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Food-first travel · 2027
Where to eat in Oman (Muscat and Nizwa)
Slow-cooked shuwa lamb in Muscat, then Omani halwa stirred in copper pots at the Nizwa souq.
Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2027: Named in Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2027 as the pick for Arabian hospitality, with coast, mountains, canyons and desert. (Oman Observer, Sept 2026)
The dish: Shuwa
Spiced lamb or goat wrapped in leaves and cooked for hours in an underground sand oven, served with rice. The best one is at Bait Al Luban.
Where to eat in Muscat and Nizwa
Bait Al Luban
Mutrah, Muscat
Get: Shuwa, Omani rice, frankincense water
The best-known Omani house in the capital, with balcony tables over the old quarter.
Kargeen
Qurum, Muscat
Get: Shuwa, Omani biryani, halwa
Garden setting and one of the few Muscat kitchens known for traditional shuwa.
Ubhar
Qurum, Muscat
Get: Slow-roasted camel shuwa and modern Omani plates
The leading contemporary take on Omani cooking, per a 2026 guide.
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Book Oman (Muscat and Nizwa) with us and a food concierge comes with it: a call before you go, the hard tables asked for through the restaurant's own line with a backup for each, markets and classes, a what-to-order sheet, and a text line while you're there. A real person writes back within a day; nothing is charged now.
Also on the 2027 lists, nearby
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