Restaurants

In 2012, Buthaina Al Mazrui and Alamira Noor Bani Hashim co-founded The Dinner Club by No. 57 while beginning preparations to open their café. In just two years, their bold concept has grown into the most sought-after dinner invitation in the UAE. Now everyone can enjoy the same creativity that the lucky Dinner Club guests got to try. The Dubai location of their No. FiftySeven Boutique Café is at That Concept Store in Mall of the Emirates. Their menu features modern local ingredients in a sophisticated setting. From one of the best burgers in town to poke bowls and Milk Bread…

Liven up your day and enjoy every moment. Mondoux offers you modern and experiential gastronomy. Spoil your taste buds with tasty meals and drinks prepared daily with fresh ingredients. Relax with a cup of fragrant coffee, tea or hot chocolate or recharge your energy with a fresh lemonade or smoothie. Meet with friends and enjoy a glass of delicious wine or a cocktail, enjoy pleasant moments with delicious and healthy meals, which we can also prepare for vegetarians and vegans. Sweeten your life with delicious unprocessed desserts, cakes, pancakes and other incredible delicacies. Mondoux. All you eat is love.

Tub of Butter, a home-grown casual all-day eatery, has opened on Sheikh Zayed Road, next to the Metropolitan Hotel, in Dubai. The venue’s counters are filled with pastries, desserts, Italian cold cuts, olives, jams and an array of Mediterranean cheeses. Rotisserie chickens are served up daily and pizzas are baked in a Mediterranean-style oven. Breakfast, served from 7am to 11.30am on weekdays and until 2.30pm on weekends, offers bites such as eggs benedict and crushed avocados with chilli chia seeds and lime on toasted sourdough bread, while the list of pizzas on offer includes a crispy smoked turkey pizza with…

This sassy new place is the latest venture from food heroes Tom & Serg who’ve brought us some of Dubai’s favourite cafes (Tom Arnel is Australian, Sergio Lopez is from Spain). The turquoise-hued eatery offers Mexican staples, including the duo’s take on tacos, quesadillas and chili beef, all served in fresh and playful ways. Ask for diablo shrimps served on a cut pineapple, or a signature charcoal chicken. Feeling brave? Opt for the Muchachas fiesta menu, where the chefs will do the thinking for you.

The name of this restaurant, Al Barza, means ‘a gathering place’ and conveys a coming together of people who want to try Emirati food. Now that the weather is perfect, you can have breakfast in the extensive garden under shady umbrellas. There’s a whole area of the menu dedicated to sweet things including a selection of items to share like khan faroush (cakes with cardamom and saffron) and the irresistible lugaimat – the Emirati equivalent of freshly fried doughnut holes dipped in date molasses. Tel No.   +971 4 343 5310

While there’s a relaxed vibe inside the light flooded interior of this quirky cafe, you may just hear the revving of some pretty powerful machines outside. Bike lovers congregate on this eatery dedicated to petrol-heads on two wheels to enjoy their menu of eclectic delights. Feast on their ‘Flavor of Arabia’ breakfast platter and tuck into khameer, chebab, balaleet and muhalla (a date and wholewheat crepe). Tel No.   +971 4 349 3585

This tea house is a hidden gem situated in Dubai’s historic heart. The quaint cafe is an oasis of calm and it’s easy to imagine times gone by while you relax within its traditional walls made of coral, shell and clay. Settle down to sip your morning tea as the sun rises, taking in the cool breeze coming off the nearby Creek with a traditional breakfast platter that includes balaleet – a dish of egg and cardamom flavoured vermicelli. Tel No.   +971 4 353 5071

Tea-time never seemed so enticing. Dukes Dubai at Palm Jumeirah hosts its own brunch version of the English tradition at its stylish Tea Lounge, decorated in gold leaf and bright colours. The Partea brunch features endless dainty cucumber and cream cheese and roast beef and horseradish sandwiches, light sponge cakes, lemon meringue pie and freshly-baked homemade scones with dollops of clotted cream and strawberry jam. Exotic blends have been specially selected from the hotel’s designer tea company, Tchaba, so this is the place to try ‘silver tips’ white tea alongside traditional classics. Best for: A light brunch alternative When: Saturdays, 2 – 6pm Cost: AED295…

Want to try camel? Whether it’s a burger or a kebab – this is the best place in Dubai to do it. Take a seat in the pleasant courtyard and enjoy a unique dining experience. Don’t forget to try their traditional coffee.