Jabal Al Noor Cafeteria Satwa

Jabal Al Noor Cafeteria Satwa

Al Hudaiba

Jabal Al Noor Cafeteria Satwa is a casual cafeteria and restaurant in Al Hudaiba, known in reviews for Middle Eastern grills, quick shawarmas and fresh juices. The charcoal chicken, mutton soup and layered Thabakkath juice give first-time visitors a few clear starting points, while family seating and affordable portions add practical appeal.

Reputation Score
3.9
★★★★☆
1,223 ratings
5★
44%
4★
23%
3★
17%
2★
5%
1★
10%

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The Good Stuff

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Charcoal chicken

Charcoal chicken is a long-standing favourite, with green chilli chicken charcoal also recommended.

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Fresh juices

Reviews specifically praise the F3 juice and the three-layer Thabakkath juice.

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What to Eat at Jabal Al Noor Cafeteria Satwa

Foods and drinks mentioned in reviews of Jabal Al Noor Cafeteria Satwa, ranked by positive reviews minus negative reviews. Zero-score items have no net positive feedback; their labels distinguish neutral-only from mixed feedback.

Food 2

  1. Charcoal chicken Net +3
    “They serve best charcoal chicken in Dubai. Grilled very well and the Iranian bread is very fresh. They provide good mutton soup too.”
  2. Mutton soup Net +3
    “Good option. Their mutton soup is very tasty.”
Honorable mentions (21)
  1. Chicken chili roll Net +1
    “It's simply the best. Reasonable prices and great taste.. not sure if I've said this before but the solution to mid night hunger pangs is... This.!! Have the mini platter or the veg sandwiches or the humble egg or chicken chili roll. Unbeatable and legendary.”
  2. Chicken pepper Net +1
    “F3 Juice and chicken pepper are best found here. This place has been around almost forever.”
  3. Chicken spicy shawerma Net +1
    “For a quick bite ordered chicken spicy shawerma and it was good flaming hot 🔥 also tired their veg falafel which was equally nice and juicy”
  4. Chicken tikka paratha Net +1
    “We always order from this place, their Oman chips Paratha is just awesome, we also like the chicken tikka paratha.”
  5. Chiken wings Net +1
    “We always use to go there in satwa to eat chiken wings .Quality of food is quite good along with service also.”
  6. Green chilli chicken charcoal Net +1
    “Best Chicken charcoal in town .recommended green chilli chicken charcoal”
  7. Humble egg Net +1
    “It's simply the best. Reasonable prices and great taste.. not sure if I've said this before but the solution to mid night hunger pangs is... This.!! Have the mini platter or the veg sandwiches or the humble egg or chicken chili roll. Unbeatable and legendary.”
  8. Iranian bread Net +1
    “They serve best charcoal chicken in Dubai. Grilled very well and the Iranian bread is very fresh. They provide good mutton soup too.”
  9. Lachha parathas Net +1
    “Tried Paneer Butter Masala that was really good which served with freshly Lachha Parathas.”
  10. Mini platter Net +1
    “It's simply the best. Reasonable prices and great taste.. not sure if I've said this before but the solution to mid night hunger pangs is... This.!! Have the mini platter or the veg sandwiches or the humble egg or chicken chili roll. Unbeatable and legendary.”
  11. Mix grill Net +1
    “Other items I can recommend is their charcoal chicken and their mix grill.”
  12. Oman chips paratha Net +1
    “We always order from this place, their Oman chips Paratha is just awesome, we also like the chicken tikka paratha.”
  13. Paneer butter masala Net +1
    “Tried Paneer Butter Masala that was really good which served with freshly Lachha Parathas.”
  14. Pepper charcoal with soup Net +1
    “Pepper charcoal with soup is so delicious.”
  15. Quarter kilo mix grill Net +1
    “We ordered a spicy chicken shawarma and a quarter kilo mix grill( hummus, bread,garlic sauce and salad included) which was well worth the price and good quantity.”
  16. Red roar Net +1
    “The red roar and cocktail juice were also really good.”
  17. Veg falafel Net +1
    “For a quick bite ordered chicken spicy shawerma and it was good flaming hot 🔥 also tired their veg falafel which was equally nice and juicy”
  18. Wrap Net +1
    “The chicken do taste good with a tasty source, but same chicken/source in two different food. I took a wrap and toast sandwich, both the same taste and both too small.”
  19. Charcoal biryani Net 0

    Only neutral feedback

    “Just bought charcoal biryani but when i ate rice no taste that ots rice or what and there is no taste that is it biryani. Should use good quality rice chicken taste is 10/10 but rice biryani taste is zero”
  20. Chicken charcoal biryani Net 0

    Only neutral feedback

    “I order chicken charcoal biryani it was well shaped & delicious chicken but about rice i am not satisfied with taste they used low quality rice”
  21. Toast sandwich Net 0

    Only neutral feedback

    “The chicken do taste good with a tasty source, but same chicken/source in two different food. I took a wrap and toast sandwich, both the same taste and both too small.”

Drinks 5

  1. Chai Net +1
    “Its nice to take a brwak grab a cup of chai with. Saffron”
  2. Cocktail juice Net +1
    “The red roar and cocktail juice were also really good.”
  3. F3 juice Net +1
    “F3 Juice and chicken pepper are best found here. This place has been around almost forever.”
  4. Juice Net +1
    “Good tasting juice, fresh pressed”
  5. Thabakkath juice Net +1
    “Not to miss their Thabakkath juice which comes in 3 layers of fruit juices.”
What to Avoid (14)

Food 14

  1. Beef fry Net −1
    “Very bad experience not good cooking food. I give order beef fry much hard and not good test”
  2. Cold poratta Net −1
    “They Served cold poratta, mutton kadai loaded with onions with 3 bony mutton pieces, vegetables used for mixed veggies were just the frozen packed type, seems microwaved and also served late.”
  3. Fentasia Net −1
    “There was an item in menu like fentasia was so bad and with no taste.”
  4. Grill mix Net −1
    “In this place the chicken is superb , today l tried the grill mix 42 dhs. 1/4 kilo with 2 garlic sauce,2tahina, small fresh salad. Soup .value for me good , grill mixed 🤔 well disappointed the meat is not tender not even juicy, l will not recommend .”
  5. Hyderabadi biryani Net −1
    “Ordered hyderabadi biryani I didn’t liked it at all it was not even hyderabadi biryani never ever”
  6. Hyderabadi chicken biryani Net −1
    “First of all the toilet Sattaf or the hand shower was broken, tissue was finished in the washroom, interior was nice, I ordered Hyderabadi chicken biryani but what I received was a normal chicken dum biryani. They don't even know how a Hyderabadi chicken biryani looks like, tastes like and how it's made. Waste of money. Totally disappointed😞”
  7. Machine-grilled chicken Net −1
    “The machine-grilled chicken I ordered was disappointingly dry, made from what seemed like smaller chickens, and lacked any real flavor. It was a letdown, to say the least.”
  8. Mixed noodles Net −1
    “We used to buy every morning Mixed Noodles and Fried Rice, and will divide for my family for lunch. Small portions of Mixed Noodles were given to our 3year old daughter, portions also to my wife, and rest for me. At lunch time i ate the last portion, i noticed white sticy texture in the plastic plating.i thought maybe it was some kind of cheese, i scooped a bit and half of it was still sticked. I was shocked when I chewed the noodles it was a chewing gum.”
  9. Mutton kadai Net −1
    “They Served cold poratta, mutton kadai loaded with onions with 3 bony mutton pieces, vegetables used for mixed veggies were just the frozen packed type, seems microwaved and also served late.”
  10. Parota Net −1
    “I had a disappointing experience at this restaurant. The chicken curry tasted spoiled, and the parota was tough and seemed stale. Unfortunately, the food quality did not match the price, and I wouldn’t recommend this place to others seeking a good meal.”
  11. Porotta combo with beef and chicken Net −1
    “I visited this restaurant for breakfast with a friend and ordered the porotta combo with beef and chicken. Unfortunately, the porotta was frozen, and the beef was not fresh or edible. It was a disappointing experience overall.”
  12. Roll showrma Net −1
    “You guys need to learn how to roll showrma, showrma is a concept you can garab and go and can eat in a car, but your roll is so disgusting, once open a bit of paper, all the chicken fall down, because there is no proper rolling…”
  13. Sheesh tawook sandwich Net −1
    “Hoping for redemption, I also ordered a Sheesh Tawook sandwich, a dish I’ve enjoyed many times at other establishments. However, what I received was a disaster. The sandwich bore no resemblance to the authentic Sheesh Tawook sandwiches I’ve come to love. It was bland, lacking in taste, and a far cry from what one would expect.”
  14. Chicken curry Net −2
    “I ordered chicken curry which is priced at 12 dhs taste is not good quantity is very less not enough for single person.”

Tips for a Better Visit

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Clarify biryani. Confirm exactly which biryani you are ordering; Hyderabadi orders were reported as normal chicken dum biryani.

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Check shawarma. Ask how the grilled shawarma will be cut and wrapped, as one diner received a roll instead of four pieces.

Plan the visit

Practical details

Near Al Maya Supermarket - Al Diyafah Street
Al Hudaiba, Dubai
Mon8:00 AM – 3:00 AM
Tue8:00 AM – 3:00 AM
Wed8:00 AM – 3:30 AM
Thu8:00 AM – 3:30 AM
Fri8:00 AM – 3:30 AM
Sat8:00 AM – 3:00 AM
Sun8:00 AM – 3:00 AM
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Common Concerns

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Slow service

Multiple reviews report long waits, including delays with ordering, paying and delivery collection.

Biryani mismatch

Two diners say the food sold as Hyderabadi biryani arrived or tasted like a different dish.

Customer-reported prices

These are customer-reported mentions, not a current price list. Prices may have changed.

12 dhs

chicken curry

“I ordered chicken curry which is priced at 12 dhs taste is not good quantity is very less not enough for single person”
Google review · July 2025

3 dhs

Irani bread

“For Irani bread he is charging 3 dhs which is way too high”
Google review · July 2025
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The Bottom Line

Jabal Al Noor Cafeteria Satwa is a casual Al Hudaiba stop for charcoal chicken, shawarma, biryani, sandwiches and juices rather than a polished fine-dining meal. The strongest review-backed starting points are the charcoal chicken, mutton soup, F3 juice and the three-layer Thabakkath juice. A quarter-kilo mix grill has also been described as good value when the meat is cooked well.

Prices are generally described as affordable or pocket-friendly, with reviews mentioning big servings. One diner paid 42 dhs for a grill mix with garlic sauce, tahina, salad and soup; another listed chicken curry at 12 dhs and Irani bread at 3 dhs. Family seating and a decent ambience make the branch workable for a casual meal, while takeaway is a preference for at least one regular customer.

The main caution is inconsistency. Some customers found the food fresh, hot and delicious, but others reported burned kabab, tough beef, stale porotta and bland or low-quality biryani rice. Service complaints are more consistent: slow orders, ignored requests, difficulty reaching delivery support and waits at the cash counter.

If you visit, allow extra time and confirm the exact biryani or shawarma format before paying. Late-night comfort may also be an issue, since one diner found the air conditioning inadequate at 11 pm.

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