Dubai Is A Foodie Capital On Steroids – There Are Four New Restaurants Opening Every Day!
One of the problems of living in Dubai is food. Wait! It’s not that we don’t get enough of it or it isn’t good enough.
The problem is that we’re too spoiled for choice. Not one, not two but around four restaurants open up in the city each day.
The new guys…
Ten Street
Muchachas
The Rose & Crown
Something to look forward to…
Carnival by Tresind
Beef & Bass
Numbers have gone up over the past two years…
According to figures shared by Dubai Municipality, 500 restaurants opened in 2014 and 1,540 opened in 2015. In fact, 2,074 restaurants have opened in Dubai in the last 18 months.
You have international brands such as….
Zuma
Serendipity 3
You have home-grown brands such as…
Home Bakery
Tom & Serg
Right now Dubai has 16,000 eateries…
This is not just restaurants, but also cafeterias and coffee shops. For a city this size, it’s a huge number.
Social media has a role to play…
Wanting to order dishes after seeing drool-worth images on Instagram and Snapchat is totally understandable!
Interesting and innovative stuff excites diners…
Food trucks at Last Exit
Molecular gastronomy at Tresind
OTT stuff at Fume
Finishing touches at Jodhpur Royal Dining
On the flip side…
Extreme competition sometimes forces restaurants that can’t cope up out of business. Many things come into play if restaurants want to get it right – concept, quality, service, location, pricing among others.