Flamingo Room by tashas: African Glamour with Substance on Al Maryah Island

A room with enough confidence to be theatrical

Flamingo Room by tashas arrives at The Galleria with a visual identity strong enough to risk overshadowing the food. Blush tones, sculptural details, hand-blown glass and floor-to-ceiling windows create a room that the brand describes as “African glamour”, while the wider Flamingo Collection adds Perlage, Collective Africa and an events lounge around it. Yet the restaurant works because the design is not treated as an excuse for a vague menu. The concept is old-school dining reframed with contemporary polish: recognisable dishes, generous flavour and a room that becomes more animated as lunch turns into cocktails and dinner.

The food has to compete with the room – and does

The current business lunch is a useful snapshot of the kitchen. The Galleria lists dishes such as burrata, tuna tartare and the signature Calamari Mozambique, while the main restaurant positions its menu as a collection of iconic dishes lifted with contemporary touches. A January 2026 review from What’s On found the same balance in practice, praising the theatrical setting while calling out plates including French onion soup, seafood, meat and richly finished desserts. The Mozambique reference is particularly telling: African influence appears as flavour and attitude rather than as a forced theme. That gives the restaurant more substance than a room built only for photographs.

A social restaurant that grows into the evening

The Abu Dhabi branch is in the South Plaza at The Galleria, Al Maryah Island, with reservations on +971 2 675 9301. The brand’s current pages show service from noon into late evening, although the precise published closing times differ slightly between its contact and location pages; diners should therefore reconfirm the final sitting directly when booking. For Simply Abu Dhabi, Flamingo Room is best understood as a social restaurant first: lunch can be polished and calm, but the venue’s personality grows toward evening. Go for the design, stay for dishes with enough confidence to hold their own against it, and leave time to explore the wider Flamingo Collection rather than treating the room as a quick mall stop.

Practical details

Location: South Plaza, The Galleria Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Cuisine / concept: Contemporary international dining with African-inspired identity
Telephone: +971 2 675 9301
Hours: Open from noon into late evening; official pages currently vary on final sitting, so reconfirm when booking
Editorial status: Open