Dubai Restaurant Week lineup

Dubai Restaurant Week will run from May 1 to May 17, with more than 125 restaurants offering fixed-price menus across the city. (visitdubai.com) (zawya.com) Lunch menus are priced at AED 125 and dinner menus at AED 250, and bookings will be handled through Careem DineOut, according to Visit Dubai and the event announcement. (visitdubai.com) (zawya.com) Organizers said the lineup spans more than 25 cuisines and includes restaurants tied to chefs such as Nobu Matsuhisa, Gordon Ramsay, Izu Ani, Alvin Leung, Akira Back, Kelvin Cheung and Hadrien Villedieu. (zawya.com) The pitch is value wrapped in prestige: discounted menus at venues that range from premium casual spots to fine-dining names recognized by Michelin or associated with globally known chefs. (zawya.com) (guide.michelin.com) That framing lands in a city that has spent the past three years building its fine-dining credentials. Michelin Guide Dubai’s 2024 edition recognized 106 restaurants, including four with two stars and 15 with one star. (guide.michelin.com) (gulfnews.com) Dubai Restaurant Week also sits inside the wider Dubai Food Festival calendar, which tourism officials use to push seasonal traffic into restaurants and hospitality businesses before summer. (visitdubai.com) (zawya.com) Local coverage has highlighted the same mix of imported brands and homegrown concepts, including restaurants such as Zuma and Gerbou alongside chef-led international names. (whatson.ae) (villa88.com) For diners, the practical question is simpler than the branding: whether a two-course lunch for AED 125 or a three-course dinner for AED 250 is enough to get them into restaurants they might otherwise skip. The answer starts arriving on May 1, when bookings open into service. (whatson.ae) (visitdubai.com)