Jason Atherton, the multi-Michelin-star British chef and face behind hip hangout Marina Social in Dubai, is taking another bite out of the Middle Eastern F&B pie with the launch of a new restaurant in Saudi this year. Set to open imminently, Maraya Social will find its new home on the rooftop of Maraya, the iconic mirrored multi-use building in AlUla.
Maraya Social will become Atherton’s 17th restaurant but his first in Saudi, and is set to become something of a destination in itself thanks to its iconic setting at the place in which the AlUla Accord was signed this year, ending a four-year block between GCC countries and Qatar. The building has won its own accolade too, earning itself a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest mirrored building. Watch this space for more news...