Dubai Restaurant Week

Dubai Restaurant Week will run from May 1 to May 17, 2026, with more than 125 restaurants offering fixed-price menus across the city. (visitdubai.com) Lunch menus are priced at AED 125 and dinner menus at AED 250, and bookings are being handled exclusively through Careem DineOut. Organizers said the lineup spans more than 25 cuisines, from fine dining to premium casual restaurants. (visitdubai.com) (zawya.com) The participating chefs named in the launch include Nobu Matsuhisa, Gordon Ramsay, Izu Ani, Alvin Leung and Akira Back. The event materials also say several participating venues are listed by the Michelin Guide. (zawya.com) (guide.michelin.com) Dubai has been using restaurant festivals to turn its dining scene into a tourism draw, with the city’s official tourism site promoting Michelin-starred restaurants alongside broader travel planning. The Michelin Guide’s Dubai selection now functions as part of that pitch to visitors looking for destination dining. (visitdubai.com 1) (visitdubai.com 2) The 2026 edition is also longer than the 2025 spring event listed on Visit Dubai, which ran from May 9 to May 25, 2025, while this year’s event starts earlier on May 1. The pricing, though, remains the same at AED 125 for lunch and AED 250 for dinner. (visitdubai.com 1) (visitdubai.com 2) Restaurant Week sits inside Dubai’s wider calendar of retail and tourism promotions, which are often run by Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment, the city agency behind major shopping and lifestyle campaigns. The Zawya release identified Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment and Careem as partners on this year’s dining push. (zawya.com) For diners, the pitch is straightforward: book a set menu at a restaurant that might otherwise sit outside an everyday budget. For Dubai, the goal is to fill tables across 17 days with a mix of residents, tourists and diners chasing Michelin-listed names at a lower entry price. (visitdubai.com) (zawya.com)