Fun and entertainment Dubai

This is a multi-purpose hall that hosts concerts as well as sporting events. The 50,000 square metre hall can accommodate up to 17,000 spectators. It is located in the heart of the city in the pedestrian precinct of City Walk between Downtown and the Jumeirah districts. The latest technology has been installed to provide the shows and a LED strip lighting system illuminates the building from the outside. Dubai has long been waiting for an exceptional place to welcome the public in winter and summer.

Bateel is a chain of date shops and restaurants well known throughout the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf countries. Bateel is located in the heart of Dubai Mall, with a terrace offering a magnificent view of the Burj Khalifa. At midday on weekdays, the café is full and the atmosphere is very pleasant. On the sweet menu, we recommend the date-based specialties for which the brand is famous. You'll be pleasantly surprised. It's also a great place to buy tasty gifts.

The café, located in the inner courtyard of the Alserkal Cultural Foundation, amidst the arches of the restored house and surrounded by exhibition rooms, is a little gem of coolness and creative energy in which to take a break between visits to the historic buildings of the Al-Fahidi district. For those in need of fresh air, the rooftop terrace, amidst the wind towers, is just as fashionably decorated as the first floor. Here, you can enjoy a coffee, a smoothie or a virgin Mojito.

Overlooking the Creek, in the yacht club, Cielo, with its all-white and blue decor, is reminiscent of the Balearic Islands. The chic rooftop is as much a place to watch the sun set over the waters of the Creek and the city in the distance, as it is a place to sway to fashionable rhythms after dinner (in one of the yacht club restaurants nearby, for example). A veritable temple to the Spanish party, Cielo serves tasty tapas and cocktails with Mediterranean names. Worth the trip!

As its name suggests, Le Rosé Lounge at Cove Beach has made rosé wine its star. The place is beautiful, at the very end of BlueWaters Island, nestled within Caesars Palace. That's where the sun goes down, not far away, so we recommend it for a late-afternoon drink, preferably on weekdays to avoid the (large) bimbo crowds on weekends. While the skyscrapers are just behind us, the view of this magnificent beach and the Arabian Gulf is unreal. If you're a fan, Wednesday is rosé all day long.

1 OAK, translate: One of a kind. The famous New York nightclub has landed in Dubai with success. The interior is ultra design: geometrical forms from the floor to the ceiling, Darwin quotes on the wall and works of the Israeli artist Roy Nachum. The whole thing is fascinating. It takes about 20 minutes to get in and to give yourself the best chance, make sure you are well dressed! Gentlemen, unless you are a celebrity, put on a shirt and shoes and forget about sporty accessories. RnB music, hip-hop.

In this restaurant on the rooftop of the Oberoi Hotel in the Business Bay area, there is a lounge offering beautiful cocktails, live music on Mondays and a superb ladies night on Wednesdays. It is best to book in advance to ensure a seat on the Terrace. DJ, good music, beautiful view of Downtown and the Burj Khalifa. Then smoking a Shisha while enjoying one of their famous cocktails like the Tamarindo Shrub is a delight. As in all the trendy places in the city, sophistication in dress is the order of the day.

Set within the grounds of the beautiful guesthouse of the same name and in the historic district of Shindagha, this place enjoys splendid views of the Creek, which can be admired by sitting directly on the pedestrian promenade. The name Barjeel translates as wind tower, an architectural symbol of the whole neighbourhood. The café is well sheltered from the sun during the afternoon and you can enjoy a fresh fruit juice or a coffee, why not accompanied by some hummus and Arabic bread. The perfect place to let yourself go for a stroll.

Little sister of the iconic Singaporean bar, cé la vie has become a must of the Dubai nightlife. It is by a panoramic elevator that we reach the ^54th floor. The ascent is sensational and already a foretaste of what awaits us at the top: a bar with a breathtaking view of Dubai and the Burj Khalifa. A very popular address also by the inhabitants of Dubai, so we recommend you to reserve of course and especially to take care of your dress. Only one concern, we don't want to go back down so much we feel good there.

Once past the rather bizarre entrance, which is via the Oberoi hotel's parking lot, you arrive at Iris, on the ^27th floor. Overlooking the urban jungle of Business Bay and the Burj Khalifa, this indoor-outdoor bar-restaurant is one of the current successes in terms of parties. A DJ entertains a beautiful and chic clientele who come to enjoy perfectly mixed cocktails from sunset until closing time. On weekends, a band is in charge of the animation. An address a little expensive, but worth the detour.

LookUp is located in the City Walk area, in this charming hotel by the pool: a full-length bar offering a panoramic view of the Burj Khalifa and the skyscrapers of Downtown, and for that alone, it's really worth the detour, as the view is spectacular and breathtaking. It's often crowded and it's a chic and casual clientele, loyal, who meet especially on weekends to enjoy the evening breeze. You can also order some snacks to accompany your cocktail.

Among the more than 30 stops at the Madinat Jumeirah lake resort, this is our first answer to the question: "I'm looking for a chic and charming bar, with a few tapas to nibble on, clever cocktails and above all a view of the sea and the Burj Al Arab." The Bahri is where James Bond has his dry martini prepared by a Persian barmaid with Persian eyes. It is in a colonial decoration back from Asia, that comes to relax a peaceful and distinguished clientele to sip a last cocktail and to take full sight.

Welcome to one of the trendiest beach clubs in Dubai. Regularly nominated as one of the best places to party, Cove Beach is located on BlueWaters Island not far from the Marina district. It offers a breathtaking view of the sea and especially the sunset. Booking a table at the Lounge is more than recommended to avoid disappointment. On the client side, it is the sophisticated and international youth who come to wiggle their hips to the rhythm of the DJs or artists present until very late in the evening.

Having tea at the Aspen Café, to the sound of the harp, with a view of the ski slopes in the middle of the desert - no, it's not a bad movie or a dream, it's Dubai, the city of all possibilities, and you have to experience it to believe it. So why not take a well-deserved break in the Kempinski lobby to recharge your batteries? Between the mini sandwiches, scones and all the pastries (everything is delicious), you'll have more than replaced the lunch you forgot to take... absorbed in shopping in this sprawling mall!

Admittedly, the waiters are a bit over the top, but this small, simple and very inexpensive cafeteria is very well located on the banks of the Creek. If you come here in the late afternoon or after dinner, it's the ideal place to smoke a little shisha, while admiring the ballet of abras on the water, the wind towers of the Shindagha district and the blue dhows loaded with household appliances on their way to Iran. A well-deserved break before perhaps heading off to the spice and gold souk for some final shopping.

You'd think you were in Miami at the entrance of the hotel with the pool in the lobby decorated with wooden sculptures in the shape of DNA molecules, and in Ibiza at the penthouse on the ^16th floor. The atmosphere is rather like a big party, rather (very) bimbo, the music is good and the alcohol flows freely! While you sway on the open-air dancefloor you can't miss the view of the city on the south side and the illuminated towers of the Marina on the north side. It's all about partying, and letting the time fly by.

Installed in the Alserkal warehouses, the room is cosy, with a few sofas and old cinema armchairs for a really offbeat atmosphere. After taking your ticket at the box office, you take your boiling chai, before entering the darkened room to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of an auteur film. Sometimes the program honors a country, a director or a theme. It's deliciously offbeat when you're in Dubai and it's so nice not to know where you are when you leave. Films in French are regularly screened.

One of the best Levantine patisseries in the emirate is located on lively Muraqqabat Street in the middle of Deira. Customers order by the kilo what they will take home to complete their Friday lunches. Those nostalgic for real Oriental pastries will have a field day. Don't hesitate to tell them you'll be traveling with them, and they'll not only recommend which ones to take, they'll wrap them up just right so that they're still fresh on your return.

The escape game is an easy-to-understand concept. You and your team are locked in a labyrinth, and you have one hour to get out by solving puzzles, rummaging around and manipulating mechanisms. At the start, you choose your universe, and we chose "Lost in Time" - difficult, but we managed it, and then we tried again with "Z-Virus" (a universe based around a deadly virus....), and we didn't succeed. Please note that you need a good command of English. If you get out of Z-Virus in less than 60 minutes, let us know!