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“Yes please” to RSVP
Written by Matt Share your comments
Al Wasl Road is undergoing a trend with unlicensed, homegrown restaurants aiming to replicate the atmosphere and style of licensed establishments. Everyone else can stop trying now. New Dubai restaurant opening, RSVP has...
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Guess what the food of Orfali Bros Bistro tastes like
Written by Matt 5 comments
Orfali Bros Bistro is another addition to the ever-growing stable of eateries in Dubai's Wasl 51 complex, and the second non-licensed venue here after Lana Lusa to be reviewed for FooDiva...
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Does Rüya successfully reimagine Turkish cuisine?
Written by Lolly 7 comments
Set on a waterfront terrace in Grosvenor House, Rüya is an elegant Turkish restaurant and lounge recently opened in Dubai Marina. The menu is playful, paying homage to what Rüya calls traditional Anatolian cuisine...
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Is Jean-Georges Dining Room worth the price?
Written by SJ 14 comments
Launched in June at the Four Seasons Resort in Jumeirah to much fanfare and celebrity sightings, Jean-Georges Dubai is US-based French chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s first venture in the...
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Out at the other Rib Room
Written by The Man in the White Hat 14 comments
So, here I am reviewing the Rib Room for FooDiva…"But wait, Man in the White Hat", I hear you thinking (don't worry about my mind-reading powers), "the Rib Room at Jumeirah Emirates Towers has been open since 2011...
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Unlicensed to thrill at Lana Lusa
Written by Matt 4 comments
Lana Lusa is a new homegrown Dubai restaurant from the team behind La Cantine du Faubourg and Ninive, paying serious homage to the Portuguese owner, Jessica Viveiro. Set in Jumeirah’s Wasl...
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Can Opa smash it?
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Another Greek restaurant in Dubai. Another Greek restaurant review? That's my thinking as we trudge towards another ‘authentic’ experience, but in the same way that the plain elevator in the Fairmont Dubai on Sheikh Zayed opens to a mesmerising...
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Masala Library: finally Indian food with the right dose of fusion?
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For those growing up in India in the 1980s, the legendary food columnist and gastronome Jiggs Kalra was a household name. His son and restaurateur, Zorawar Kalra, founded renowned...
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Can Alici bring a taste of the Amalfi coast to Dubai?
Written by EMWR Share your comments
Italian food has to be one of my favourite cuisines. The versatility of its native ingredients combined with the simplicity of its cooking style, intrigue me in a way that no other food culture does. This intrigue brings me to new
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