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Ruhi is an Indian restaurant in The Zone, at 7236 Al Takhassousi in Al Mohammadiyyah, Riyadh, and it was named Michelin Recommended in 2026. The kitchen works from everyday products and keeps its classics simple.
Gault&Millau, which rated Ruhi 11 in 2026, points to the variety among the proteins cooked in the tandoor. Saffron shrimps sit alongside chicken marinated with mint, yoghurt and garlic. Vegetable starters include kebabs of peas and spinach.
Among the curries, the chef's specialty is the mutton rogan gosh, served in a generous, creamy sauce. The guide would like the meat more meltingly tender, a candid note on an otherwise well-regarded dish.
The setting is studied. Tables are cut from slices of gold-veined white geode, and the walls are a blond ochre. Together they give this Indian dining room in Riyadh a pale, mineral look, quite different from the usual spice-toned palette.
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Like most of The Zone's restaurants, Ruhi delivers on the promise of classics simply executed based on everyday products, here in a declination of Indian cuisine. We vary the pleasures between the different proteins cooked in the tandoor, saffron shrimps, chicken with mint, yoghurt and garlic, the vegetable starters such as kebabs with peas and spinach, and curries including the chef's specialty, "rogan gosh" mutton, generous with a creamy sauce, even if the meat could be more meltingly tender. Uneven service, not ultra-concerned in a studied setting, original tables made from slices of gold-veined white geode, blond ochre walls.
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