Dubai Restaurant Week Returns
- Dubai Restaurant Week will run May 1–17 and include more than 125 participating restaurants. - The program will feature Michelin-listed venues and at least one one-Michelin-starred restaurant. - Chefs named for the event include Nobu Matsuhisa, Gordon Ramsay, Akira Back and others, showing big-name participation. (foodbusinessgulf.com)
Dubai Restaurant Week will run from May 1 to May 17, with more than 125 restaurants offering set-price menus across the city. (visitdubai.com) The official pricing is AED125 for lunch and AED250 for dinner, and Visit Dubai says bookings are already open through Careem DineOut. (visitdubai.com) Gulf News reported the lineup spans more than 25 cuisines and includes more than 30 Michelin Guide-listed restaurants, plus at least one Michelin-starred venue. (gulfnews.com) The chef roster attached to participating venues includes Nobu Matsuhisa, Gordon Ramsay and Akira Back, tying the promotion to some of the best-known names in international dining. (gulfnews.com) Dubai is pitching the event as a citywide sampler of its restaurant market, from fine-dining rooms to homegrown concepts, rather than a single-site food festival. Visit Dubai describes it as a 17-day program built around “talked-about restaurants” across the emirate. (visitdubai.com) That framing fits the way Dubai’s dining sector has been evolving. The Michelin Guide’s Dubai selection now covers 116 restaurants across starred, Bib Gourmand and recommended categories, giving the city a much deeper pool of guide-recognized venues than it had a few years ago. (guide.michelin.com) Ahmed Al Khaja, chief executive of Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment, told Gulf News that participation has grown from 30 venues when the event launched to more than 125 this year. (gulfnews.com) The mechanics are simple: restaurants create limited menus at fixed prices, and diners book those slots online instead of paying each venue’s usual à la carte rates. Careem says its DineOut platform is the official booking partner for this year’s event. (visitdubai.com; careem.com) The result is a two-week push to fill seats in some of Dubai’s most visible dining rooms before summer heat slows the city’s outdoor and tourism calendar. Visit Dubai is already urging diners to reserve early because the menus are limited-time and demand is expected to be high. (visitdubai.com)
