Fine dining that earns the ceremony.

French sophistication and Japanese precision high above DIFC.

A bright Riviera-inspired dining room in DIFC.

Contemporary Japanese dining in the heart of DIFC.

Contemporary Japanese dining on Al Maryah Island.

Contemporary Cantonese dining at Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental.

A polished contemporary Japanese restaurant at The Galleria.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Warm, polished Italian fine dining inside Emirates Palace.

A 1920s Chicago-style steakhouse with swagger, martinis and serious beef.

Colourful modern Peruvian dining with a high-energy bar and waterfront terrace.

Bright Riviera cooking and one of Al Maryah's most reliable power-lunch rooms.

A handsome modern steakhouse at Al Bateen Marina.