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Mar 02, 2007
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The Revolving Restaurant in Hyatt Regency Deira beside Hamriya Fish Market and Gould Souq. Forgot the Actual name


+100 I've been there. :oops: Very Nice.


So what's the name?



AL DAWAR...very nice there. It's a revolving roof top restaurant at Hyatt Regency.


Yes thats the right name. I payed per person 180 dhs when I took five people with me. 180 dhs was for buffet. You can even have a menu card if u like. But in the buffet drinks are not included even water. as in soft drinks or hard drinks. The restaurant takes 1hr and 45 minutes to take a full round. Smokers can sit right beside the window and non smokers on top. And yeah the food is amazing. My total bill came up to 1700 something for 5 people as the drinks, the buffet and obviously service charge.

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Mar 02, 2007
dude, the sea food part, i mention "Golden Fork" not Sea Shell Cafeteria
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Mar 02, 2007
I dun reed engrish too gud but I read this from you:

Bleakus wrote:Sea Shell Cafeteria is good stuff


It must be the adrenaline before your paint ball game this afternoon. Hey, can you outfit my Glock 34 for paint ball?
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Concord wrote:I dun reed engrish too gud but I read this from you:

Bleakus wrote:Sea Shell Cafeteria is good stuff


It must be the adrenaline before your paint ball game this afternoon. Hey, can you outfit my Glock 34 for paint ball?


think you can dude, we just have to remove the real bullets in them

yeah your right, my english has been crap lately ;)
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Apr 08, 2007
xty wrote:I love Chinese food. But Chinese food in Dubai are all suck, so I can't recommend one.


Nope. Last night we stumbled on the NoodlePot at the food lane (whatever that fancy car roaring street is called, the one in Jumeira) - with my Cantonese friend - met the manager - original Chinese - go check it out.

Somewhere on the other side of the street there's a Thai restaurant - awesome, but I forgot the name so 4give me.
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Apr 08, 2007
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asc_26 wrote:Irish Village and some restaurants inside the compound but its crowded nowadays cos of tennis event. :(


So...?
What kind of food they serve at IV? And can we bring kids? I was thinking IV is some kind of resto-bar where no kids normally there.



You can bring kids but not for dinner. There are restuarants (that serve asian, south american dishes, arabic and etc) inside the compound other than the Irish Pub. There's Costa Coffee shop also. Check the place with your wife first.



AAh! There's a place many people forgot because it's kind of old and outdated (if anything in Dubai can be "old") - it's the JW Marriott Deira.
Great interior looks like from the 20's with huge play area for kids and great food court with Chinese, Indian, Sushi, - there's even a German restaurant - Hofbrauhaus.
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May 05, 2007
Pier Chic

Unique, chic and romantic ever!

This is the restaurant for seafood lover. It is located at the Madinat Jumeirah off the beach in front Qasr Hotel. You can access the restaurant by walking along the wooden pier (awesome underwater lights). While dine seated above the waves, you’ll have an excellent view of Burj Al Arab, Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Madinat Jumeirah. The bar is like ice cubes (changing color & glowing at night).

I like their crab cakes with salad for starters. Salmon steak is mouthwatering! It’s up-market restaurant plus the friendly and very helpful staff – they’ll make you feel at ease.

If you are celebrating anniversaries, rekindle your relationship or you (for the gentlemen) simply want a “YES” from a lady, then bring her to Pier Chic.
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May 05, 2007
Anyone has good recommendations for Mexican food ? I have been to Cactus Jack in Millinuem hotel and Maria Bonita in Um Suqiuem .. but nothing impressive ..
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May 06, 2007
MaaaD wrote:Anyone has good recommendations for Mexican food ? I have been to Cactus Jack in Millinuem hotel and Maria Bonita in Um Suqiuem .. but nothing impressive ..

I like the chicken nachos of Mex Chic Inn in Ibn Battuta or Lamcy Plaza food courts.

However last time I went there somehow the taste was different (not as good as earlier). Change of chef? Hopefully it was only on that day.
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May 06, 2007
MaaaD wrote:Anyone has good recommendations for Mexican food ? I have been to Cactus Jack in Millinuem hotel and Maria Bonita in Um Suqiuem .. but nothing impressive ..


maria bonita (now also at the greens) is apparenlty the closes to "real" mexican food (although served by phillipinos and cooked by indians). I've heard that from a few mexican pilots. The absolute worse is the one at the marina!
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May 07, 2007
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MaaaD wrote:Anyone has good recommendations for Mexican food ? I have been to Cactus Jack in Millinuem hotel and Maria Bonita in Um Suqiuem .. but nothing impressive ..


maria bonita (now also at the greens) is apparenlty the closes to "real" mexican food (although served by phillipinos and cooked by indians). I've heard that from a few mexican pilots. The absolute worse is the one at the marina!


But MAC... I thought you've never been to Dubai!!!!
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MaaaD wrote:Anyone has good recommendations for Mexican food ? I have been to Cactus Jack in Millinuem hotel and Maria Bonita in Um Suqiuem .. but nothing impressive ..


maria bonita (now also at the greens) is apparenlty the closes to "real" mexican food (although served by phillipinos and cooked by indians). I've heard that from a few mexican pilots. The absolute worse is the one at the marina!


But MAC... I thought you've never been to Dubai!!!!


i thought he meant this one http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/4/52906/Cam ... urant.html :oops: :oops: :oops:

anyway, people always confuse me wid others. many times they just yell hey "big' but i am just regular mac so i ignored them.
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Re: Recommended Restaurants in Dubai by DF Members Mar 09, 2009
Concord wrote:Most of us read a guide or two or three before arriving in Dubai. Each with a list of restaurants (written by 25 year olds or people without real jobs - believe you me I have friends who write for Fodors, lonely planet and Fromers - 4 different people - so I know).

I think it would be a good idea for a list of "Recommended Restaurants" in Dubai. I know, some fool will tell me this belongs in "Dubai Guide". Well I don't think so. Lets give it a try.

I can say I have never had a bad meal or complaint about Wamagama at the Crown Plaza - Sheik Sayed road. What say you?


Hi

If you are looking for the list of "Recommended Restaurants" in dubai the the best thing to do is to search in yellow pages UAE,which lists out the best and cheap hotels and restaurants .
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Mar 10, 2009
Asha's at Wafi is a brilliant Indian - the prawny dish with cheesy stuff is nomnomnom.

I'd recommend China Club for Chinese, it has a really extensive menu of lovely, lovely things.

For International I'd recommend Teatro for atmosphere and The Cellar for being able to order everything on the menu for a set price. They have to roll me out of there, but I'm a happy barrel.

I'll keep thinking on this... eating out is one of my favourite discussion topics.
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Mar 19, 2009
Maybe i'll try the Chinese food in China Club. Chinese foods are great! Mexican food and Italian food would be nice too. Where can i find nice Mexican food and Italian food?

And do anyone know where to find Indonesian food? It's delicious and spicy! I love it so much.
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Mar 19, 2009
For authentic Chinese food, go to Lam Kwai Fong or Spring Bamboo, near Lamcy/American Hospital. The one in Dragon Mart also taste Ok.

For Indonesian food, there are 4 restaurants in Dubai (all in Karama) and 2 in Abu Dhabi (all near Abu Dhabi mall).
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Mar 19, 2009
Ohh, okay. Must try the Indonesian food there. :) And could anyone tell me where to eat buffet with cheap prices and good food? I would love to eat buffet when my budget is low there.
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Mar 20, 2009
dodot wrote:Maybe i'll try the Chinese food in China Club. Chinese foods are great! Mexican food and Italian food would be nice too. Where can i find nice Mexican food and Italian food?

And do anyone know where to find Indonesian food? It's delicious and spicy! I love it so much.


There are quite a few Italians about. One I liked that springs to mind was in the Emirates Towers - I think it's called Mosaico.
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Mar 20, 2009
dodot wrote:Ohh, okay. Must try the Indonesian food there. :) And could anyone tell me where to eat buffet with cheap prices and good food? I would love to eat buffet when my budget is low there.

Let me know if you need the location of Indonesian restaurants and type of foods you like.

Buffet for which kind of food? Looks like you like (spicy) Asian foods, so there you go:
For Indonesian, I'm not sure if they still serve buffet on weekend in Mutiara restaurant (opp Centrepoint/Spinneys on Trade Centre Road, Karama).
For Pakistani, there's Al Ibrahimi in Karama.
For Indian, there's one in SZR (between interchange 2 & 3, on the same line of car showrooms).
For Thai, on some days at Baitong restaurant in Karama.
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Mar 23, 2009
My two favorites:

Frankie's in Oasis beach towers, Dubai marina. Nice atmosphere, good food. Not as designish as other Dubai restaurants, more cozy.

Miyako in Hyatt Regency, great teppanyaki, love the live cooking tables!

I am a bit spoiled since I worked in this business for six years and I am pretty much fed up with all the designed places in Dubai where neither service or knowledge is up to standards...but they do charge you a huge pile of money. Hopefully this changes now and the pricing levels will adjust with the changed market.
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Apr 07, 2009
Asha's at Wafi city has got to be the best Indian Restraunt ever!!!

If you're into buffet Al Mona at Madinat Jumeira is the best buffet I have been able to find....its just phenominal!!

And if you want a sit down american restraunt....NOTHING LIKE TGI FRIDAYS!!
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Apr 17, 2009
i have been told if you would like to find places to eat try http://www.menu.ae
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Apr 18, 2009
anaqvi86 wrote:And if you want a sit down american restraunt....NOTHING LIKE TGI FRIDAYS!!


Unfortunately TGI Fridays (which use to be a nice place to go a casual evening) is more like a Mcdonals in this country. Not a restaurant.
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Apr 18, 2009
The best ushi I ever had was at Bentoya!

THe little buildings next to the Dusit DUbai, the one with Sketchers in the bottom, Bentoya is round the back - awsome - love it!
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Apr 18, 2009
anaqvi86 wrote:And if you want a sit down american restraunt....NOTHING LIKE TGI FRIDAYS!!


[quote="Christofer"]Unfortunately TGI Fridays (which use to be a nice place to go a casual evening) is more like a Mcdonals in this country. Not a restaurant.[/quote}

First of all...Mcdonalds is also a restaraunt...its called a fast food restaraunt and TGI's any where in the world is the same....i mean i was in Dubai around a month ago and ate at Friday's back then...and its the same as any sit down american restraunt is anywhere else in the world....minus the booz!
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Apr 19, 2009
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anaqvi86 wrote:And if you want a sit down american restraunt....NOTHING LIKE TGI FRIDAYS!!


Christofer wrote:Unfortunately TGI Fridays (which use to be a nice place to go a casual evening) is more like a Mcdonals in this country. Not a restaurant.


First of all...Mcdonalds is also a restaraunt...its called a fast food restaraunt and TGI's any where in the world is the same....i mean i was in Dubai around a month ago and ate at Friday's back then...and its the same as any sit down american restraunt is anywhere else in the world....minus the booz!


Except the fact that Fridays originaly is a bar, with tables you can sit and drink and eat at if you want. And this is how you find it everywhere excpet for here.

Don't take me wrong, I like the food there, but it is more of a shopping lunch fast food joint than the bar it is supposed to be around here.
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Jul 06, 2009
great info people
If am think about Italian then Don Carlion Metropolitan Hotel SZR
ma ma mi ya
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Jul 22, 2009
gazeebo...just love the food
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Jul 26, 2009
Mmmm, now I'm hungry.
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