Back in March I reported that the Sahara Restaurant Village was expected to open up sometime in April or May. It’s now the end of May and although the village hasn’t officially opened, it’s basically ready with many of the restaurants opening any day now. One of those restaurants that is set to open first is Jar. Full disclosure, Jar belongs to a close friend of mine who also happens to be the owner of Choowy Goowy. We met through the blog back in 2006 when I first discovered his cookies and we’ve been friends ever since. I can’t believe that was nearly 10 years ago, insane.
The menu at Jar hasn’t been finalized yet but I did try a few things and I generally loved most of what I had. It’s definitely not going to be a place to go to if you’re weight watching, instead its a place to go to when you just want delicious food and desert (in my case a cheat day). The interior of the place is beautiful, very minimal with a hardwood floor, super high ceiling, some copper accents and some nicely designed chairs which I fell in love with (I have a thing for chairs).
Jar is set to open up in a couple of weeks time and I’ll post another update once they do. For now you can check out their instagram account @jar.choowygoowy
The whole village seems to be properly put together with plenty of parking space and nice landscaping. I’m not sure, but I only saw one entry and exit point to this village which will most likely create a bottleneck, I’ll need to ask about that. Below is the most current list I have, of places opening up in the village:
Slider Station
Jar
Villa Fayrouz
Tatami Japanese Restaurant
52 Degrees
Caribou Coffee
Costa Coffee
Athletes Foot
Skinny Cloud
Emirgan Sutis
Le Relais de l’Entrecote
Khaneen
Ubon
Crumbs
5 replies on “Jar at the Sahara Restaurant Village”
You’re friends with the owner of choowy goowy? They are one of my worst customer service experiences to date in Kuwait! was so mad at them but heck – can’t be mad for ever – not good for my health.
I ordered several jars of cookies for my wife’s birthday a few years ago and where there was supposed to be a speciality cookie, the delivery was plain cookies – no chips or anything. I made a complaint but the person ignored my emails – got the phone number – feigned concern – said theyd get back to me. stopped picking up my calls and didn’t respond to emails.
I remember a while ago you mentioned choowy goowy and i commented about how this had happened and someone came on coments all fawning over me – oohhhh dear – please give us your name and number and we will get back to you. I did. Guess what? zero response.
The impression I get from this company is that in public they show a concerned and caring face for customers but at the end of the day they still have the local mentality where they can’t be bothered to give a shit because what’s one customer anyway when all the trendies will continue to buy? Never mind that people are let down and spend money on these products which are delivered wrongly. Companies like this are likely to be succesful in Kuwait but who cares – they’ll live and die with their mentality and that’s punishment enough I think.
Please don’t try and get in touch again on this board choowy goowy. can’t be bothered
I do not see ” Crumbs ” in your List ! They are the first Restaurant, when you enter the Village, it is a place not to miss !
Oh yeah true they’re very near Jar. Will add it to the list now
Skinny cloud…?
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