A decade after opening Marina Social for Jason Atherton, accomplished Scottish chef Tristin Farmer has returned to Dubai ...

[UPDATED 10TH JUNE 2025]. My compatriots may not like what I am about to declare, but it’s embarrassingly true. To fully appreciate and experience Cyprus’ love for food, one has to head off the beaten ...

The hostess escorts us to our semi-banquette table, sandwiched so tightly between two tables, LPM-style, we can hear every word of the neighbouring conversation. I request another table for two that I ...

I give you the ninth edition of the annual FooDiva guide to top restaurants in Dubai. A record number of 45 homegrown, locally developed concepts have made the cut. Dubai boasts a matured restaurant ...

Remember the ‘Where Chefs Eat’ doorstopper tome? Well I’ve always wanted to apply a similar news angle here in Dubai. So, inspired by this ingenious guidebook, I am launching a new monthly column ...

My annual Dubai restaurant guide celebrates its tenth edition, so with this milestone, change is afoot. The restaurants featured are those that I choose to frequent socially, some more often than ...

That’s eight dishes in total – with no room for dessert. AED277 per person provides incredibly decent value. I am told the chef is Peruvian, and his Nikkei influence is evident. From flavour and ...

I first met maverick chef Gaggan Anand six years ago in Dubai, when I interviewed him at a pop-up here. His irreverence and wit were refreshing, and his cooking style so memorable, that I booked ...

Dessert time and here we make a minor mistake. We should have ordered purely from the pastry counter but are seduced by the offerings on the menu. Vienetta with hot chocolate sauce is exactly that and ...

Whilst I have been publishing restaurant reviews on this website for over 13 years, reviews from today onwards will be housed on my Substack newsletter – and are for paid subscribers only. You can ...

For the seventh year on the trot, our annual guide of independent non-hotel restaurants in Dubai open for daytime dining IN over Ramadan is here – including establishments confirmed to serve more than ...