Named for Bannu, served royally
Royal Bannu Gul is the Bannu Gul family's restaurant in Al Khalidiyah: the pulao and karahi the name is known for, with a bigger table of platters, lamb and grills.
The pulao Bannu is known for
Bannu, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is famous across Pakistan for its beef pulao: rice cooked in a rich broth made from beef bones, with tender meat through every spoonful.
Ours is slow-cooked the same way and finished with melted bone marrow. It is the dish every Bannu Gul kitchen, including this one, is measured against.
Three fires, one kitchen
Almost everything on our menu comes off one of three heats.
The grill
Royal lamb chops, malai boti, seekh and reshmi kabab, and whole chickens, grilled over live coals.
The wok and the griddle
Shinwari and Lahori karahi cooked to order, and chapli kabab seared on a hot tawa.
The clay oven
Kandhari, roghni and garlic naan, baked fresh all day.
A taste that brings you back
Cooking in Al Khalidiyah, and part of a family of seven Bannu Gul kitchens across Abu Dhabi and Dubai.