Licensed

RSS feed for this section

• 

  Dusty’s: what’s in a name?

  12 comments

  How important to you is the name of a restaurant when deciding where to dine out? For me, very. Branding is the first impression that positions a restaurant in our minds, and it’s that perception that lingers. As far as...

  Continue Reading
• 

  Top 8 brunches in Dubai

  12 comments

  What has astounded me this year when researching Dubai's brunches for our annual round-up is the increase in new restaurants ALL rolling out brunches. This institution is no longer restricted to the big hotel chains, but independent restaurants are also jumping on the brunch bandwagon...

  Continue Reading
• 

  Is Olives worth a taste?

  Share your comments

  American author, restaurateur, TV personality and chef Todd English has transplanted his contemporary Mediterranean restaurant concept Olives to the capital at the Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi's Venetian Village. Getting there we had to navigate a construction site as the Venetian village is not yet...

  Continue Reading
• 

  The Croft – can fine dining be casual?

  2 comments

  Chef Darren Velvick’s new Dubai restaurant is a brave effort to bring together a minimalist menu of very carefully selected British and broader European dishes, a simple open...

  Continue Reading
• 

  Does Novikov deserve the hype or not?

  17 comments

  When a friend suggests we dine at Novikov in the Sheraton Grand Hotel my heart sinks. Despite the hype, it’s one Dubai restaurant opening I’ve not been looking forward to. Why...

  Continue Reading
• 

  Does Spirito reflect the spirit of Brazil in Dubai?

  1 comment

  “Do we really need another Brazilian restaurant in Dubai?” – this was my initial, admittedly skeptical, reaction when I first heard about the opening of Spirito Lounge & Kitchen...

  Continue Reading
• 

  A soft shell crab dish you must eat

  6 comments

  Once or twice a year I come across a dish in a Dubai or Abu Dhabi restaurant that is so addictively delicious, it warrants a review in its own right. There are three words that make my...

  Continue Reading
• 

  A new Peruvian restaurant in Dubai: Garden

  6 comments

  Would a gift of US$50,000 entice you to open your own restaurant in Dubai? It’s mere pocket money really but it can pave the way for local talent to develop their own concepts. And that’s exactly...

  Continue Reading
• 

  Is Jean-Georges Dining Room worth the price?

  14 comments

  Launched in June at the Four Seasons Resort in Jumeirah to much fanfare and celebrity sightings, Jean-Georges Dubai is US-based French chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s first venture in the...

  Continue Reading