Jebel Ali Recreation Club is one of the oldest institutions in “expat-Dubai” and recently underwent a huge facelift – the old clubhouse (think typical, dirty, smoky working men’s club-but charming) demolished, to…
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Ravioli&Co. – Burj Daman, DIFC, Dubai
Ravioli&Co is one of the newest restaurants in town, situated directly opposite ‘The Artisan’ (arguably the best Italian in town……..so I hear). An interesting choice of location! The wife and I dropped…
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Bleu Blanc – The Renaissance Hotel, Business Bay, Dubai
It was Thursday, it had been a tough week at work for the missus, so I decided to take her out for date night. The brief was “somebody where all the influenzas…
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Axe House – Armada Hotel, JLT, Dubai
Axe House is the new restaurant in place of popular-but-short-lived Cocktail Kitchen in the Armada Hotel, so the wife and I thought we’d drop in for a spot of lunch after it…
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Moombai & Co. – The H Hotel, SZR, Dubai
Moombai & Co. has been doing the rounds lately, with the majority of the food influenzas (and a few legit friends!) flocking on down for some free food. I thought I’d give…
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TOMO – Raffles Hotel, Dubai
As a way to celebrate the end of the week in style, the wife and I headed on over to Raffles Hotel to check out TOMO, a Japanese venue that I’ve been…
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360° (Evening Brunch) – Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai
I’ll admit – I didn’t head to one of Dubai’s biggest nightlife hotspots and expect a fantastic culinary experience, but places have surprised me before, so after receiving a kind invite from…
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Ibn AlBahr – Club Vista Mare, Palm Jumeriah
Club Vista Mare is one of my favourites of the newer developments in Dubai. A waterfront, promenade-like row of licensed restaurants spanning from Ethiopian cuisine to a traditional “Tap House”? What’s not…
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The Black Lion – H Hotel, Dubai
A colleague and I had just finished a meeting in the area, so we thought we’d swing by The Black Lion in the H Hotel (SZR) to test out their new menu.…
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Al Grissino – DIFC, Dubai
I get many invites to come review restaurants and to each place that invites me, they get the standard warning of, “Look, if I come to your restaurant: a) I want to…