Restaurants
For coverage on all your favourite sporting events, head to Goodfellas Sports Lounge. From premier league football and rugby, to Formula One and golf, you can watch all the major events from around the world. With 20 screens showing the live games, you are guaranteed front row viewing every time. If all the sporting energy makes you hungry, Goodfellas restaurant cooks up a hearty selection of dishes, including steaks, seafood and pies.
For generous, low-priced portions and clear marina views, it doesn’t get much better than Aden. Join the locals for a feast of grilled fish, succulent meats, salads, homemade breads and more. This is not your regular sit-down though, instead find your place on the carpeted floors.
Sit under the glass dome of Anwar and take in the natural daylight or gaze up at the evening sky. This bright restaurant offers all-day dining options, starting with the famous Holiday Inn lavish breakfast that is available until 11am on lazy mornings. Choose between the buffet or a la carte menu at lunch or dinner, both offering an array of international starters, mouth-watering mains and delicious desserts. Telephone +971 [0] 4 357 2999
Dhow Ka Aangan is a favourite in Dubai for its impeccably executed, modern north Indian fare. Located in the Grand Excelsior Hotel (formerly, the Dhow Palace Hotel), the restaurant’s menu spans more than a dozen pages. As a traditional Indian band plays for the enjoyment of dinner guests, you can choose from fragrant and tasty dishes such as lobster masala (fresh lobster, cooked with onions, tomatoes and a special spice blend) and meen moiley (a coconut milk fish stew with mustard seeds and curry leaves).
Styled to look like a traditional taverna with low archways, Spanish artwork, and a warm colour palette for walls and furnishings, you feel like you’ve arrived in Seville when you step into this Wafi tapas restaurant. There’s al fresco dining too, if you like to feel the sun on your skin as you tuck into plates of Paella and classic tapas favourites, including Calamares Fritos, Chicken Flamenquines and Patatas Bravas. Telephone +971 [0] 4 324 4777 Email fnb.sales@wafi.com
Enjoy a taste of North India courtesy of Indian celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor, whose eatery Khazana is situated just behind Al Nasr Leisureland in Oud Metha. Try the grilled tandoori seafood and gravy-based dishes, as well as the kebabs and Anglo-Indian novelties, such as British Raj railroad curry. You’ll be privy to a dose of culinary artistry, with chefs mixing the usual fare with Anglo-Indian novelties. Telephone +971 [0] 4 336 0061 Email info@khanakhazanadubai.net
All-you-can-eat buffets don’t always come cheap in Dubai, but this stylish restaurant changes that with affordable buffet rates throughout the week. Guests are invited to fill their plates from overflowing displays of international cuisine while enjoying comfortable, contemporary surroundings. Think modern furniture, lots of natural light and potted plants for a touch of greenery. Telephone +971 [0] 4 397 7444 Email restaurants.burdubai@fourpoints.com
Taste Seafood In A Bucket Seafood in a Bucket does exactly what the name suggests, serving generous portions of seafood in silver buckets to share with friends over lunch or dinner. Don the provided plastic gloves and dig into your favourite seafood, with options including shrimps, lobster, mussels, clams and hammour in a variety of tempting sauces.
Dubai vegetarians should head to Sai Dham in Oud Metha for cuisine that celebrates the very colourful and cultural melting pot that is North India. The restaurant prepares food in the traditional Saatvik method without the use of onion and garlic. Considered to be in its purest form, the food is said to improve mental clarity, emotional serenity, and spiritual balance. Try vegetable specialties including Methi Mutter Malai; fenugreek leaves and fresh green peas, cooked in a spicy gravy.
