Most loved dining spots in Dubai, picked by you!

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;

1. Dates and Fine Dining (22)
2. Casual Dining (32)
3. Bars and Clubs (13)
4. 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

1. Zuma
2. Pai Thai
3. Tresind and Carnival by Tresind
4. Play
5. Jodhpur
6. Toko
7. Bussola
8. Coya
9. Caramel Lounge
10. Hakkasan
11. Junoon
12. Kaleidoscope at Atlantis
13. La Parilla
14. Le Petite Maison
15. Rasoi Ghar
16. Marina Social
17. Mint Leaf of London
18. Observatory
19. Okku
20. Patiala House
21. Thiptara
22. 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

1. Grand Grill at Habtoor Grand
2. Fuschia
3. Safari Grill
4. Al Afadhil
5. Al Falamanki
6. Burger & Lobster
7. Cafe Aisha
8. Claw BBQ
9. Common Grounds
10. Couqley
11. Cream centre
12. Find Salt
13. Folly by Nick & Scott
14. Gaucho
15. Gazebo
16. Juice Paradise
17. Kaftan
18. Malla Cafeteria
19. Matto Dubai
20. Pantry Cafe
21. P.F. Changs
22. Prax’s
23. Ravi’s Restaurant
24. Sicilia
25. Slider Station
26. Sum of Us
27. Spice Klub
28. Sumo Sushi & Bento
29. Texas Roadhouse
30. The Beach House
31. Xiao Wei Yang hot pot
32. 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

1. Lock Stock & Barrel
2. Lucky Voice
3. Catch Dubai
4. Mahiki
5. Ramusake
6. Stock Exchange
7. Cirque Le Soir
8. Mc Gettigans
9. Irish Village
10. Stables
11. Stereo Arcade
12. 40 Kong
13. 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

1. Cakeaway
2. Dip n Dip
3. Molten Me
4. Home Bakery
5. Freez
6. Cinnabon
7. Sugaholic Bakeshop
8. Black Tap
9. Caesars Confectionery
10. Cheesecake Factory
11. Chilis
12. Coldstone Creamery
13. Katrina
14. Kulfilicious
15. Laduree
16. Paul
17. Scoopi
18. Sugarmoo