Al Khozama, a leading developer of luxurious commercial properties in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Hakkasan Group, joined forces to bring Cantonese fare to Riyadh’s newly refurbished Al Faisaliah Mall – MODE. 

This is Yauatcha’s Middle East debut and is the first Hakkasan Group brand to enter the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

Yauatcha has branches in London’s Soho and City district, along with Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata in India.

Opening in the coming weeks, Yauatcha is an innovative dining experience combining dim sum, tea, mocktails and juices, and European patisserie.

Yauatcha was founded in 2004 in the heart of Soho, London. The all-day dim sum dining experience is ideal for a light lunch or dinner of steamed, baked, grilled or fried dim sum or larger feasts of duck, fish and noodle dishes. Yauatcha is also famed for its wide selection of teas and assorted patisseries and is a popular destination for mocktails with friends or colleagues.

“Yauatcha isn’t just another Chinese restaurant – it’s blazing a trail on exemplary cuisine. We recognize that Saudi Arabia is a well-traveled nation with high expectations for unique experiences. Yauatcha really embraces the innovative, forward-thinking aspects of modern Cantonese culture and has a fresh and immersive take on fine dining, complementing Saudi Arabia’s sophisticated palate,” says Grant MacPherson, senior VP of Restaurants for Hakkasan Group.

The unique menu, packed with auspicious ingredients, is an incarnation of authentic Chinese heritage with regional Cantonese cooking techniques, offering a wide range of sumptuous dim sum as well as the star dishes it shares with its sister restaurant, Hakkasan, such as the famous Crispy Duck Salad. Enjoying equal importance within the Yauatcha brand is the in-house and standalone patisserie.