"Forty years of Lebanese mezze and charcoal grills on the Dead Sea Corniche at the Crowne Plaza. Book it to impress clients."
Burj Al Hamam sits on the Dead Sea Corniche at the Crowne Plaza Dead Sea Resort in Sweimah, the lowest restaurant terrace on earth. It carries one of the best-known names in Lebanese dining, a kitchen that has refined the art of Lebanese cuisine for more than forty years, and it brings that mezze-and-grill tradition to the Jordanian shore. The room looks west across the water toward the sunset. For the wider picture, see our Dead Sea dining guide.
The cooking is classic Lebanese done with care: a long table of cold mezze — tabbouleh, fattoush, hummus, moutabbal, the tangy shanklish, and a smoky mouhammara of walnut and red pepper — followed by hot mezze, charcoal-grilled meats and fresh seafood. The mixed grill is the dish to build a table around, with the mezze spread as the real event before it. Expect around 30 to 45 JOD a head before drinks, less if you keep to mezze. It is generous, sharing-style food meant to fill the centre of the table. Read our guide to the best seafood restaurants worldwide, or compare the Levantine cooking at Rehan Lebanese Cuisine nearby.
The setting is a polished resort dining room that opens onto a terrace facing the Dead Sea, best an hour before sunset when the light turns the water gold. The sound is calm and conversation-easy, the lighting low and warm in the evening, and the tables are spaced for comfort rather than packed. Dress is smart-casual. Service is the attentive, old-school Lebanese kind, and the kitchen runs daily from 12:30 in the afternoon until 10:30 at night.
Book Burj Al Hamam to impress a client because the mezze format is built for hospitality: a generous spread arrives without anyone having to study a menu, the sunset terrace over the Dead Sea gives the meal a sense of occasion, and the forty-year Lebanese name signals you have chosen carefully. Conversation flows easily over shared plates, the pacing is unhurried, and the bill stays reasonable for a setting this striking. Book a terrace table before sunset and let the mezze lead. See more client-dinner restaurants.
Not for a quick solo bite — Burj Al Hamam is a generous, sharing-style Lebanese spread built for a table, so it rewards a group and an unhurried evening.
Yes, for classic Lebanese mezze in a striking setting. On the Dead Sea Corniche at the Crowne Plaza resort in Sweimah, Burj Al Hamam carries a name that has refined Lebanese cuisine for over forty years, with cold and hot mezze, charcoal grills and fresh seafood served on a terrace facing the sunset. Expect around 30–45 JOD a head. See our Dead Sea dining guide for more.
Start with a wide spread of cold mezze — tabbouleh, fattoush, hummus, moutabbal, the tangy shanklish and a smoky mouhammara — then move to the hot mezze and the charcoal-grilled mixed grill, with fresh seafood if you want it. The mezze is the real event, so order generously across the table. Expect around 30 to 45 JOD per person before drinks, less if you stay with the mezze.
Burj Al Hamam is on the Dead Sea Corniche at the Crowne Plaza Dead Sea Resort in Sweimah, Jordan, with an indoor dining room and a terrace facing the water. It is open daily from 12:30 in the afternoon until 10:30 at night. The terrace tables are the ones to ask for, and they fill first around sunset, so reserve through the resort if you want the view.
Yes. The sharing-style mezze format suits a table of any size, the sunset terrace over the Dead Sea gives a client dinner a sense of occasion, and the unhurried service keeps conversation flowing. The bill stays reasonable for the setting, which makes it a confident choice to impress clients or host a team. Book a terrace table before sunset. See our client-dinner guide for more.
Reserve through the Crowne Plaza resort or by phone. The terrace tables facing the Dead Sea go first at sunset.
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Burj Al Hamam earns its place for forty years of Lebanese mezze and a sunset terrace on the Dead Sea Corniche.
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