Dinner review: INDIE, Gate Village
Perched above Gaucho, INDIE is everything you’d expect from the creative team behind Iris Dubai...
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R Trader, Al Fattan Currency House, DIFC
Intriguing, interesting and unique, R Trader is most definitely one of a kind in Dubai. Inside, it’s rather dark and mysterious – almost transporting you to an old English club from the 1920s era...
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The Maine Oyster Bar & Grill, The DoubleTree by Hilton, JBR
Admittedly, this is one of my most preferred openings in Dubai recently. Unlike the usual glitz and glamour seen across much of the Emirate, you enter The Maine through the hotel’s loading dock...
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Atelier M, Pier 7, Dubai
Occupying the top three levels of the Pier 7 restaurant complex, Atelier M combines a stylish restaurant, funky lounge and a rooftop terrace with many guests, especially at the weekends, moving between the three as the evening progresses. -
Riva Ristorante
Before heading to this beach club and restaurant, my friend and I didn’t expect to be dining by a beautifully-lit pool, surrounded by lanterns and date palms...
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Don Alfonso 1890, Shangri-La Dubai
The Don Alfonso name is renowned internationally when it comes to Italian cuisine, and has picked up multiple awards for its establishments – in Rome and Sant’Agata Sui Due Golfi (Don Alfonso’s hometown); the brand has outposts in China and Morocco as well...
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Cravin’ Cajun, Novotel Al Barsha
What it’s like: A refreshing new addition to the Dubai dining scene, this restaurant not only introduces a new and relatively lesser known cuisine to local punters (I mean, do we really need another fine dining Italian restaurant here?), but… -
The Picnic Brunch at Al Badia Golf Club
What’s it like: Undoubtedly one of the most refreshingly unique brunches in town, this family-friendly, alfresco brunch is set on the lush putting green of the golf club, overlooking the ninth hole and a gushing waterfall. As you enter, you…
