Editorial place profile
Gerbou, Dubai
At a glance
Gerbou is a Tashkeel-owned restaurant in Nad Al Sheba 1, combining Emirati hospitality, art and design with contemporary UAE cooking. Its menus range from chebab and balaleet to lamb harees, margooga and modern regional dishes.
Practical details
- Address
- Street 20, Nadd Al Sheba Road, Nad Al Sheba 1, Dubai
- Phone
- +971 4 222 6888
- gerbou@gerbou.com
- Format
- Contemporary UAE cooking; art-and-design setting
- Breakfast
- Weekday 07:00–11:00; weekend 08:00–12:00 published
- Fwala
- 19:00–22:00 published
Familiar dishes and contemporary combinations
Gerbou describes UAE-rooted cooking influenced by the communities living here, using traditional methods alongside contemporary techniques. Its breakfast menu includes chebab with honey, balaleet and khameer with honey and cheese. Lunch and dinner list lamb harees, lamb tharead, chicken margooga and Emirati chicken tikka alongside dishes such as bao lamb shawarma. The published examples show the breadth of the menu; they do not make every dish an unchanged historical Emirati recipe.
Sources: Gerbou: contemporary UAE cooking and design, Gerbou: breakfast menu, Gerbou: lunch and dinner menu
Design, service times and reservations
Owned by Tashkeel and launched in 2025, Gerbou occupies a renovated 1987 building in Nad Al Sheba 1. Its interiors include work by local designers and craftspeople. The homepage separates weekday breakfast 07:00–11:00, weekend breakfast 08:00–12:00 and fwala 19:00–22:00. Reservations use +971 4 222 6888 and gerbou@gerbou.com. Takeaway and events have separate contacts and conditions.
Sources: Gerbou: contemporary UAE cooking and design, Gerbou: reservations and location
Contact and published information
- Published Gerbou, Dubai website
- Published menu
- Call Gerbou, Dubai: +971 4 222 6888
- gerbou@gerbou.com
- Address: Street 20, Nadd Al Sheba Road, Nad Al Sheba 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Where this place fits
Sources and review dates
- Gerbou: contemporary UAE cooking and design — Operator website — checked 2026-10-17
- Gerbou: breakfast menu — Operator menu — checked 2026-10-17
- Gerbou: lunch and dinner menu — Operator menu — checked 2026-10-17
- Gerbou: reservations and location — Operator website — checked 2026-10-17
Author and corrections
Sarah Haddad is responsible for this profile. It is based on the published sources cited here; no firsthand visit or independent service test is claimed.