Shaun's Amman General Guidebook

Shaun
Shaun's Amman General Guidebook

Cafe

A near by coffee shop that serves some food. A good spot to get some work done one your laptop or a meet up.
Majnoon Qahwa - Abdoun
A near by coffee shop that serves some food. A good spot to get some work done one your laptop or a meet up.
This cafe is relaxed and has a good vibe and nice out door seating. A great place to sit and do your thing any time of the day.
Kava Espresso & Brew Bar
This cafe is relaxed and has a good vibe and nice out door seating. A great place to sit and do your thing any time of the day.
25 locals recommend
Rumi Cafe
14 Ash Shariaah College
25 locals recommend
This cafe and bookshop has a lovely garden in the back that is lush with vegetation. Many expats and locals spend time on their laptops or socialising here. The atmosphere is calm compared to Rumi.
The Good Bookshop
This cafe and bookshop has a lovely garden in the back that is lush with vegetation. Many expats and locals spend time on their laptops or socialising here. The atmosphere is calm compared to Rumi.

Food scene

23 locals recommend
Books@cafe
12 Omar Bin Al-Khattab St
23 locals recommend
This a larger restaurant cafe and bar that sometimes has live performers and serves a wide variety of Arabic and western food.
10 locals recommend
Blue Fig
30 Irbid St
10 locals recommend
This a larger restaurant cafe and bar that sometimes has live performers and serves a wide variety of Arabic and western food.
A must visit during your stay. I highly recommend going anytime between 5-8pm except Friday for the happy hour and great views.
17 locals recommend
Shams El Balad
69 Mu'Ath Bin Jabal Street
17 locals recommend
A must visit during your stay. I highly recommend going anytime between 5-8pm except Friday for the happy hour and great views.
14 locals recommend
Wild Jordan Center
Othman Ben Affan
14 locals recommend
A great organic supermarket. It also has a brunch buffet on Friday and Saturday. 11am -2pm. Contact them for details.
Yanboot
A great organic supermarket. It also has a brunch buffet on Friday and Saturday. 11am -2pm. Contact them for details.
Highly recommended traditional cuisine.
19 locals recommend
Sufra Restaurant
26 Al Rainbow St
19 locals recommend
Highly recommended traditional cuisine.
One of the oldest and best falafel joints in Amman!
14 locals recommend
Al Quds Falafel
41 Rainbow St.
14 locals recommend
One of the oldest and best falafel joints in Amman!
A classic a time tested traditional lamb shawarma. One of if not the best in town. Great for for after your bar run or during the day. Don’t expect to be kissable for a few hours after you have one ;-)
16 locals recommend
Shawerma Reem
54 Al Kulliyah Al Elmiyah Al Eslamiyah St
16 locals recommend
A classic a time tested traditional lamb shawarma. One of if not the best in town. Great for for after your bar run or during the day. Don’t expect to be kissable for a few hours after you have one ;-)
A lovely vegan cozy place with Romanian and Arabic food located in a hip and eclectic street.
Bayt Sara
38 Omar Bin Al-Khattab St
A lovely vegan cozy place with Romanian and Arabic food located in a hip and eclectic street.
This is an amazing artesian bakery. Make sure to try their chocolate croissant and sourdough bread. They also make fresh manaeesh in the morning.
Flour & Fire
This is an amazing artesian bakery. Make sure to try their chocolate croissant and sourdough bread. They also make fresh manaeesh in the morning.
Pretty good Tacos. Can’t really compare it to authentic Taco’s in Mexico or California, but it hits the spot. Take away only.
Hombre Kitchen
Pretty good Tacos. Can’t really compare it to authentic Taco’s in Mexico or California, but it hits the spot. Take away only.

Bar

A great neighbor pub with chill ambience and friendly crowd.
16 locals recommend
The Corner's Pub
12 Ibrahim Al Muwaylehi St
16 locals recommend
A great neighbor pub with chill ambience and friendly crowd.
Good beer and local bands in the winter and a great beer garden in the warmer months.
Murphy's - House of Rock
17 Shatt Al Arab
Good beer and local bands in the winter and a great beer garden in the warmer months.
One of the newest and best rooftop bars in town.
7 locals recommend
District Urban Rooftop
7 locals recommend
One of the newest and best rooftop bars in town.
A great bar with a view and vibrant crowd. Perfect for a few drinks before or after dinner reservations at Sufra or Shams El Balad as it’s walking distance to each on Rainbow Street.
7 locals recommend
La Calle
16 ش. الرينبو
7 locals recommend
A great bar with a view and vibrant crowd. Perfect for a few drinks before or after dinner reservations at Sufra or Shams El Balad as it’s walking distance to each on Rainbow Street.

Fairs

A nice seasonal local craft and food fair every Friday.
Souk Jara
Rainbow Street
A nice seasonal local craft and food fair every Friday.

Art

One of the leading art galleries in Amman.
Wadi Finan Art Gallery
One of the leading art galleries in Amman.
Orient Gallery
92 Al Suways St
Nabad Art Gallery
46 Othman Bin Affan St
Local crafts
Ali & Rama's Gallery جاليري علي وراما
43 Omar Bin Al-Khattab St
Local crafts

Museum

A must visit while in Amman. located next to the City Hall, it is one of the best in the Middle East. Housed in a grand modern building, a series of beautifully presented and informative displays tell Jordan's historical epic from the first people through the Nabataean civilisation to the cusp of the modern era. Highlights include the oldest-known human statues (the spookily modern 9500-year-old plaster mannequins of Ain Ghazal), Jordan's share of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and a host of remains from Petra and surrounds.
15 locals recommend
The Jordan Museum
Ali bin Abi Taleb Street
15 locals recommend
A must visit while in Amman. located next to the City Hall, it is one of the best in the Middle East. Housed in a grand modern building, a series of beautifully presented and informative displays tell Jordan's historical epic from the first people through the Nabataean civilisation to the cusp of the modern era. Highlights include the oldest-known human statues (the spookily modern 9500-year-old plaster mannequins of Ain Ghazal), Jordan's share of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and a host of remains from Petra and surrounds.
The national gallery and sculpture garden in Jabal Waibdeh is a must see and a good change of scenery for any visitor interested in the arts.
10 locals recommend
Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
10 locals recommend
The national gallery and sculpture garden in Jabal Waibdeh is a must see and a good change of scenery for any visitor interested in the arts.

Well Being

Well being and consciousness community.
Art of Living Foundation-Jordan
17 Ibn Khaldoun St.
Well being and consciousness community.
A place for yoga, meditation and different well being exercised.
Prana Space Amman
2 Samouraa
A place for yoga, meditation and different well being exercised.
Quickly becoming a recognised natural soup and beauty product house. Trinitae is a nice day visit in Jabal Amman. Their shower gel is some of the softest. This gem is worth a visit.
Trinitae
Quickly becoming a recognised natural soup and beauty product house. Trinitae is a nice day visit in Jabal Amman. Their shower gel is some of the softest. This gem is worth a visit.
They offer weekly Ohm chanting and Kirtan session with a community of locals and some expats, situated in Abdoun.
Meta Shala
They offer weekly Ohm chanting and Kirtan session with a community of locals and some expats, situated in Abdoun.