Homestead Restaurant and Bakery is Dubai’s homegrown, regional version of Paul and Le Pain Quotidien. Similar to the two French propositions, it offers a healthy, wholesome rural take on cuisine…but of this region. Also familiar is the rustic, almost barn-yard theme adopted for the interior. It’s a warm, inviting, cosy, homely atmosphere. A place you … Continue reading Homestead – Al Khawaneej
The New Safestway Café on the first floor of the Safestway Supermarket on the side of the Landmark Building in JVC is a reincarnation of the Milestone Café. It has a bright interior thanks to the floor-to-ceiling glass walls which look out onto the parking lot below. Comfortable sofa singles are used for seating at … Continue reading New Safestway Café – JVC
The Trophy Room is an all-new sports bar at the Fairmont on Sheikh Zayed Road. It’s on the right of the lobby as you enter. You wouldn’t know if I hadn’t told you because there’s no sign, only a floor standing chalkboard. The interior of the bar-restaurant is dominated by a massive projection screen, plus … Continue reading Trophy Room, The – Trade Centre Area
I have been to Sri Aiswariya Vegetarian Restaurant three times in total, once on purpose and twice (including this last time) by mistake. I remember meeting one of the two sister owners of the restaurant the first time. Sweet, she is like everyone’s aunty and fussed over our table and order. She invited me back … Continue reading Sri Aiswariya Vegetarian Restaurant – Karama
Waresh Al Mandi is Karama’s only Iranian restaurant. It is also one of only a handful of Mandi restaurants in Karama. And lastly, it is the first combination of the two cuisines I have come across…anywhere. The two-story restaurant is located dead opposite the Karama Fish Market on 45B Street. Typical of mandi restaurants, Waresh … Continue reading Waresh Al Mandi – Karama
Al Dhiyafa Grand Kitchen is the all-day dining restaurant at the Habtoor Grand Beach Resort & Spa in JBR. Its interior is a hodgepodge of buffet islands, live cooking stations and closely spaced seating. The sometimes-claustrophobic front entrance acts as a bottleneck for droopy eyed in-house breakfast goers who are made to wait as tables … Continue reading Al Dhiyafa Grand Kitchen – JBR
Calicut Paragon is one of the best restaurants for Malabari coastal cuisine in the UAE. This al Nahda branch is the second of two in Dubai, the famous first (and original) is in Karama. The interior is simple, nothing fancy – this franchise is all about food and service, both of which are equally good. … Continue reading Calicut Paragon – Al Nahda
Shri Krishna Bhavan is one of the newer South Indian restaurants in Karama. Located in the Shamma Building on 8C Street, its clean-cut, wood-pained front façade makes it easy to distinguish from the surrounding outlets. The same warm, homely wooden theme greets you on the inside, be it with fake wood flooring and table tops. … Continue reading Shri Krishna Bhavan – Karama
This Marina Walk branch of PF Chang’s is small. In fact, it probably competes with their City Walk 1 branch in Al Safa as the smallest in Dubai. Although a fraction of the size of the much bigger mall-based branches it is still immediately recognisable as a PF Chang’s restaurant. I don’t enjoy the food … Continue reading PF Chang’s – Marina Walk
If you like Bu Qtair in Umm Suqeim, then you will like Hot Fish. If not quite an official branch, it is owned, managed and run by…um, family. Located behind the Al Serkal Building in Karama, opposite Filipino favourite, Hot Palayok, Hot Fish poses a bit of a dilemma in the summer as it only … Continue reading Hot Fish – Karama
