Gymkhana, the two-Michelin-starred restaurant from London’s JKS Restaurants, has opened reservations ahead of its highly anticipated UAE debut on September 1st. Located in Gate Village, Building 7, DIFC, the acclaimed restaurant brings its Indian cuisine, heritage and hospitality to Dubai for the first time. Reservations are now available via the restaurant’s website HERE.
Before the sign, there’s the scent. Beans turning slowly in the Kairos’ Bellwether Shop Roaster, the UAE’s first, with the rich aroma escaping through the door and into the streets outside. Follow it, and the room does the rest of the work: a wide window spanning the full width of the venue from the front door, drawing daylight through an open floor plan until it reaches every corner, upstairs included. At its centre sits the Coffee Assembly, a two-metre circular communal table, hand-carved from a single block of stone brought over from India by SHED Studio, the Surat atelier behind it, built, like everything SHED makes, to age with the hands and stories that touch it.
This Emirati Women’s Day, AMELIA Dubai is adding something sweet to the celebration. On Friday, 28 August, all ladies dining at the restaurant between 7 PM and 10 PM will receive a complimentary Pelota de Chocolate (Chocolate Fondant), offering the perfect finishing touch to an evening out in Downtown Dubai.
Hitchki Dubai, the city’s Bollywood-inspired dining destination, has unveiled its vibrant new Signature Mocktail Menu, introducing five inventive alcohol-free creations that blend bold fruit-forward flavours with the nostalgic charm of iconic Bollywood references. Designed to complement Hitchki’s lively dining experience, the new collection celebrates creativity, culture, and refreshment, offering guests a playful twist on classic mocktails.
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Summer in the UAE has never been about pressing pause. It simply comes with a different rhythm. As the city settles into slower mornings and longer evenings, spontaneous dinner plans replace brunches, favourite restaurants become welcome escapes from the heat, and catching up over great food becomes one of the simplest ways to make the most of the season.
In a city where deciding where to eat can sometimes be harder than deciding what to eat, The Strand Craft Kitchen is making the weekly dining dilemma a little easier.
At 45 Bistro, Syrniki makes the case for breakfast with substance. The Eastern European favourite is built around cottage cheese rather than a classic pancake batter, giving it a naturally protein-rich base and a more substantial feel. That is part of the reason Syrniki has long had a place beyond the home kitchen, with athletes and gym-goers drawn to it as a breakfast or post-training dish that does not rely on processed protein powders.
