Seventeen new bars our curators have flagged, ranked by early ratings. A Parisian room on the Creek, hidden Asian nightlife off Sheikh Zayed, and the UAE's first comedy club.
Dubai's newest bars are having an identity moment, and honestly it's a fun one to watch. The UAE's first comedy club opened with pizza and a liquor licence (Pepperoni, in Trade Center). A Rajasthan-royal drinking room landed in Al Mina. Yù & Mì hides behind an unmarked entrance off Sheikh Zayed Road and would rather you didn't tell anyone.
Seventeen carry our new flag right now, and the ratings put Ruby Ru by Iris in front, a Parisian-styled cocktail bar on the Creek with a skyline terrace and 4.9 stars from 821 reviews. CQ French Brasserie doubles as the best-rated new bar counter in the city, Sobremesa keeps its Mexican-Spanish cocktails flowing in Downtown, and Nobu's One Za'abeel outpost covers the high end. Esco-Bar 25 Jump Street brings the Latin energy. All checked, ranked live below.
Every venue here is live in our index right now. Open one for its full menu, hours and a table.
See it liveNew bars burn hot and correct fast. Cocktail lists get rewritten after the first month, door policies appear once a place gets discovered, and the quiet terrace you loved in week two has a DJ by week ten. Go early, that's the whole game with this list.
Several of these already run offers, ladies nights and happy hours land quickly at new venues fighting for regulars. Ruby Ru runs both. Check the cards below for what's live before you pick a night.
Ruby Ru by Iris on the Creek leads the early ratings, 4.9 from over 800 reviews, a Parisian-inspired cocktail room with a terrace facing the skyline. Sobremesa and Andaliman's bar counter follow it. The ranking above updates live.
Yù & Mì, off Sheikh Zayed Road. Asian-inspired cocktails, tribal rhythms, an entrance you'll walk past twice. We won't spoil more than that, finding it is part of the offer.
Pepperoni in Trade Center, the UAE's first. Stand-up shows, American-Italian comfort food, a working bar. Show nights sell tickets, so check their schedule before treating it as a walk-in.
The nightlife-leaning ones develop them within weeks. Yù & Mì and Nobu's bar run smart-dress expectations from day one. The brasserie-style counters, CQ and Sobremesa, stay walk-in friendly.
Ruby Ru runs a Rouge Ladies' Night on Thursdays at AED 135 and a happy hour from AED 27. Several others on the list have live offers too, shown on each venue card above.
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