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

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.

[UPDATED 10TH JUNE 2025] A culinary travel guide to Cyprus. Where to eat and drink - Nicosia, Famagusta district on the east coast, Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Let’s see who's old-school Dubai. Do you remember golden oldie Japengo? With a Japanese and broader Asian menu. The Souk Madinat Jumeirah outpost overlooking the waterway sadly shut shop nearly a ...

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 ...

Are you visiting Dubai and would like to know where to eat? Or you’re a resident who may benefit from some restaurant recommendations - as may your visitors. A bespoke foodie itinerary perhaps?

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 ...

A staggering 95% of you voted for my new header-style format that I had proposed for my restaurant reviews, which brings great joy to the organisational freak in me ...

Discovering a Dubai restaurant with a licence to cook pork is like searching for a diamond in the desert. So a new independent Spanish tapas restaurant that reveals a menu with 19 out of 57 savoury ...