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Bungalo34: a restaurant, not a beach club
Share your commentsWhen Natasha Sideris, the founder and CEO of The Tashas Group, first mentioned that she was developing a new homegrown, independent restaurant in Dubai, Bungalo34, at Nikki Beach Resort, she...
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How does Fat Uncle fit into the Al Wasl Road dining family?
Share your commentsThe satirically-named Fat Uncle, located conveniently in a dining hotbed on Al Wasl Road is a new Dubai restaurant by an Emirati...
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Is Drift here to stay?
Share your comments“That’s Dubai, eh…,” responds a manager to my statement that the menu at new chic Dubai beach club, Drift at One & Only Royal Mirage is overpriced. Well he does ask how our meal has fared. Allow me to paint a...
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Izu Brasserie may be hidden but is it a gem?
4 commentsIzu Ani is a seasoned chef specialising in Mediterranean cuisine with a focus on southern Italian influences. He opened La Petite Maison in Dubai, then moved on to replicate, arguably, that concept with La Serre, followed by a...
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Meet chef Chris Galvin
2 commentsI first stumbled upon chef Chris Galvin (and his younger brother Jeff) when they opened Terence Conran’s Orrery in Marylebone in 1997. I used to work round the...
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Does The Lighthouse show the way to casual, comfort dining?
4 commentsFinding my way to Dubai Design District, or D3 as it's lovingly called, is a challenge in itself and not being able to see The Lighthouse is ironical. I lay the blame on bad signage in a new free...
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Rockfish: location, location and only location
25 commentsRockfish, a "Mediterranean seafood" restaurant in the new Jumeirah Al Naseem is a classic example of a restaurant in Dubai that relies solely on a dashing location to attract mainly tourists. The setting is a little set back...
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Morah: where Middle East meets Mediterranean
4 commentsNewly opened Canadian restaurant concept Morah, promising Eastern Mediterranean cuisine, is the younger sibling of Weslodge. Perched just above, in the same tower of the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, on the...
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Is Shimmers On The Beach more than just the setting?
7 commentsWhen I shortlist Dubai restaurants to review, I typically prioritise based on one or more of the following qualities. A concept that is home-grown (even though I love my celeb chef...
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