ChineseDai Pai DongFeatured restaurantDai Pai Dong
Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi
Rosewood Abu Dhabi's polished take on a Cantonese street market, with dim sum, roasted meats and hand-pulled noodles.
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The UAE's Chinese restaurant edit.
From 7 matching venues, 2 researched picks made the cut.
THE QUICK ANSWER
For Chinese restaurants in the UAE, start with Dai Pai Dong for excellent dim sum and Cantonese barbecue and Hutong Dubai for northern Chinese specialities. Every restaurant shown here has enough editorial research to earn its place; the wider directory is kept separate.
Dim sum, regional specialities and polished Cantonese dining rooms, with enough range to make 'Chinese' feel properly specific again.
7 compared2 selected0 Plate Snob picks
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The shortlist
The restaurants that made the cut.
ChineseDai Pai DongFeatured restaurant
ChineseHutong DubaiFeatured restaurantHutong Dubai
DIFC, Dubai
Northern Chinese cooking, theatrical interiors and a terrace tucked into DIFC's Gate Building 6.
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