This was a pre-Corona restaurant visit:The Garden Grille is what the Hilton Garden Inn calls its all-day dining restaurant…in the same way, I suppose, The Daily is for the Rove. I enjoyed a business breakfast at the Barsha hotel/restaurant near MOE on the last day of Gulfood 2020, just before the Corona outbreak got serious. … Continue reading Garden Grille, The – Al Barsha
This is a pre-Corona restaurant visit: Madeenat Hatay is an authentic Turkish restaurant on Al Hadiqa road opposite Safa Park. It was recommended to me by my son’s beautiful Turkish soul-mate and partner, Aylin. Located next door to Malay-Indonesian specialists Mamak in Wasl Square, the restaurant interior is typical Turkish bistro. Enter and you are … Continue reading Madeenat Hatay – Wasl Square, Al Safa
Nightjar is a cosy café in the Alserkal Avenue complex of Al Quoz. Its dimly lit interior is dominated by a wrap around counter which doubles as an open kitchen, bar (although the café is not licensed) and coffee prepping area. It’s a handsome yet casual environment where one can easily get comfortable. Its perfect … Continue reading Nightjar – Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
My family and I love fried chicken. Disillusioned with the recent inconsistency of our favourite, KFC in Motor City, we have started trying new places. And wow! there’s a lot of choice out there, not least The Boutique Kitchen; a hugely popular delivery kitchen in Al Quoz which we have zoomed in on lately. Off … Continue reading Boutique Kitchen, The – Al Quoz
Veg Hut is a Tamilian restaurant which specialises in Coimbatore style food. Located in Block A of the RDK Building, opposite the imposing Dubai Investments building, my food buddy Sam and I observed that the restaurant’s interior was spotlessly clean rather than elaborately decorated. It was comforting to find a bottle of hand sanitizer on … Continue reading Veg Hut Restaurant – DIP
Al Surur Traditional Kitchen is a jack of all trades restaurant franchise which covers everything from Desi and Arabic to Iranian food. The branch which we ordered a home delivery from in Motor City is one of four in Dubai. We learnt that they have a Pakistani chef who used to work in an Iranian … Continue reading Al Surur Traditional Kitchen – Motor City
Aarey’s Kitchen is a newly opened South Indian restaurant in Barsha. Located in the Eros House building around the corner from Delhi Darbar, its interior is simple, clean and dominated by a glass enclosure which looks into the kitchen. There’s also a small sweets and chaat counter which, unfortunate for my sister and I who … Continue reading Aarey’s Kitchen – Barsha
The Bistro is the all-day dining restaurant at the Excelsior Hotel Downtown (formerly the Holiday Inn). It’s where I joined one of the hotel guests for breakfast. Located on the top floor, its interior is presentable, but its low ceiling prevented it from looking and feeling…grand. It could only have been a restaurant in a … Continue reading Bistro, The – Excelsior Hotel Downtown, Al Rigga
I love Ramen. For years good Ramen in Dubai has been synonymous with Bento-ya Kitchen (or simply Bentoya), the city’s oldest chain of authentic, casual dining Japanese restaurants. Bentoya has branches in Jafza and Dafza food courts, and now at the spanking new Jafza One building where – hello, hello – my new office is … Continue reading Bentoya – Jafza One, Jafza
I’m not a big fan of Tunde Kabab, a Lucknow specialty. This put me at odds with Lucknowee, Dubai’s newest Lucknow cuisine restaurant, before I even set foot in the place. And what a place it is – small but handsomely decorated with a definite hint of shahi. Pride of place is taken by an … Continue reading Lucknowee – Karama
