Satisfy every craving with the UAE’s Restaurants category. From Michelin-starred tasting menus to hidden street food gems and brand-new launches, we cover Dubai, Abu Dhabi and everywhere tasty in between.
Martín Berasategui does not need Dubai. The man already has more Michelin stars to his name than most chefs have restaurants, and his flagship in the Basque hills has held three stars since 2001 without interruption. So when his group opened Jara on the 18th floor of The Lana, Dorchester Collection, in Business Bay, the…
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Dubai’s food media loves to talk about Abu Dhabi like it’s a day trip with good hummus. It isn’t. The capital now has three Michelin-starred restaurants of its own, a Bib Gourmand list that keeps growing, and a stretch of Al Maryah Island where you can eat Peruvian, Japanese and French-Mediterranean within a five-minute walk…
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Dubai doesn’t really sleep, but its kitchens are a different story. Plenty of places that call themselves “late-night” quietly pull the shutters down at 1am on a Tuesday, which is exactly when your hunger tends to show up. This list sticks to what’s actually open when you need it: genuine 24-hour kitchens first, then the…
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Dubai fell hard for Japanese food, and date night followed Ask anyone who’s been dating in Dubai for more than a year where they’re taking someone new and there’s a decent chance the answer involves a robata grill, a sake list, or a chef slicing something raw and expensive three feet away. Japanese restaurants have…
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Dubai does not really have an off-season for poolside lunches, but 2026 has reshuffled the line-up a little: one skypool went dark for a refurbishment, a couple of hotel pools quietly bumped their rates, and the gap between “restaurant with a nice pool” and “beach club that happens to serve food” has gotten wider. This…
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Are Delivery Apps Quietly Taxing You? Ask any regular Talabat, Deliveroo or Careem NOW user in Dubai to compare a receipt from a night out with a receipt from the same meal delivered, and the gap is usually bigger than they expect. The dish itself often costs the same. The final bill rarely does. Between…
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There’s something magical about discovering a place that feels like a secret. In a city where skyscrapers pierce the desert horizon and every restaurant tries to outdo the last with spectacle, the art of hidden nightlife still thrives. These aren’t just bars—they’re immersive experiences where entry feels like being handed a key to another world.…
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DIFC has always had a short memory. Blink and a bar you built your Thursday nights around has become a different bar entirely, sometimes with the same address and a completely different name over the door. We went back through five DIFC venues that regularly come up when people talk about “the old DIFC” to…
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Dubai’s love for global flavours is unmatched, but when it comes to tacos — those handheld Mexican masterpieces — the obsession is real. The city’s culinary evolution means that tacos are no longer an afterthought but a full-blown food movement. From brisket-packed tortillas to Baja-style fish with zesty crema, tacos in Dubai now hold their…
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Dubai doesn’t merely serve coffee. It stages it. From warehouse-roasted single-origin brews to lattes served in terracotta cups under arches made of Spanish concrete, the coolest coffee shops Dubai has to offer don’t just caffeinate—they curate. Dubai’s coffee scene keeps evolving fast, and the best spots rarely stay secret for long. The common thread across…
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Walk into Amazónico on a Tuesday lunchtime and you’ll find bankers in DIFC lanyards picking at ceviche under floor-to-ceiling foliage. Come back on Saturday night and the same room has turned into something closer to a Rio street party, with a percussionist working the room and a rooftop upstairs that doesn’t stop until 3am. Few…
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Quick answer: We could not verify any Taco Bell restaurant operating in Dubai or elsewhere in the UAE as of 28 July 2026. The chain entered the UAE in 2008 and withdrew in 2012. Old restaurant pages still surface in search, but they are not evidence of an open branch. We also found no official…
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