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Italian kitchen in Jabal Amman

Bayt Al Maakarona

Fresh pasta | Wood-fired pizza

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  • Since 1978
  • Pasta rolled by hand every morning

Opening hours

Last orders 30 minutes before closing. Family lunch every Wednesday from 12:30.

Saturday – Thursday
12:30–23:30
Friday
13:30–23:30

Since 1978

Welcome to the family table

Three generations of the Barakat family have cooked in this kitchen on Rainbow Street. We still roll the pasta by hand every morning, simmer the tomato sauce for four hours and bake our bread in the same stone oven.

Our story

House favourites

  • Beef Bresaola and Fontina

    JD 8.50

    Thin-sliced beef bresaola, fontina, rocket and roasted aubergine spread

  • Chicken Italiano

    JD 9.00

    Grilled chicken with lemon, rosemary and a crisp salad

  • Spaghetti al Pomodoro

    JD 7.50

    Hand-cut spaghetti, slow-cooked tomato sauce, basil and parmesan

  • Lasagne della Nonna

    JD 9.50

    Fresh pasta sheets, beef ragù, béchamel and mozzarella

  • Baked Meatballs

    JD 8.75

    Beef and lamb meatballs baked in marinara with melted mozzarella

Hungry for more?

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Ingredients we know by name

Tomatoes and herbs come from a family farm in the Jordan Valley and our olive oil from groves in Ajloun. Parmesan and mozzarella arrive from small Italian dairies, and everything else, from the pasta to the tiramisu, we make here.

Handmade pasta parcels with sage butter and parmesan on a ceramic plate

Every Wednesday

Family lunch for JD 6 a plate

Six lunch plates at JD 6 each, served with fresh lemonade with mint, every Wednesday from 12:30 to 16:00.

See the lunch menu

What our guests say

We came for my father's seventieth birthday and the kitchen made his favourite lasagne for the whole table.
Rami Saeed Abdoun
The spaghetti al pomodoro tastes like the one I ate in Naples. Simple and perfect.
Rawad Ghazal Sweifieh
A quiet family corner, friendly waiters and the best tiramisu in Jabal Amman.
Elias Sweis Jabal Al Weibdeh

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Groups of ten or more, please call a day ahead.

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