SIMPLY ABU DHABI
Sidekicks at The WB Abu Dhabi takes the familiar hotel all-day dining format and gives it Warner Bros. personality, combining breakfast, buffet and a la carte options with character appearances and a menu designed to work for both children and adults.
Siddharta Lounge by Buddha-Bar turns its rooftop position at Yas Bay Waterfront into a full evening proposition, pairing Mediterranean and Asian plates with sunset views, crafted drinks, resident DJ sets and the brand’s familiar late-night energy.
A restaurant built from a life in food Asha’s has always had a more personal premise than the average international Indian restaurant group. Its driving force is Asha Bhosle, one of India’s most celebrated singers, but the menu is not a celebrity branding exercise detached from the kitchen. The restaurant describes its food through Bhosle’s […]
Saadiyat Rotana’s Si Ristorante Italiano & Bar keeps its Italian identity focused and recognisable: handmade pasta, wood-fired pizza, open-kitchen theatre and relaxed al fresco dining within one of Saadiyat Island’s established beach resorts.
The buffet as an open kitchen Artisan Kitchen is the principal international dining room at Bab Al Qasr, the palatial hotel facing Abu Dhabi’s western Corniche. Its format is familiar — breakfast, lunch and dinner built around a generous buffet — but the restaurant puts unusual emphasis on food being prepared in view. Live stations […]
Shang Palace at Shangri-La Qaryat Al Beri carries a restaurant legacy dating to 1971, bringing Peking duck, hand-crafted dim sum and Cantonese and provincial Chinese cooking to a polished Abu Dhabi dining room beside Khor Al Maqta.
Shakespeare Middle East has relaunched its familiar café-restaurant identity under new ownership, with Bawabat Al Sharq Mall now serving as the current flagship for international comfort food, patisserie and the brand’s unmistakable Victorian styling.
At Anantara Al Sahel Villa Resort, Savannah Grill turns dinner into part of the Sir Bani Yas wildlife experience, serving Southern African-inspired game, seafood and grilled meats beside the island’s roaming gazelles and peacocks.
The master database had Salmontini Le Bistro marked closed, but current first-party evidence shows the Le Royal Méridien Abu Dhabi branch trading with breakfast, lunch and dinner built around smoked salmon, steak, sushi and French-bistro hospitality.
A hotel dining room built around the view Aqua is Rosewood Abu Dhabi’s broadest dining room, but “all-day dining” undersells what the space is trying to do. Floor-to-ceiling glass and 180-degree waterfront views give it a sense of place, while crystal chandeliers add the refinement expected of the hotel. The visual centre, however, is the […]