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Best Restaurants Open Late in Riyadh 2026
Restaurants open late · Riyadh · 6 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 16, 2026 · Updated June 21, 2026
One in the morning at the King Abdullah Financial District, and the robata at Zuma is still going out. Riyadh dines late by habit and by climate; in summer the city does its real eating after dark, and the best kitchens run to midnight and beyond. There is no alcohol anywhere in the Kingdom, so a late table here is about the food and the room, not a last-orders bar. The six rooms below all keep the kitchen, not just the door, open at or past 23:00, several to one in the morning. We checked last seating against each house.
1.Zuma
Riyadh's benchmark late kitchen, robata to 1am at KAFD; book it for a long late dinner with a crowd.
Zuma runs two floors at the King Abdullah Financial District, the Rainer Becker izakaya brand serving to 1am daily, the latest serious kitchen in the city. The order is the miso-marinated black cod in hoba leaf at SAR 258, the robata skewers and the sushi pass, with spend around SAR 350 to 600 a head. Named FACT Restaurant of the Year 2025 and carried in the Michelin Guide to Riyadh, it holds its standard right up to close, which most late rooms do not. It plays the way the London and Dubai Zumas play, a loud, polished late dinner. Book the late slot for the full room.
Reserve direct; black cod, robata, late seating after eleven.
2.Spago
Wolfgang Puck's Via Riyadh room serving to 1am; go for the late table and the agnolotti.
Spago is Wolfgang Puck's Via Riyadh address, run day to day by chef Daniel Irvine, with the kitchen open to 1am. The cooking is the Californian-Italian Spago playbook adapted for Riyadh, the agnolotti, the wood-grilled sea bass near SAR 490 and the smoked-salmon pizza, in a polished room with spend that climbs toward SAR 850 a head. Opened with the Via Riyadh dining quarter, it is the late table for a destination dinner rather than a quick bite, the Beverly Hills original transplanted to the Diplomatic Quarter side of the city. Reserve the late slot and let the kitchen send the pasta.
Reserve direct; agnolotti and grilled sea bass, late table.
3.Porterhouse
A dry-aging steakhouse serving to 12:30am; book it for a late, meat-led dinner in Olaya.
Porterhouse has worked King Fahd Road in Al Olaya since 2016, a steakhouse that ages its own beef and keeps the kitchen open to 12:30am, to 1am on Thursday and Friday. The draw is wagyu dry-aged 21 days in-house and the cuts off the grill, with spend around SAR 280 to 520 a head. It is the city's reliable late steakhouse, the table for a meat-led dinner after a late meeting or a film, central in Olaya and open well past midnight on weekends. Think of it as Riyadh's equivalent of a New York chophouse that never rushes the last table. Book the late slot and order the dry-aged cut.
Reserve direct; dry-aged cut, late table in Olaya.
4.COYA
Peruvian glamour serving to midnight; go for ceviche and anticuchos late with a group.
COYA Riyadh brought its Latin-American glamour to As Sulimaniyah in 2022, a high-energy room serving to midnight Saturday through Wednesday and to 12:30am on Thursday and Friday. The kitchen runs the COYA canon, the ceviche marinated in panca chilli, the anticuchos off the grill and the Menu de la Casa at SAR 450 a head. It is the late room for a celebration rather than a quiet supper, loud and full past eleven, the Riyadh cousin of the London and Dubai COYAs. Take a group, order to share, and let the kitchen keep the plates coming after midnight on a weekend.
Reserve direct; ceviche, anticuchos, Menu de la Casa to share.
5.Nozomi
A long-running Japanese room serving to midnight; book it for late sushi and black cod in Olaya.
Nozomi relocated to King Fahd Road in Al Olaya and keeps the kitchen open to midnight Saturday through Wednesday, to 1am on Thursday and Friday. The cooking is contemporary Japanese, the sushi and sashimi pass and the black cod miso, with spend around SAR 220 to 420 a head, the gentlest bill among the city's high-end Japanese rooms. It is a steady late option for raw fish when Zuma is full, central and reliable past eleven. The room reads like a Knightsbridge Japanese transplanted to Olaya, calm where COYA is loud. Sit at the counter and order the black cod for the late table.
Reserve direct; counter sushi and black cod, late seating.
6.Lusin
Riyadh's Michelin-listed Armenian room serving to midnight; go for manti and a late family-style table.
Lusin runs in Centria Mall in Olaya and a second address in An Nakheel, an Armenian kitchen carried in the Michelin Guide to Riyadh that serves to midnight nightly. The cooking is the Armenian home canon raised to restaurant level, hand-folded manti dumplings, lahmajoun and slow-cooked lamb, with spend around SAR 200 to 380 a head. It is the late table for something other than Japanese or steak, a warm, family-style room that holds up past eleven and brings returning guests back for the manti. It plays in Riyadh the way a Glendale Armenian institution plays in Los Angeles, heritage cooking at full volume. Book the late table and order to share.
Reserve direct; manti and lamb, late family-style table.
Not for a late dinner
The fine-dining room that shuts at eleven
La Petite Maison. LPM in Olaya is one of the best Mediterranean rooms in the city, the filet de boeuf and the burrata worth the trip, but the venue closes at 23:00, so the kitchen stops before. It fits the luxury bill but not the late-kitchen test; book it for an earlier dinner and keep it off your after-eleven list.
The single-seating tasting that ends by 10:30
Julien by Daniel Boulud. Daniel Boulud's tasting room runs one fixed seating that begins at 7:30pm and is done by about 10:30, so there is no late arrival to be had. It is a destination meal, but a planned early one. For a kitchen still serving at midnight, choose Zuma, Spago or Porterhouse above.
Late-night strategy in Riyadh
Riyadh's late dining concentrates in three areas. The newest and latest is the King Abdullah Financial District, where Zuma runs to 1am. Via Riyadh, the dining quarter on the Diplomatic Quarter side, holds Spago to 1am. The densest cluster is Olaya, the central spine, where Porterhouse, Nozomi and Lusin all serve to midnight or later within a short drive of each other. Decide if you want Japanese, steak, Peruvian or Armenian first, then pick the district, because crossing Riyadh late at night still takes time.
The key check is kitchen time, not door time. Several smart rooms stay lit late but stop cooking before eleven, and a few, like LPM, close the whole venue at 23:00. Always confirm last seating, and note that Thursday and Friday, the Saudi weekend, run the latest, with Zuma, COYA and Nozomi all extending to 1am or 12:30. There is no alcohol anywhere, so these are food-and-room nights; book the late slot directly, dress smart, and expect the city's restaurants to be at their fullest well after most Western kitchens have closed.
Frequently asked
What are the best restaurants open late in Riyadh?
Zuma at KAFD serves the latest of the serious kitchens, running to 1am, with Spago on Via Riyadh matching it to 1am and Porterhouse in Olaya to 12:30am, or 1am on weekends. COYA, Nozomi and Lusin all serve to midnight or later. These are kitchen hours, not just bar times, so you can order a full meal close to closing. Thursday and Friday, the Saudi weekend, run the latest.
Can you eat after midnight in Riyadh?
Yes. Zuma and Spago both keep the kitchen open to 1am daily, and Porterhouse runs to 1am on Thursday and Friday, so a full dinner after midnight is easy at the top end. COYA extends to 12:30am on weekends and Nozomi to 1am. Aim to be seated by around 12:30 to order comfortably, and book the late slot directly rather than walking in on a busy weekend night.
Do Riyadh restaurants serve alcohol late at night?
No. Saudi Arabia bans alcohol nationwide, so no restaurant in Riyadh serves wine, beer or spirits at any hour. A late table here is about the food, the room and the company rather than a bar. Expect elaborate non-alcoholic programmes instead, from fresh juices and mocktails to specialty coffee and tea, at rooms like Zuma, COYA and Spago, which take the drinks list seriously without alcohol.
Which late Riyadh restaurant is best value?
Among the late rooms, Nozomi is the gentlest bill at around SAR 220 to 420 a head for high-end Japanese, and Lusin's Armenian table runs about SAR 200 to 380. Both serve to midnight or later. Zuma and Spago sit higher, toward SAR 350 to 850 a head, so for a late meal that does not break the bank, Nozomi and Lusin in Olaya are the picks, with a full kitchen still running past eleven.
Do you need a reservation for a late table in Riyadh?
On Thursday and Friday nights, yes; the late rooms fill, and Zuma, COYA and Spago are hard to walk into after eleven on the Saudi weekend. Book directly or through the restaurant's app a day or two ahead. Midweek, a late table is easier, but a reservation still secures the better seating. Porterhouse, Nozomi and Lusin in Olaya are the safer late walk-ins midweek if you have not booked.
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