Fine Dining, properly chosen.

An intimate Michelin-recognised Japanese restaurant at The Galleria, specialising in luxury sushi, omakase and precise hot dishes.

A colourful Peruvian dining room at Four Seasons Al Maryah Island, with ceviche, charcoal grills and a serious Pisco bar.

Cyril Lignac's French-Japanese dining room on the 51st floor of ICD Brookfield Place.

Bright Riviera cooking, excellent people-watching and a dining room that has mastered the long lunch.

Zuma's polished Abu Dhabi outpost at The Galleria, combining sushi, robata and waterfront views with dependable big-night energy.

The original DIFC modern-Japanese heavyweight, built around sushi, robata and a perpetually charged room.

French-Mediterranean dining at The Galleria where Riviera brightness, polished service and a formidable bar meet.

A rainforest-scale DIFC dining room serving Latin American dishes, sushi and charcoal-grilled meats until late.

Northern Chinese cooking, theatrical interiors and a terrace tucked into DIFC's Gate Building 6.

A sprawling home-grown brasserie in ICD Brookfield Place with distinct rooms, a seafood counter and serious all-day range.

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

A maximalist, ultra-luxury tasting experience merging Nordic and Asian ideas.

Restrained, highly polished Italian cooking at Bulgari Resort Dubai.

An underwater fine-dining room built around a long, theatrical seafood tasting menu.

A tiny chef's-table tasting experience high above Dubai Marina.

Warm, polished Italian fine dining inside Emirates Palace.

A rooftop chef's counter telling a highly personal Dubai story course by course.

An intimate tasting-menu restaurant pushing modern Indian cooking into its own orbit.

Gymkhana's Dubai outpost is open in DIFC, serving Indian dishes in a club-inspired dining room. The opening is sourced; this is not a firsthand meal review.