The 11 Best Cocktail Bars in Dubai
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The best cocktail bars in Dubai, according to the experts: The Pinnacle Guide, Spirited Awards, and The 50 have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Salmon Guru comes out on top.
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Blind Tiger and Jass Lounge hold the next two places. Spirited Awards shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The Pinnacle Guide next.
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Rank 1. Salmon Guru
Cocktail Bar
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- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Middle East & Africa
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – Middle East & Africa
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Rank 2. Blind Tiger
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- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 2. Paradiso Dubai
Cocktail Bar
The Barcelona original put cocktails inside a fridge; this ninth-floor outpost swapped the fridge for a circus. A cocktail bar inside the Five Luxe JBR, Paradiso Dubai goes big on spectacle: candy stripes, circus motifs, and drinks that arrive as set pieces, one served inside a miniature steam engine under sesame foam, another glowing green thanks to riboflavin and something billed as an electric liqueur. A named spot on The 50 Discovery list.
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- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 9. 1920
Cocktail Bar
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- The Pinnacle Guide The Pinnacle Guide: 1 Pin
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Rank 9. Bar Dali
Cocktail Bar
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- The Pinnacle Guide The Pinnacle Guide: 1 Pin
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Rank 11. Bar 44
Cocktail Bar
The circular bar on the 44th floor of Grosvenor House earns the name, with views over the marina that make it easy to forgive the champagne-bar origins and the flashier crowd that came with them. This is a cocktail bar now, properly, with lounge rooms off to the sides for anyone who wants to sit somewhere quieter and pretend they planned ahead. The jetset still shows up, but so does everyone else.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide