Wine Spectator Award-Winning Restaurants in Dubai

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

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

Bull & Bear

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Bull & Bear sits in Dubai’s DIFC orbit, where business dining, hotel restaurants, and high-spend social tables overlap. The draw is less about novelty than ritual: a polished dining room built for paced courses, serious conversation, and a city audience that treats dinner as both meal and meeting ground.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau

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

estiatorio Milos

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Set on the edge of the Skyblaze Fountain at Atlantis The Royal on Palm Jumeirah, estiatorio Milos brings the Costas Spiliadis Greek seafood format to Dubai at full scale. The wine program runs to 2,500 bottles with particular depth in Greek and French selections, and the kitchen carries a 2025 Michelin Plate designation. This is the address for serious Greek seafood in a city that rarely does pastoral simplicity at this price point.

Also recognized by Forbes, Gault & Millau

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

Hakkasan Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

One of only a handful of Chinese fine-dining addresses in Dubai to hold a Michelin star, Hakkasan at Atlantis The Palm has anchored the city's premium Chinese scene since 2011. The $$$$-tier room pairs darkwood lattice drama with Cantonese cooking that consistently earns a 4.4 on Google across nearly 900 reviews. For a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star hotel restaurant, the value argument is credible.

Also recognized by Forbes

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

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

JARA by Martín Berasategui

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

JARA by Martín Berasategui brings the structural precision of the San Sebastián school to Business Bay, earning a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025 and 75 points in La Liste's 2026 rankings. The wine program spans 4,200 bottles across 600 selections with particular depth in Champagne, Bordeaux, and the Iberian Peninsula. Dinner only, priced at the summit tier of Dubai's fine-dining range.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, La Liste

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 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

Mina Brasserie

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Mina Brasserie holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) and sits within DIFC's Gate Village, Dubai's most concentrated cluster of serious dining. The kitchen draws on Mediterranean traditions, producing food that reads as considered rather than showy. For occasion dining in Dubai's financial district, it occupies a reliable tier between casual and full tasting-menu formality.

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

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

Sea Fu

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

A Michelin Plate seafood address on Jumeirah Street, Sea Fu holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it among a small group of Dubai seafood restaurants that earn formal critical notice without operating at the summit price tier. The $$$ pricing.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau

Seafire Steakhouse & Bar

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Seafire Steakhouse & Bar at Atlantis, The Palm brings New York steakhouse conventions to Dubai with a sourcing program built around Rangers Valley beef, including Black Onyx Angus and wagyu from Australia and Japan. Dinner pricing sits at $$$, with a wine list of 325 selections and live jazz Thursday through Saturday. Forbes Travel Guide recognises Atlantis, The Palm with a Four-Star rating.

Also recognized by Forbes, Gault & Millau

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

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