While much of Dubai’s brunch landscape leans into spectacle, Three Cuts Steakhouse & Bar offers a welcome, intimate alternative. Located at Palm Jumeirah’s Rooftop West, Three Cuts, known for its premium cuts and sophisticated, old-school simplicity, has launched The Hangover…
Barbossa is the required reset you need to officially start your weekend. Let’s be real, after a gruelling Q4 work week, or any week where you’re running on caffeine and autopilot, the last thing you want is to drag yourself out in 'smart casuals' for a polite, quiet Saturday outing. I certainly don't, at least not always. That's precisely why Barbossa's Saturday brunch on the Yas Bay Waterfront is the glorious, much-needed exception.
Let's be honest: Trying to choose a brunch in Dubai is like being a kid in the world’s biggest candy store. You're spoiled for choice. From sky-high champagne affairs to barefoot beach parties, the city practically invented the concept of the weekend feast, offering hundreds of brunches to choose from every weekend.
Amelia has been on my ever-expanding list of must-try restaurants in Dubai for far too long, so naturally, I was thrilled to finally visit and try their newly launched First Flight menu.
So good they named it twice. The UK’s most awarded and celebrity-loved sandwich brand, Sandwich Sandwich, is officially heading to the UAE. The cult favourite from Bristol is set to open its first-ever international franchise in Dubai, bringing with it…
I recently visited Strawfire, the restaurant by Chef Ross Shonhan, which opened in 2024 at the Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental Abu Dhabi.
Strawfire takes its name and philosophy from warayaki, a style of Japanese cooking over straw flames. Chef Ross first came across the method during his travels to Shikoku Island in southern Japan, where rice straw is used to infuse a distinctive campfire flavour. Traditionally reserved for a few regional dishes, Strawfire takes the technique further, using it to bring out character in a wider range of ingredients.
Konjiki Hototogisu, the Michelin-starred ramen house from Tokyo, has opened its second branch in the UAE at the Palm Jumeirah Mall (formerly Nakheel Mall). The Mall of the Emirates outlet already holds a Bib Gourmand, along with garnering rave reviews. I wanted to see how the new location would measure up. (Spoiler: it absolutely did).
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I had the chance to attend the opening of The Chef’s Brunch 2.0 at The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal and if there’s ever been a definition of being spoilt for choice, this is it. With 39 different stations, including 18 new concepts, it’s not the kind of brunch you can breeze through in an hour. My best advice? Arrive on time and stay until the end, it’s the only way to pace yourself and properly enjoy everything on offer.
Dubai’s culinary landscape is constantly evolving, with new openings redefining how the city eats, drinks, and socialises.