Restaurants, cafés, brunches, bakeries and the food guides worth your table.
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A small, adults-only cocktail room at The Lana that understands the appeal of restraint.
On The Radar, it belongs in the edit for readers who want five-star service without a pool deck, a DJ booth or an oversized crowd.
The region's independent-cinema sensibility distilled into one permanent screen at Alserkal Avenue.
On The Radar, Cinema Akil is an essential recurring recommendation for readers who want Dubai after dark without a bar, mall or arena.
A calm, free contemporary-art institution on the Creek with galleries, a research library and a waterfront setting.
The best visit leaves room for the library, the gardens and a walk along the water.
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.