Restaurants

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.7 $$$$

Zuma Dubai

DIFC robata and sushi. Financial Centre or Dubai Mall Metro.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$$$

Pierchic

Dining pier off Al Qasr — Bus 81 to Umm Suqeim, then the resort walk.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$

Arabian Tea House

Courtyard karak and breakfast. Green Line Al Fahidi.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

Al Fanar Restaurant & Café

Machboos, harees, luqaimat — Emirati home cooking.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$$

CÉ LA VI Dubai

High-rise dining over Downtown.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

Al Fanar (Jumeirah Beach Road)

Beach-road branch for an Emirati lunch after the sand.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$$$

La Petite Maison Dubai

DIFC Niçoise room.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$$

Zuma Lounge

The bar half of Zuma — walk-ins more realistic than the dining room.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

Comptoir 102

Jumeirah café, boutique and garden.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $$

The Meatsmith

City Walk grill.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $$

Jones the Grocer (various)

Reliable all-day café in malls including MOE.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.3 $

Café culture at Dubai Mall

Concourse cafés after the fountain — not a destination restaurant.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$

XVA Café

Gallery café in a restored Al Fahidi house.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$$$

BOCA Dubai

DIFC Mediterranean.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.3 $$$$

Nusr-Et Dubai

Salt Bae rooms — Downtown and Palm bookings.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.7 $$$$

Ossiano

Underwater-window seafood at Atlantis.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.7 $$$$

Tresind Studio / Tresind

Progressive Indian tasting menus.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$$

Al Hadheerah

Desert dinner with a show — a taxi/tour night, not Metro.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $

Ravi Restaurant

Satwa institution — karak and karahi near Bus C01.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $

Bu Qtair

Plastic chairs, prawns, beach road. Cash culture lingers — check current policy.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

Logma

Modern Emirati café — luqaimat and breakfast.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

Common Grounds

Specialty coffee rooms across Dubai.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$

Tom & Serg

Warehouse café that defined Al Quoz brunch.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

The Sum of Us

Alserkal Avenue all-day café.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $

Bakeries of Deira

Tanoor bread and tea near Union Metro.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $

Karak stalls — Al Ghubaiba

50-fil karak beside the Green Line bus station.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $$

JBR The Walk restaurants

Beachfront restaurants on The Walk.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $$

BoxPark restaurants

Casual dining row on Al Wasl Road.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$$

Souk Al Bahar restaurants

Fountain-view dining opposite the Burj.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$

% Arabica DIFC

Queue-famous specialty coffee in DIFC — Financial Centre Metro.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$

Nightjar Coffee Roasters

Roastery café in the Alserkal warehouse grid.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

Overdose Coffee Downtown

High-octane espresso near the Boulevard.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$

The Lime Tree Café (Jumeirah)

Long-running Jumeirah garden café — breakfast and carrot cake.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$$

The Farm Al Barari

Garden tables in Al Barari — a car lunch, not Metro.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $$

Shakespeare & Co. (multiple)

All-day café chain — MOE branch is Metro-easy.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $$

MORE Café

Portions-for-two café rooms across Dubai.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

Bateel Café

Date-house café — Dubai Mall and other branches.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

Baker & Spice

Fountain-view bakery café opposite the Burj.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$$$

Folly by Nick & Scott

Treehouse-style room in Madinat — reservation kitchen.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$$$

Pai Thai

Abra-arrival Thai in the Madinat waterways.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$$$

Zheng He’s

Waterfront Chinese at Mina A’Salam.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$$$

101 Dining Lounge & Marina

Palm marina lounge — sunset bookings.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $

Satwa karak & cafeterias

2nd December Street karak, paratha and late plates — Bus C01 country.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $

Al Ustad Special Kabab

Tiny Iranian kebab room near Al Fahidi / Bur Dubai.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $

Lebanese Village Restaurant

Mixed grill and hummus rooms on the Satwa–Jumeirah edge.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $$

Eataly Dubai Mall

Italian marketplace café and counters inside Dubai Mall.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

Clinton St. Baking Co.

Pancakes and pies — Downtown and DIFC rooms.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

Common Grounds DIFC

Specialty coffee in the financial district.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.2 $

Airport & mall coffee (Tim Hortons / similar)

Arrivals-hall coffee after the SIM desk — not a destination café.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.3 $

Mall coffee courts — Mall of the Emirates

Concourse coffee after Ski Dubai — Metro attached.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $

Deira cafeterias near Gold Souk

Shawarma, juice and karak beside the souks — Al Ras Metro.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $$

BoxPark coffee and casual dining

Container-park coffee on Al Wasl Road.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

City Walk restaurants & cafés

Open-air dining next to The Green Planet.

Dubai

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$$$

Zuma Abu Dhabi

Galleria Zuma in Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$$$

Li Beirut

Palace Lebanese dining on the Corniche west.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$

Café Arabia

Book-lined café in Khalidiyah.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.3 $

Liwa date-stop cafés

Highway-and-oasis coffee on a Liwa day.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $$$

Emirati restaurants at The Galleria

Galleria dining floor — Japanese to Levant.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.3 $$

Yas Mall dining

Food court and restaurants between the parks.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.7 $$

Nolu’s Café

Eggs, cardamom buns and a cult brunch following.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

Café 302

All-day hotel café used by residents as much as guests.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$$$

Butcher & Still

Speakeasy steak room on Al Maryah Island.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.6 $$$$

Hakkasan Abu Dhabi

Palace-precinct Cantonese.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$$$

Catch Abu Dhabi

Corniche-side seafood room.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $$$

Al Dawaar revolving restaurant

Revolving hotel restaurant on the Breakwater.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $$$

Yas Marina restaurant row

Circuit-side restaurants — F1 weeks are a different city.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $$

Saadiyat cultural district cafés

Museum-district coffee after the Louvre.

Abu Dhabi

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $$

Shababeek

Al Qasba waterfront Levantine.

Sharjah

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.3 $

Al Qasba cafés

Canal-side coffee and shisha terraces.

Sharjah

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $

Al Qahwa / heritage coffee houses

Gahwa in restored Sharjah houses.

Sharjah

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.3 $

Al Qasba café row

Canal coffee and dessert after the fountain.

Sharjah

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.5 $

Heart of Sharjah coffee houses

Gahwa in restored houses near the Islamic museum.

Sharjah

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.2 $

Cafés at Manar Mall

Corniche mall cafés after Jebel Jais.

Ras Al Khaimah

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.2 $

Manar Mall dining

Corniche mall food after the mountains.

Ras Al Khaimah

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.3 $$

Al Hamra / Cove café strip

Resort cafés after Jebel Jais or Al Marjan.

Ras Al Khaimah

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.3 $

RAK Corniche grills

Seafront grills after Manar Mall.

Ras Al Khaimah

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.3 $

Ajman Corniche Cafés

Sea-view karak and grills on the Ajman shore.

Ajman

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.3 $$

Ajman Corniche hotel cafés

Sea-view hotel cafés on the Ajman shore.

Ajman

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $

Fujairah Fish Market restaurants

East-coast catch, grilled nearby.

Fujairah

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.4 $$

Al Aqah hotel cafés

East-coast hotel breakfast rooms used as day-pass lunches.

Fujairah

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.3 $

Fujairah Corniche cafés

Oman-Gulf views and juice rooms on the city corniche.

Fujairah

Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.2 $

Umm Al Quwain corniche cafés

Quiet emirate coffee after LuLu Mall.

Umm Al Quwain