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What a main course actually costs in Dubai

Dubai restaurants advertise themselves with words — casual, premium, fine dining — and almost never with a number you can compare. This table ranks 55 restaurants by their median main course, worked out from 5371 prices published by the restaurants themselves. It runs from AED 29 at Kelly's Cajun Grill Mall of the Emirates to AED 350 at Gigi Rigolatto.

55 Dubai restaurants ranked by typical main course
Restaurant	Cuisine	Band	Typical main	Full menu range	Priced items
Kelly's Cajun Grill Mall of the Emirates	Cajun grill (fast food)	Under AED 90	AED 29	AED 5–48	47
Operation:Falafel	Levantine street food	Under AED 90	AED 31	AED 2–360	192
Kamat City Centre Deira	Vegetarian Indian and Indo-Chinese	Under AED 90	AED 32	AED 3–46	319
Zaroob Dubai Marina	Levantine	Under AED 90	AED 35	AED 2–195	196
Marugame Udon City Centre Deira	Japanese udon and tempura	Under AED 90	AED 37	AED 4–39	46
Zaatar w Zeit The Dubai Mall	Lebanese: manakeesh, wraps, salads	Under AED 90	AED 47	AED 4–51	104
Gazebo Dubai Festival City Mall	Indian	Under AED 90	AED 48	AED 4–125	163
Kinoya	Japanese	Under AED 90	AED 55	AED 5–135	66
Kokoro Dubai	Japanese	Under AED 90	AED 55whole menu — no main-course section published	AED 20–700	53
Allo Beirut JBR	Lebanese	Under AED 90	AED 56	AED 4–273	225
Din Tai Fung	Taiwanese	Under AED 90	AED 56	AED 6–98	145
Pickl	Cheeseburgers and fried chicken	Under AED 90	AED 62	AED 0–83	72
Wagamama	Japanese-inspired Asian	Under AED 90	AED 65	AED 4–175	136
Al Safadi	Lebanese	Under AED 90	AED 66	AED 1–400	186
Al Hallab Restaurant & Sweets	Lebanese	Under AED 90	AED 68	AED 5–380	283
Nando's Mall of the Emirates	Portuguese-style PERi-PERi chicken	Under AED 90	AED 72	AED 14–286	111
Arabian Tea House Restaurant & Cafe, Al Fahidi	Emirati	Under AED 90	AED 73	AED 10–127	128
Eggspectation	All-day breakfast and brunch	Under AED 90	AED 73	AED 10–169	130
SALT	Burgers and sliders	Under AED 90	AED 73	AED 5–390	50
Al Fanar Restaurant & Café	Emirati	Under AED 90	AED 75	AED 5–399	94
P.F. Chang's	Asian	Under AED 90	AED 76	AED 1–102	56
PAUL The Dubai Mall	French bakery and café	Under AED 90	AED 78	AED 16–144	105
Markette	French crêperie and comfort food	Under AED 90	AED 80	AED 18–165	20
Ninive Beach	Middle Eastern	Under AED 90	AED 88	AED 22–257	61
Carluccio's Dubai Marina Mall	Italian	AED 90–150	AED 91	AED 13–164	108
Sufret Maryam	Levantine	AED 90–150	AED 92	AED 16–380	116
The Cheesecake Factory	American	AED 90–150	AED 92	AED 18–301	262
Carluccio's The Dubai Mall	Italian	AED 90–150	AED 93	AED 13–166	108
Bosporus	Turkish	AED 90–150	AED 95	AED 7–199	79
Cutfish Dubai	Contemporary Japanese	AED 90–150	AED 95	AED 25–135	90
La Maison Ani	French	AED 90–150	AED 95	AED 22–420	74
Somewhere	Mediterranean	AED 90–150	AED 95	AED 9–395	60
Mythos Urban Greek Eatery	Greek	AED 90–150	AED 102	AED 9–194	39
Gitano Dubai	Modern Mexican	AED 90–150	AED 110	AED 20–370	41
TOTÓ Dubai	Italian	AED 90–150	AED 117	AED 30–1,200	47
Il Gattopardo Dubai	Italian	AED 90–150	AED 125	AED 18–1,480	60
Isabella Cucina Italiana	Italian	AED 90–150	AED 125	AED 29–600	54
3Fils	Asian	AED 90–150	AED 126	AED 15–385	93
Bombay Borough	Indian	AED 90–150	AED 145	AED 22–195	45
RARE Brasserie & Bar	Modern French brasserie	AED 90–150	AED 148	AED 18–315	37
Ibn AlBahr	Lebanese seafood	AED 90–150	AED 149	AED 12–380	81
Amaya	Mediterranean and international fusion	AED 150–250	AED 150	AED 39–435	89
The Spaniel Dubai	British	AED 150–250	AED 150	AED 40–1,400	80
African Queen	French-Mediterranean	AED 150–250	AED 155	AED 30–850	87
Butcha Turkish Steakhouse & Grill	Turkish steakhouse	AED 150–250	AED 160	AED 20–1,200	67
Asia Asia Dubai Marina	Pan-Asian	AED 150–250	AED 167	AED 45–800	75
Sexy Fish Dubai	Japanese-inspired / Asian seafood	AED 150–250	AED 168	AED 40–1,950	63
Jamavar Dubai	Indian	AED 150–250	AED 179	AED 85–1,050	26
Anar Authentic Persian Cuisine	Persian	AED 150–250	AED 184	AED 25–824	60
Sakhalin Dubai	MediterrAsian (Mediterranean and Asian, with Russian influences)	AED 150–250	AED 185	AED 25–2,200	140
THREE CUTS Dubai	Steakhouse	AED 150–250	AED 215	AED 20–2,000	49
Aretha	Contemporary international, live music venue	AED 150–250	AED 220	AED 65–2,400	43
Maison Revka Dubai	Slavic-inspired fine dining	AED 150–250	AED 220	AED 36–2,900	60
Sirene Beach by GAIA	Greek–Mediterranean	AED 250+	AED 347	AED 35–1,500	84
Gigi Rigolatto	Italian	AED 250+	AED 350	AED 25–2,800	66

What these numbers are, and what they are not

Every figure is arithmetic on prices the restaurant published itself, on its own site, its own menu PDF or the ordering channel it operates through. No restaurant states any of these numbers — they are ours, and we would rather say so than dress a calculation up as a quote. The date each menu was checked is on that restaurant’s page.

The typical main is a median, not an average: a single AED 2,900 king crab would drag an average into nonsense while telling you nothing about what dinner costs. The full range is the cheapest and dearest item on the whole menu, which is why it stretches so far — the low end is usually a side or a coffee.

Read the tax line before you budget

Dubai restaurants handle the 5% VAT, 7% municipality fee and 10% service charge differently, and some print prices that include only one of the three. On a large bill that difference is substantial, so each venue page quotes its own menu’s small print rather than assuming a convention. Where a restaurant prints nothing, the page says that too.

Delivery-platform prices, where those are the only ones a restaurant publishes, sometimes run above the same dish in the dining room. Those pages say which platform the prices came from and on what date — the sourcing rules are set out in our editorial policy.

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Common questions

How much is a meal in Dubai?

The median main course across the 55 restaurants ranked here runs from AED 29 at Kelly's Cajun Grill Mall of the Emirates to AED 350 at Gigi Rigolatto. The figure is worked out from 5,371 prices the restaurants publish themselves.

Is eating out in Dubai expensive?

It depends entirely on which end of that range you eat at, and the words restaurants use — casual, premium, fine dining — do not map onto it reliably. That is why this page ranks by a number rather than a label.

What is added to a restaurant bill in Dubai?

Typically 5% VAT and a 10% service charge inside the printed price, with a 7% municipality fee added on top. Menus state this in small print. What each charge actually is, and which one is not a tax at all.

Do Dubai restaurants publish their prices?

Fewer than you would expect. This page covers the ones that publish a full priced menu on their own site or their own ordering channel. Prices quoted for the rest are third-party, and this site does not carry them.

How is the median main course calculated?

From the restaurant's own published main-course prices — not starters, sides or drinks — except where a menu names no main-course section at all, which is marked in the row itself. taking the middle value. It is our arithmetic on their figures, and the page says so.

Computed from 237 venue pages, verified between 3 September 2026 and 8 October 2026Every figure here is quoted from the operator’s own source and carries its date on the venue page it came fromReviewed by Dan-Ionuț CiobanuSpotted something out of date? Tell us.