Dubai Restaurant Reviews By FooDiva

• Keeping up with Jones The Grocer Dubai

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  Dubai; “Wow, we have to queue…?!” FooDiva uttered in disbelief to friend as we walked into the new Jones The Grocer café in Dubai on Saturday, and were faced with a mini crowd waiting for a table. Clearly gone are the days when expats deserted Dubai come summer, well we have to work after all.

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• Dubai’s best pizza? Emporio Armani Caffé

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  Dubai; Wanna know where to find Dubai’s best pizza? Well ‘best’ according to FooDiva that is. I’ve tweeted and Facebooked this particular pizza before, so it’s about time I posted a review.

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• M’s at Emirates Golf Club; new name, look and menu

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  Dubai; FooDiva loves a good refurb, and as Dubai’s Emirates Golf Club has transformed its F&B (food and beverage) outlets, here’s my review of the new all-day dining restaurant, now called M’s. M for marrying Mediterranean with Middle Eastern flavours.

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• What’s TBJ? Could it be Atlantis Dubai’s new burger joint?

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  Dubai; FooDiva’s always been fascinated by all things burger, so my heart started racing when I first heard Atlantis Dubai was opening a burger joint, in fact it’s called exactly that; TBJ [The Burger Joint]. I’ve not yet made up my mind whether I like the anagram or not, so FooDiva Friends feel free to dip in.

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• Balance Café; Dubai’s first Ayurvedic eaterie opens

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  Dubai; FooDiva was gutted when Gourmet Station, Dubai’s first decent deli shut its doors at Oasis Centre last year. Unsurprisingly, the odd location hindered foodie custom. Well the owners, Dubai conglomerate, Landmark Group who also operate Chi'Zen, Carluccio's and Mango Tree amongst many restaurant brands, has reopened the venue as a new café, by the name of Balance; with some of the earlier interior features still prevalent.

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• The new Lime Tree Café at Dubai Media City; more to it than carrot cake?

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  Dubai; Lime Tree café to FooDiva is synonymous with THE most divinely delicious carrot cake ever baked. I dare anyone to try it and not agree. So with a new and fourth café open now at Dubai Media City, let’s take a peek.

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• The Ivy Dubai; what’s FooDiva’s verdict?

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  Dubai; Is the jury still out on The Ivy Dubai? FooDiva finds out if Dubai's latest restaurant opening lives up to all the hype; a kind of restaurant hype this town's never experienced before.

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• Cheese, wine & jazz at Sofitel Dubai Jumeirah Beach

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  Dubai; Amongst Dubai's endless foodie promotions, an exceptional, quality deal stand outs that FooDiva really had to share, and share alike. Every Wednesday evening between 7 and 10pm, Sofitel Dubai Jumeirah Beach runs an unlimited cheese, wine & jazz soirée for AED 150 per head. Yes you heard right, so what's it all about?

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• A taste of Turkey at Lalezar, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray

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  Dubai; Having holidayed in Istanbul a couple of years ago, or I should say Constantinople (thanks to FooDiva's Greek-Cypriot heritage), I've developed a fondness for Turkish cuisine. So with Lalezar, Dubai's first licenced Turkish restaurant now open at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray on the Palm, surely it warranted a FooDiva review?

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