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Where FooDiva Dines In Dubai: A 2026 Restaurant Guide
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Welcome to my annual Dubai restaurant guide, the eleventh edition, with a personal headline of where I dine out. This is NOT one of those contentious 'best of' lists, but simply...
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Maison Dali: a dining experience that complements or conflicts?
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A decade after opening Marina Social for Jason Atherton, accomplished Scottish chef Tristin Farmer has returned to Dubai following his five-year tenure at three-Michelin Zén...
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Have you tried Central American cuisine? Girl & The Goose reviewed.
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The hostess escorts us to our semi-banquette table, sandwiched so tightly between two tables, LPM-style, we can hear every word of the neighbouring conversation...
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Where FooDiva Dines In Dubai: A 2025 Restaurant Guide
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My annual Dubai restaurant guide celebrates its tenth edition, so with this milestone, change is afoot. The restaurants featured are those that I choose to frequent socially, some...
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A review of a new steakhouse, Three Cuts. With a self-explanatory “concept”.
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A staggering 95% of you voted for my new header-style format that I had proposed for my restaurant reviews, which brings great joy to the organisational freak in me.
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Does Rare ‘enchant and engage’?
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Whilst I have been publishing restaurant reviews on this website for over 13 years, reviews from today onwards will be housed on my Substack newsletter. You can still use this website as your first port of call...
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Can Sushiyaki compete in Dubai’s crowded Japanese scene?
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Let’s see who's old-school Dubai. Do you remember golden oldie Japengo? With a Japanese and broader Asian menu. The Souk Madinat Jumeirah outpost overlooking the waterway...
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Top Dubai restaurants: a FooDiva 2024 guide
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I give you the ninth edition of the annual FooDiva guide to top restaurants in Dubai. A record number of 45 homegrown, locally developed concepts have made the cut...
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How does the new Okku compare to the original?
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The original Okku that opened in 2009 became Dubai’s first independent, homegrown, licensed restaurant concept. Remember the wild disco brunch and Sunday L.O.V.E. promo? Those heady, old-school times are...
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