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Discover top-rated Middle Eastern restaurants. Find inspiration for your next meal and compare places by the food, setting and ordering options you enjoy.
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Abu Dhabi · Food & Drink · Restaurants · United Arab Emirates
A verified editorial guide to restaurants serving authentic Emirati cuisine and local Khaleeji food in Abu Dhabi.
Read guide →Dubai · Food & Drink · United Arab Emirates
An independent editorial guide to the best kunafa in Dubai, from dedicated kunafa shops to Arabic sweets specialists and restaurants with verified kunafa evidence.
Read guide →Dubai · Restaurants · United Arab Emirates
An editorially ranked TopRatedPlaces guide to the best Lebanese restaurants in Dubai, comparing refined Lebanese dining, mezze, grills, seafood, Downtown Dubai restaurants, Dubai Marina options, and casual Lebanese food.
Read guide →Explore food and destination guides for more ideas. Individual recommendations may cover different cuisines and dining styles.
Dubai · Restaurants · United Arab Emirates
An editorial TopRatedPlaces ranking of the top 10 shawarma spots in Dubai, using public evidence, review signals, service fit and source consistency.
Read guide →Dubai · Food & Drink · Food Tours · Restaurants
Find Dubai local cuisine by experience: hosted Emirati meals, Al Fahidi breakfast, Creek seafood, contemporary UAE cooking and guided neighbourhood food walks.
Read guide →Find top-rated places through our editorial guides. Read each guide’s selection method, sources and reasons for its recommendations, then choose the places that fit your plans. Editorial inclusion and position cannot be bought; paid features are labelled separately.
A little more direction
Choose a specific regional cuisine or dish, then look at location and meal format. Compare the actual menus rather than treating a broad regional label as one uniform style of cooking.
For a regional meal, start with the Dubai Lebanese-restaurant or Abu Dhabi Emirati-restaurant guide. For a particular food, the Dubai shawarma and kunafa guides provide narrower searches. These traditions and dishes are distinct, so use the menu to choose the experience you want.