Restaurants, cafés, brunches, bakeries and the food guides worth your table.
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A polished digital-art attraction in Dubai Mall that uses sound, scent and projection to build immersive landscapes.
It fits neatly into a Downtown day but is substantial enough to be the main indoor plan.
AlSARAY Restaurant is a Lebanese dinner-show venue inside Sheraton Grand Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road.
Benjarong is Dusit Thani Dubai’s Thai restaurant on the 24th floor of the hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road.
A small, adults-only cocktail room at The Lana that understands the appeal of restraint.
On The Radar, it belongs in the edit for readers who want five-star service without a pool deck, a DJ booth or an oversized crowd.
Bombay Brasserie is Taj Dubai’s signature Indian restaurant in Business Bay.
Downtown's principal performing-arts venue, with a programme that can turn an ordinary evening into a proper occasion.
Arriving early removes the stress of Downtown traffic and parking.
Em Sherif Café’s Downtown Dubai branch is located at The Heritage Hotel on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard.
A compact, celestial cocktail room in DIFC for nights that deserve a little ceremony.
It earns a place on The Radar because it offers something Dubai does especially well: high-gloss hospitality at a scale that can still feel personal.
Gerbou is a contemporary Emirati and Arabian restaurant in a restored 1987 building in Nad Al Sheba.
Dubai's Japanese-inspired listening bar puts the sound system, record selection and mood ahead of spectacle.
For The Radar, its value is simple: it gives Business Bay a distinctive after-dark recommendation that is about taste rather than skyline views.
ROKA Dubai is a Japanese robatayaki restaurant on Level 1 of The Opus in Business Bay.
Thiptara is Palace Downtown’s Thai restaurant on the edge of Burj Lake.
Tong Thai is the Thai restaurant at JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai in Business Bay.
Italian at Opera District, Downtown.
Directory listing from the Platinum brunch list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Restaurant in Downtown Dubai.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Italian in Trade Centre.
Directory listing from the Platinum fine dining list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
All-day breakfast cafe (turkish-leaning) in Downtown Dubai.
Directory listing from the Platinum fine dining list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Tropical lounge in Downtown Dubai.
Directory listing from the Platinum fine dining list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Modern asian in Downtown Dubai, pan-asian kitchen.
Directory listing from the Platinum fine dining list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
International buffet in Trade Centre.
Directory listing from the Platinum fine dining list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Italian market & restaurants in Downtown Dubai.
Directory listing from the Platinum fine dining list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Restaurant in Trade Centre.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Japanese in Downtown Dubai.
Directory listing from the Platinum brunch list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Immersive gastro-theatre (russian-french) in Downtown Dubai.
Directory listing from the Platinum fine dining list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Every week, once. Dubai, edited down to what is worth your time.
An industrial district with Dubai's strongest concentration of independent galleries, creative businesses and culture-led detours.
Dubai's financial district doubles as one of its most concentrated destinations for ambitious restaurants, galleries and late cocktails.
Dubai's headline district is most rewarding when the Burj Khalifa becomes the backdrop rather than the entire plan.
Low-rise, coastal and more residential than the skyline suggests, Jumeirah rewards plans built around the beach, design and long meals.
Tables and bars where the room does half the work: low light, a good list and no rush to turn you over.
The Saturday institution, edited: the brunches worth the afternoon.
The home cooking of the Emirates, finally in restaurants: machboos, harees, luqaimat and the coffee that goes with them.
A subcontinent of kitchens, from Bur Dubai cafeterias to tasting menus: the best Indian food outside India is an argument Dubai can make.
From the hotel trattoria to the Amalfi terrace: pasta made in the room, wood-fired pizza and the long Italian lunch.
Omakase counters, neighbourhood izakaya and the ramen shops that stay open late.
Mezze done properly, charcoal grills and the long lunch that Beirut taught the Gulf.