The best seafood restaurants Dubai

Less picturesque since it got a permanent building instead of the old container where the kitchen was located, Bu Qtair is still one of the most popular restaurants in the city: the choice of dishes is limited to marinated grouper or breaded shrimps with spices that are eaten on paper plates. For more than 20 years, Haroon Rasheed and his family from Kerala have been delighting the whole of Dubai, from fishermen to tourists and expatriates, with their products from the day's catch

This restaurant is wrapped around a giant aquarium, somewhere underground, with no windows offering natural light. Then there is this room in two parts, one red and the other blue. Then, the menu with two menus and simple proposals. Here are oysters, lobster carpaccio, scallop ravioli, cod confit, red mullet with fennel, in short, a selection from the marine bistro in Fréjus. For dessert, the chef explodes with creativity with crêpes Suzette and a chocolate-banana tart.

Unique of its kind in Dubai, all words weighed up, because we're not talking here about an air-conditioned beach-resto with a few tables on the terrace, but a large deck laid out on the beach between the palm trees, naked, in flip-flops. Shimmers is a table in Bermuda shorts, under the palm trees and in the wind, just like you'd find on the beach at Pampelonne with the DJ in front of his turntables. In the evening, we tuck into the sun while smoking a double-apple hookah, watching the lofty profile of the nearby Burj Al Arab on the right and the Pierchic on the left, before enjoying a light dinner.

In the context of a reconstructed souk and knowing that the number one objective is to be able to get the best seats for the fountains and the Burj Khalifa, the Little Wise Guy offers you a selection of the best placed restaurants in the souk. Either on the first floor: on your right, Bice Mare (Italian marine) and the Lebanese restaurant Abdel Wahab. On the first floor, on the right, Sammach (and its fish stalls) and on the left, Meat&Co.

The table of the largest hotel (in size) in Dubai is in the middle of the aquarium. Everyone can admire the sharks and rays while leafing through the marine delights offered by Chef Gregoire, products that are necessarily noble and elegant. Facing this hypnotic aquarium, a little out of time, in the reflection of ancient life, one experiences a romantic dinner for a delicious meal where each dish is a work of art... A unique experience, a classic of Dubai, which does not disembark. The silverware signed Idriss B is both elegant and very original.

On the podium of the beautiful terraces, this one is in the top 5! At the forefront of this chic hotel in Dubai, facing the triple white yacht decor of the marina and the Creek, treat yourself here to a super stylish yet very cool getaway. Wide Havana teak parquet floors, sofas and light-coloured hangings make up a space suspended in the soft air. It's impossible to believe that the airport runways are only 2 kilometres away. And why leave when Dubai offers you the intoxicating mirror of Monegasque harmonies, mixing elegance, nature and good things?

Located on a small fishing port, Seaview offers very fresh seafood, and with good reason: it has a boat that is licensed to fish and provides supplies. Everything that is offered here comes from the fishing of the day: Several kinds of fish, shrimps, squid, sometimes crabs, depending of course on the season and the luck of the fishermen. You choose what you wish to have on your plate, the method of cooking (sautéed, grilled, tandoori or steamed), the possible sauce (garlic, butter, lemon, spices) as well as the accompaniment.

This fish restaurant is run by Jo, a Lebanese from a fishing family in Byblos. He opened his first salmon restaurant in Beirut in 2001. In 2006, he inaugurated Salmontini, a restaurant specializing in home-made smoked salmon. But you can also order sushi. Jo also proposes you to taste the entrecote steak "Saint-Germain des Prés de Paris" with its secret sauce. Finally, the restaurant offers you a unique view of the Dubai ski slope. Something to feast your eyes as well as your taste buds. A classic of the district.

Here's a place where you can eat good food! Not pretentious for two pennies. The famous address has moved to the Sea and has left its traditional Dhow to settle on a nice terrace. The seafood ordered is served in buckets, and it is only once you have put on an apron that you can get down to shelling your victuals. A resolutely playful experience and very welcome in the race for Dubai's ever more chic and sophisticated restaurants, terrace with sea view. Alcohol available