Star Wine List Restaurants in Dubai

Akira Back

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Akira Back occupies the fifth floor of the W Dubai – The Palm, where floor-to-ceiling windows frame the Palm Jumeirah skyline and a terrace terrace extends the drama further. The kitchen works across Japanese foundations with Korean and international inflections, earning a Michelin Plate in 2025 and the Star Wine List White Star. At the $$$ tier, it sits in Dubai's mid-to-upper Japanese Contemporary bracket alongside Zuma and Mimi Kakushi.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

Al Mahara

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Al Mahara sits inside the Burj Al Arab, Dubai's most architecturally assertive hotel, and places Italian-accented fine seafood at the centre of a dining room built around a floor-to-ceiling aquarium. Chef Andrea Migliaccio leads a kitchen recognised by La Liste (76pts, 2026) and Michelin, while Wine Director Samuel Lacroix oversees a list of 1,105 selections spanning Champagne, Burgundy, Bordeaux, and Italy.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Al Muntaha

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Perched on the 27th floor of the Burj Al Arab, Al Muntaha holds a Michelin star and a position in the La Liste global rankings, pairing contemporary French cuisine under Chef Saverio Sbaragli with a wine list of 1,455 selections and 9,000 bottles in inventory. The cellar draws heavily from France, Italy, California, and Champagne, overseen by Wine Director Samuel Lacroix. Few dining rooms in Dubai place this much emphasis on both kitchen credentials and list depth simultaneously.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Alici Restaurant

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 Michelin star

Alici holds a Michelin star at Borgo Santandrea, a clifftop hotel just outside Conca dei Marini on the Amalfi Coast. Chef Crescenzo Scotti draws from the coastal flavours of Amalfi, Naples, and his native Ischia, with Amalfi lemon threading through much of the menu. Dinner is served on a terrace with a majolica floor overlooking the sea, and the setting is as deliberate as the cooking.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Relais Chateaux, Star Wine List

Amazónico

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Set across three floors in DIFC Pavilion, Amazónico brings the scale and energy of Latin America's most ambitious restaurant format to Dubai. The menu spans Amazonian-influenced sharing plates, grilled meats, sushi, and an extensive South American wine program recognised five consecutive years by Star Wine List. The open kitchen and panoramic terrace make floor choice a decision worth making before you book.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List, Tales Spirited Awards, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

At.mosphere

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

On Level 122 of the Burj Khalifa, At. Mosphere holds a 2025 Michelin Plate and an Opinionated About Dining ranking among Asia's top restaurants. The Modern European kitchen runs from breakfast through late night, with seven- and thirteen-course tasting menus anchored by Wagyu, caviar, and French technique. Reservations are required; a jacket is expected.

Also recognized by Forbes, Gault & Millau, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Bâoli

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Bâoli sits on Jumeirah's J1 Beach strip, bringing a Mediterranean format that has earned a 2025 Michelin Plate and a White Star recognition from Star Wine List. The setting frames the cuisine inside a beach-club register that remains relatively rare for this price tier in Dubai.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

Carine Restaurant

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Where the Golf Club Ends and the Mediterranean Begins Emirates Golf Club sits at the western edge of Dubai's built environment, where the city's density gives way to fairways and open sky. It is not where you typically look for serious...

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

City Social

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

On the 43rd floor of Grosvenor House in Dubai Marina, City Social brings Jason Atherton's Modern British template to one of the city's more considered dining rooms. A Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and a menu anchored in dry-aged steaks and refined comfort cooking place it firmly in Dubai's upper-tier restaurant bracket, with a terrace that frames the Marina skyline at its most composed.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

Coya

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Coya at the Four Seasons Resort on Jumeirah Beach Road brings Peruvian and Nikkei cooking to Dubai's top price tier, earning consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 alongside a wine program noted for its global range and depth. Under Chef Benjamin Wan, the kitchen works within a tradition that fuses Andean technique with Japanese influence. Open daily for lunch and dinner with late sittings running to 12:30 am.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World Culinary Awards

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

On the second floor of the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Atlantis The Royal, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal reconstructs centuries of British culinary history through dishes drawn from medieval manuscripts, Tudor kitchens, and Georgian banquet tables. The wine program runs to 1,560 selections across 7,310 bottles, with Burgundy and Bordeaux as the headline strengths. Ranked #33 in the World's 50 Best Restaurants MENA 2024 and #76 on La Liste's 2026 global list.

Also recognized by Forbes, Gault & Millau, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

Dragonfly

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dragonfly sits within the Dorchester Collection's The Lana on Business Bay's promenade, bringing Japanese contemporary cooking to one of Dubai's most architecturally deliberate hotel addresses. A 2025 Michelin Plate recognition and Star Wine List White Star place it in a narrowing tier of Japanese dining that takes both the kitchen and the cellar seriously. For occasions that require the room to match the meal, the address carries weight.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

Fouquet's

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Fouquet's Dubai carries the weight of one of Paris's most recognised brasserie names into the heart of Downtown Dubai, earning a Michelin Plate in 2025. The setting in Burj Plaza pitches classic French hospitality against the city's skyline, with a price point that sits at the upper-mid tier of Dubai's competitive French dining scene.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

FZN by Björn Frantzén

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

FZN by Björn Frantzén holds three Michelin stars at Atlantis, The Palm, placing it among Dubai's most formally recognised fine-dining addresses. Led by chef Torsten Vildgaard, the restaurant runs a nine-course tasting menu that draws on modern European technique with Japanese influences. La Liste ranked it at 97 points in 2026, and its wine program has maintained a top-15 position on Star Wine List throughout 2025.

Also recognized by Forbes, Gault & Millau, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

Gaia

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ranked 25th at the World's 50 Best Restaurants MENA 2024 and holding a Star Wine List White Star, Gaia occupies the eighth floor of DIFC's Gate Village 10 with a Mediterranean format that has drawn a consistent celebrity following since 2018. Among Dubai's upper tier of internationally recognised dining rooms, it remains among the more booked addresses in the financial district.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List, World's 50 Best

HANU

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

HANU sits within the St. Regis on Palm Jumeirah, carrying a White Star recognition from Star Wine List — a signal that its wine program operates at a level serious enough to attract specialist attention. The restaurant occupies a tier of Palm dining where the room, the cellar, and the table ritual are expected to work in concert. Booking ahead is advised for evening sittings.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List, World's Best Steaks

Il Borro Tuscan Bistro Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, Il Borro Tuscan Bistro on Jumeira Street brings the cooking traditions of central Tuscany to Dubai's mid-range Italian tier. The kitchen grounds itself in rustic regional fare and a wine list weighted toward Italian labels, sitting at the more accessible end of Dubai's increasingly varied Italian dining scene.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

Il Gattopardo Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The wine program has earned six consecutive Star Wine List recognitions in 2025, with a list anchored in Barolo, Brunello, and Italy's classic regions alongside an accessible by-the-glass selection. The atmosphere runs dark and stylish, pitched somewhere between a Milan private members' club and a Dubaian rooftop with scale.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

Isola Ristorante

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Italian Dining in Dubai's Residential West: Where the Wine List Leads The drive out to Jumeirah Islands puts you well clear of the Downtown skyline. The neighbourhood is low-rise, residential, and quiet in a way that most Dubai dining districts...

Also recognized by Star Wine List

Jamavar

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 Michelin star

Jamavar in Dubai's Opera District earned a Michelin star in 2025, placing it among a small tier of South Asian restaurants in the Gulf where classical Indian technique meets contemporary presentation. Under Chef Surender Mohan, the kitchen draws on regional traditions that rarely surface in the city's broader Indian dining scene. Located at Address Residences Opera District, it sits within the Burj Khalifa neighbourhood's most densely credentialled restaurant cluster.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

Kira Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

At this elegant Marsa Al Arab spot the décor is all pastels and creams with a wide, open partition to the terrace and LITT cocktail bar – think Mykonos beach house after midnight. Under group executive chef Carlos De Los Mozos, the menu is a love letter penned in soy and olive oil. You’ll find sashimi snuggling up to burrata, miso flirting shamelessly with citrus ponzu and a whopper of a wagyu tomahawk. The staff glide about with the serene confidence of geishas in linen, and the wine and sake list hops from Yamaguchi to Santorini in a single bound.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

L'Amo Bistro Del Mare

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

L'Amo Bistro Del Mare sits at Dubai Harbour Yacht Club, positioning itself within Dubai's coastal dining tier with a maritime setting that separates it from the city's inland fine-dining cluster. A White Star recognition from Star Wine List in April 2025 signals a wine program worth attention. For those building a Dubai itinerary around waterfront dining and considered wine lists, it belongs in the planning conversation.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

La Dame de Pic Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 Michelin star

La Dame de Pic Dubai holds consecutive Michelin stars for 2024 and 2025, placing it among a small group of French fine dining addresses in the UAE that have earned sustained critical endorsement. Situated on the 25th floor of One&Only One Za'abeel, with a Star Wine List ranking in the top five for 2025, it operates at the upper tier of Dubai's formal dining scene.

Also recognized by Forbes, Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

La Mar by Gastón Acurio

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

La Mar by Gastón Acurio brings Lima's coastal ceviche tradition to Palm Jumeirah's Atlantis The Royal, one of Dubai's most architecturally ambitious hotel addresses. Holding consecutive Michelin Plates for 2024 and 2025, the restaurant positions Peruvian cuisine within Dubai's top tier of international fine dining. The setting — water-facing, with the scale the Royal demands — frames a menu rooted in the Nikkei and criollo traditions that define modern Peruvian cooking.

Also recognized by Forbes, Star Wine List

Ling Ling at Atlantis The Royal

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Ling Ling at Atlantis The Royal brings a modern Cantonese framework to Dubai's upper tier of restaurant-nightlife hybrids, spreading across dining lounges, a bar, and a nightclub on Crescent Road. The format positions it alongside venues where the evening arc matters as much as the menu, and the wine list leans toward the kind of selection that rewards exploration rather than defaulting to safe crowd-pleasers.

Also recognized by Forbes, Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

Maison Dali

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Maison Dali occupies a deliberately surrealist register inside ME Dubai at The Opus by Omniyat, where art-led cocktails, late-night dining, and a music programme converge under Vitor Hugo Lourenço's direction. A 2026 Star Wine List award signals the depth behind the playful surface. This is Business Bay after dark, operating by its own set of rules.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Pinnacle Guide, Star Wine List

moonrise

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 Michelin star

Twelve seats, twice nightly, in a converted Al Satwa address that holds a Michelin star and a top-ten MENA ranking from the World's 50 Best. Chef Solemann Haddad's 12-course creative menu is plated at the counter in full view of every diner. The format is closer to a private kitchen than a conventional restaurant, and the reservation list reflects that scarcity.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, The Best Chef

Mott 32

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Mott 32 Dubai brings Hong Kong-rooted Cantonese cooking to Dubai Marina with the kind of design theatrics and culinary precision that have earned the brand consecutive Michelin Plate recognition and a place in Opinionated About Dining's top 100 restaurants in Asia. Under Chef Lee Man-Sing, the kitchen applies classical Cantonese technique to high-grade ingredients in a room built to impress. Book ahead: this is one of Dubai Marina's more consistent options at the summit of its price tier.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Nobu Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

On the 22nd floor of Atlantis, The Palm, Nobu Dubai has operated as one of the city's most recognisable Japanese-Peruvian addresses since 2008. Holding a Michelin Plate (2025) and ranked #276 on Opinionated About Dining's Asia list, it sits in Dubai's upper tier of destination dining. The Star Wine List has recognised its cellar seven consecutive times in 2025 alone.

Also recognized by Forbes, Gault & Millau, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Ossiano

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Ossiano at Atlantis, The Palm holds a Michelin star (2025), ranks #5 in the World's 50 Best MENA 2024, and scores 93.5 points on La Liste 2025. Chef Grégoire Berger's 10-course tasting menu maps the Atlantic coastline, from Seville to Brittany, in a 54-seat dining room set against floor-to-ceiling aquarium windows. Wine Director Gordana Josovic oversees 885 selections across 4,115 bottles, with particular depth in Burgundy, Bordeaux, and Italy.

Also recognized by Forbes, Gault & Millau, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

Pierre's TT

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Pierre's TT at InterContinental Dubai Festival City holds Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it in the upper tier of Dubai's French contemporary dining scene. With Wine Director Hervé Lorit overseeing a 500-bottle list weighted toward France, the restaurant pairs serious wine credentials with a dinner-only format priced at the city's premium end.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

Rare Brasserie & Bar

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Rare Brasserie & Bar occupies a prominent position in Dubai's City Walk, earning a Star Wine List award in 2026 and placing its wine program among the more seriously curated in the neighbourhood. The brasserie-and-bar format puts it in a different tier from the city's high-volume beach clubs, with a setting that suits both a considered dinner and a long evening at the bar.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

Revolver

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Located on Level 1 of the Zaha Hadid-designed Opus building in Business Bay, Revolver holds a White Star recognition from Star Wine List (November 2025), signalling a wine program that stands apart from Dubai's broader dining scene. The address alone places it in a building that sets a high architectural bar before guests arrive at the table.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

Roka Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Roka Dubai brings modern Japanese robatayaki to the Opus by Omniyat tower in Business Bay, pairing open-fire cooking technique with a wine program that has earned consecutive Star Wine List recognition from 2024 through 2025.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Pinnacle Guide, Star Wine List

Row on 45

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2 Michelin stars

Row on 45 holds two Michelin stars (2024–2025) and a World's 50 Best Restaurants MENA 2024 rank of #17, operating from the 45th floor of Grosvenor House Dubai. The 17-course tasting menu unfolds across three distinct spaces for a maximum of 22 covers per sitting, with wine pairing programmes overseen by head sommelier Lorenzo Abussi. Reservations are required; business casual dress applies.

Also recognized by Forbes, Gault & Millau, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde

SAL, Burj Al Arab

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

SAL occupies the ground mezzanine of the Burj Al Arab, one of Dubai's most recognisable addresses, and holds a White Star recognition from Star Wine List. The setting places it in a distinct tier among Jumeirah's hotel dining rooms, where the architecture does significant work before the food arrives. Daytime and evening service follow noticeably different rhythms, making the timing of your visit a genuine editorial decision.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

Salvaje Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Located in Downtown Dubai's Opera District within Address Residences, Salvaje Dubai earned a White Star recognition from Star Wine List in March 2024, signalling a wine program serious enough to merit specialist attention. The setting places it alongside the district's most ambitious dining addresses, where the crowd expects both culinary precision and a considered drinks list.

Also recognized by Star Wine List, World Culinary Awards

Sexy Fish

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sexy Fish Dubai brings the London original's high-energy Japanese-inspired format to DIFC's Innovation One tower, earning a Michelin Plate in 2025. The restaurant trades in theatrical interiors, a serious Champagne programme, and bold Japanese-influenced cooking pitched at the summit end of Dubai's $$$$-tier dining scene.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Pinnacle Guide, Star Wine List, Tales Spirited Awards

Signor Sassi

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Located at the St. Regis Gardens on Palm Jumeirah, Signor Sassi carries the weight of its London original into one of Dubai's most competitive dining corridors. A White Star recognition from Star Wine List in late 2025 signals a wine program with genuine ambition. The room positions itself within Dubai's maturing Italian fine-dining tier, where provenance and cellar depth now matter as much as the kitchen.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

StreetXO

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

StreetXO brings David Muñoz's Madrid-born collision of high technique and street-food irreverence to Dubai's fourth floor at One Za'abeel. Holding a Michelin Plate and a Star Wine List White Star recognition, the restaurant operates in the upper tier of Dubai's contemporary dining scene. Expect a high-energy counter format with global flavour references pulled apart and reassembled with deliberate provocation.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World Culinary Awards

Sucre Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sucre Dubai occupies a considered position inside DIFC's Gate Village, where its Star Wine List recognition signals a wine program that runs deeper than the district average. Set against a neighbourhood defined by finance and fine dining, the restaurant draws on ingredient-focused cooking that earns its place in a competitive bracket. Book ahead; DIFC tables at this tier do not stay open long.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

SUSHISAMBA Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Occupying Level 51 of the St. Regis on The Palm Jumeirah, SUSHISAMBA Dubai merges Japanese, Brazilian, and Peruvian culinary traditions at height, with sweeping views across the Arabian Gulf. Recognised by Star Wine List as a White Star venue in 2025, it sits within Dubai's high-altitude dining tier alongside a handful of restaurants that treat the view as context rather than the main event.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Pinnacle Guide, Star Wine List, Top 500 Bars

TABŪ

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Perched along Marasi Drive, TABŪ occupies the rooftop of The St. Regis Dubai, positioning modern Japanese cuisine against the open sky of Business Bay. The format sits at the intersection of destination dining and rooftop lounge culture, a combination that has become one of Dubai's more competitive categories. For the city's Japanese dining tier, it represents a specific kind of ambition: atmospheric address, contemporary cooking, and a setting that earns its own conversation.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

TakaHisa

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

TakaHisa at Banyan Tree Dubai on Bluewaters Island holds a Michelin Plate (2025), a Star Wine List White Star, and a ranking of 41st in the World's 50 Best Restaurants MENA 2024. The kitchen is led by wagyu specialist Chef Hisao Ueda alongside sushi master Takashi Namekata, a two-chef model that positions this as one of the more seriously composed Japanese addresses in the UAE.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's 50 Best

TERO - The Experience by Reif Othman

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Accessed through the back door of Reif's Kushiyaki in Dubai Hills Business Park, TERO seats 12 guests at a U-shaped counter facing an open kitchen. An 8 or 12-course kaiseki format shifts monthly in theme, mixing modern Japanese technique with international influences. A 2025 Michelin Plate recognition and Star Wine List White Star place it among Dubai's most closely watched small-format restaurants.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Star Wine List

Trèsind Studio

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

3 Michelin stars

Trèsind Studio sits in Dubai’s high-spend Indian dining tier, where tasting-menu structure, spice technique, and theatre carry more weight than à la carte familiarity. Himanshu Saini’s 20-seat format has serious external validation: Michelin three stars in 2025, OAD Top Restaurants in Asia Ranked #2 in 2026, La Liste 93 points in 2026, and Tatler Best Middle East Restaurant of The Year 2025.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Zuma

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Zuma sits in DIFC's Gate Village as the Dubai outpost of a global Japanese contemporary group, holding a Michelin Plate (2025) and ranked 19th in the World's 50 Best Restaurants MENA list for 2024. The shared-format menu draws from robata, sushi, and izakaya traditions, while the bar programme — sake, shochu, and Japanese whisky — is woven into the meal rather than treated as an afterthought. Weekend DJs, a large terrace, and an island bar make this one of DIFC's more animated dining rooms.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, Top 500 Bars