aalia
AALIA introduces a new perspective on Middle Eastern cuisine, unlike any other restaurant in the world. Our ambition is realised in space, an experience that fluidly blends the past with the now, the interior with the exterior.
The culinary team, led by Executive Chef Paul Farag, received two hats within months of opening. Discard your assumptions at the door. Embrace the unexplored and reimagine the possibilities of Middle Eastern cuisine.
AALIA earned two Good Food Guide chef hats shortly after opening and was named Gourmet Traveller’s NSW Restaurant of the Year 2023.
about the chef
The culinary team at AALIA is led by Executive Chef Paul Farag who has spent years exploring dishes and techniques from lesser-known regions and coastlines of the Middle East and North Africa. Farag has discovered forgotten ingredients from millennia ago and uncovered recipes from within the pages of 10th century Arabic cookbooks to combine ingredients from across territories and times, offering diners an Arabian nomadic time-travelling odyssey of dishes.
hours
Lunch Tuesday – Saturday 12pm to 2.30pm
Dinner Monday – Saturday 5.30pm to 10pm
location
25 Martin Place, Sydney 2000
menu
Browse the menu by clicking below.
book
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events & private dining
You can hire out our whole venue or choose to host an intimate gathering in our semi private dining room for up to 18 guests.
