rowell

Friday brunch to take two visitors, any suggestions please. Quality food rather than loads of drink I would imagine, for them anyway!

Emerald_Eyes

Al Qasr is my absolute favourite - fantastic food, good atmosphere and excellent bloody marys

rowell

Where is that Emerald? I know they love vodka so BM's should be right up their street

Emerald_Eyes

It's the hotel connected to the Madinat Jumeirah. The entrance is to the left of the Madinat's entrance.

co durham boy

TRAITEUR AT THE PARK HYATT,great location excellent brunch,best in DUBAI by a long shot after that would be , SPECTRUM ON ONE THE FAIRMONT, AL QSAR then THE MINA A SLAM.

happy quaffing !

MacScot

Are hotels/restaurants still doing Friday brunches with alcohol during Ramadan?

Emerald_Eyes

Good point - some of them might not be doing brunch at all during Ramadan as it's during daylight hours. So on second thoughts Rowell they're probably better off going to an Iftar meal instead. I can highly recommend Ewaan at the Palace - went there on Thursday night with some friends and it was great - the terrace tent is the best area because it's not as busy as the main restaurant bit. Then cocktails at Thiptara afterwards to watch the Burj Dubai fountains

rowell

They dont arrive till next Saturday (19th)so Ramadan will be over the following Friday (25th) so they should squeeze 2 in if they want to.

rowell

Might give that a try next week, got the anniversary of my divorce coming up

Autonomy

pretty much agreed - except for Spectrum On One - Traiture is great for brunch.

co durham boy

remember the first day of EID could be dry,all depends when they call it, so you could be stuck, you definitely don't want the VIMTO BRUNCH !!

co durham boy

[QUOTE=Autonomy;7910508]pretty much agreed - except for Spectrum On One - Traiture is great for brunch.[/QUOT

i thought spectrum on one was quite good, it was over a year ago though, they probably have too much choice actually.
it goes from roast beef all the way through to mongolian yak stew then back again !!
traiteur will give you a 25% off voucher to eat there in the evening if you brunch there and also its verve cliquot champagne, its better for the heartburn!!!!

Meow

Spectrum on One serves Moet. That's definite thumbs down.

For first-time visitors, I agree with Al Qasr.

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Madam Medusa

al qasr without doubt...but for something different, peppercrab at the grand hyatt is completely fabulous...

MM, xx

NorthernLad

We've not tried Zuma yet, but heard very good reports about the brunch.

If you want to play safe I would say Mina Salam or Al Qasr (I prefer the atmosphere at Mina Salam).