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Which Dubai restaurant will you visit first?
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“Which Dubai restaurant will you visit first once you're comfortable venturing out?" To help inspire you, I asked some of this emirate's top restaurateurs, chefs and F&B operators to name their...
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FooDiva’s 28 top restaurants in Dubai (2020)
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What makes you return to a restaurant? Yes the food has to be good – but, for me, efficiency and warmth of service draw me back. We’re talking about the hospitality business...
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YOUR favourite Middle Eastern restaurants in Dubai
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Dubai is one of the few cities in the world where residents and visitors are more likely to feast on any cuisine other than native fare – whether that’s Emirati, or even broader Middle...
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Abu Dhabi restaurants open for daytime dining over Ramadan – 2019
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For those not fasting over Ramadan, like me, you will want to know where best to grab breakfast, lunch, or a coffee in Abu Dhabi. Just like last year, here is a round-up of independent restaurants...
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Dubai restaurants open for daytime dining over Ramadan – 2019
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For the seventh year on the trot, our annual guide of independent non-hotel restaurants in Dubai open for daytime dining IN over Ramadan is here – including establishments...
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A FooDiva dining bucket list: 26 top Dubai restaurants (2019)
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For the last four years, I have shared an annual guide of my favourite restaurants in Dubai. I am doing so once again, but this time with the title of “FooDiva's top Dubai restaurants." These are not just my faves, but...
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Meet chef Alain Ducasse at his first restaurant in Dubai
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The legend that is chef Alain Ducasse has landed in Dubai. Softly spoken. Calm. Collected. And slightly reticent. His publicist acts as a translator when we meet over an 8am coffee and...
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Hell’s Kitchen Dubai: dining hell or not?
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I wasn’t looking forward to lunch at Gordon Ramsay’s latest Dubai restaurant opening, Hell’s Kitchen at Caesars Palace Bluewaters island. In my mind I had painted a picture of dining hell – a garish, kitsch Las Vegas concept...
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Is a table worth bagging at the new Hakkasan Dubai?
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I tried three times over the last month to book a table at modern Cantonese restaurant import Hakkasan, which recently relocated from Jumeirah Emirates Towers to Atlantis The Palm Dubai. On all three...
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