Restaurants. Hotels. Experiences
Early November, we drove up towards the Dubai Creek to review the Lakeview Backyard Movie Brunch which has just relaunched for the season. It’s been a long while since we have been to the Dubai Creek Resort and it’s always such a nice drive into the property – with its tree-lined driveway leading up to […]
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How does steak, a few drinks, and live music sound like to you, on a Saturday night here in Dubai? Something a little chilled – where you can still have a decent conversation with your other half, and enjoy good music. That’s Saturday Steak Night with Sean Lipsey at Jones for you. Here’s a snippet […]
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Did you know that there is a Japanese fine-dining restaurant in Jumeirah Zabeel Saray? What used to be the Club Lounge, next to Imperium has been tastefully revamped into Tori Tori. We drove down the West Crescent in the Palm Jumeirah one Friday evening for a much awaited date night. An evening, to review their […]
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2025 Update : Sola Jazz Lounge is now closed. Please check raffles.com for other dining options Ciaran Fox summed up the evening quite well, ” Imagine that we’re in an old New York jazz club in the 1950’s, and I’ll sing you some jazz. ” What a fabulous evening we had, at Sola Jazz Lounge […]
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Why haven’t we been to Raffles the Palm before this? What an exquisite property – the interior, the landscaping, their gardens – just beautiful. As we walked into the lobby, we were in awe – the sparkling christmas tree right in the middle and a giant chandelier right above. We have entered a castle, haha. […]
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2023 Update : Jardin Rose Family Brunch is discontinued. Please have a browse through our Family Brunches Listing for other options. Did you watch Beauty and the Beast, as a child? I did. I loved it. So I was probably more excited than my kids when I found out that the Family Brunch team had […]
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What a crazy brunch it was – Oktoberfest at Lock, Stock and Barrel also known as LSB in JBR. We don’t ‘party’ much – so this was just absolutely nuts for us. It was also one of our friend’s birthday – so where else to go for a big, crazy and loud birthday do? LSB […]
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I can see the musicians right now going Noooooooooo, don’t bring your kids to my gigs! C’mon, what’s wrong with little people? Other than their little fingers, wanting to climb up stages, wanting to press any buttons they see, pull down the mike stand. Not so bad right? Don’t worry, we can keep an eye […]
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Just before the little man turned 2, we thought it be fun that we took him to a family restaurant that had a live band to celebrate. After some research, I remembered Wavehouse, which I had popped in once before, for a wander. Wavehouse is one of those venues which ticks most boxes. It’s got […]
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We drove up to Business Bay one Saturday to meet another family for brunch – this time to review Billy’s Brunch at Bai Bar. It was one of those weekends in March where we were sceptical what the weather was going to be like. It was going to be either hot and icky (like the […]
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Though we have been to the Four Seasons, it would be our first time walking into their gardens, and to dine in Sea Fu. As you would expect from the Four Seasons – their gardens are carefully manicured and every corner appears to have been designed for that picture-perfect snapshot. Add in those fluffy clouds […]
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Last weekend we drove up to the JW Marriott Marquis to meet a few friends for brunch – this time at the Bridgewater Tavern. It would be our first time there, though we have been to numerous other restaurants in the hotel over the years. Backyard Brunch it was called, and supposedly family-friendly too with […]
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Nice to return to Folly after a very early ladies night in the summer. This time for the launch of “Souk Madinat’s favourite rooftop terrace” – yes I stole the tagline from the invite. The rooftop is quite dreamy in the evenings, isn’t it? You can’t really get that in any other spot in Dubai […]
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I don’t always do a post on ladies nights but I did feel that this one deserved a little write-up of its own. The Croft first opened its doors in 2015. We used to live right opposite the Marriott, and typically I get quite excited about new F&B openings, particularly when it is so close […]
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What a spectacular event it was – ringing in World Champagne Day, hosted by Moet & Chandon at the glorious Jetty Lounge. Where shall I even begin?
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Family brunches – that’s what we depend on to get by in the weekends when we have kids, isn’t it. Happy to see the one at Bytes was back on, we drove over one Friday to review the brunch with the family -the kids excited for a lot of sweets and bouncy castle time. So, […]
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What do you look for when you go out here in Dubai? Good food, good atmosphere, good deals – they come into the picture, don’t they? What about live music? Does that matter to you? For the last few months, our social lives have been planned around the live music scene. When we do get […]
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2022 Update : Graze’s brunch is currently on Saturday’s. Tucked in City Walk sits a boutique hotel called La Ville Hotel & Suites. On the Ground Floor, you will find a fine dining joint by the name of Graze Gastro Bar and Grill. They serve Aussie steaks – second best to kiwi steaks (inserts wink […]
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After a lot of googling and Insta stalking (it’s called research), here’s a listing put together for myself and for many others out there who are wondering where to find live music in Dubai. You are here because you are looking for a casual evening out with your friends, your partner, and you would like […]
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I was on the lookout for a ladies night with our friends and started going through my own listing. I wanted something with live music and Google wasn’t very helpful. Incidentally, whilst scrolling through Insta I happened across Khalil’s stories – he was performing at Social Company at Zabeel House the Greens every Tuesday – […]
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2023 Update : Please note that CMP is currently closed. Picture this. You are sat in a leather-clad booth with your other half, one hand holding a glass of red. There is live jazz in front of you. The girl sings to familiar songs – from Nat King Cole, to Mariah Carey, whilst the talented […]
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Live music is back. Aren’t we all glad about that? 🙂 Don’t know about you but we definitely are. Happy for those who perform, and happy for us as well. Off we went last Monday to Bluewaters for a review of Cove Beach’s Unplugged session. It’s not often we book the nanny for an evening […]
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2022 Update : The review below was written in May 2021 when I went to Phileas for the very first time. We have been back there numerous times since and absolutely love the place. Highly recommend breakfast at Phileas. Original Review : May 2021 I was this close on leaving, standing in the heat, trying […]
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It’s December. Michael Buble is out of hibernation. Don’t you love this time of the year? Last Friday we got ourselves to the Grand Plaza Movenpick in Media City to review their Winterland Festive Brunch. All I had to do to convince the girls to get dressed was ‘there is going to be a lot […]
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A very quick summary of my thoughts on the Carnival Brunch at Palm Garden, Sheraton Jumeirah Beach Resort. After a bit of browsing online and in the Entertainer as usual, we settled to book the family-friendly Carnival Brunch held at the Sheraton JBR, which is on every Friday from 1-4pm. We’ve been to the brunch […]
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After a failed competition attempt for the Chelsea Brunch months ago, followed by another failed review-pitch attempt, I decided maybe one day I would come to The London Project and try it out on my own account. So when a dear friend whom I haven’t seen for the longest of time got in touch to […]
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We’ve been to Oeno once, and decided to return after a friend recommended it for a nice evening out. They had all these deals happening on a Thursday – and since it was a 3 minute taxi ride from our place (8, if the tram was passing….), we made some plans to meet friends over […]
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So we managed to get out of the house around 11-ish today which was an absolute miracle. Two kids strapped into a monster double pram, we got out of the building and started walking towards the Le Meridien. Weather was perfect. As we made our way towards the Pik-Nik area, we stopped by the little […]
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I’m in the ‘short blog’ mood. A little sleepy, after spending possibly most of the day with the family at Palazzo Versace. Where is this hotel, you ask me. Throw it into google, and she’ll lead you there – next to the creek, near Marriott Al Jaddaf, is all I can say. Quite an odd […]
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I have a soft spot for the Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort. They have a fine selection of restaurants (Rhodes Twenty10’s our favourite!), and is one of many resorts we would recommend for a staycation. During our stay there few summers back, we had breakfast at the then called ‘Brasserie’. So when it was revamped, and […]
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We slept at 3am last night. We got back to Dubai past midnight and although I did think it was a good show, we felt….. unsatisfied. Spent the next two hours watching Bon Jovi’s old concert videos, particularly the one in Wembley back in 1995. How I wish we could get a time machine, jump in […]
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Off we went to World Trade Centre last night to catch 30 seconds. We haven’t been to concerts there for a long time now, and it sorta reminded me why. Imagine every one in five person has a cigarette in hand. Ugh, it was disgusting. To be fair it really is just a ‘Dubai situation’, […]
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From August 2023 onwards, Salero will be having live entertainment five days a week. See Salero’s website for more details. Original review, published in May 2015 Spending an evening at Salero Tapas Bodega on their Flamenco Nights makes you wonder why have we not spent more time enjoying good live music in Dubai. You could […]
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Thanks to dubizzle, we managed to snap up last minute “not-so-expensive” Inner Pit tickets to Robbie Williams’ gig last night 🙂 Left the marina around 7pm, stuck to 140 km/h and got tailgated probably 4 to 5 times on our way to Abu Dhabi 🙁 I will do a proper post about this next time. Today, we’re […]
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Stables Dubai. Hidden behind Sheikh Zayed Road next to Blue Tower and Crowne. Reminds me of Cock and Bull in Newmarket 🙂 Wooden furniture, laid-back atmosphere. Some place you’ll head over after work for a drink or two or four, if it’s Wednesday 😀 This is how you could plan a great mid-week night out. […]
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Thought I’ll add a border, to make my S3 photos look a little better. Hehehe. Doesn’t do too much ay -.- So, another brunch deal on the Entertainer Monthly Offers was….. Ballaro, situated on the 6th floor of the Conrad Dubai, one of those hotels we’ve never been to. What better reason to check it out over brunch with […]
Read MoreLazy blog post. I’m supposed to be in the pool, he he. Been to Al Hambra twice now and totally recommend it. 4 people, use 2 of your Entertainer 2 for 1s, and you get Crazy meal for 4, add in 1 litre of Sangria and your bill will come to about 550AED for a […]
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We’ve found good live acoustic. Finally! Amazing voice. Amazing music. Vodka mixers for the ladies for 5 DHS each (we couldn’t taste any vodka in our cranberry vodka but hey, it’s better than paying 45 DHS in a bar with bad music !).
Read MoreHow new, is Festival Park? Taxi man took us to Festival City Mall, and then we asked him – you don’t know where Festival Park is? He looked at us blank – Festival Park? We got off, and then asked probably 4 other taxis if they knew where this place was. We even showed them […]
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My first text to Dubai 92 FM and I got a call back from Tom & Dan on my first week here, to say that I’ve won two tickets to Sandance at Atlantis. Wahahaha, awesomeness. Lineups that we knew were Morcheeba, Travis, Dizzie Rascal and Fatboy Slim. We got there around 7:30p.m and there were […]
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