French-JapaneseBar des PrésHot right now
Bar des Prés
DIFC, Dubai
Cyril Lignac's French-Japanese dining room on the 51st floor of ICD Brookfield Place.
The neighbourhood edit
Where to eat in DIFC.
We compared 32 venues and kept 7 researched restaurants for this edit.
THE QUICK ANSWER
For restaurants in DIFC, start with Bar des Prés for 51st-floor skyline views, LPM Restaurant & Bar for riviera-style menu, Zuma Dubai for sushi and robata counters and Amazónico Dubai for spectacular tropical interior. Every restaurant shown here has enough editorial research to earn its place; the wider directory is kept separate.
Dubai's sharpest concentration of power lunches, polished dining rooms and bars where one drink has a habit of becoming dinner.
32 compared7 selected0 Plate Snob picks
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New & hot
The tables making noise.
French-JapaneseBar des Prés
Japanese ContemporaryZuma DubaiHot right now
Zuma Dubai
DIFC, Dubai
The original DIFC modern-Japanese heavyweight, built around sushi, robata and a perpetually charged room.
The shortlist
The restaurants that made the cut.
French MediterraneanLPM Restaurant & BarFeatured restaurantLPM Restaurant & Bar
DIFC, Dubai
Bright Riviera cooking, excellent people-watching and a dining room that has mastered the long lunch.
Latin AmericanAmazónico DubaiFeatured restaurantAmazónico Dubai
DIFC, Dubai
A rainforest-scale DIFC dining room serving Latin American dishes, sushi and charcoal-grilled meats until late.
AsianBB Social DiningBB Social Dining
DIFC, Dubai
Playful modern Asian sharing plates spread across three intimate floors in DIFC Gate Village.
ChineseHutong DubaiHutong Dubai
DIFC, Dubai
Northern Chinese cooking, theatrical interiors and a terrace tucked into DIFC's Gate Building 6.
EuropeanThe GuildThe Guild
DIFC, Dubai
A sprawling home-grown brasserie in ICD Brookfield Place with distinct rooms, a seafood counter and serious all-day range.
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