Dubai — Places to eat
An 828 m spire, and a one-dirham boat below
- Al Ustad Special Kabab — Charcoal lamb kebabs on buttered saffron rice, the same menu since 1978
- Arabian Tea House (Al Fahidi) — An Emirati breakfast tray in the shady courtyard of an old house
- Al Khayma Heritage Restaurant — Bib Gourmand lamb machboos in an old courtyard house
- Al Mallah (Al Dhiyafah, Satwa) — A late-night chicken shawarma under the roadside neon
- Ravi Restaurant (Satwa) — A Pakistani curry house since 1978: mutton karahi and fresh naan
- Operation: Falafel (Boulevard, Downtown) — 24-hour falafel wraps on the boulevard below Burj Khalifa
- Bu Qtair — Pick your fish by the harbour and have it masala-fried
- Zuma Dubai (DIFC) — A Japanese izakaya in the finance district, for one big night out
- Pierchic — A restaurant at the end of a pier, Burj Al Arab straight ahead
- At.mosphere (Burj Khalifa, Level 122) — Afternoon tea on Burj Khalifa's 122nd floor instead of the observation deck
- Tribes (The Dubai Mall) — Steak on a terrace facing the Dubai Fountain show
- Café Bateel (The Dubai Mall) — Coffee and a date from Dubai's best-known date brand, mid-shop
- Camelicious (Dubai Frame kiosk) — A bottle of camel milk or a camel-milk ice cream after Dubai Frame
- Al Samadi Sweets — A sweet shop founded in Beirut in 1872: stretchy cheese kunafa
- FIX Dessert Chocolatier (DXB Terminal 3) — The original 'Dubai chocolate', bought in person at the airport
- Orfali Bros Bistro — A bistro reworking Aleppine roots
- Logma Dubai Mall — Contemporary Emirati cooking in the mall
- Al Hallab Dubai Mall — A Lebanese meal for mezze and grills