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Lulu Murabba, Riyadh

Crisp puri.Cold mint water.Since 1952.

Chaat the way Bombay makes it, in the heart of Riyadh.

Pani puri shells tumbling from a paper cone onto a teal wooden table.
The House

Seven decades of getting one bite right

Kailash Parbat has been making chaat since 1952. The recipes never travelled far from where they began — they simply learned how to travel.

Chaat is not a course. It is a moment: the crack of a puri, the cold rush of mint water, the sweet-sour pull of tamarind, all inside a few seconds. Everything here is built around getting that moment right.

The Lulu Murabba kitchen works to the same measures. What changes is the room, and who you share the table with.

Established
1952
Kitchen
Vegetarian
Al Murabba
Riyadh
Signatures

What the counter is known for

Five plates that explain the kitchen faster than a menu can.

Puri cups under whipped yoghurt, mint and tamarind, finished with pomegranate.
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Dahi Puri

Puri cups under whipped yoghurt, mint and tamarind, finished with pomegranate.

Crisp semolina shells filled to order with chilled mint-tamarind water.
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Pani Puri

Crisp semolina shells filled to order with chilled mint-tamarind water.

Fresh paneer in a slow tomato-butter gravy, finished with cream.
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Paneer Makhani

Fresh paneer in a slow tomato-butter gravy, finished with cream.

Two potato patties under a warm white-pea ragda.
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Ragda Pattice

Two potato patties under a warm white-pea ragda.

Puffed rice tossed to order with onion, coriander and sweet-hot chutneys.
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Bhel Puri

Puffed rice tossed to order with onion, coriander and sweet-hot chutneys.

The Room

Built for lingering

The Lulu Murabba dining room sits inside the hypermarket at Al Murabba — open counters, warm brass light and enough table space for the long, unhurried kind of meal chaat is meant to be.

Guests

Riyadh has its own opinion

Thousands of people have eaten here and said so publicly. Their words are on Google, in their own language, unedited.

Visit

Lulu Murabba, Riyadh

Address

Inside Lulu Hypermarket, Al Murabba, Riyadh.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia