Visitors, properly chosen.

A traditional French bistro on the Dubai Marina waterfront.

A compact harbour-side restaurant serving contemporary Asian food with Japanese influence.

French sophistication and Japanese precision high above DIFC.

A compact old-Dubai favourite known for Iranian kebabs.

Colourful Lebanese dining by the beach at Mamsha Al Saadiyat.

A contemporary Japanese restaurant at Mamsha Al Saadiyat.

Contemporary Cantonese dining at Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental.

A contemporary expression of Emirati cooking beside Qasr Al Hosn.

A museum restaurant and café with a terrace looking across Saadiyat Cultural District.

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

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

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

Warm, deeply personal Levantine home cooking in JLT.

Seasonal, low-waste cooking beside Jameel Arts Centre.

A long-running Persian dining room overlooking Dubai Creek.

A leafy courtyard for Emirati breakfasts, tea and old-Dubai atmosphere.

No-frills fried fish, prawns and curry beside the fishing harbour.

Modern Portuguese cooking with a sea-facing terrace and rooftop pool views.

Historic British recipes reworked with Heston-level polish and theatre.

Sky-high fine dining at Burj Al Arab with views that do not believe in understatement.

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

Borderless, deeply personal cooking from three brothers, rooted in Syria and fluent in Dubai.

Warm, polished Italian fine dining inside Emirates Palace.

Contemporary Indian cooking with a terrace overlooking the palace beach.

Polished Italian dining with waterfront views and a capital-city power-table mood.