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Local cuisineLocals' pick

Sheikha Lateefa bint Maktoum's Emirati restaurant in a renovated 1987 building in Nad Al Sheba, with a ghaf-wood reception desk, camel-leather seating and dishes cooked in an underground pit. It is the most serious modern Emirati table in the city, praised by MICHELIN for its hospitality and fwala tray.

Address
Street 20, Nad Al Sheba Road, Nad Al Sheba 1 (Tashkeel building)
Hours
Mon-Fri 07:00-23:00; Sat-Sun 08:00-23:00 (Google hours via Wanderlog, 2026-09)
Best time to go
Afternoon, Evening · About 2 h
Price
Chicken machboos AED 160 (to share), zaatar and cheese khubz AED 55, logaimat AED 35 (The National, 2025)
Price level
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Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.

Good to know

  • Order the pit-smoked chicken machboos and ask for leg meat (The National).
  • Try the fwala tray, an Emirati afternoon spread of sweets and coffee (MICHELIN).
  • During Ramadan it runs a suhoor that fact lists among the city's best.

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