The Dubai table — what to order and where the locals point.
Old-Dubai cafeterias
Chicken tikka rolls and karak chai for pennies — the other Dubai eats brilliantly.
Al Fahidi Emirati table
Machboos and luqaimat where the heritage district teaches the local cuisine.
Friday brunch
The expat institution — bottomless everything; book the good ones ahead.
Marina & DIFC fine dining
Every global name has a Dubai room — one skyline dinner is the ritual.
Ravi's legacy
The Pakistani canteen that fed Satwa for decades — plastic tables, perfect karahi.