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A traditional French bistro on the Dubai Marina waterfront.

A British gastropub built around a generous garden and all-day dining.

A compact harbour-side restaurant serving contemporary Asian food with Japanese influence.

French sophistication and Japanese precision high above DIFC.

A bright Riviera-inspired dining room in DIFC.

Contemporary Japanese dining in the heart of DIFC.

A long-standing Dubai institution for Pakistani comfort food.

A compact old-Dubai favourite known for Iranian kebabs.

An intimate Japanese izakaya and ramen restaurant in The Onyx.

A chef-led bistro reframing Middle Eastern flavours with a highly personal menu.

A bright weekday brasserie for fresh breakfasts, salads and business-district lunches.

An all-day Marina brasserie for breakfast, balanced lunches and coffee that keeps its promises.

An intimate tasting-menu restaurant pushing modern Indian cooking into its own orbit.

An underwater fine-dining room built around a long, theatrical seafood tasting menu.

A tiny chef's-table tasting experience high above Dubai Marina.

Restrained, highly polished Italian cooking at Bulgari Resort Dubai.

Elegant French fine dining in the hushed grounds of One&Only The Palm.

A rooftop chef's counter telling a highly personal Dubai story course by course.

Bold, borderless cooking with a lively Downtown dining room.

Warm, deeply personal Levantine home cooking in JLT.

Produce-led cooking from an open kitchen and wood-fired oven.

Seasonal, low-waste cooking beside Jameel Arts Centre.

A long-running Persian dining room overlooking Dubai Creek.

A leafy courtyard for Emirati breakfasts, tea and old-Dubai atmosphere.

A bustling Syrian institution for grills, mezze and very generous tables.

No-frills fried fish, prawns and curry beside the fishing harbour.

A rooftop garden lounge drawing across the Middle East and North Africa.

Mediterranean sharing plates, serious vegetables and a sustainability-minded cellar.

Jazz-age styling and polished Japanese cooking in Restaurant Village.

Modern Portuguese cooking with a sea-facing terrace and rooftop pool views.

Historic British recipes reworked with Heston-level polish and theatre.

A vegetarian Indian tasting menu with confidence, precision and no consolation-prize energy.

Contemporary Anatolian cooking with a polished Palm dining room.

Sky-high fine dining at Burj Al Arab with views that do not believe in understatement.

Polished Tuscan-led Italian cooking in DIFC.

A maximalist, ultra-luxury tasting experience merging Nordic and Asian ideas.

A relaxed neighbourhood Japanese restaurant with sharp sushi and charcoal-grilled skewers.

Soulful Balkan cooking, excellent pastries and a breakfast crowd that knows what it is doing.

Borderless, deeply personal cooking from three brothers, rooted in Syria and fluent in Dubai.