Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Dubai
Twenty-one restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator award: fourteen Best of Award of Excellence and seven Award of Excellence. Palm Jumeirah has more restaurants on the list than any other neighborhood. Awarded cellars there include tasting-menu restaurants and a steakhouse inside the resorts.
Eight restaurants on the list also hold Michelin stars. FZN by Björn Frantzén in Palm Jumeirah holds three Michelin stars and Best of Award of Excellence, with an extensive sommelier-led list. Al Muntaha in Umm Suqeim holds a Michelin star, and its list draws on France, Italy, California, and Champagne. Hakkasan Dubai in Palm Jumeirah holds Award of Excellence and pours sake with the wine. JARA by Martín Berasategui in Bussiness Bay holds Best of Award of Excellence, with depth in Champagne, Bordeaux, and the Iberian Peninsula.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Al Mahara
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.
Al Muntaha
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Amazónico
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.
Belcanto Restaurant at Dubai Opera
Deep wine list
Perched on the top floor of Dubai Opera, Belcanto Restaurant pairs refined Italian cooking with live performances inside one of Downtown's most architecturally striking buildings. The dhow-shaped structure frames a theatrical dining room where sourcing discipline and stagecraft share equal billing. It occupies a narrow but deliberate niche in Dubai's fine-dining circuit, where cuisine and cultural programming are designed to arrive together.
Boca
Deep wine list
A homegrown DIFC fixture since 2014, Boca has built one of Dubai's more considered cases for modern Spanish-Mediterranean cooking outside Europe. Ranked 12th in the World's 50 Best Restaurants MENA 2024 and awarded a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, it draws a loyal weekday crowd from the financial district alongside weekend diners who treat it as a reliable calibration point for the city's broader Mediterranean scene.
Bull & Bear
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.
Bushman's
Deep wine list
Bushman's sits on the East Crescent of Palm Jumeirah, a part of Dubai where resort dining is shaped as much by arrival rhythm as by cuisine. Treat it as a planned Palm-side meal rather than a casual city stop, especially when comparing it with Dubai restaurants in denser dining districts or other UAE resort addresses.
Chic Nonna
Deep wine list
Chic Nonna brings Italian regional cooking to DIFC's Gate Avenue with consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, placing it among Dubai's more credentialed Italian addresses. Under chefs Francesco Torcasio and Giuseppe Pezzella, the kitchen leans into the kind of Italian cooking that rewards familiarity rather than novelty..
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
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.
estiatorio Milos
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.
FZN by Björn Frantzén
3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Gordon Ramsay at Verre
Deep wine list
Gordon Ramsay at Verre, located in the Hilton Dubai Creek, was among the first fine-dining restaurants in Dubai to plant a celebrity chef flag in the city, establishing a benchmark for European technique in the Gulf long before the current wave of Michelin-recognised openings. It occupies a quieter stretch of Deira, away from the Downtown gloss, and delivers a formal tasting progression rooted in classical French and British culinary tradition.
Hakkasan Dubai
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
HANU
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.
Isola Ristorante
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
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JARA by Martín Berasategui
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.
L'Amo Bistro Del Mare
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.
La Dame de Pic Dubai
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
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.
La Mar by Gastón Acurio
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.
Ling Ling at Atlantis The Royal
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.
LPM, Restaurant & Bar
Deep wine list
LPM Restaurant & Bar in Dubai's DIFC brings French Riviera cooking to Gate Village with a terrace framed by olive trees, lavender, and bougainvillea. The menu runs à-la-minute, from poulet to escargots, anchored by a bar that commands an entire wall. It is among the more consistently energetic rooms in the city's financial district dining circuit.
Mina Brasserie
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
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.
Netsu by Ross Shonhan
Deep wine list
Netsu by Ross Shonhan holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) and sits on Jumeirah Beach Road in Dubai's Jumeirah 1 district. The kitchen works in the Japanese contemporary register, drawing on robata technique and Japanese flavour discipline. At a mid-range price point for its category, it occupies a distinct position within Dubai's crowded but quality-serious Japanese dining tier.
Ossiano
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.
Pierre's TT
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.
Row on 45
2 Michelin stars · Deep wine list
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.
Sea Fu
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.
Seafire Steakhouse & Bar
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Signor Sassi
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.
STAY by Yannick Alléno
2 Michelin stars · Deep wine list
STAY by Yannick Alléno brings two Michelin stars to Palm Jumeirah inside the Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star One&Only The Palm. Chef Ilya Evdokimov executes contemporary French technique across a five- and six-course menu format, with a dining room defined by black crystal chandeliers, vaulted ceilings, and Baroque detailing. La Liste has scored the kitchen at 85 points in both 2025 and 2026.
SUSHISAMBA Dubai
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.
TakaHisa
Deep wine list
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.
The Lana – Dorchester Collection
Deep wine list
The Lana, Dorchester Collection's first Middle Eastern property, sits on Marasi Drive in Business Bay with a wine program that earned 3-Star accreditation and a Regional Winner designation from the World of Fine Wine London Awards. The hotel occupies Dubai's upper tier of luxury addresses, with a formality and depth of program that places it alongside the city's most credential-heavy hospitality operations.
The MAINE Land Brasserie Restaurant, Business Bay Dubai
Deep wine list
The MAINE Land Brasserie Restaurant, Business Bay Dubai serves North American brasserie steakhouse fare at The Opus by Omniyat, with craft cocktails and an extensive wine list.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Dubai
- How many restaurants on this list hold Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence?
- Fourteen restaurants on this list hold Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. In Palm Jumeirah they include FZN by Björn Frantzén, Ossiano, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, HANU, SUSHISAMBA Dubai, Seafire Steakhouse & Bar, and L'Amo Bistro Del Mare. Al Muntaha and Al Mahara in Umm Suqeim hold the same award.
- Which neighborhood has the most wine restaurants on this list?
- Palm Jumeirah has more restaurants on this list than any other neighborhood. Twelve of the restaurants are there, including Ossiano, whose list runs to 885 selections and 4,115 bottles with depth in Burgundy, Bordeaux, and Italy. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, also in Palm Jumeirah, names Burgundy and Bordeaux as its headline strengths.
- Which Michelin-starred restaurants on this list have extensive wine lists?
- Six Michelin-starred restaurants on this list combine extensive wine lists with exceptional wine programs in our guide: FZN by Björn Frantzén, STAY by Yannick Alléno, and Hakkasan Dubai in Palm Jumeirah; Row on 45 in Al Sufouh 2; Al Muntaha in Umm Suqeim; and La Dame de Pic Dubai in Za'abeel.