Their restaurants cover everything from coffee shops to fine dining and speciality outlets and the standard of service is on a par with the best in the world. The night-life is equally varied, with many bars, pubs, discos and nightclubs open until the small hours. Outside the hotels, small eating places are to be found in all parts of the city including Deira, Bur Dubai, Satwa and Jumeirah. While restaurants located outside hotel and club premises are not permitted to serve alcohol, all are air-conditioned, clean and are often culinary adventures in their own right. Middle East Cuisine Dubai is an excellent place to sample all types of Gulf and Middle Eastern cuisine, including Iranian, Moroccan and Lebanese.
Arabian food makes up an important part of most buffet spreads.
Seafood served with specially seasoned rice. Naturally, dates are a feature of any Arabian meal. Visitors especially enjoy fresh fish from the Arabian Gulf and the Indian Ocean lobster, cigale, crab, hammour, shrimp, tuna, kingfish, pomfret and red snapper. A traditional Middle Eastern snack is the shawarma grilled shavings of lamb or chicken, mixed with salad and rolled inside a pocket of Arabic bread that is sold in many small outlets around the city. There are also numerous juice bars where visitors can buy a fresh juice cocktail or a mango milkshake.