MandiSteam-roasted
Our signature. Chicken or lamb soaked in traditional mandi spices and slowly steam-roasted over fragrant basmati until impossibly tender.
We’ve taken iconic traditional dishes from across the Arabian Peninsula — mandi, madbhi, madfoon and haneeth — and brought them straight to your table.
Real mandi can’t be rushed — so we don’t. We just do all the waiting before you arrive.
Every morning our kitchens start the slow work: meat rubbed in traditional mandi spice, basmati layered with whole cardamom and saffron beneath it, and hours of gentle steam-roasting until every grain has caught the drippings and the meat surrenders at the touch of a fork.
Then comes the part we’re proudest of — you walk in, you order, and a feast that took all day lands on your table in minutes. That’s the promise on our walls: slow-cooked food, served fast.
Before the food arrives, the aromatics do — cardamom, saffron and a pot of fresh Arabic coffee poured the moment you sit down.
Across the Arabian Peninsula, that’s how every majlis has greeted its guests for centuries: a small cup, poured often, that says stay a while. From the smoky char of madbhi to the buried, oven-steamed tenderness of madfoon, every dish that follows is a piece of that same hospitality — we simply bring it closer to home.
Each of our signature dishes is defined by its method — how the meat meets the heat. Here is what makes each one unforgettable.
Our signature. Chicken or lamb soaked in traditional mandi spices and slowly steam-roasted over fragrant basmati until impossibly tender.
Marinated chicken grilled directly on natural lava stone until the edges turn smoky and charred — deep, fire-kissed flavour in every bite.
An Emirati specialty, traditionally ‘buried’ and slow-cooked in an underground oven so the meat steams in its own spiced juices.
Spice-wrapped lamb grilled over low heat until it falls off the bone — the soulful, aromatic flavour of South Arabia.
Generous platters, charred edges — and dining rooms as colourful as the food.
Whether it’s fifty guests or your own kitchen, we make it easy to share the feast.
Weddings, corporate lunches, family celebrations — we cater authentic Arabian spreads at any scale, delivered hot and ready to serve.
Plan your eventThe same fragrant, long-grain basmati we layer beneath every mandi — available to buy by the bag at all our locations.
Find it in-storeDine in, pick up, or order delivery. Choose the location nearest you.
The lamb mandi falls apart before your fork even gets there. Rice this fragrant takes you straight to the Peninsula.
They greeted us with coffee before we even ordered. The family platter fed all of us with room to spare. Real hospitality.
The madbhi has this smoky char you just can’t fake. Easily my go-to for authentic Arabian food in the GTA.
Slow-cooked, spice-layered and served the traditional way. Order online for pickup or delivery, or find your nearest Mandi Afandi.