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Best Restaurants With a View in Riyadh 2026
Restaurants with a view · Riyadh · 6 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 16, 2026 · Updated June 21, 2026
Riyadh has no coast and no river, so the view here is not water but the desert city itself, seen two ways. The skyline version belongs to the Olaya towers, headlined by the golden orb on top of the Al Faisaliah Tower and the steakhouse on its 21st floor. The better story sits 15 minutes northwest at Diriyah, where Bujairi Terrace lines a ridge over the mud-brick ruins of At-Turaif, the first Saudi capital, and the green cut of Wadi Hanifah. The hazard is the sky room that sells the altitude and forgets the plate. The six tables below back the view with a kitchen that means it.
1.The Globe
Riyadh's skyline benchmark inside the Faisaliah golden orb, a full 360 over the city; book it for an occasion dinner.
The Globe sits inside the golden sphere that crowns the Al Faisaliah Tower in Olaya, a Mandarin Oriental room about 267 metres over the city with a 360-degree sweep across the Riyadh skyline and the Kingdom Tower in the distance. The kitchen runs modern European with Arabic accents, and dinner carries a minimum spend around SAR 350 a head. Listed in the Michelin Guide to Riyadh, it is the clearest skyline-dining benchmark the city has, a Gulf cousin to a glass-orb tower room in Shanghai. Book a window seat after dark, when the Olaya towers light up beneath the sphere.
Reserve direct or on OpenTable; window seat after dark.
2.Entrecote Cafe de Paris
A 21st-floor steak-frites room with a full-city panorama; go for the single set menu and the window.
Entrecote Cafe de Paris holds the 21st floor of the Al Faisaliah Tower in Olaya, a sister to the Geneva original that opened in Riyadh in 2005 and trades on one dish done well. There is a single set formula, a green salad with walnuts then sliced entrecote in the Cafe de Paris herb-butter sauce, the recipe flown from Geneva, served in two helpings, with frites refilled. The set menu runs about SAR 130 to 180 a head, strong value for the height. It is the skyline table with the lowest bill and a genuine high-floor panorama. Ask for a window when you book.
Reserve direct; one set menu, ask for a window seat.
3.Hakkasan Diriyah
Cantonese cooking on a Bujairi terrace above the At-Turaif ruins; reserve it for a heritage-view dinner.
Hakkasan brought its dark-glamour Cantonese to Bujairi Terrace in Diriyah when the district opened in December 2022, a terrace table looking out over the mud-brick walls of the At-Turaif UNESCO site and Wadi Hanifah. The kitchen runs the group's signatures, the crispy duck salad, dim sum and the Peking duck at SAR 688, with set menus from around SAR 598 a head. It is one of several Michelin-listed brands on the terrace, and the only one pairing wok cooking with a heritage view. Think of it as Riyadh's answer to a Hong Kong harbour Cantonese room, the water swapped for nine centuries of Saudi history. Reserve a terrace edge at sunset, when the old walls glow.
Reserve direct; terrace edge facing At-Turaif.
4.Tatel Diriyah
Spanish haute cuisine facing the mud-brick UNESCO city; try it once for the terrace at dusk.
Tatel, the Madrid-born Spanish house backed by a celebrity ownership group that includes Rafael Nadal, runs a Diriyah outpost on Bujairi Terrace with a long patio over At-Turaif, open since February 2023. The kitchen sends out its truffle risotto near SAR 240, fried eggs with red tuna tartare and slow-cooked beef ribs, modern Spanish plates at fine-dining prices. One of the terrace's Michelin-listed names, it trades the Madrid skyline of the original for the floodlit ruins of the first Saudi capital. Try it once for a patio table at dusk, when the call to prayer carries across Wadi Hanifah and the old city lights up below.
Reserve direct; patio table at dusk.
5.Long Chim Diriyah
David Thompson's street-Thai with the At-Turaif skyline below; go for a casual heritage-view evening.
Long Chim, chef David Thompson's Bangkok street-food brand, holds a terrace at Bujairi over the At-Turaif ruins, the loudest and most casual of Diriyah's Michelin-listed kitchens. The menu runs the hawker canon, the chiang mai larb, the pad Thai and a fiercely hot jungle curry, with a meal for two landing around SAR 300 to 400, undercutting its neighbours. Open since the December 2022 launch, it pairs blunt, chilli-forward cooking with one of the best heritage views on the ridge. It plays in Riyadh the way a Bangkok shophouse plays over the Chao Phraya, the river here a dry wadi and a thousand years of walls. Go for a casual heritage-view evening with the table sharing.
Reserve direct; share plates on the terrace.
6.Maiz Diriyah
Modern Najdi cooking on a Bujairi terrace over the first Saudi capital; book it to taste Saudi heritage where it began.
Maiz is the homegrown Saudi kitchen on Bujairi Terrace, a modern Najdi room and terrace looking straight over the mud-brick palaces of At-Turaif. The kitchen reworks the heritage canon with technique on the Maiz Experience tasting, around SAR 385 for six courses and SAR 485 for eight, built on chicken saleeg, jareesh of fermented wheat and slow mandi lamb. It opened with the terrace in December 2022 and sits among the district's homegrown names, the one table here serving the food of the place rather than an import. Where the others bring Cantonese, Spanish or Thai, Maiz answers with the cooking of Najd over its own first capital. Book it for the evening table, when the ruins floodlight.
Reserve direct; terrace facing At-Turaif at dusk.
Avoid for a view
The observation deck, not a table
Kingdom Centre Sky Bridge. The Sky Bridge on the 99th floor of the Kingdom Centre Tower has the highest public view in Riyadh, but it is an observation deck, not a restaurant; there is no kitchen at the top. Ride up for the panorama, then come back down to eat at The Globe or out at Diriyah.
The terrace that faces the wrong way
Not every Bujairi Terrace seat has the view. Several of the cafes and quick bites along the inner pedestrian lanes look onto the alleyways rather than At-Turaif, and the French truffle room Chez Bruno changes its terrace orientation by season, so confirm before you commit. Book a venue on the outer ridge and ask for a table facing the ruins when you reserve.
Reservation strategy for a Riyadh view table
Riyadh's view dining splits between two districts, so decide which view you want first. The skyline tables are in Olaya in the centre: The Globe inside the Faisaliah orb, where dinner runs on a minimum spend, and Entrecote Cafe de Paris on the tower's 21st floor for the same panorama at a fraction of the bill. The heritage tables are 15 minutes northwest at Diriyah, where Bujairi Terrace lines a ridge over the At-Turaif ruins; Hakkasan, Tatel, Long Chim and the homegrown Maiz all sit on that terrace, and at every one you should ask for an outer table facing the old city.
Diriyah runs on a Diriyah Pass, free to enter from 10:00 to 17:00 and SAR 50 from 17:00 to midnight, seven days a week, so an evening table carries that small entry charge on top of dinner. Sunset is the prize on the ridge, the ruins floodlit and the heat off, so book a terrace table for the last hour of light and confirm the orientation. Riyadh is a dry city, so these rooms are about the food and the view rather than a wine list. Weekends, Thursday and Friday nights, fill first; reserve several days out and dress smart-formal for The Globe and the Bujairi fine-diners.
Frequently asked
What is the best restaurant with a view in Riyadh?
The Globe, inside the golden sphere atop the Al Faisaliah Tower in Olaya, is the city's benchmark skyline table. A Mandarin Oriental room about 267 metres over the centre, it has a 360-degree view across Riyadh and the Kingdom Tower, runs modern European cooking on a dinner minimum spend around SAR 350, and is listed in the Michelin Guide to Riyadh. Book a window seat after dark for the lit Olaya towers.
Where can you dine with a view of At-Turaif and Diriyah?
Bujairi Terrace in Diriyah lines a ridge directly over the mud-brick ruins of At-Turaif and Wadi Hanifah. Hakkasan, Tatel, Long Chim and the homegrown Saudi room Maiz all have terraces facing the UNESCO heritage site, best at sunset when the old city is floodlit. Entry needs a Diriyah Pass, free until 5pm and SAR 50 after, and you should ask for an outer terrace table when you book.
Is there a cheaper view dinner than The Globe in Riyadh?
Yes. Entrecote Cafe de Paris on the 21st floor of the Al Faisaliah Tower shares the same Olaya skyline as The Globe but runs a single set steak-frites menu at about SAR 130 to 180 a head, far below The Globe's minimum spend. Out at Diriyah, Long Chim is the gentlest bill on Bujairi Terrace, with a meal for two around SAR 300 to 400 over the At-Turaif ruins.
Do you need a Diriyah Pass to eat at Bujairi Terrace?
Yes. Bujairi Terrace sits inside the Diriyah heritage development, which requires a Diriyah Pass, available through the official Diriyah website. Entry is free from 10:00 to 17:00 and SAR 50 from 17:00 to midnight, seven days a week, on top of your restaurant bill. The pass also gives access to the At-Turaif UNESCO World Heritage Site itself.
How much does a view dinner in Riyadh cost?
Plan on a premium at the top. The Globe runs a dinner minimum spend around SAR 350 a head, while Entrecote on the same tower is far gentler at SAR 130 to 180. At Diriyah, Hakkasan and Tatel sit at international fine-dining prices, with Long Chim and Maiz the softer bills. Evening entry to Diriyah adds a SAR 50 pass after 5pm. These are dry rooms, so there is no wine bill to add.
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