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49er’s The Gold Rush Not-so-Wild West bar food Read Full Review » | Steakhouse
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Abu Shakrah
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Abu Taf Abu Taf is a joy to behold. This ramshackle waterborne clubhouse looks like it’s been
assembled from a scrapheap by a madman and bursts with refreshingly idiosyncratic charm. Read Full Review » | Chinese
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Airlines Restaurant The decor looks more like the interior of a terraced house from 1970s England than an Indian restaurant. Read Full Review » | Chinese Indian
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Al Arish Restaurant
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Al Ariyaf Restaurant Someone once said to me that Arabic restaurants are like episodes of Scooby Doo – there are slight superficial differences, but ultimately it’s the same thing every time. Read Full Review » | Arabic
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Al Atlal in the Al Diar Sands Hotel If you’re hankering after a light dinner and an early night, don’t bother with Al Atlal. Read Full Review » | Arabic Lebanese
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Al Birkeh in the Le Meridien Abu Dhabi Have you ever woken up from a dream that was so bizarre it had you questioning what you must have eaten the night before? Read Full Review » | Arabic Lebanese
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Al Fanar in the Le Royal Meridien Abu Dhabi For an excellent main course, try the tongue-tingling herb-grilled monkfish tail with avocado and red pepper couscous, or the pan-fried veal fillet with mushroom dumplings and sautéed leeks. Read Full Review » | International
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Al Khayam in the Al Ain Hilton Walking into the enchanting Al Khayam is like stepping through C.S. Read Full Review » | Persian
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Al Majlis in the Emirates Palace Hotel Afternoon tea at the Emirates Palace offers the values of yesteryear at the prices of the future, but there’s no experience quite like it anywhere else in the emirate. Read Full Review » | Cafe
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Al Mawal in the Hilton International Abu Dhabi Al Mawal will do so much more than merely feed you. Read Full Review » | Arabic Lebanese
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Al Saj Cafe I stumbled upon the Al Saj Café while wandering around the streets adjacent to Electra, my eyes drawn to its inviting and incongruous faux wooden exterior and my stomach to the smells carried on a warm breeze from the open door. Read Full Review » | Lebanese
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Al Sofon Dhow Being out to sea (although only just) gives you a pleasant sense of detachment from city life and you will leave feeling relaxed
and refreshed Read Full Review » | Seafood
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Amalfi in the Le Royal Meridien Abu Dhabi One of the ground-floor restaurants at Le Royal Meridien, has ignored everything its namesake stands for and instead overlooks a swimming pool and is made up of rather bland straight lines Read Full Review » | Italian
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Amassi With a menu as varied as a United Nations coalition, the culinary trip around the world you’ll get at Amassi is comprehensive. Read Full Review » | International
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Anar in the Emirates Palace Hotel Walking through the unimaginably gaudy lobby of the Emirates Palace is an unappetising experience, but finding the door to Anar (meaning ‘pomegranate’) is sweet relief. Read Full Review » | Persian
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Arab Udupi It was word of mouth that had us trawling the back streets of Abu Dhabi in search of Arabudupi and the much-vaunted cuisine contained within. Read Full Review » | Chinese Indian Vegetarian
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Art Cauldron Cauldron? More like a pleasuredome: there’s little toil or trouble involved in a visit to this wonderfully quirky shisha café. Read Full Review » | Cafe
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Asian Garden Cloth napkins and romantic music are nice, but in a Thai restaurant they often indicate that the bold flavours of Thai cuisine will be diluted into something safe and non-threatening: the dining equivalent of a date with Bob from accounting. Asian Garden, a tiny gem hidden behind a Bollywood movie theatre, has no frills Read Full Review » | Thai
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Bam Bu! With rather grubby surroundings in the shape of the Marina & Yacht Club’s pool on one side, and a marina full of expensive boats on the other, Bam Bu! straddles the Kansas-Oz divide. Read Full Review » | Chinese
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Barbeque Al Qasr in the Emirates Palace Hotel Something I find very frustrating but all too common is unfulfilled potential – in work, in life and in restaurants, leading me deftly on to the new beach barbeque restaurant at Emirates Palace Read Full Review » | Barbecue
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Bavaria If Oktoberfest refuelled your passion for Germanic grub, and you hope to revive the Bavarian spirit after Eid, then this is not the place for you. Read Full Review » | International
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Bay View in the Beach Rotana Hotel & Towers Leisurely lunches are truly befitting of the term when taken poolside at Beach Rotana’s Bay View Restaurant. Read Full Review » | International
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Benihana in the Beach Rotana Hotel & Towers Benihana has tables around a centrepiece of hot plates, like a standard sushi bar without the conveyor belt and display cabinets, and here the chefs put on a thrilling show. Read Full Review » | Japanese
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Bice in the Hilton International Abu Dhabi Superior authentic Italian Read Full Review » | Italian
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Biella Biella is pleasantly tucked away in a corner of the Marina Mall, away from the crowds and with a nice view of the corniche. Read Full Review » | Italian
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Blue Line in the Oryx Hotel Up on the roof of the Oryx Hotel, the Blue Line offers a welcome alternative to the capital’s better-known bars. Read Full Review » | Bar Food
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Bord Eau in the Shangri-La Qaryat Al Beri It’d be easy for France to sink into severe depression at the moment after the Rugby World Cup heartache, good then that a new French restaurant has opened at the Shangri-La hotel. Read Full Review » | French
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Brauhaus in the Beach Rotana Hotel & Towers It might not be a bad idea to visit Brauhaus on an empty stomach. Read Full Review » | German
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