7 Great Spots For A Leisurely Brunch In Dubai
21grams
Known for its hearty Balkan cuisine, 21grams has a breakfast menu that’s popular with everyone from residents to international food critics. Hungry groups should order the big Balkan breakfast to share. It features four eggs your way, cheese burek, beef sausages, and the house mezze selection, served with homemade somun bread – the perfect way to try all of chef Milan Jurkovic’s best brunch dishes in one go.
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The Guild
This sprawling restaurant from Tom Arnel (Tom & Serg, Sum of Us, Byron Bathers) serves brunch from 11am to 4pm. There’s cinnamon French toast or banoffee pancakes for sharing, freshly baked viennoiseries served with jam and lemon curd, and no fewer than 13 egg dishes – including an excellent duck hash with fried eggs, veal jus and truffle.
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Carine
With its fairway view, Emirates Golf Club’s expansive terrace is an appealing space in which to work your way through a couple of classic brunch dishes. The menu is courtesy of chef Izu Ani, a veteran of Dubai’s fine-dining scene. Whether you’re a fan of benedicts, boiled with campaillou soldiers or scrambled with fresh truffle, we’d start with eggs. Then move on to a sweeter treat – the breakfast crepes with mixed berries, strawberry chocolate or salted caramel are spectacular.
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La Cantine Du Faubourg
This elegant Parisian-style showstopper is in Jumeirah Emirates Towers. It offers breakfast favourites such as truffled scrambled eggs on toast, or eggs mimosa with crispy bacon and avocado, but you could also order kitchen signatures such as yellowfin tuna ceviche, beef tartare, or les coquillettes de mon enfance – an indulgent yet nostalgic mac ’n’ cheese. Bloody Marys are optional, though encouraged.
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Brix
In the picturesque enclave of Jumeirah Fishing Harbour, Brix is a charming waterside restaurant from the team behind the award-winning 3Fils. The all-day breakfasts are the stars of the show here, particularly the Tribbiani breakfast sandwich filled with beef pastrami, Emmental cheese and mustard mayonnaise. But the limited-time 3Fils x Brix collaboration is the current talk of the town, featuring Asian-inspired morning plates such as Japanese omelette with truffle oil, caviar and triple cooked chips, kaya pancakes, and a multi-layered croissant topped with sunny side quail eggs, chives, and truffle vinegar mist.
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Bungalo34
This eye-catching beachside restaurant is decked out with red and white umbrellas overhanging pretty pastel furniture. Greek-South African restaurateur Natasha Sideris offers a suitably elegant brunch menu. Look for dishes like vanilla hotcakes served with mixed berries, or Greek yoghurt bowls topped with preserved sweet fruits. For a more substantial start to the day, there’s three-cheese soufflé omelette with parmesan, gruyere, cheddar, creme fraiche and buttered leeks. Be sure to go full Athenian with an espresso freddo to finish.
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Bistro Des Arts
Bistro Des Arts recalls a cosy brasserie on the Champs-Élysées. It’s the platonic ideal of a charming Parisian café, and invariably one of the busiest spots on Dubai Marina’s promenade. Come weekend brunch, families come to enjoy unlimited access to the Parisian breakfast buffet spread, plus one sweet crepe and a main course for AED 119. For parents, the coffee’s good too.
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