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Albaik

Mecca, Saudi Arabia
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Ranked #1 of 6 restaurants in Mecca
Price range: RM9 - RM30
Dining options: After-hours
Most recent review
- 21 May 2013
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Dining options: After-hours
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86% Recommend
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Algiers, Algeria
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3 reviews 3 reviews
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2013 NEW

When I went to Umrah, all of the brothers were raving about this place and it was for a good reason. The chicken at Albaik was delicious. There are many places that serve the same category of food in Mecca and all of Saudi Arabia for that matter, but this was the best.

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Chicago, Illinois
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47 reviews 47 reviews
21 restaurant reviews
25 helpful votes 25 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2013 NEW

So the expedition to Albaik was mostly done so that we can see if it was as good as we remembered it. And lets just say it did not disappoint. We traveled from the Haram in Mecca by taxi to the nearest Albaik that cost 30 SR one way. My husband went in side while I stood outside with the... More

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Chicago, Illinois
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9 reviews 9 reviews
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2013

for a reason or another it is the most famous fast food store in Makkah, although it is fast food - Junk- but still ithas a high traffic. maybe becuase people don't have enough time to go for a fine dinning restaurant or the absence of these kind of restaurant in Makkah...

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Sarasota, Florida
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39 reviews 39 reviews
6 restaurant reviews
27 helpful votes 27 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 May 2013

This restaurant served the best fried chicken I have ever tasted. The chicken is juicy and served with a delicious garlic sauce. There are several chicken related orders (Wraps, Chicken nuggets). And they have recently introduced a fried shrimp meal, Which I do not recommend. The restaurant is always crowded, and there are no family section. So you should be... More

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Mecca, Saudi Arabia
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21 reviews 21 reviews
5 restaurant reviews
28 helpful votes 28 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 May 2013

it is the famous fast food store in western province, they have almost a dozen of stores in makkah located in diferent district probably to cover the demand.... always corwded espcially afer and between prayer timings. service process is efficient although it has a long queues. food is served almost all the time hot, depending on sotre demands.

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Alexandria, Egypt
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22 reviews 22 reviews
4 restaurant reviews
12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 May 2013

The most local food meal here is chicken and fried potatoes, there are a lot of restaurants here selling same meal, but i enjoyed the food of that one, as many locales here assured that it is the best

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Karachi, Pakistan
2 reviews
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 May 2013

the best thing to eat in Saudi Arabia , u should never miss this chicken broast . its easly available in makkah and madinah

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Cape Town Central, South Africa
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4 reviews 4 reviews
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 April 2013

on my way to the airpoirt my husband went into albaik to buy food for the road, the wait was not too long the food was nice

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Cape Town Central, South Africa
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21 reviews 21 reviews
12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 April 2013

Chicken fresh and taste divine,crispy pity there is so few around in the immediate vicinity of Maka.Found mostly around the outskirts of Medina and Maka.

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 April 2013 via mobile

The staff who is serving the food needs to be more professionals.they needs to have some training ,also in Makkah they will have the gust mostly from out Side of the country it's mean no Arabic so the staff should have to be good in English,they dond know how to respect the guest,the supervisors are not able to solve the... More

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