Great experience! Homemade pasta is amazing and the host is the best. Lovely chats with the other guests. Plenty of food. Just don't forget to bring warm clothes, it's a little chilly (January).
Thank you for the lovely time. Will be back home try the pizza.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
The best pizza we have ever eaten! The experience was unique and we really enjoyed the village tour and of course the dinner :-) Quiet and fascinating place in the middle of Jabal Al Akhadar. The atmosphere was indescribable. Sami is not only a great chef and a lovely host as well. Thank you Sami for showing us your home. Greetings from your friends from Bosnia and Serbia :-)
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
OMR 10+
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
What an experience. Although a young man, Sami has grown up in the nearly abandoned village, he is showing with great enthusiasm. We got a great walking tour through the village, the gardens and farms with lots of local knowledge and stories. The first part of the experience ended with Sami showing us the family home he grew up in. For the second part he provided a cozy, italien style table with romantic lights on the rooftop of his parents house. He uses an Ooni oven and provides some of the best pizzas, we ever had. He has experimented for years to get the best dough and has great signature pizzas that are inspired by local meats, fruits, vegetables and spices. Sami is a very lovely host and I admire his efforts to conservate the village as he had a very attractive professional path and decided to preserve his family heritage and combine food with bringing people together.
This is not only a great alternative to the restaurants at Anantara but also a worthwhile experience itself. Thank you Samit for a great evening.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
OMR 10+
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Thank for Chef Sami, for the experience and amazing pizza. I have never tasted such a delicious combination of flavors before. The crust was perfectly crispy, and the toppings were fresh and flavorful. I could tell that every ingredient was carefully chosen and prepared with skill and passion. The service was also exceptional.
Thanks so much to Sami and his Soprano Experience!!! :)
Sami guided us with his wonderful enthusiasm through the whole old village which was founded and built by his ancestors about 350 years ago.
He showed us the remainings of the house where he grew up, the traditional building structures, the spectacular terraces where former generations were growing fruits and plants of the oasis.
But then after the tour: Sami's Pizza!!!
I grew up close to Italy and have been there many, many times. But now I ended up in this rural area of Oman and there is this non italian, passionate pizza baker, Sami, and he presents our group of 8 guests (4 with African roots, 4 with german roots) his delicious own creations of Pizza!
Wow!
I never had better pizza in my life! :)
Sitting in the evening sun on the terrace of Sami's former family home, communicating with lovely strangers from Africa, enjoying ten different gorgeous kinds of fresh baked Pizza was in deed a very, very unique experience that I will remember all my life.
Not far from today, Sami will have his Michelin Star, be a "secret tip" in all travel guides and will be booked out one year ahead.
Luckily we were early birds and the first germans to enjoy this experience and meet this wonderful person that Sami is.
Thanks again!!!
PS:
I almost forgot: The delicious desert, an italian tiramisu, was made by Sami's wife and deserves the same grade: I never had a better tiramisu in my life, not even in Italy! :)
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Sami is an exceptional Chef! Every dish is magical. He is able to make you appreciate food and high quality ingredients like no other. Highly recommend Soprano, you will be leaving with the best memories and coming back for more.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
OMR 10+
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
This is a one of a kind experience, from the hike to the food and to Sami’s hospitality and passion!
I would highly recommend this, and I would definitely join again, I couldn’t think of a better person than Sami for this!
Thank you so much.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
It was a great experience with my family ♥️
We enjoyed the tour in old village. Chef Sami have huge information about his village.
Then we enjoyed again with Italian pizza 👌 it was delicious with different varieties.
I recommend all to have this experience
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Starting with the a tour of his own old village, you can start imagining how life use to be on top of the mountain.
Then going through the farms of so many crops such as pomegranates, apricots, lemons, Olives and especially the garden or roses as we visited during the rose season (April- May), and many more.
Ending the tour at the location of our dinner with a breathtaking view at sunset where the magic will be presented by him and you will taste the most amazing Italian pizzas. It was festival of flavours that I enjoyed every bite of it starting with the Omani style laban with his grandmother special seasoning and ending it with smoked Omani rose water tiramisu.
This was a really great experience with lovely people and a great host ... Very much recommended
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
