Food

Joontos in Mangaf: The Rib Eye at 13.950, and a Kids Menu Ten Dinars Below It

A kitchen with a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide Saudi Arabia opens its second branch on the Ahmadi coast.

Joontos is the restaurant of Ray Hotel by Cloud 7 in Mangaf. The hotel opened on the waterfront in June 2026 with fifty-nine rooms and suites; the address is Mangaf, Ahmadi, and the phone is 22208899. The name is from the Spanish juntos — together.

The second branch of a rated kitchen

The first is at Dar Tantora The House Hotel in AlUla, which holds a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide Saudi Arabia 2025. The brand’s corporate executive chef is Jaume Puigdengolas and the operator is Kerten Hospitality.

The hours

  • Breakfast 07:30 to 11:00, for hotel guests only.
  • Lunch 12:00 to 16:00.
  • Dinner 19:00 to 23:00, last food order 22:30.
  • Reservations on 60727702.

Prices from the restaurant’s own menu

  • Starters: green falafel, garlic bread and batata harra at 2.450 each; a dip selection at 5.450; crispy king prawns at 3.950; yuzu kosho wings at 3.250.
  • Mains: shish tawook, lamb kofta and pizza al tartufo at 5.450; truffle paccheri and baked shrimp cacio e pepe at 6.450; grilled baby chicken at 7.950; lamb shank, king prawns al ajillo and whole grilled market fish in banana leaf at 9.950; whole fried seabass in adobo at 11.950.
  • The rib eye at 13.950, the most expensive plate on the menu.
  • Kids: pasta and pizza margherita at 2.900, chicken tenders at 4.000, fish fingers at 4.250. All four desserts are a flat 3.950.
  • Coffee: espresso 2.000; latte, americano, cappuccino and flat white 2.500; Turkish and French 2.250; V60 3.750; and Arabic coffee at 4.750, the dearest hot drink on the list.

What the menu does not say

It carries no valid-from date, so the prices may move. No precise opening date for the restaurant itself has been announced, and no seat count. The hotel is alcohol-free under Kuwaiti law, and the list runs mocktails and fresh juice at 3.000.

Photo: A hotel dining room. Photograph by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. It is not Joontos.

Source: The Ray Hotel by Cloud 7 website and the Joontos menu published on it.

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