Restaurants, cafés, brunches, bakeries and the food guides worth your table.
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Dubai's Japanese-inspired listening bar puts the sound system, record selection and mood ahead of spectacle.
For The Radar, its value is simple: it gives Business Bay a distinctive after-dark recommendation that is about taste rather than skyline views.
A globally recognisable beach-club formula on Pearl Jumeira, built for social afternoons and music-led weekends.
On The Radar, Nikki Beach is the social, high-energy counterpoint to quieter resort clubs.
Belgian restaurant in Barsha Heights.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Pub in Dubai Festival City, belgian kitchen.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Sports bar in Dubai Marina.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Sports bar at Hyatt Regency Dubai, Deira.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Sports bar at FIVE LUXE JBR, Dubai Marina.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Restaurant in Dubai Marina.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Irish pub in Trade Centre, british kitchen.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Irish pub in Palm Jumeirah, british kitchen.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Irish pub in Jebel Ali, british kitchen.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Irish pub in JLT, british kitchen.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Irish pub in Al Sufouh, british kitchen.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Sports bar in Barsha Heights.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
British restaurant in Deira.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Pub in Umm Al Sheif, british kitchen.
Directory listing from the Platinum bars & cafes list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Bistro in JVC.
Directory listing from the Platinum fine dining list; address, phone and pin checked on 14 October. Not yet reviewed by the desk.
Every week, once. Dubai, edited down to what is worth your time.
An industrial district with Dubai's strongest concentration of independent galleries, creative businesses and culture-led detours.
Dubai's financial district doubles as one of its most concentrated destinations for ambitious restaurants, galleries and late cocktails.
Dubai's headline district is most rewarding when the Burj Khalifa becomes the backdrop rather than the entire plan.
Low-rise, coastal and more residential than the skyline suggests, Jumeirah rewards plans built around the beach, design and long meals.
Tables and bars where the room does half the work: low light, a good list and no rush to turn you over.
The Saturday institution, edited: the brunches worth the afternoon.
The home cooking of the Emirates, finally in restaurants: machboos, harees, luqaimat and the coffee that goes with them.
A subcontinent of kitchens, from Bur Dubai cafeterias to tasting menus: the best Indian food outside India is an argument Dubai can make.
From the hotel trattoria to the Amalfi terrace: pasta made in the room, wood-fired pizza and the long Italian lunch.
Omakase counters, neighbourhood izakaya and the ramen shops that stay open late.
Mezze done properly, charcoal grills and the long lunch that Beirut taught the Gulf.