The hostess escorts us to our semi-banquette table, sandwiched so tightly between two tables, LPM-style, we can hear every word of the neighbouring conversation. I request another table for two that I ...

From when I first started reviewing, 14 years ago, I have always insisted that Dubai needs modern Emirati restaurants for the dining scene to be taken seriously on the global culinary map. More ...

Eliana on Where FooDiva Dines In Dubai: A 2025 Restaurant Guide: “ FooDiva’s 2025 Dubai dining guide looks absolutely incredible! My list of must-try restaurants just exploded. I appreciate the ...

My annual Dubai restaurant guide celebrates its tenth edition, so with this milestone, change is afoot. The restaurants featured are those that I choose to frequent socially, some more often than ...

When I heard that the ex-chef director of the sensation that is Dishoom, one of my go-to restaurants in the UK, had moved to Dubai to open his own concept, I had an inkling Khadak would impress.

A clickbait headline you may ask? Absolutely not. The truth? Yes, indeed. We arrive in Manila as a typhoon lashes through the capital. Fortunately, our plane lands right at the start, before Gaemi, as ...

I rarely have a dud meal when travelling. Why? Because I spend weeks researching restaurants and must-try dishes. Often spending more time on trawling local recommendations than the actual travel. But ...

If you don’t know chef Akmal Anuar, then you should. He’s the ex-chef patron of 3Fils, a game-changing concept that, arguably, kickstarted the Dubai trend for independent, chef-led unlicensed ...

Whilst I have been publishing restaurant reviews on this website for over 13 years, reviews from today onwards will be housed on my Substack newsletter – and are for paid subscribers only. You can ...

They have free reign to nominate any restaurants, apart from their own, or those with a business interest. Obviously. With these recommendations, I guarantee you’ll have heaps of local and global ...

On the back of FooDiva’s sell-out #ThreeChefsDinner experiences, which are open to all to book, we also organise and curate bespoke dining experiences, pop-ups, events and activations: ...