Azal Restaurant & Hall Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Azal Restaurant & Hall, a culinary gem nestled in the vibrant Bronx neighborhood of Little Yemen. This restaurant specializes in authentic Yemeni cuisine, where warmth and tradition permeate every dish. Guests rave about the succulent haneeth, a slow-cooked lamb served atop fragrant rice, and the rich, bubbling fahsa stew, perfect for sharing.
At Azal, dining goes beyond just a meal—it's an experience steeped in community and hospitality. Guests can enjoy complimentary self-serve drinks like lemonades and the flavorful Vimto, while friendly staff provide thoughtful service. The ambiance is cozy, with family-style seating that encourages laughter and conversation over generous portions.
With its dedication to preserving authentic flavors and offering a taste of home, Azal Restaurant & Hall is a must-visit for anyone craving genuine Yemeni flavors.
Traditional Yemeni Dishes
Lamb Haneeth / لحم حنيذ
Our world-famous roasted lamb Yemeni season, and slow cooked under high pressure to create the most tender piece of lamb to ever taste.
Boiled Lamb Massloug / لحم مسلوق
A very tender chunk of lamb sauteed, then boiled in a seasoned Mira pox for four hours & served over basmati rice, topped with vegetable sauce.
Fahsah Lamb / فحسة لحم
Traditional dish of shredded lamb and mashed potatoes. Served bubbling hot in a clay pot with fresh clay oven bread.
Salta Lamb / سلتة لحم
Fresh root vegetables combined with whipped fenugreek. Served bubbling hot in a clay bowl with fresh tanoor bread.
Zurbian Lamb / زربيان لحم
Lamb Glaba cooked with long grain basmati rice scallion with parsley, potatoes and onion served mixed and ready to eat.
Mendi Lamb Special / لحم مندي خاص
Slow steamed lamb, Azal seasoning, and cooked to perfection. Served with Azal rice and soup, with salad and besbas adeni on the side.
Kebsah Lamb / كبسة لحم
The ultimate Yemeni roasted mix lamb with rice and potatoes. Served with Yemeni Spices.
Aqdah Lamb /عقدة لحم
A Yemeni-style stew cooked with chunks of lamb carrots, potatoes, onions, and parsley, served with your choice of Zorbian rice or tanner bread.
Burum Lamb Special / برم لحم
Single-cooked lamb with Yemeni broth. Served in a clay pot and topped with vegetables & Yemeni spices.
Aseed With Lamb / عصيد مع اللحم
Aseed with lamb cooked Yemeni style; wholewheat flour, milk, salt, and water mixed. Served with maraq and lamb. Special cooked with brown onions.
Falafel (12 Pieces) / فلافل
Fave beans mashed with chickpeas and seed sauce.
Baba Ghanouj / بابا عنوج
Pureed baked eggplant with tahini sauce.
Royal Areeka Fatta / فتة عريكة ملكية
Tandoor bread blended toast, with special mixed.
French Fries / بطاطس مقلية
Azal Home Salad / سلطة ازال
Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, parsley cucumbers mixed with special home dressing.
Fatta With Gashta & Honey / فتة بالقشطة والعسل
Tanoor bread, blended toast with honey and cream. Topped with black seeds.
Grape Leaves Platter / صحن ورق عنب
Wrapped and cooked with ground beef, and rice with olive oil.
Bent Alsahan Sabaya / بنت الصحن صبايا
Yemeni traditional bread special made topped with black seeds and honey.
Hummus / حمص
Pureed chickpeas with tahini lemon juice. Virgin olive oil and cumin. White Pepper mixed with fresh garlic.
Lentil Soup / شوربة العدس
Appetizers
Seafood Entrees
Fish Fillet Broast / سمك فيليه بروست
Fillet fish fried, served over rice, spices, and salad.
Fillet With ShrimpPotatoes / ساندويتش سمك فيليه
Fish Fillet with shrimp and potatoes mixed. Served with rice.
Azal Mix Fish Plate / طبق ازال البحري المشكل
The house special mixture of king fish (shrimp, salmon, fillet, and branzino) served with white rice, salad, and side sauces.
Shrimp Over Rice / جمبري مع الرز
Ten piece of jumbo shrimp fried, served with rice.
King Fish / سمك ديرك
King fish steak, served with white rice and salad.
Open Fish Branzino / سمـك موفـا
Open barbecued fish cooked on mova with adeni seasoning, and spicy adeni besbas.
Fish Fillet Sandwich (سندويتش سمك فيليه)
Bread wrap, with onions, tomatoes, hummus, and white sauce.
Fahsah Salmon / فحسه سالمون
Shrimp Sandwich / ساندويتش جمبري
Fahsah Shrimp / فحسه جمبري
Shrimp with spicy Yemeni sauce in a traditional warm clay pot.
Creamy Seafood Soup / شوربة السمك الكريمية
Mixed seafood with clamps, shrimp, fish cake, with heavy cream, with veggies.
Fish Sayadiyah / سمك صياديه
King fish mixed with adeni sauce and special rice.
Salmon / سالمون
Baked salmon with adeni sauce, served with rice.
Shish Tawook / شيش طاووق
2 skewers of cubed chicken with onion and green peppers.
Charcoal Grilled Chicken / دجاج مشوي على الفحم
Shish Kabab / شـيـــش كـبــــاب
2 skewers of cubed beef with onion and green peppers grilled to perfection.
Shish Kafta / شيش كفته
2 skewers of ground lamb mixed with fresh parsley and onions served with tahini sauce.
Lamb Chops / شرايح اللحم
Baby lamb chops grilled to your taste with rice or bread.
Azal Mixed Grilled / مشكل ازال المشوي
6 skewers of 2 of each. Served with rice or tandoor bread.
Mashawee (Mixed Grill)
Drinks
Soda Can / علبة صودا
Soda Bottle / قارورة صودا
Water / ماء
Adeni Fresh Lemonade / عصير ليمون عدني
Red Tea / شاهي احمر
Adeni Tea / شاهي عدني
Shakshooka / شكشوكه
Scrambled eggs with sauteed tomatoes, onions & parsley served with warm clay oven bread.
Chicken Ghallba / قلابة دجاج
Minced tender chicken sauteed with onion, tomatoes and served with warm clay oven bread.
Foul Yemeni / فول يمني
Mashed fava beans sauteed with fresh onions and tomatoes, served with warm oven clay bread.
Lehm Sagar / لحـم صـغـار
Minced tender lamb sauteed with onions, tomatoes served with warm clay oven bread.
Hummus With Meat / حمص مع اللحم
Sauteed with onions, tomatoes, and Yemeni spices over a bed of hummus & served with warm clay oven bread.
Fasoolia Yemeni / فاصوليا يمني
White kidney beans sauteed with onions, tomatoes, minced scallions and seasoned with fresher garlic and cumin. Served with warm clay oven bread.
Liver Kibda / كبده
Sauteed cubes of lamb liver with onions, tomatoes, served with warm clay oven bread.
Breakfast
Chicken Dishes
Kabsah Chicken / كبسة دجاج
12 chopped chicken sauteed with long-grain basmati rice mixed.
Broasted Albake Chicken / دجاج بروست
Chicken pressure fryer with Yemeni style.
Aqdah Chicken / عقدة دجاج
Yemeni style stew cooked with chopped chicken in mixture of okra, carrots, potatoes, and onions.
Chicken Shawayah / دجاج شوايه
Rotisserie chicken with skin on shawayah.
Mendi Chicken Baked / مندي دجاج
Slow oven baked 12 chicken with Yemeni seasoning.
Massloug Chicken / دجاج مسلوق
Chicken boiled in seasoned mirapox.