Time Out visits the former fine dining restaurant

Sophisticated wine bar on the Emirates Towers' 51st floor

Impressive views and cocktails next to Dubai Creek

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

Low key bar with live music and regular drink deals

Polynesian theme bar with big cocktail menu in the Crowne Plaza hotel, worth a mention if only for its wasabi mayonnaise prawns

Cavernous cocktail bar at the Madinat

Exhibitions and classes for arty types and amateurs

Only in Dubai could Liverpool fans make a pub dedicated to the London Underground their home. Great for football!

Here at Time Out, we love a clever name

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

Tasteful take on an Irish pub knocks the genre out of the park

If Steve Jobs owned a bar it would look like this Bur Dubai boozer

Open air bar with trendy crowd in Dubai Media City

Scottish bar and restaurant with several pool tables

Those of you who went to Spirals prior to its recent relaunch will remember it as a garishly-coloured monster of a place

Classic Americana venue bridges gap between Brit pub and snooty lounge bar

Super-hip Japanese-themed bar with a gorgeous terrace