BritishReform Social & GrillFeatured restaurantPlate Snob PickHot right now
Reform Social & Grill
The Lakes, Dubai
Dubai’s original British gastropub, with breakfast from 8am, a lakeside garden, proper pub classics and a packed weekly diary.
Start with the mood
Breakfast, properly chosen.
We compared 7 venues against the brief. 6 researched picks made the cut.
THE QUICK ANSWER
For a breakfast booking, start with Reform Social & Grill for lakeside garden and proper pub atmosphere, Bistro des Arts for classic French bistro cooking with current prices, Nayzak for a proper restaurant inside Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi and Ultra Brasserie, Emaar Square for breakfast from 7am on working days. Every restaurant shown here has enough editorial research to earn its place; the wider directory is kept separate.
Proper breakfasts, serious coffee and enough range to satisfy both the eggs person and the pastry person.
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BritishReform Social & GrillFeatured restaurant
FrenchBistro des ArtsPlate Snob Pick
Bistro des Arts
Dubai Marina, Dubai
A French neighbourhood bistro on Dubai Marina Promenade, with current menu prices, online reservations, weekend breakfast and two waterside terraces.
Modern InternationalNayzakPlate Snob PickHot right now
Nayzak
Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi
Nayzak is the all-day restaurant inside Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, with a globally minded menu, exact prices, terrace seating and online reservations.
Healthy ContemporaryUltra Brasserie, Emaar SquarePlate Snob Pick
Ultra Brasserie, Emaar Square
Downtown Dubai, Dubai
Ultra Emaar Square is a weekday Downtown brasserie for 7am breakfast, healthy business lunches, takeaway and delivery, with current menu prices.
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The tables making noise.
BritishReform Social & GrillPlate Snob PickHot right now
Reform Social & Grill
The Lakes, Dubai
Dubai’s original British gastropub, with breakfast from 8am, a lakeside garden, proper pub classics and a packed weekly diary.
Modern InternationalNayzakPlate Snob PickHot right now
Nayzak
Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi
Nayzak is the all-day restaurant inside Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, with a globally minded menu, exact prices, terrace seating and online reservations.
The shortlist
The restaurants that made the cut.
BritishReform Social & GrillFeatured restaurantPlate Snob PickHot right now
Reform Social & Grill
The Lakes, Dubai
Dubai’s original British gastropub, with breakfast from 8am, a lakeside garden, proper pub classics and a packed weekly diary.
FrenchBistro des ArtsFeatured restaurantPlate Snob Pick
Bistro des Arts
Dubai Marina, Dubai
A French neighbourhood bistro on Dubai Marina Promenade, with current menu prices, online reservations, weekend breakfast and two waterside terraces.
Modern InternationalNayzakPlate Snob PickHot right now
Nayzak
Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi
Nayzak is the all-day restaurant inside Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, with a globally minded menu, exact prices, terrace seating and online reservations.
Healthy ContemporaryUltra Brasserie, Emaar SquarePlate Snob Pick
Ultra Brasserie, Emaar Square
Downtown Dubai, Dubai
Ultra Emaar Square is a weekday Downtown brasserie for 7am breakfast, healthy business lunches, takeaway and delivery, with current menu prices.
Healthy ContemporaryUltra Brasserie, Marina PlazaPlate Snob Pick
Ultra Brasserie, Marina Plaza
Dubai Marina, Dubai
Ultra Marina Plaza is a seven-day brasserie with breakfast, healthy lunches, a changing deli, weekday value meals, takeaway and delivery.
Balkan21gramsPlate Snob Pick
21grams
Umm Suqeim 2, Dubai
Soulful Balkan cooking, excellent pastries and a breakfast crowd that knows what it is doing.
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Useful answers
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How does Plate Snob choose restaurants?
We edit for food, character, value, setting and genuine usefulness, not for the size of a marketing budget.
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