Dubai's ultimate takeaways guide
We loosen our belts and dig in to the city's best delivered food 2 Comments
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Bur Dubai, Karama and Oud metha
Indian
British Tandoor
The menu: A generous choice of mains, with ‘hotness’ indicated beside each dish. We ordered vegetable rice (very good), madras (a little rubbery) and aloo gobi (a winner).
On the phone: We referred to the accessible online menu before we called, of which the staff had good knowledge.
Clock watch: They said 45 minutes; it took 30.
Food on arrival: The food arrived with a smile and tasted great.
Dhs80. www.britishtandoor.com (04 321 1778).
4/5
MENA
Moulin D’Or
The menu: With everything from manakish, mezze and fatayer to grills, sandwiches, burgers and juices, everyone will find something to order here.
On the phone: A gruff-sounding man took our order very efficiently, without us having to repeat directions.
Clock watch: They said 30 minutes; it took 45.
Food on arrival: The arayes and chips arrived soggy but warm. The kofta manakish was sublime, though the houmous wasn’t the best we’ve tasted.
Dhs90. (04 336 9994).
3/5
Pizza
Biella
The menu: This mall fave serves all the requisite pizza options, as well as pasta and salads. We opted for the quattro stagioni and ravioli ricotta.
On the phone: Biella only delivers through the Room Service website. This was a little time consuming, but we got there in the end.
Clock watch: They said 60 minutes; it took 45.
Food on delivery: The ravioli looked stodgy and tasted little better. The pizza, however, was excellent. But considering the price, it needed to be.
Dhs180. www.roomservice.ae (800 4788) Delivers citywide
3/5
Asian
Zen Restaurant
The menu: The Thai and Chinese dishes are easily deciphered from the website. We ordered basil stir-fry with prawn, mango salad and sticky rice.
On the phone: Staff knew their food and recommended the prawn stir fry. They were also very patient as we procrastinated over our order.
Clock watch: They said 45 minutes; it took 30.
Food on arrival: The food arrived via a smiling driver laden with warm food – all very good.
Dhs110. www.zendubai.com (800 936).
4/5
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Posted by: clifton chadwick on 09 Mar ' 12 at 07:28
Houston, we have a problem
Time Out Dubai has a page called:
Dubai's ultimate takeaways guide
We loosen our belts and dig in to the city's best delivered food
And the first one listed is
Discovery Gardens, Emirates :Hills & Jebel Ali
Here is what Time Out Dubai said.
Copper Chimney
The menu: Dishes on the traditional menu include achari chicken tikka, dahl tadkewali, jeera rice and roomali roti.
On the phone: The staff handled our meal requests with ease.
Clock watch: They said 45 minutes; it took 40.
Food on arrival: Everything arrived piping hot, in extremely generous portions and sturdy containers, ensuring none of the extremely tasty dahl escaped along the way.
Average price of a meal for two: Dhs90. (04 363 9948).
So we decided to try it. Chicken Kebab, Lamb Badami, Samosa, rice and Naan
Guess what? If this represents an “ultimate takeaway”, man, we are in trouble
The food took over an hour, it was hot, the portions were large, but the taste result was MEDIOCRE!!. Both the lamb and the chicken were dry and short on flavor. I cook both lamb and chicken at home and my results are much, much better.
And definitely over-priced. Not the Dhs 90 but Dhs 150!!
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Posted by: Basel on 03 Feb ' 12 at 16:53
I dont know how you claim to cover Dubai without trying more than a handful of restaurants over and over, in Pizza its about time you try something else other than red tomato pizza and naked pizza, in Barsha itself there are about 10 pizzerias that can be tried.
I personally have liked pizza pazza until I found out about Verona Pizzeria, and I blame timeoutdubai for pushing something that has a better alternative and they are just deciding to stay quite about,
I wish that you did review Verona Pizzeria before so I would have known about it instead of ordering my best meal from the second best for a long time
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