Forty-plus verified tables on the Palm, from Maiden Shanghai's dim sum theatre to Al Beiruti's mezze. The island's best rooms, our highest-rated first.
The Palm is Dubai's resort dining district, an island built for dinner with a view of the skyline it's detached from. Forty-plus restaurants on our index qualify for this list, and the strange thing is how much range hides behind the beach-club postcard: Korean barbecue with K-Pop on the sound system, refined Indian tasting plates, a Lebanese mezze room that locals drive across the city for.
Maiden Shanghai at FIVE leads the ratings, 1920s Shanghai styling and organic Chinese cooking at 4.8 across 2,250 reviews. Above Eleven pairs Nikkei plates with a rooftop over the marina skyline. Smoki Moto is the Korean steakhouse with soju cocktails, Varq does Indian fine dining, and Al Beiruti keeps the biggest secret on the island, a AED-friendly Lebanese kitchen rated 4.7 by more than 2,000 people. Tap House covers the gastropub end. Everything below is verified and ranked live.
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See it liveGetting here is half the plan. The monorail solves the trunk, but the fronds and the crescent mean a car, and valet is standard at the hotel venues. Book anything with a sunset view for 6:30 rather than 8, the light show over the Marina skyline is the whole point of eating on the west side.
Prices run resort-high on the crescent and drop noticeably along the trunk. Al Beiruti and Tap House prove you can eat well here without a hotel bill attached. Beach club kitchens, SAN Beach especially, do their best food at lunch when the day passes are in play.
Maiden Shanghai leads our live ranking at 4.8 from 2,250 reviews, with Above Eleven, Smoki Moto and Varq close behind. Al Beiruti is the strongest casual pick. The ranked list above updates as ratings move.
Above Eleven's rooftop faces the Marina skyline, SAN Beach and Byron Bathers sit right on the sand, and Asia Asia's terrace catches the sunset over the water. West-facing tables at golden hour are the island's signature move.
More than the island's reputation suggests. Al Beiruti serves Lebanese mezze at neighbourhood prices, and Tap House runs a proper gastropub with everyday mains. Both rate 4.7, so cheap here doesn't mean compromised.
The marquee rooms, yes, especially Thursday through Saturday. Maiden Shanghai and Above Eleven book out for dinner. Lunch is far easier everywhere, and the beach-club kitchens welcome walk-ins on weekdays.
The monorail runs the trunk from Palm Gateway to Atlantis and covers a surprising number of venues. For frond and crescent addresses, it's taxis, every hotel has a rank. Driving? Valet is near-universal.
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