The best French cuisine restaurants United Arab Emirates

This new brasserie with its classic, natural feel is enjoying rapid, well-deserved success. Right in the center of town, in a luminous setting thanks to a magnificent glass roof, Couqley offers an upscale casual dining experience. The menu is varied and comprehensive, with above all affordable and reasonable prices. It really is the ideal place for a romantic dinner or a relaxed meal with friends, in a warm atmosphere. Smart recommendations: the moules-frites formula, the meats, the wine list and the house cocktails.

Under monumental baroque chandeliers in black drops, giving off convivial or intimate spaces according to the desire of the evening, the room - a little dark - seems to converge towards this luminous counter where the pastry chef, a divine laborer, puts the cherry on the cake live. The borgiate strength of this Eyes Wide Shut-style place, the power of flavours, service under good French direction, Stay sounds real, simple perhaps in appearance, complex too, like those fish splinters made of Parmesan foam as soon as they arrive. The deal is happily settled for a reasonable price.

Like the rest of the establishment, the Plantation Lounge looks good in its neo-classical clothes. It is a pretty counter that offers typically French specialities, an oasis of civilisation and calm just a stone's throw from the promenade and one of the trendiest and liveliest areas of the city: taste the house specialities with Mediterranean flavours (Burrata, Provençal-style lamb chops), local produce (burgundy snails, frogs' legs and beef stew with its mushrooms) and the sea (sole meunière, sea mussels).

No, you're not on Rue Marbeuf in Paris, but in Dubai, in a French-style bistro the likes of which we've only dreamed of. The warm ambience creates the ideal atmosphere for a meal for two or with friends. The staff are attentive and helpful. Dishes are prepared with fresh, quality ingredients. We highly recommend the escargots de Bourgogne, the filet de boeuf and the entrecôtes with their homemade sauce. And last but not least, the chocolate fondant is a real treat.

Fouquet's invites itself into this temple of art, under the dome of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, on the island of happiness. Once you enter, you will find all the codes of the Parisian brasserie... And then, there is this terrace which seems to float on the turquoise sea. A moment of rapture, of quietude, of serenity invades us. On the menu, it is also a nice surprise. Pierre Gagnaire, who no longer needs to be introduced, has signed this menu which focuses on traditional brasserie dishes. Everything is delicious and the service is perfect.

To enjoy the aerial view, you will have to drive about 50 km round trip and 40 nasty curves from Al Ain! Posed as in an eagle's nest overlooking everything, you can then enjoy your tea or glass of wine deserved, knowing that in the Emirates you can not drink and drive. So, consider going downhill or sleeping there afterwards. We recommend you arrive before sunset and enjoy the view. Hookahs are available.

A little air of Paris on the Marina with this lovely bistro. It is a unique place in Dubai, with a typical Parisian bistro décor and a superb terrace on the Marina promenade, the latter being hidden enough to hold the famous liquor license - for what would a Parisian bistro be without a selection of French wines? The atmosphere is relaxed. You come first for an aperitif and to share a board or a pissaladière. Then we gladly continue the evening with a menu of quality traditional dishes with a variety of flavours.

The Rue Royale restaurant is a direct inspiration of the mythical Mère Brazier, who lived on Rue Royale in... Lyon. Whether you are inside in the retro-contemporary atmosphere or on the terrace overlooking the sea and located in front of the Atlantis hotel, the decoration of the establishment is very successful. On the menu, the French classics such as scallops with lemon confit and green pepper or pikebread with lobster sauce as in Lyon are revisited. The presentation is refined and refined and everything is delicious. Be careful, no alcohol!

Built on two levels and flanked by picture windows that span the entire height of the building, La Serre deserves its name. The ground floor is reserved for the Parisian bakery, serving breakfasts and salads the rest of the day. The first floor is reserved for the bistro serving French Mediterranean cuisine. Classic menu: beef tartare, green asparagus with gribiche sauce or tarte Tatin tart are served alongside more original dishes, but from home.

This restaurant is taking on the look of a club for expats in need of winter: "I want my dinner in a mountain refuge, I'm tired of the beach!" Picturesque selfie posted on Instagram featuring a Savoyard fondue with the Burj Al Arab as a mountain. Raclette, fondue, pierrage, charcuterie platter, steak tartare, ravioles du Dauphiné, everything is there in this bistro menu. A nice terrace awaits you on the first floor to have a drink at the end of the dinner. If you are in need of your compatriot friends, go there!

Lovers of quiet, intimate restaurants will be disappointed. Welcome to the heart of Dubai's young, modern and glitzy life. The atmosphere is guaranteed and the crowds are always there, the music is loud and even louder after 11.30pm, so get ready to have fun. Dubai's trendiest French restaurant offers a great menu, but above all it's a mythical place where people like to have fun and meet, either on the terrace or inside. After midnight, the place almost looks like a discotheque!

"Always imitated, never equalled", according to the formula of the owner of the Café de Paris, based in Geneva. For it was he, it seems, who inherited the top-secret formula from Boubier, the chef of the Coq d'Or, in the 1940s. A butter made with herbs, spiced to perfection, with no doubt chicken livers and a touch of anchovies, which will also make the fortune of the French. Sliced sirloin, matchstick apples, green sauce, simply delicious. In short, the Entrecôte de Café de Paris is a good address for red meat lovers!

After Paris and the beach of Pampelonne in Saint-Tropez, Verde has also settled in Dubai, the city of all parties. This festive restaurant that puts French gastronomy in the spotlight is also a place of entertainment. Wednesdays celebrate the village of Saint-Trop' with the theme "Decadence" and on Saturday it's the turn of the French capital with the theme "Paris, scandal". Live singers and DJs keep a sophisticated, trendy clientele dancing and vibrating. It's best to book in advance to get a table at one of the two services offered in the evening.