Al Rous Al Bahar Restaurant

Al Rous Al Bahar is a seafront Arabic and seafood restaurant in Fujairah city, trading on fresh fish from the local catch and a tree-shaded setting that draws regulars for unhurried lunches and dinners. The room is unfussy and workaday in style, which suits a cuisine that does not need dressing up to deliver. The menu focuses on grilled and fried seafood - whole sea bream, hammour fillets, prawns and calamari - with a smaller Arabic mezze line alongside to build out a full table. Expect generous portions, properly seasoned rice beds and complimentary bread and pickles to open the meal. Seasonal catches are worth asking about; the kitchen is happy to grill or fry to order. Service runs warm and local in tone, and prices sit firmly at the fair end of the category - meaningfully below what the equivalent plate costs at a hotel restaurant. For a no-frills fresh-fish meal away from the city's tourist axis, Al Rous Al Bahar is a useful address to know, particularly for visitors who want to try the local catch prepared plainly and well.