Al Saray Kubbah

Souq Al Saray is famous for Saray Kubbah, one of the oldest traditional dishes of Baghdad. Saray Kubbah Restaurant, established in the late 1930s, is considered one of the city’s key landmarks of traditional flavor. It still serves the original authentic recipe preserved by the family across generations, and visitors go there to taste the “flavor of the past” that has remained unchanged.

The restaurant is an essential stop for visitors of Al Mutanabi Street every Friday, as part of the well-known rituals of reading, writing, and the cultural bazaar held there. Over the years, many political, cultural, and athletic figures have visited the restaurant.

In the past, despite its small size, the shop was divided into two sections: one for selling kubbah and the other for selling raisin juice, before later specializing exclusively in kubbah. In previous decades, it attracted a large number of artists, social figures, and athletes, though such visits have become less frequent in recent years.

Among the notable figures who regularly visited the restaurant was Queen Aliya, the mother of King Faisal II. It is said that she used to send her personal driver to buy kubbah from this well-known place.