anãsa, the new modern Greek restaurant and bar at The Red Sea EDITION, will open for a limited public preview from 25 to 31 May 2026, offering guests a rare first experience of one of the region’s most anticipated new restaurants over the Eid Al Adha period.
Set on Shura Island within the natural beauty of the Red Sea’s protected coastline, anãsa is the creation of Saudi chef and restaurateur Basma El Khereiji, as a deeply personal expression of her connection to Greek culture, coastal dining, and Mediterranean spirit gathering.
The concept takes its name from the Greek word for breath, or exhale. In Arabic it carries the resonance of الأنس (al-uns), the warmth of good company and the comfort of belonging. That duality is at the heart of anãsa, a Greek table shaped by Red Sea light, built for the kind of evening that asks you to slow down and stay.
During the preview week, service opens at approximately 6:00 PM, as the heat softens and the evening light turns over the water. The experience unfolds naturally across three chapters, a golden hour arrival with the first drinks and bright coastal flavours, dinner deepening through fire-led food, sharing plates, and music, and a slow late evening of dessert, shisha, and conversation. The menu is seafood-forward and fire-led with generous sharing plates, fresh herbs, olive oil, and the kind of food that invites lingering.
The menu at anãsa was created by Basma El Khereiji alongside her team at ACL, Executive Chef Ioannis Skoumpelos, and Executive Sous Chef Alexandros Chatzichalkias, bringing together an authentic expression of Greek cuisine rooted in coastal Mediterranean living and the warmth of shared dining.
Chef Ioannis “Yiannis” Skoumpelos brings a culinary foundation shaped by acclaimed kitchens across Greece, London, Paris, and the wider Mediterranean, including his role as Executive Chef at Victoria Paris and Anna Paris. His cooking is grounded in produce, simplicity, and the quiet confidence of honest ingredients: seafood drawn from coastal tradition, olive oil, fresh herbs, and fire. It is Greek at heart, Mediterranean in spirit, and built on technique and restraint rather than complication.
“anãsa is my love letter to Greek hospitality and to the way a table can make people feel held,” said Basma El Khereiji. “It is a breath, a pause, and a place to belong.”
Set on Shura Island along Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, The Red Sea EDITION is set among 90 pristine islands with architecture conceived for restraint, materiality, and quiet luxury. anãsa was designed in the same spirit, a room made for the same language as the landscape, a hospitality that reads the table rather than performing at it. Together, the two share a conviction that luxury is what guests take away, not what is announced.