One of the top places to catch sport in New Dubai

With incredible 26th floor views across the Creek

Wine bar with large cellar is ideal for pre or post-meal beverages

Showing it’s age in the name – a tenth floor vantage no longer boast worthy

The oldest, loudest, darkest and – whisper it – perhaps most fun Trader Vic’s in Dubai comes with bucket loads of soul and energy

Founded in 1934 as a cosy San Fran salon by a chap named Vic

Exhibitions and classes for arty types and amateurs

Yep, that’s right, a pub themed on the London Underground

Here at Time Out, we love a clever name

A cavernous horse racing-themed pub off Sheikh Zayed Road

One of the city's best equipped live music venues

Walking into Liquid Lounge is vaguely how we imagine stepping out of Dr Who’s Tardis might feel - if we were Time Lords of course

Ever-popular Irish pub next to the tennis stadium

A reliably buzzing Bur Dubai sports bar

We’re not sure what your expectations are for a small bar in a Bur Dubai hotel – but we’re certain Mile High Club neatly sidesteps all of them

One of two roof terraces at the Radisson Blu in Media City

Scottish bar and restaurant with several pool tables

Taking its cue from the crime-ridden era of the 1920s US prohibition movement, Speakeasy is a welcome novelty on the Dubai drinking scene

Super-hip Japanese-themed bar with a gorgeous terrace

Traditional English pub in Bur Dubai has loose detective theme