The Michelin Guide is back again, and this year its innumerable awards go to a group of exceptional restaurants scattered across Dubai, all holding star-studded credentials. Telegraph Travel tells you this time what’s on offer at some of Dubai’s top Michelin-starred fine-dining restaurant , and the kind of prices you can expect, if you have forever been dreaming of the gourmet delights in the city made of opulence.
Il Ristorante — Niko Romito: A Taste of Italian Elegance
Location: Bulgari Hotel & Resorts, Jumeirah Bay Island
Cuisine: Italian
Price: AED 1,500 per person
Sitting at the Bulgari Hotel & Resorts, this fine-dining restaurant is one more venture where the most classic of Italian dishes can be found in the highest possible quality. The restaurant boasts two Michelin stars. The menu offers such options as Parmigiano Reggiano soup, salad of roasted langoustines, and an oven-baked black cod—as nothing but sophistication. Each spell of premium quality ingredients and nice, close-to-meticulous presentation is certainly committed to sending every diner to Italy. If you are intensely curious about experiencing a rich and royal culinary odyssey, Il Ristorante has that for you.
Row on 45: An Intimate Culinary Journey – Fine-dining restaurant
Location: Grosvenor House – Dubai Marina
Cuisine: Contemporary Haute Cuisine
Price: Around AED 1,500 per person
Row on 45 is a brand from celebrity chef Jason Atherton. Constructed as an exclusive fine-dining restaurant in Dubai, this two-Michelin-starred jewel of a penthouse can only hold 22 people at any time, so it becomes very personalized and private. Dinner here is three acts: a welcome with appetizers in a lounge near the entrance, a view of a show kitchen in a central dining room, and a 17-course haute cuisine menu. Each plate showcases a period in Atherton’s culinary life and tastes of regional ingredients, a gift of bubbly creative inventions collected from around the world.
STAY by Yannick Alléno: French Classic with a Modern Twist
Location: One & Only The Palm, West Crescent, Palm Jumeirah
Cuisine: French
Price: Around AED 1,800 per
STAY by Yannick Alléno marries the old-world flavors of traditional French cuisine with the new age of culinary technology. This spectacular two-Michelin-starred restaurant at One&Only The Palm features all the drama you’d want in a restaurant. Served for two, this tender spit-roasted offering consists of juicy, slowly roasted aged beef, alfie de cocí’s milk-fed leg of lamb, and wild turbot. The high, timbered walls and grand chandeliers of the baroque style make the subtle flavors wafting off this menu a truly extravagant dinner.
Association: Trésind Studio—a Modern Indian Masterpiece
Location: East Wing Rooftop, Nakheel Mall, The Palm Jumeirah
Cuisine: Indian
Price: AED 1,500 per person
The Studio is a two-Michelin-starred restaurant by Chef Himanshu Saini, beautifully showing the evolved face of Indian dining sophistication. This place curates high-concept degustation menus that take you through courses in a memorable culinary journey. Really, food at Trésind Studio is put atop the roster list of any self-respecting foodie looking for nothing less but an unforgettable Indian gastronomical experience, now that it is executed and choreographed with the rarest of Indian ingredients.
11 Woodfire: Where Casual Meets Chic
Location: Villa 11, 75B St, Jumeirah 1
Cuisine: Contemporary Grill
Price: Approximately AED 800 for two people
11 Woodfire is the quite smart but informal fine-dining restaurant venue along the Jumeirah Beach Road. Under the stewardship of chef Akmal Anuar, there is the same simplicity and naturalness of flavor that runs through this Michelin-starred restaurant and its specialist grilling techniques. Here, the flag dish in the main menu is wagyu kebabs, the bake seafish in hay-salted crust, and Australian T-bone steak. Herein lies the relaxing atmosphere joined up with fin-quality dishes, and this best place is not only for casual diners but also for those who look for more subtle meals.
Al Muntaha, Burj Al Arab: Sky High Splendour
Where: 27th Floor, Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, Jumeirah St
Cuisine: French & Italian
Price: About AED 1,000
As the name suggests, meaning “the ultimate,” Al Muntaha occupies the 27th floor of the world’s most iconic hotel. This Michelin-starred icon offers dramatic views paired with the finest flavors from French and Italian cuisines. Expect warm salad with truffle and blue lobster and aromatic herbs with sea bass. It’s all about stunning views paired with masterful cuisine; it’s where you come to tick off that dining bucket list.
Armani/Ristorante: Italian Glamour in the Burj Khalifa
Location: Lobby Level, Armani Hotel Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, Burj Khalifa
Cuisine: Italian
Price: approx. AED 900
Within the world’s tallest structure, the Burj Khalifa, lies Armani/Ristorante—a place to hit up for all things Italian and stylish. Be it the décor, the design, or what’s on the menu in terms of rooted traditions, everything speaks to the luxury and slickness of Armani. It is in this setting that guests experience the true meaning of tradition and modernity, as the past meets the future in the culinary world.
Avatara: A Vegetarian Culinary Revolution
Location: Business Park 1, Dubai Hills
Cuisine: Indian, Vegetarian
Price: AED 1000/Person
It’s Avatara, the world’s first Michelin-starred vegetarian restaurant at Dubai Hills, is where dietary dreams turn real on every plate. The restaurant will serve the most critical 16-course degustation from their seasonal, locally farmed ingredients. It is the home of fine Indian vegetarian cuisine with you can enjoy with fine-dining restaurant . Every guest was walked through each dish that was so meticulously created. A promise of taste and flavor that went on for years from the experience at Avatara to the multitude of vegetarians and non-vegetarians.
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal: Mixing the History with Modernity with Culinary Skills
Location: Atlantis The Royal, Crescent Rd, Palm Jumeirah
Cuisine: British
Price: AED 1,200/ person
Then, of course, there’s Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, bringing a little British culinary genius to Dubai. This Michelin-starred restaurant is famous for its inventions, such as the meat fruit, and its fusion between classic British flavors and modernity. Set in the grandiose environs of Atlantis, The Royal; this place alludes to an eminent level of exuberance on one hand and a very diverse dining experience on the other, really setting it miles above most others entrenched in the exuberance of the Dubai food scene.
Hakkasan Dubai: Cantonese Elegance
Location: Atlantis, The Palm, Crescent Rd, Palm Jumeirah
Cuisine: Cantonese
Price: AED 700 for 2 people
So, what’s in Hakkasan? There is Hakkasan, a Cantonese-style Michelin star restaurant that brings dishes such as steamed dim sum with prawn and truffle, smoked chocolate Havana desert, and crispy duck pomelo salad to the table. Enjoying the chummy atmosphere of the place with its stylish interiors and innovation in the cuisine surely appeals to many Cantonese loving classy foodies.
Orfali Bros Bistro: Middle Eastern Gem
Names: Wasl 51, Al Wasl Road, Jumeirah 1
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Price: AED 600 for two people
Orfali Bros Bistro—this tale, scripted and mastered by celebrity chef Mohammad Orfali with his brothers, is a destination for all palates and ages. A Michelin-starred destination with its cuisine that is avant-garde, crafted by the Orfali brothers, unites their irreplaceable passion for the fine cuisine in a very central setting, perfect for any gourmand.
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