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5 restaurants that fit the brief without making the food an afterthought.

Proper breakfasts, serious coffee and enough range to satisfy both the eggs person and the pastry person.

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21grams

Meydan, Dubai

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

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Plate Snob Pick

21grams

Meydan, Dubai

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

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