iBuried
Shuwa goes into the ground wrapped and spiced, and comes back out the best part of a day later, falling apart.
01The Courtyard
Two floors of arcade, and no roof over the middle of it.
“The management of Rozna is honored to welcome you and is pleased to offer you a distinguished menu of selected Omani cuisine dishes prepared by our skilled chefs.”
— The management
Open8:00 AM — 11:30 PM, every day
SeatingCourtyard tables · private rooms upstairs · garden buffet
BookingStrongly recommended. Rozna is usually full.
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Scroll to open the door ↓Rozna
A fort in Muscat that happens to serve lunch.
02The Table
Nothing here is plated for one.
Omani food arrives in the pot it cooked in, set down in the middle, and the table reaches in together. Pick something up.
Please tell your waiter about any food allergies.
03The Arcade
You don't have to take our word for it.
4.6averaged across Google and Tripadvisor from 2,900+ guests
“You just wow as you enter the place. It's like stepping into old Arab stories. Perfect atmosphere, perfect setup.”
“Good Omani food, the atmosphere is amazing, the building itself is so authentic, and the food too. It has an amazing vibe.”
“I wasn't expecting much as it looked like a tourist trip. We had a large table of folk who all had such a wonderful meal, which felt authentic.”
“The ambiance is beautiful and gives a very authentic Omani vibe, especially with the traditional seating and décor.”
04Al Sabla
Al Sabla
Six hundred seated under one ceiling.
The great hall, with the kitchen and the service that feeds the restaurant behind it — so a wedding eats the same food as a Tuesday lunch, at the same standard.
- Capacity
- 600 seated
- Used for
- Weddings · corporate · national day
- Catering
- The restaurant kitchen, not an outside contract
05The Kitchen
Three fires we have not modernised.
Not for the photographs. These methods survived because the food is better out of them, and because a shortcut in an Omani kitchen is audible at the table.
iiiCharcoal
Mandi is finished over coals or in the tandoor. It is the smoke that makes it mandi; everything else is rice.
iiiOn the saj
Bread is pulled off the hot plate in front of you, all day, because bread that waited is a different thing entirely.
06The School
A cuisine that is only ever served eventually stops being made.
So the last room is a classroom. Short courses in Omani cooking for residents and visitors, taught by the chefs who cook it downstairs — the recipes handed on rather than kept.
- Who
- Residents, visitors, and children from 10
- What
- Qabuli, harees, Omani breads, and pottery alongside
- Where
- Upstairs at Rozna, in the teaching kitchen
07The Door Out
Book before you come.
Walk-ins are welcome and often seated at the garden buffet, but the courtyard tables and the private rooms go early. A message on WhatsApp is the fastest way in.
- Hours
- 8:00 AM — 11:30 PM, daily
- Where
- Al Khuwair, near the Ministry of Education, Muscat
- +968 9710 8474
- @roznaoman
Rozna · روزنةDemo concept by The Auren Studio