Boulevard Riyadh City is the biggest-ever Riyadh Season zone to date. At nearly 900,000 square meters, the zone is so huge it has its own subzones, nine to be exact. The destination is just the place to be if you’re looking for a peek into modern Riyadh city.
There’s a lot explore at Boulevard Riyadh City, and we’re here to make sure you don’t miss the best parts. There’s amazing restaurants to try, coffee to sip at cool cafés and amazing things to explore. Here’s your ultimate guide to Boulevard Riyadh City.
Zones
For starters, Boulevard Riyadh City as we mentioned has nine subzones. These are the musical fountain or dancing fountain, the square (a replica of New York’s Times Square), the garden and the Trocadero area (inspired by London’s Coventry Street). After more, there’s also the music area, the avalanche (snow dome) area, the theatre area, the studio area and finally the sports area.
Cafes and Desserts
City of Ice Cream Lounge
If you’re after a cool lounge and a quick pick me up to help you explore the huge Boulevard Riyadh, head in here. As soon as you make your way past the gates you’re welcomed into the square, which is where you’ll find City of Ice Cream Lounge. The spot serves its signature cheesecakes drenched in the most delicious-looking ice cream that you drizzle on top which makes for a great video, cake choices include caramel, strawberry and chocolate. Now it wouldn’t be called the City of Ice Cream without having ice cream on the menu. Cool off with flavours passion fruit, saffron and cardamom and pistachio, along with the classics of course.
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Open daily 4pm-1.30am. Hittin, Boulevard Riyadh City, instagram.com/coic.ksa
½ Million
It wouldn’t be a great coffee list without Time Out Riyadh Restaurant Awards best coffee winner ½ Million. This venue is an often frequented spot by locals all over the capital, and when it opens up a branch in Boulevard Riyadh City, you best believe it’s one of the most popular spots here too. Pistachio and Spanish lattes are the norm here, and if you’re looking for something stronger, cold brews are also a popular drink choice here.
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Open daily, 4pm-2am. Exit 2, Prince Turki Ibn Abdulaziz Al Awwal Road, Hittin, halfm.sa.
L’Eclair de Génie
A Parisian dream L’Eclair de Génie is one of the most popular spots at Boulevard Riyadh City. If it didn’t click after reading the name, this spot specialises in éclairs (dough pastry stuffed with cream topped with flavoured icing). Don’t have much of a sweet tooth, the spot also serves savoury pastries like salmon, veggie and turkey crossaints. For the éclairs you get to pick from a variety of flavours like tiramisu, berries, salted caramel and more. Got room for more? The venue also serves a popular dirty cookie shot that the chef actually recommends. Dig in.
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Open daily, 4pm-2am. Boulevard Riyadh City, instagram.com/leclairdegenie_saudi.
Nine Soft Serve
We scream for ice cream. Nine Soft Serve is a popular spot for soft serve in Riyadh. The huge menu serves ice cream for everyone. There’s a monthly flavour released in the beginning of each month and themed menu items that are inspired by said flavour. That’s not all though, the regular menu is huge. There’s an entire section dedicated to vanilla soft serve topped with berries, brownies, kunafah and more, different chocolate ice cream options and cheesecake flavoured soft serve too.
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Open daily, 4pm-2am. Boulevard Riyadh City, ninesoftserve.com.
Randy’s Doughnuts
Fancy hand-made doughnuts straight from Los Angeles? Randy’s Doughnuts was founded in 1952 and is now one of the most popular dougnut shops in the world. Fittingly the venue opened its first branch in the Kingdom at one of the most popular locations in the city. You can either try out its Saudi specials halawa bagara (cream fudge) or halawa tahinia (tahini) or go the classic route with the maple, glazed or chocolate options.
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Open daily 4pm-1am. Prince Turki Ibn Abdulaziz Al Awwal Road, Hittin, instagram.com/randysdonuts_sa.
Serge Milano
Bringing an Italian experience to the location, Serge Milano has come all the way from Milan to Riyadh. Serving the famous cannoncino (Italian cannolis stuffed with cream) dessert, along with macrons and cheesecake this spot is mostly popular for the Italian classic. Sip on cold peach brews or warm yourself up with flat whites while you bite into the sweet treats.
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Open daily, 4pm-2am. Boulevard Riyadh City, instagram.com/serge.milano.ksa.
The Coffeeholics Roastery and Cafe
Coffeeholics, assemble. The Coffeeholics Roastery and Cafe is one of the biggest coffee shops at Boulevard Riyadh City. The venue serves drip, cold and espresso coffee. Mostly know for its Spanish lattes and cold brews, the spot also serves hunks of French toasts, chocolate and caramel cakes and so much more.
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Open daily, 4pm-1am. Riyadh Season Boulevard, Hittin, instagram.com/the.coffeeholics.
Entertainment
BOB’s Famous
Bowling is always great to enjoy with a couple of your friends. At BOB’s, the vibes are always fun, the food is always great, and the music is always loud. If you’ve gotten a little hungry bowling all those strikes, order one of the beef burgers, and you’ll be set for another round. So, put on your bowling shoes, grab your choice of ball, and ready, set, bowl. Bring your A-game.
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Open daily, 4pm-4am. Hittin, instagram.com/bobsfamousksa.
Crystal Maze Experience
If you’re fan of the popular British TV show Crystal Maze and have envisioned yourself playing along, you can do that in real life now. Solve puzzles and collect all the dosh. You can now join the competition as the interactive version of the show has come to town.
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SAR100(per person). 6pm-11.45pm .ticketmx.com
Ebda Adventure Park
Looking for a place to swing around? Ebda Adventure Park is one of the coolest parks to hang out at. The Boulevard Riyadh City venue has rock climbing, zip-lining (we’re talking a 210 metre one across the location) and trampolining. It has also has an amazing XXL play cage, custom-built climb up panels and so much more.
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From SAR100. Open daily, 5pm-2am. Boulevard Riyadh City, ticketmx.com.
Muvi Cinemas
Riyadh’s biggest cinema opened up in Boulevard Riyadh City. The Muvi Cinemas location features 25 screens, Saudi Arabia’s first 4DX screen and is the biggest in the world in terms of seats. There are also themed auditoriums with a London-style theme, a paparazzi theme and a Beverly Hills themed boutique, respectively. Grab the popcorn
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Open daily, 4pm-1am. Boulevard Riyadh City, muvicinemas.com.
Padel Rush
Padel is one of the trendiest sports in the capital and potentially the world right now.The Boulevard Riyadh City venue will be hosting special tournaments, coaching lessons and even an equipment store. There are no age limits so tots can join in on the fun too.
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Open daily, 9am-2am. Boulevard Riyadh City, instagram.com/padelrush.
Sala Hub
Love gaming? Sala Hub is offers an incredible arcade. Big kids and little kids alike can enjoy the game. The spot offers cool games like lane master, air hockey, amusement park style rides, among other retro arcade machines for you to play at.
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From SAR45. Boulevard Riyadh City, instagram.com/salahub_sa.
Saudi Skate Park
Welcome to Saudi Arabia’s first purpose-built skate park. Saudi Skate Park offers a little something for everyone on wheels. Spanning a whopping 15,050 square metres, the site offers skateboarding, scootering and BMX biking sessions with trainers on hand to help you throughout the course.
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Open daily 2pm-midnight. Boulevard Riyadh City, Hittin, saudiskateparks.com
Wall of Fame
Boulevard Riyadh City also houses a ‘Wall of Fame.’ Everyone who performs for Riyadh Season is given a chance to leave their handprints on the wall. So far, the wall is has the prints of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, Syrian singer Assala Nasri, Egyptian comedy actors Mohamed Henedy and Bayoumi Fouad, Kuwaiti actor Hassan Al-Balam, Saudi singer Abdul Majeed Abdullah, Lebanese artist Elissa and Morocco’s Cheb Khaled.
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Open daily, 4pm-2am. Boulevard Riyadh City, instagram.com/blvdruhcity.
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