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BEST OF DUBAI – Top Picks from Monica

Welcome to the Best of Dubai – Top Picks from Monica for this week – I eat out a lot!

Some new places, some well established. They’re my latest Top Picks for value, taste, quality and vibe. This week we’re sharing CASUAL EATING NEIGHBOURHOOD GEMS!

A Tasty Thai, Pretty Pasta and a Cool Cafe with a side of plants, jewellery and trendy threads. 3 places to know about in this 3 minute read.

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Best of Dubai – COOL NEIGHBOURHOOD CAFE

HOYA CAFE AND RESTAURANT

Location

Al Wasl Road – Um Suqeuim

Price

AED 30 to AED 100

Good to Know

This cute, 2 story cafe also has a plant shop, a small jewellery concession and a trendy clothes rail too.

Great for booking small events and workshops or having a bigger friends meet up!

TEL: 04 346 8986

Best of Dubai – A REALLY TASTY THAI

ASIAN STREET BY THAI

Location

Cluster F in JLT

Price

About AED 180 for 2 people for an excellent lunch

Good to Know

Parking is not easy, so avoid Sunday lunchtimes. This place is very small for dine in, very small so go at off-peak times to dine in or order delivery or better still just pick it up if you’re not far.

Also the spice levels are serious. Enough said!

TEL O4 391 8828

Best of Dubai – PRETTY PASTA NEAR THE SEA

POLLINE PASTA ATELIER and CAFE

Location

Corner of Al Thanya Street and Jumeirah Beach Road. Distinctive white building

Price

The Business Lunch is great value at AED 120 but is more than enough for 2 people to share.

Or do 1 business lunch and add a main course from a la carte and share the lot! So tasty and pretty too.

Good to Know

See our FULL BLOG POST on Polline – Pasta Atelier here.

Let me know

Let me know your latest Top Picks for Dubai.

Where would you recommend that you’ve tried RECENTLY?

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I’m Monica Kapila owner and founder of DoinDubai and I create enticing stories around luxurious experiences connected to Eating, Travelling and Living in Dubai and around the world.

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