Dubai Restaurant Reviews By FooDiva

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  Cove Beach for lunch with a view

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  A sleek and sexy restaurant sits sheltered in a cove on Dubai’s Jumeirah beach with gorgeous views of Burj Al Arab. Newly opened Cove Beach at Jumeirah Beach Hotel is owned...

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  Meet the UAE’s first smokehouse – Perry & Blackwelder

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  The UAE has its first smokehouse. Yes we have Fümé with a handful of smoked dishes - but Dubai's Perry & Blackwelder is a new casual American...

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  Zeta – is it solely location, location, location?

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  The hospitality industry’s long-standing mantra 'location, location, location’ (which incidentally some argue is now passé) is one portion of the dining experience that...

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  Mint Leaf of London…in Dubai – does it differentiate?

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  Indian restaurant concepts imported from London appear to be picking up steam here in Dubai. I am not quite...

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  How does the new Table 9 by Darren Velvick compare?

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  Dubai; I can’t work out whether I am a fan of menus with dishes listed by ingredient only and with zero...

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  Two different bodegas in Dubai – Tolosa and Salero

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  Of late we've seen the Brazilian churrascaria craze engulf Dubai, then the Mexican wave and now it’s the Spanish bodega fiesta...

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  Toko docks in Dubai

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  Are the powers that be at Vida Downtown Dubai recreating a mini DIFC restaurant scene? First La Serre to rival La Petite Maison, and now Toko, a contemporary Japanese restaurant concept imported from Sydney to mimic Zuma perhaps?...

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  How does Far-Eastern Umai at Oberoi Dubai fare?

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  On a high, literally, from cocktails at Dubai’s new sexy rooftop bar Iris, we head downstairs for dinner with two restaurants in mind. First, Ananta, the Oberoi’s Indian but it’s eerily quiet with no sense of place. Surely...

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  The Spanish invasion

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  The Spanish restaurant scene in Dubai has been hugely under-represented for a while now with the rather jaded Seville's but more authentic Al Hambra. Am talking licensed establishments by the way serving booze. Well luckily that's now changing with...

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