The third edition of the annual “Michelin Guide Dubai” was recently unveiled at the One&Only One Za’abeel. Among the highlights was Row on 45 becoming the fourth restaurant in Dubai to receive two Michelin stars.
This year’s “Michelin Guide Dubai” includes a total of 106 restaurants, representing a 53.6 percent jump since the guide’s inception in 2022 when it listed 69 restaurants. The 2024 edition recognizes four two-Michelin star restaurants and 15 one-Michelin star restaurants (four of which are newly awarded). Dubai is now also home to 18 Bib Gourmand restaurants and three with a Michelin Green Star. Around 35 types of cuisine are represented across the 106 restaurants.
Dubai plays host to more than 13,000 restaurants and eateries, catering to almost 200 nationalities living in the city. In addition, the latest “Dubai Gastronomy Industry Report” ranks the emirate second in terms of restaurant density across the globe, besides being named one of the top 10 cities for food lovers. In 2023, Dubai welcomed a record 17.15 million international overnight visitors, a 19.4 percent year-on-year increase. This year, between January and May, a total of 8.12 million visitors stayed in Dubai, up 10 percent on the same period in 2023.
Restaurants with two Michelin stars:
- Il Ristorante-Niko Romito
- Row on 45
- Stay by Yannick Alléno
- Trèsind Studio
Restaurants with one Michelin star
- 11 Woodfire
- Al Muntaha
- Armani Ristorante
- Avatāra
- Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
- Hakkasan
- Hōseki
- La Dame de Pic Dubai
- Moonrise
- Orfali Bros
- Ossiano
- Sagetsu by Tetsuya
- Smoked Room
- Tasca by José Avillez
- Torno Subito
Michelin Green Star restaurants:
- Boca
- Lowe
- Teible
Bib Gourmand restaurants:
- 21 Grams
- 3Fils
- Aamara
- Al Khayma Heritage Restaurant
- Bait Maryam
- Berenjak
- Duo Gastrobar
- Goldfish
- Hoe Lee Kow
- Ibn Albahr
- Indya by Vineet
- Kinoya
- Konjiki Hototogisu
- Reif Japanese Kushiyaki - Dar Wasl
- Reif Japanese Kushiyaki - Dubai Hills
- Revelry
- Shabestan
- Teible
This year’s Michelin Special Award recipients include Jesus Lobato Suarez, head chef at Smoked Room (Young Chef Award); Michael Mpofu, Celebrities by Mauro Colagreco (Sommelier Award); DuangDy by BO.LAN (Service Award); and The Guild (Opening of the Year).
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