Dubai’s best restaurants 2022

In the city’s most competitive dining scene to date, here are the best restaurants in Dubai and all the winners from the Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards 2022

Choosing where to eat out is not a decision to be taken lightly, especially in a city jam-packed with restaurants. We want you to be able to select the restaurants in Dubai that suit your every whim and preference, in the locations you like, at the budget you set. Every time you dine.

In short, we want you to select from Dubai’s best restaurants.

Whether you like Italian or Thai, steak or seafood, we want you to eat out and have an absolutely amazing time doing so.

That’s why we take great pride in presenting you with this list of Dubai’s best restaurants – Time Out’s definitive guide to the finest places to eat out in Dubai, chosen after 12 months of independent and anonymous reviewing by our team.

Week in, week out, we visit literally dozens of restaurants across Dubai, covering everything from family-friendly lunches to all-out fancy dinners, posh brunches to pub feeds. And we pay for every meal.

We’ve been doing this for 20 years, so we know a thing or two about what makes a restaurant experience move from being simply good to absolutely brilliant.

And being brilliant is what we care about.

Here, we celebrate Dubai’s best restaurants with the 17th edition of the Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards.

Best Thai
Winner
Cafe Isan

Winner - Best Thai Restaurant in Dubai 2022 - Cafe Isan

From the plastic chairs to the exposed lighting and stacked crates lining the exterior, this restaurant is purposefully designed to exude a Thai street stall vibe. But don’t let the modest décor fool you, as Café Isan serves fantastic food in a fun setting where you are equally likely to make new friends as experiment with spicy… read more over Time Out Dubai.


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Lisa Knight