Jordan is full of top quality restaurants and it safe to say that Jordan is relatively clean when it comes to food. Besides eating in restaurants, streets in jordan are dotted with small sandwich venders who serve quick snacks and take away shawarmas, falafel sandwiches and the like. Besides Arab cuisine there are a number of good restaurants catering for the Italian, French, Indian and Far Eastern palette. Arab food is usually served with an array of appetizers with main courses followed by sweets and tea or coffee. It is not unusual to order just a selection of starters without a main course.
Arab sweets are also a rich delicacy and are very delicious.
Jordanians are late eaters with lunch at around 2pm and dinner not before 8pm. Restaurants are open from 12.30pm for lunch and from 7.30pm for dinner. Amman and other towns are relatively small and so restaurants are well known. An average meal with starters and main course can cost anywhere from JD4 to JD15 and over depending on where you eat. Many businesses and public offices are also closed on Thursday afternoon although shops and stores remain open.