Restaurants in Dubai & the UAE

About Restaurants in Dubai & the UAE

Dubai's restaurant scene is unusually broad for a city its size — the population is largely expatriate, and the food reflects that, with substantial Indian, Pakistani, Filipino, Lebanese, Iranian, Chinese and British cooking alongside the fine dining that gets most of the attention.

The restaurants listed here span the whole range, from neighbourhood cafés in Deira and Al Barsha to hotel dining rooms on the Palm and in Downtown. Each listing shows the location, contact details, opening hours where available, and any current offer — many carry two-for-one and similar dining deals that apply on specific days or to specific parts of the menu, and the conditions are shown with the offer.

Dubai's dining areas are fairly distinct. Downtown and Business Bay concentrate on hotel and high-rise restaurants; Dubai Marina and JBR are more casual and waterfront-facing; Deira and Al Karama hold much of the city's long-established, lower-priced cooking; and Jumeirah and Al Quoz have most of the independent café scene.