Country dossier
Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries across Syria in the En Primeur Club guide.
City atlas
Syria
Selected entries from the current guide for Syria.
Damascus, Syria
Bakdash is one of Damascus's most enduring ice cream institutions, operating from the Al-Hamidiyah Souq and built around a tradition of stretching and pounding kaymak-laden booza that has defined Syrian frozen confectionery for generations. The spectacle of preparation is inseparable from the product itself, placing it at the intersection of street food culture and living culinary heritage in one of the Middle East's oldest continuously inhabited cities.
Al Qaimarryeh, Syria
On Midhat Basha Street in Damascus's Old City quarter of Al-Qaimarryeh, Naranj takes its name from the bitter orange, a cornerstone ingredient in the older, less exported register of Syrian cooking. The setting, a historic Levantine courtyard building, frames the meal before any food arrives. For visitors with time to spend in the UNESCO-listed old walls, it represents the heritage end of the Damascus dining spectrum.
Damascus, Syria
Saddeq Shawerma is a Damascus institution that places the city's shawarma tradition at the centre of its offer. In a city where the rotating spit has shaped street-food culture for generations, Saddeq represents the neighbourhood standard against which other counters are measured. Practical, direct, and rooted in Syrian culinary habit, it is a reference point for the form.
Damascus, Syria
Where Damascus Eats Like Damascus There is a particular rhythm to eating in the Syrian capital that visitors from outside the Levant rarely anticipate. The meal does not begin with a menu and end with a bill. It begins with the street itself...
Syria
Selected entries from the current guide for Syria.
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Syria
Selected entries from the current guide for Syria.
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Syria
Selected entries from the current guide for Syria.
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