Brunch in Emirates Living: Local Picks

Emirates Living is the green, low-rise sprawl of the Greens, Meadows and Springs, the kind of neighbourhood where brunch is a community fixture rather than a tourist event. Five venues clear the bar, and they skew toward the family table and the long, easy afternoon.

Joe's Backyard runs a bottomless brunch from AED 199 that goes day into night, the most flexible on the list. Isabella's family brunch starts at AED 250 and Reform Social & Grill at AED 255. At the top, Kasumigaseki's Japanese brunch and Orilla's weekend spread sit at AED 350 and AED 450, both rated 4.9. Every venue below is an Emirates Living room we've confirmed has a live brunch.

This is a residential brunch, so it leans relaxed and family-friendly over loud. Joe's Backyard is the outlier with a long 2pm-to-11pm bottomless sitting, useful if you want to start late. The two top-rated rooms, Orilla and Kasumigaseki, are small and serious about the food, so they're the ones to book.

Parking is the easy part out here, with plenty around the Greens and Springs Souk and the golf clubhouses. Most venues sit near the Montgomerie or in the community centres, a short drive off Sheikh Zayed Road. JLT and the Marina are minutes away if you want to carry on.