Sedra Bawadi Restaurant

Sedra Bawadi is the all-day dining room at the Ayla Bawadi Hotel, a short walk from Bawadi Mall and positioned as a dependable buffet option for both in-house guests and Al Ain residents looking for a family-friendly weekend lunch. The dining room is spacious and bright, and the relaxed, low-key atmosphere makes it a natural choice for long unhurried meals, occasion lunches and the pool-and-lunch day offer that regulars build their weekends around. The buffet is the venue's defining proposition, run across breakfast, lunch and dinner with a selection that leans Indian, Arabic and Asian with a smaller Western rotation. The chicken biryani and butter chicken are the kitchen's most confident plates, the grilled-meat station consistently well-handled, and the umm ali and samosas are the sides guests return for. Breakfast is generous, with a strong omelette station handled to order, though the tea selection runs narrower than some guests expect (black tea as standard, herbal or green at a supplement). The spread's main limitation is breadth rather than quality: mains number fewer than larger hotel buffets, with the grill accounting for a sizeable share, so return visitors over multi-night stays may find the rotation tight. Service is the restaurant's real strength. Rana, Emma, Rosalie, Julie, Shambhu, Abdullah, Vijay Kumar, Trixie, Kanchana and chefs Murali, Santhosh and Sajan are the recurring names on an attentive, visibly coordinated floor. The team accommodates special occasions with complimentary cakes, remembers returning guests, and handles dietary requests with evident care. Pricing sits at a fair value point for the format, particularly given the portion sizes and the pool-access bundle. A sensible choice for an unhurried family meal rather than a culinary destination.