The Best Places to Eat and Stay in Dubai
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Rank 94. Hawkerboi
Hawker Southeast Asian
A casual Asian street food restaurant in JLT that grew out of a secret supper club, Hawkerboi channels the hawker markets of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar into a relaxed neighbourhood spot. The team walks you through the menu with the kind of patience that actually helps. Dishes are generous and herb-heavy, built on the logic that more aromatics is never the wrong call. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 94. Indya by Vineet
Modern Indian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Peacocks wander the garden terraces while the aluminum facade shifts through golds and silvers as the sun moves across it, which sets the tone nicely for a hotel that has never been shy about itself. The twin triangular towers on Sheikh Zayed Road hold 400 rooms across a 305-meter climb, with a 30-meter atrium lobby that earns its scale. Japanese rooftop dining and Levantine plates are both on the premises.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The infinity pool lines up almost exactly with the Burj Khalifa, which is either a flex or just Tuesday in this part of Dubai. This hotel sits inside the Dubai Mall, so stepping outside means choosing between 1,200 shops or a quiet room with floor-to-ceiling windows and sky-high balcony views of the skyline. The spa skips the high-tech treatments and keeps things simple with aromatherapy, which feels like a deliberate act of calm.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 94. Khadak
Indian
A contemporary Indian brasserie tucked into a villa on Al Wasl Road, earning a Michelin Bib Gourmand for sharing plates built around the flavors of India's street food. The keema pao nods to a long-gone Bombay institution, the kulfi falooda arrives in a cloud of dry ice, and the drinks menu borrows its characters from Khadak Street itself. Loud, colorful, and a little theatrical, in a way that feels earned rather than performed.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 94. Konjiki Hototogisu
Japanese Noodle Shop
A ramen shop on the second floor of Mall of the Emirates, which is either a strange place to find serious Tokyo-pedigreed noodles or a perfectly logical one, depending on how you feel about air conditioning. The shoyu ramen is the draw, and the Michelin Bib Gourmand suggests the broth hasn't suffered from the journey. No reservations, but the counter usually has room, and service starts before noon.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 94. Mika
Mediterranean
Perched on Yas Marina with a terrace made for Abu Dhabi winters, Mika is a Mediterranean restaurant that earns its Michelin Bib Gourmand by doing the small things carefully: bread baked in-house, salmon cured on-site, limoncello made from scratch. The menu leans toward the Riviera, bright and unfussy, and the tiramisu named for Nonna arrives with the quiet confidence of something that has never once disappointed anyone.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 94. REIF Japanese Kushiyaki - Dar Wasl
Contemporary Japanese
Reif Othman's Wagyu Katsu Sando went viral before most Dubai restaurants had figured out Instagram, and the kushiyaki joint it anchors is the kind of bright, relaxed mall spot that punches well above its postcode. Robata-grilled skewers anchor the menu, but the room fills out with ramen and gyoza too. The Michelin Bib Gourmand and a sunlit terrace make the case quietly. Casual dress, lively crowd, and no need to book a month ahead.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 94. Revelry
Indian
An Indian tapas bar sharing a wall with its fancier sibling avatāra next door, Revelry leans into cricket on the screens, cocktails named after India's seasons, and small plates priced to let you order broadly and figure out what you like. The cooking is contemporary and gently spiced, tradition nudged toward the modern without drama. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand. Save room: the desserts take an unexpected turn.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 94. Shabestan
Persian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Sandstone buildings that sink into the dunes rather than announce themselves above them, which is a genuine rarity within the Dubai hospitality universe. Bab Al Shams is a desert resort about an hour outside the city, operated by the same group behind Atlantis but deliberately quieter in register. Rooms lean restrained by local standards, all private terraces and garden or dune views. It holds a Michelin Key. Skew toward families over honeymooners.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Key
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The awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Recommended
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The name means "sky" in French, which tracks for a tower standing 377 meters above Dubai Marina, currently the tallest hotel on earth. Over a thousand rooms keep it from feeling intimate, but floor-to-ceiling glass and a restrained contemporary palette make the scale work. The open-air pool hangs at altitude with nothing but city below, and a gap in the tower's structure creates an outdoor perch that is difficult to play it cool about.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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A hotel on Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard that deliberately refuses to be a skyscraper, which in Dubai counts as a design statement. The mid-rise layout feels almost village-like, with rooms facing gardens and a pool rather than an infinity edge and the void. Quiet, comfortable, and tasteful without trying too hard, the Michelin Guide Selected Hotels pick also runs a casual food truck out of a vintage Airstream, which is either charming or incongruous depending on your mood.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Floor-to-ceiling windows face the marina on every one of the 328 rooms, and the glass-walled bathrooms mean the view follows you in. This waterfront hotel sits close enough to Dubai Marina Mall and the beach to feel genuinely connected to the neighborhood, while the 39th-floor Rex Bar and a spa with a rooftop pool give you little reason to leave. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Check-in happens on the 36th floor, which sets the tone immediately. This sleek luxury hotel occupies a skyscraper on Sheikh Zayed Road, with 259 marble-clad rooms that pull back slightly from the building's more dramatic exterior without exactly being modest about it. The Burj Khalifa is nearby, a two-floor spa is inside, and the restaurant options run from Greek to Cantonese, which covers a lot of ground without leaving the building.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Recommended
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The minibar is stocked with blueberries and kombucha, the recovery closet with foam rollers and resistance bands, which tells you everything about what kind of hotel this is. SIRO One Za'abeel is Dubai's biohacking-focused answer to a wellness property, with a 900-square-metre gym, sleep-optimised rooms, and menus built around recovery. You don't have to be training for anything to stay here, but you will feel like you should be.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The shiny facade of tiny blue mirrors makes this luxury hotel look like it was custom-built to catch the Dubai sun, which it essentially was. Across from the Burj Khalifa and connected to the Dubai Mall by an air-conditioned walkway, it's a sleek, geometry-forward property with plush rooms, an infinity pool ringed by actual grass, and a rooftop bar open until three. The ground-floor patisserie selling croissants is, charmingly, as French as it gets.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Thirty floors up, the balcony faces the Gulf, and the waterfront promenade is right below. This high-rise beach hotel blends Sofitel's French-accented style with Arabic touches, and it handles both the leisure crowd and the laptop brigade without making either feel like an afterthought. Two restaurants, three bars, a spa, and a pool fill the middle hours, with Jumeirah Beach and the Walk doing the rest.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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A hotel attached to the world's largest shopping mall that somehow keeps its cool about it. The Burj Khalifa fills most room windows, an air-conditioned bridge connects directly to Dubai Mall, and the interiors go deliberately the other way: blond wood, clean lines, colorful art where the neighborhood would have put gold leaf. The Flo Pool Bar has the Khalifa as a backdrop, which is either very relaxing or very distracting, depending on you.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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A fresh apple lands in your room each day, which tells you something about the Delano's particular brand of studied cool. This design hotel on Bluewaters Island carries the DNA of Ian Schrager and Philippe Starck's South Beach original: dimly lit bar, sunken pool furniture, draped corridors, and 251 rooms dressed in white oak and boucle rather than the regional marble-and-gold default.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The wave-shaped tower has been a fixture on the Jumeirah coastline long enough that Dubai's skyline would look odd without it, and its best rooms frame the Burj Al Arab like a postcard you're actually sleeping inside. This beach resort runs from live-fire Mediterranean cooking on the sand all the way to a French brasserie on the 25th floor with panoramic windows pointed at that famous sail. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Golden columns in the lobby, and not in an ironic way. This sprawling Palm Jumeirah resort takes its Ottoman-inspired look seriously, delivering soaring interiors, a private beach, and over four hundred rooms where even the entry-level options come with a round-the-clock butler. Ten restaurants, a hammam, spa, and tennis courts mean you could theoretically never leave, which on a man-made island shaped like a palm tree is arguably the point.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The only hotel sitting directly on Pearl Jumeira's waterfront, Nikki Beach Resort & Spa positions itself as a certain kind of fantasy: Gulf views from every private balcony, five places to eat and drink, beachside cabanas, and villas that come staffed with a round-the-clock host and a personal chef. The brand's motto is "tell only your best friends," which is doing a lot of work in a city where ultra-luxe is basically the baseline. Selected by the Michelin Guide.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Fifteen individually artist-designed rooms tucked into a 19th-century merchants' district that Dubai somehow forgot to demolish. XVA is a boutique hotel, gallery, and vegetarian café folded into one wind-towered building in Al Fahidi, where the alleyways are narrow enough that two people walking abreast is optimistic. Persian arches, palm motifs, and handcrafted textiles do the decorating; no alcohol, but the mint lemonade compensates more than it should.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Two towers connected by an observation deck over Dubai Creek Harbour, which tells you immediately what kind of scale Emaar had in mind. This hotel goes full Dubai in the lobbies, with gold accents, statement chandeliers, and marbled everything, but the 233 rooms and suites pull back to something quieter. The harbor and skyline views from the middle deck are the real argument for choosing it over somewhere more central.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Twenty-one rooms on a Colin Montgomerie golf course, surrounded by lakes and fairways, in a city where hotels typically have more floors than this one has guests. Address Montgomerie is a boutique resort that plays well above its size, with a full spa, three restaurants, and rooms styled with an unusual restraint for Dubai. Non-golfers settle in fine, but the floodlit par-3 course and coaching facilities are the real draw for those keeping score.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 129. Alici
Southern Italian Seafood
Olive trees in cobalt pots, blue-and-white stripes, and enough snowy linen to make you forget you're on a man-made island in Dubai. Alici is a Southern Italian seafood restaurant that leans hard into Amalfi coast aesthetics, with sustainably caught Mediterranean fish and a crudo selection that sets the tempo. The terrace at sunset, with mega yachts catching the last of the light, does most of the selling.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 129. Cipriani
Italian
The white jackets on the waiters are the tell: this is a Cipriani, which means the whole operation traces back to Harry's Bar in Venice and carries itself accordingly. It's a full-service Italian restaurant in the DIFC, serving pasta, risotto, carpaccio, and veal Milanese to a crowd that likes its la dolce vita with a side of expense account. The Bellini, naturally, is on the list.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 129. Din Tai Fung
Taiwanese
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 129. Eleven Green
American
A Battle of the Burgers competition win prompted this husband-and-wife team to pivot from supper club to counter-service burger spot, which is either brave or completely logical depending on how good the burgers are. Eleven Green lands closer to a sleek casual diner than anything fast food, with green banquettes, polished wood, and booths lit low enough to feel like a choice. A Discovery on The 50 list.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 129. Em Sherif Café
Lebanese
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The baobab-inspired ceiling shifts color above zebra-print cushions and a crystal-encrusted champagne bar, and that's before anyone's opened a menu. Flamingo Room by tashas is a full-on restaurant and bar that leans hard into the spectacle, though the kitchen earns its share of the attention too. Crab and lobster croquettes and a salmon Wellington make a reasonable case that the food isn't just set dressing. The phones come out early and often here.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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A hotel in Al Jadaf that treats restraint as a design philosophy, which in Dubai is roughly as rare as a quiet roundabout. The Architecture Studio building tempers its hard modernism with Art Deco warmth, and rooms run from the sensibly compact to the 50-square-meter Mega for those who feel the city deserves a response in kind. Rooftop pool, gym, and a restaurant that skips the gold leaf for clean eating. Selected by the Michelin Guide.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 129. Fusion Ceviche
Peruvian
A 26-seat Peruvian restaurant tucked into JLT where ceviche is more or less the whole point. The chef built her approach around recipes from home, kept simple and original, and the fish arrives with the kind of acidity that makes you understand why Peru considers the dish a national treasure. The team checks your spice tolerance before you order, which is either hospitality or a warning, depending on how you answer.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 129. Maisan15
Middle Eastern Coffee Shop
Part café, part restaurant, part gallery, part library, Maisan15 sits in Al Barsha doing several things at once and pulling off all of them. Prints by David Shrigley and Dan Witz hang on walls where the art is also for sale, and the kitchen sends out a Levantine-leaning menu in a room that smells of coffee and good intentions. A Discovery on The 50 list for Dubai.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 129. Mama'esh (Business Bay Branch)
Palestinian
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 129. Moon Slice Pizza
Neapolitan Pizzeria
The dough ferments for 48 hours before it ever sees the oven, which tells you how seriously this Neapolitan-style pizzeria inside Dar Wasl Mall takes what is, at its heart, a very simple thing. Moon Slice built its reputation on inventive topping combinations and an interior made for photographs, and the room still draws a crowd happy to play along. A casual, affordable slice of Naples via Al Wasl Road.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 129. Nammos
Mediterranean Seafood
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 129. Nusr-Et Steakhouse Dubai
Steakhouse
The glass-and-wood steakhouse inside the Four Seasons where Nusret Gökçe, better known as Salt Bae, built his empire on beef and a single viral moment. The theatrics are very much part of the offer, but behind the internet fame is a family of butchers going back generations. Come for a proper splurge on a steak cut tableside, and expect a room that takes both the meat and the moment quite seriously.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The hotel is a glass-tipped pyramid, which in Dubai reads as almost restrained. Raffles delivers the unashamedly classic luxury it's known for across its properties, with every room and suite opening onto a private terrace and panoramic views of the skyline. Services are comprehensive, the five-star comforts are exactly what they should be, and at the apex, the RED Lounge adds Chinese cuisine and cocktails with a view that the original pyramids never quite managed.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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A sign on the glass front asks, "Ciao Jumeirah, fancy some pasta?" and sixteen seats fill up at noon and again at night, which answers that question. This tiny pasta restaurant on Jumeirah Beach Road was started by a former designer with a genuine obsession with Italian technique, and the classics arrive with small, smart twists that don't overshadow the thing itself. The 50 Discovery list picked it up.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 129. Scalini
Italian
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 129. Shanghai Me
Cantonese Sushi
The name promises Shanghai, but the menu wanders the whole continent, from Cantonese dumplings to a dedicated sushi and sashimi section. This is a pan-Asian restaurant done with Art Deco bones and a prohibition-era sense of theater, moody enough that the rosy lighting flatters everyone at the table. The banana tree terrace and zodiac cocktails keep things flirtatious. A place where the second date is equally plausible as the tenth anniversary.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The tagline is "food you love to eat," which sounds like something plastered on a cafeteria tray until the food arrives and you stop reading signs. This casual eatery in Mercato Mall pulls from French technique, Peruvian brightness, and Korean heat without planting a flag in any of them. The chef cooked at Ducasse and Momofuku, and the menu reads like what happens when someone absorbs all of that and then just cooks what they want.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The building announces itself as an obelisk, which makes the interior's commitment to French art de vivre a very deliberate bait-and-switch. This Sofitel hotel in Wafi City wears creamy tones, dark wood, and Art Deco detailing throughout its rooms, with Dubai skyline views doing the heavy lifting from there. Brasserie Boulud anchors the dining mix, and the spa layers L'Occitane treatments and a hammam around an outdoor pool.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 129. Somewhere
Middle Eastern
Menus arrive as faux passports, which tells you most of what you need to know about the vibe here. This casual all-day restaurant in Dubai Mall leans hard into fusion, pairing Middle Eastern ingredients with global formats: wagyu kebab in bao, French omelette spiced with za'atar, a fatteh bar at dinner. The breakfast side skews playful to a fault, but the lunch and dinner menu settles into something more grounded.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 129. Tahini
Mediterranean
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Twenty standalone villas, each with a private pool, a cinema, an elevator, and a butler, which puts this Al Barsha property in a category where the word "hotel" barely applies. Dark hardwood floors, floor-to-ceiling glass, and terrace Jacuzzis give the interiors a cool, unhurried weight. Families on extended stays and executives who need a boardroom share the address without ever crossing paths.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 129. Trèsind Studio
Indian
Dinner here begins at the pass, where the team hands you the first course before you've even found your seat. Trèsind Studio is a tasting-menu restaurant inside Dubai's VOCO Hotel, built around chef Himanshu Saini's deeply personal take on Indian cooking, vegetable-forward and technically dazzling without losing the thread back to the subcontinent. It earned a spot on The 50 Discovery list, which tracks where serious eaters are paying attention.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Low-rise luxury in a city that treats altitude as a personality trait, Vida Creek Harbour is a hotel that keeps things unfussy while the towers of Dubai Creek Harbour crowd around it. Neutral tones, warm furniture, and arabesque detailing on the exterior and throughout the interiors give it a grounded feel. The Michelin Guide includes it among its selected hotels, and the skyline views do a lot of the heavy lifting.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The awards
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Rank 161. Akira Back
Contemporary Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. Amazónico Dubai
Latin American
Three floors of tropical greenery in the middle of DIFC, where the Amazon rainforest aesthetic gets taken very seriously and the bar keeps pace with the dining room. The Latin American menu wanders from sushi to grilled meats, which sounds chaotic but tracks with the Amazon basin's many communities. First-floor tables face the open kitchen; the panoramic terrace is the move for a cocktail before or after.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- Spirited Awards Spirited Awards: 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Middle East & Africa
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Middle East & Africa
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Rank 161. Armani Hashi
Contemporary Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Large bay windows frame the canal and gardens at this bright, spacious Indian restaurant inside Jumeirah Al Qasr. Chef Ritu Dalmia's menu roams the subcontinent, pulling regional classics into a contemporary register alongside dishes that lean more fusion. The room is pretty and the service genuinely warm, which in a resort of this scale feels less like a given than it should.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. Avli BY TASHAS
Greek
A sun-bleached palette of oatmeal and natural stone sets the tone at this Greek restaurant in DIFC, where the chef draws on childhood summers along the Greek coast. The food follows that same unhurried logic, mezze spreads of hot, cold, and raw dishes meant for a table of friends with nowhere to be. It reads less like Dubai doing Greece and more like Greece forgetting to leave.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 161. Bâoli
Japanese
The steaks are the reason to lean in at this beach club restaurant, bar, and all-hours hangout on J1 Beach. The menu roams from sashimi to robata skewers to pasta, built for sharing, and the staff are worth listening to on portion sizes before you order half the menu by accident. Cocktails carry you from aperitif through to whenever the night decides to end.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. Bordo Mavi
Seafood
A seafood restaurant built around a working fishing harbour, where the day's catch sits on ice near the entrance so you can pick what ends up on your plate. The team behind 3Fils partnered with a Turkish fisherman to open this rustic spot, and the menu leans into that provenance, running from Norwegian salmon and turbot to locally caught hamour when the boats cooperate. Tahini baklava closes things out in a way nobody argues with.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 161. Brasserie Boulud
Classic French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The glowing geometric room at this Indian fine dining restaurant in DIFC sets the tone before a single plate arrives. The kitchen works from a deep respect for India's culinary traditions and then does something playful and a little theatrical with them, including tableside preparation. Tamarind chutney ice cream and tom yum rasam in the same meal are either provocative or delightful, which probably depends on your mood.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 161. CÉ LA VI
Mediterranean
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. Chic Nonna
Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. City Social
Steakhouse
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. COYA Dubai
Peruvian
The pisco bar alone draws a crowd before anyone touches the ceviche menu. This Peruvian restaurant and bar sits inside the Four Seasons' outdoor Restaurant Village, where the room runs loud and candlelit and nobody seems to be eating alone. The kitchen works the Nikkei angle hard, with ceviches in several directions and a sweetcorn meringue pavlova that sounds odd until it doesn't. Cocktail credentials are no afterthought; the bar team placed among the regional top ten in the Spirited Awards.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- Spirited Awards Spirited Awards: 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Middle East & Africa
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Middle East & Africa
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Rank 161. Demon Duck by Alvin Leung
Contemporary Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. Dragonfly
Contemporary Japanese
A giant red dragonfly hovers over the dining room, and the dark wood ceiling panels were fitted by craftsmen who came over from China specifically for the job. This contemporary Japanese restaurant on the Marasi waterfront swings wide, covering sushi, maki, dim sum, and noodles, with pan-Asian detours along the way. Lunch draws a quieter crowd; dinner tips into cocktail bar energy with the volume to match.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. Fi'lia
Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 161. Hutong
Sichuan
A wishing tree wrapped in red ribbons anchors the dining room at this Silk Road-themed Chinese restaurant in DIFC, where the menu travels from Northern China through Xinjiang and into fiery Sichuan territory, because the chef happens to be from there. Lanterns string the terrace, lunch skews corporate, and dinner loosens up considerably. The flaming whole Peking duck is the move for anyone marking an occasion.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 161. Ibn Albahr
Seafood Lebanese
Fishing rods double as pendant lights here, which tells you everything about the commitment to the bit. This Lebanese seafood restaurant on Palm Jumeirah's waterfront is owned by working fishermen, so the catch on your plate arrived recently and not via a middleman with a refrigerated truck. Fish murals, nautical stripes, and a patio that looks straight out at the Arabian Gulf complete the picture.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 161. Indego by Vineet
Indian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Martín Berasategui named this 18th-floor Basque restaurant after his eldest granddaughter, which is either charming or a lot of pressure for the kid. The room runs dark and brasserie-grand, with an open kitchen where everything moves over fire and charcoal. The terrace looks straight out at Downtown Dubai, and the Basque cheesecake has a following of its own. Dress like you mean it.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. Josette
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
Contemporary French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. L’Olivo at Al Mahara
Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. Late Eatery
Mediterranean-fusion Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. Leña Dubai
Spanish
Dry-aged cuts sit on display in glass cabinets as you walk in, which tells you most of what you need to know about Leña. It's a grilled meats and fish restaurant on The Palm, the Dubai outpost of Spanish chef Dani García, where the black-and-orange room is meant to evoke charcoal embers. Croquetas come in tempura rather than breadcrumbs, the signature burger makes an appearance mid-meal, and dessert rolls out on a trolley. Grab the terrace when the weather cooperates.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. Little Miss India
Indian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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A contemporary restaurant tucked into Dubai's Al Barari neighborhood, where most of the cooking happens over open flames, a wood-fired oven, or the rotisserie. The room is light wood and concrete, kept spare enough that the food does the talking. The chef duo behind it runs a tasting menu that moves through global culinary traditions, land, sea, and air getting roughly equal billing. A Michelin Selected Restaurant.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 161. Masti
Indian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 161. MayaBay
Pan-Asian
The awards
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About twenty miles outside Dubai, where construction cranes give way to polo grounds, this resort sits in a pocket of genuine green. Villas come with private pools, the larger residences have nine-foot privacy walls, and the spa runs Kerstin Florian treatments. The polo angle is the real draw: riding lessons, matches, and tennis for when you've had enough of the ponies.
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Rank 161. Mimi Mei Fair
Chinese
A seat on the terrace puts the Burj Khalifa directly overhead, which is either romantic or completely distracting depending on your company. Inside, this Chinese restaurant splits between a Regency-style parlour and a darker, club-like library room. The classic menu runs from dim sum to sweet and sour chicken, and a set tasting menu exists for anyone who'd rather not negotiate. The team is charming and happy to guide you through it.
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Rank 161. Mina Brasserie
Mediterranean
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Rank 161. Mott 32
Cantonese
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Rank 161. Netsu by Ross Shonhan
Japanese
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Rank 161. Osteria Funkcoolio
Italian
Horseshoe booths overlooking the marina at Port de la Mer set the scene at this Italian restaurant with an unusual angle: the kitchen folds Japanese technique into the menu alongside homemade pastas and pizzas topped with things like spicy duck and sriracha. The tiramisu arrives wrapped in soft meringue, which is either alarming or intriguing depending on your mood. A serious alcohol-free wine list means non-drinkers get something worth thinking about too.
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Rank 161. Pierchic
Italian
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Rank 161. Pierre's TT
Contemporary French
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Rank 161. Rhodes w1
Contemporary British
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Rank 161. Riviera by Jean Imbert
Mediterranean
The terrace looks out over a small marina of luxury yachts, which sets the tone pretty efficiently. This Mediterranean restaurant on the fourth floor of The Lana channels the French Riviera, from the sun-bleached dining room to a menu that drifts between Provence and Italy. Jean Imbert's name is on the door, and the kitchen leans into the showmanship, finishing the tuna tartare tableside. Pack something that wouldn't embarrass you on a superyacht.
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Rank 161. Rockfish
Seafood
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