I feel obligated coming here to zomato and reviewing Afiya because they gave me and my mom such an amazing and pleasant weekend evening !

I got them through Groupon and decided to give them a go for the Friday BBQ night, I made a call early morning to make a reservation and the Indian gentleman was delightful and polite, that was a good start !... We arrived around 7 and were welcomed by the young lady at the reception in the outside seating area, she was delightful too and extremely helpful, she showed us to our table and was so pleasant and polite.

We headed to the buffet and I wasn't really expecting many of the things they had that night and it was no short of Amazing !... They had a Leg of Lamb, Beef Steak on the carving station, Assorted BBQ (Beef Kofta, Shish Tavook, Beef) and they all tasted absolutely great and better than many other places especially the steaks and the Kofta ! Apparently due to the fact is was being cooked Live on top of charcoal so that must be a great factor !...

Moving towards the end of the bar Beef and Roasted Chicken was always there but I didn't try neither but the chicken looked great for that matter.

Some Arabic Biryani or masnaf was there too with beef and looked and tasted amazing for my mom !...

A fresh Lasagna but that was mostly it for their Non-Beef Main dishes. Moving forward a huge bar with Potato Wedges, Onion Rings and 5 other kinds...

I must admit there was no Pastries of Pizza as announced on groupon but for the price we got and the amazing outdoors atmosphere WE CANT COMPLAIN !...

There were Hotdogs, Freshly prepared, and Beef Patties and a few sea food options including Oysters,

The salad bar was decent but it didn't hold my interest with Coleslaw, Potato, Green Salad (No taboleh for that instance), Hummus (which tasted amazing) and other options too...

The Waiters were extremely intuitive, the place was better and nicer than I had in mind, the seating area was clean just not the high moisture/humidity as we were next the the beach, but the weather was amazing and even while were jackets you dont feel hot, AMOF it felt kind of cold, and thumbs up for the amazing management keeping ALL grills hot and on charcoal most of the time so you can't complain food was cold (except the cool salad :))

There was one final stand with hot Asian food, noodles, crabs, more rice options etc...

Finally, the desserts were WOW, just WOW (as demonstrated in my attached screenshot) A very wide selection of desserts, cakes,and even Ice Cream !! (Are you kidding me ?!) for the amount we paid that felt too much !!..

Some reviews tried to emphasize on how bad the place will be and it was a total mess due to people ! And TBH I wasn't totally dismissing that possibility due to the Bargain Groupon deal we got, also I had that experience in the past and it was terrible, but I was really happy and thrilled this was NOT the case in Afya, probably due to the fact the places was not Over crowded and jammed with tables, the intuitive staff and overall management decision, make no mistake Afya is a really large restaurant and kitchen and seemed like the Main restaurant operating in Traders Hotel, so its certainly not a bad experience, we just can't understand what a great deal it was on Groupon we got !...

I should be fair though, they need to have SOMEONE scooping icecream to the guests as the icecream was self-served and was kind off awkward scooping on your own, but surprisingly that was well maintained by the guests which kept me wondering lol !...

Also there were No labels next to the food or the desserts which kept me thinking what's what the entire time and it would be great to have labels next to the food, we weren't served the complementary large water (I believe) so I had to ask for that, it was brought to our table in no time.

Overall we were extremely happy and satisfied that evening and thank god the place wasn't crowded as feared and we will DEFINITELY give them a visit at least twice with larger party the next time and I do recommend them for anyone into these things !...

Thanks for such an amazing evening, awesome food, and great memory.

The staff is friendly; the food is good but the salad bar needs more options;
Pricing is fair but the menu options are limited
The speed of service is good when the resturant is not crowded