Eating Out in the UAE

Dinners

• The Hatta Fort Hotel - Mountain retreat for the weary expat
• Manhattan Grill - At the Grand Hyatt, Dubai: expensive perfection
• JW Steakhouse - At the JW Marriott, Dubai: consistently excellent
• Teatro - At the Rotana Towers Hotel: wilfully eclectic, even eccentric
• India Palace - Not in a hotel, so no hooch. But oh, what food...
• Benjarong - At the Dusit Dubai Hotel: true Thai
• The Thai Kitchen - At the lavish Park Hyatt: world class, entertaining, incredible food
• Bukhara - The best of Northern India at the strange Kempinski Ajman

Lunches

• Panini - At the Grand Hyatt, Dubai: do a nice sarnie
• The Lime Tree Café - In Jumeirah, dahling
• The One - Innovation that sometimes beggars belief

Brunches

• Thaitanic - Crap gag, good brunch at the Dusit
• Yalumba - Champagne brunch at Le Meridien Airport. Messy.
• Spectrum on One - Huge scale at the Fairmont