I’ve been blogging for about 2 years now. Needless to say, I’ve visited over 600 restaurants in Dubai and posted about most of them on my Instagram. Since then, several bloggers have emerged, marketed and promoted as many!
I was genuinely curious to know which restaurants amongst 1000’s in Dubai, really made the cut (either via bloggers, the media or organically)?! Thus, I asked my followers to help me out and let me know THEIR favorites! I easily received over 500 responses, below are all of them 🙂
PS: This isn’t an analytical blog post and has no motive. The only intention behind this was to make myself aware of the restaurants that are actually picking up and I wanted to share the same with you guys (most of you asked me to share this post upon completion as well, I’m glad you guys were as interested as I was, so here goes 😍👅)! In total, there are 80 restaurants, thus, I’ve not embedded any pictures.
*’Favorite’ restaurants given by owners themselves have not been included for obvious reasons.
The best part about this exercise was, a lot of people mentioned the same restaurant name! 🙂 I myself haven’t visited these, so I’m definitely going to check them out!
This post is divided into 4 categories;
- Dates and Fine Dining (22)
- Casual Dining (32)
- Bars and Clubs (13)
- Dessert Joints (18)
Dates and Fine Dining
The first 6 were mentioned the most number of times. Rest are arranged in alphabetical order.
Highest Scorer – Zuma Dubai
- Zuma
- Pai Thai
- Tresind and Carnival by Tresind
- Play
- Jodhpur
- Toko
- Bussola
- Coya
- Caramel Lounge
- Hakkasan
- Junoon
- Kaleidoscope at Atlantis
- La Parilla
- Le Petite Maison
- Rasoi Ghar
- Marina Social
- Mint Leaf of London
- Observatory
- Okku
- Patiala House
- Thiptara
- Wakame
Casual Dining
The first 3 were mentioned the most number of times. Rest are arranged in alphabetical order.
Highest Scorer – Grand Grill at Habtoor Grand
- Grand Grill at Habtoor Grand
- Fuschia
- Safari Grill
- Al Afadhil
- Al Falamanki
- Burger & Lobster
- Cafe Aisha
- Claw BBQ
- Common Grounds
- Couqley
- Cream centre
- Find Salt
- Folly by Nick & Scott
- Gaucho
- Gazebo
- Juice Paradise
- Kaftan
- Malla Cafeteria
- Matto Dubai
- Pantry Cafe
- P.F. Changs
- Prax’s
- Ravi’s Restaurant
- Sicilia
- Slider Station
- Sum of Us
- Spice Klub
- Sumo Sushi & Bento
- Texas Roadhouse
- The Beach House
- Xiao Wei Yang hot pot
- Walnut Grove
Bars and Clubs
The first 5 were mentioned the most number of times. Rest are arranged in alphabetical order.
Highest Scorer – Lock Stock & Barrel
- Lock Stock & Barrel
- Lucky Voice
- Catch Dubai
- Mahiki
- Ramusake
- Stock Exchange
- Cirque Le Soir
- Mc Gettigans
- Irish Village
- Stables
- Stereo Arcade
- 40 Kong
- Dustys
Dessert Joints
The first 7 were mentioned the most number of times. Rest are arranged in alphabetical order.
Highest Scorer (by a large large margin) – Cakeaway
- Cakeaway
- Dip n Dip
- Molten Me
- Home Bakery
- Freez
- Cinnabon
- Sugaholic Bakeshop
- Black Tap
- Caesars Confectionery
- Cheesecake Factory
- Chilis
- Coldstone Creamery
- Katrina
- Kulfilicious
- Laduree
- Paul
- Scoopi
- Sugarmoo
