Rob Preston, the Retail Operations Manager at Lulu Hypermarkets in Al Ain, told me that there’s a new restaurant in town which he highly recommends. It’s called Taj Spices, and it recently opened in the Al Foah Mall as you drive out of Al Ain to Dubai. (When you reach the coffee pot roundabout, turn […]
Evenings out
Steak and Grill at the Palm Golf Club in Al Ain
The Steak and Grill is a very popular restaurant in Al Ain. It’s located at the Golf Club at the Palm Resort at the far west side of Al Ain. It is known for giving you very hot slates so you can lay on raw steaks, chicken, shrimps or fish and cook it as you […]
Grand Cinemas at Bawadi Mall, Al Ain
At the south end of the upper floor at the Bawadi Mall in Al Ain is Grand Cinemas with 8 screens. It’s 30 AED for a ticket, and 35 AED for a seat in the VIP section which takes up the back 3 rows. One challenge: when our sons were aged 10 and 7, we […]
Al Ain Mall cinemas
Al Ain Mall has a cinema on the top level which has 4 screens. You can go to the Grand Cinemas website to see what is showing. As of the time of writing this short article, this website does not have a separate listing for the Al Ain Mall Cinema. Al Ain Mall Cinema staff […]
Classical music concerts held in Al Ain
Here are details of 2 classical music events which took place in Al Ain in 2011 so you have an idea what may happen in 2012 and beyond… Symphonic Masterworks – Classical hits Location: Al Jahili Fort Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI Juraj Valcuha, conductor Evgeni Bozhanov, piano What they played… Dmitri Shostakovich, Festive […]
WOMAD Festival, Al Ain
Early in 2010 and 2011, the WOMAD (World Of Music, Arts and Dance) Festival came to Al Ain – and took place inside this magnificent fort, on the road heading south from the Rotana Hotel… The events were free, and suitable for children, so all 4 of us went along for one of the 2 […]
Grand Cinemas Rotana, Al Ain
I think that the Grand Cinemas is one of the first movie theatres in Al Ain, if not the very first. It’s situated below ground, next to the Rotana Hotel… They have 4 screens there. One of the smaller screens had a rip about a foot long (30 cms) in the centre right of the […]
See a good movie for free at the Alliance Francaise, Al Ain
Every second Thursday you can go to the Alliance Francaise in Al Ain, located near the airport, and watch a popular French film which is subtitled in English. There’s no charge. I went to see a film there earlier in 2010 with a friend of mine. The film is projected onto a large white screen […]
Al Ain Choral Society
Al Ain Choral Society is a mixed adult choir. Each year the choir normally does a Christmas concert in December and a less formal musical event in the late spring. The members rehearse on Sunday evenings from 7.30 to 9pm in the Music Room at Al Ain English Speaking School. New members are always welcome: […]