Bord Eau

Bord Eau - Restaurant Award Highly Commended

Excellent French restaurant in the Shangri-La hotel 6 Reviews

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For something different, you can enjoy a five-course French set menu until 8pm. At 9pm, the suhoor celebrations will begin and are open to everyone, with live Arabic music, shisha, traditional Arabic coffee, and an a la carte menu of sumptuous cuisine. A minimum consumption charge of Dhs75 applies (shisha excluded)
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)

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Bord Eau is by far the best French restaurant we’ve dined at in Abu Dhabi. That isn’t said lightly. The staff are immensely attentive and knowledgeable about every dish on the menu. It looks impressive too. The huge windows remind you that you’re still in the Middle East, while the pristine table presentation and paintings of dainty ballerinas add that famous French flair to proceedings. The spectacular chandelier-like lights deserve to be accompanied by a Debussy score. They poetically descend to make Bord Eau one of the most romantic restaurants in the capital.

The French do two things extremely well – art and food – and both have made like Napoleon and invaded foreign shores. Bord Eau presents a gallery of fine food, with all but two dishes on the menu flown in from France. The menu changes every three months on a seasonal basis and can appear confusing at first, with starters and mains separated into four categories, including signature and Escoffier. To sum up the food: each dish makes every letter of the word exquisite stand up and take a bow.

You’ll have to push the boat out a little at Bord Eau, but if you don’t opt for the Dhs10,000 bottle of red, you’ll avoid that boat turning into a Dover to Calais ferry.

By Time Out Abu Dhabi staff
Time Out Abu Dhabi, 30 December 2008