Our story
Our story
One grill on Al Wasl Road became a home for Dubai’s lovers of Levantine grills — same fire, same patience.
Jamra opened in 2014 with one grill and ten tables on Al Wasl Road. Salim Khoury came from Zahle with his grandmother’s recipe book and a habit he has never dropped: lighting the charcoal by hand every day before noon, and tasting every marinade before it goes into the fridge.
Today the grill is longer and twelve cooks work the kitchen, but the rules have not changed: real oak charcoal only, fresh meat from farms in the UAE and Oman, and mezze made every morning and never kept overnight.
The grill master
Salim stands at the grill most nights. He says the secret of good lamb chops is not the marinade alone but patience: medium embers, a turn every minute, and a pinch of coarse salt at the very end.
A home for guests
We built the dining room around the open grill so you can watch the skewers cook, added the terrace for milder evenings, and a private room for up to fourteen guests for family occasions and business dinners.
On Al Wasl Road since 2014
In numbers
A fire that hasn’t gone out
in more than ten years.
- the year we lit our first grill on Al Wasl Road
- 2014
- years our grill master has spent at the embers
- 22
- kilos of oak charcoal every week
- 180
- cooks between the kitchen and the grill
- 12
“You can’t rush embers. Give them time and they give you flavour.”
Grill master at Jamra
Our promises
What we promise
every night.
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Real charcoal only
No gas, no electric grills. We light oak charcoal every day and set the embers for each cut.
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Mezze made that morning
Hummus, moutabal and muhammara are made every morning in batches for that day only; nothing is kept overnight.
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Meat from the region
Lamb from farms in the UAE and Oman, fresh chicken that is never frozen, and vegetables delivered every morning.
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Levantine hospitality
Arabic coffee is on us after every dinner, and your feedback goes straight to the kitchen.
Book a table
Your table, close to the embers.
Book at least an hour ahead. We hold your table for 15 minutes and set the private room for occasions of up to 14 guests.
- 15 minuteswe hold your table past its time
- Up to 14 guestsin the private room for occasions
- October – Apriloutdoor terrace season