are cooked you will enjoy a Jordanian Feast where you will gather around one big table and enjoy all the dishes you have personally cooked. We will also give you the chance to enjoy our Jordanian coffee or tea after your session. Don't forget to grab our detailed recipes in hard copy when you leave.

Wallow in the Dead Sea and comforts of a 5-star resort on a stress-free private tour from Amman. Avoid the hassle of organizing transport yourself, and enjoy a deluxe, chauffeured drive to the salt lake. Then, while away the time in the mineral-rich waters, lounging by the hotel pool, and enjoying a mud bath. Hotel access, lunch, and Amman hotel or Queen Alia airport pickup and drop-off are included.

Overview Here is your opportunity to experience true, homemade Jordanian street food prepared exclusively for you and your party. Enjoy a culinary adventure with a local chef in the comfort of a private residence. See how the local Ammani people live. could be vegan restrictions. (Any other dietary restrictions should be discussed well in advance with the Chef.)

Enjoy a meal of traditional Middle Eastern mezze, or small plates, at Haret Jdoudna, an atmospheric restaurant in a restored historic home in Madaba. This 4-hour excursion includes lunch or dinner at Haret Jdoudha, as well as round-trip transport from your Amman hotel in a private, climate-controlled vehicle.

One of the most enjoyable ways to immerse yourself in a new culture is through tis cuisine, and with this culinary-focused experience, you'll get the chance to try out Jordanian food in a traditional local restaurant at either lunch or dinnertime. The menu will feature everything from traditional mezze to house-baked bread to Jordanian specialties. After your meal, you'll even get the chance to puff on flavored tobacco, or sheesha, using a hookah (water pipe).