Armani/Deli

Armani's newest Friday feast has highs and lows 15 Reviews

Meal Deal

Lunch deal

Try the ‘pronto’ lunch menu, featuring a choice of two appetisers, two mains and any dessert. Dhs130 (two courses), Dhs160 (three courses) Timings: Noon-3pm (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday)

Friday brunch

The Friday Vita brunch offers a different brunch concept whereby guests can join any time between noon until 11pm and enjoy three hours of non-stop Italian food and drink. Dhs260 (soft drinks), Dhs360 (selected house beverages and sparkling grape) Timings: Noon-11pm (Friday)

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This dinner-only eatery is both a deli and a high-end restaurant (an unusual combination in our books). It’s as glossy, and almost as pricey, as the rest of the designer hotel, yet it has a slightly more casual vibe, seeing as most of your food comes from an open deli fridge. Though freshly made pastas are excellent (some of the best on offer in Dubai), some might struggle when it comes to forking out Dhs90 for a lasagne that comes from a display fridge. Other menu items pale in comparison – the antipasti is weak and the desserts unremarkable.

By Time Out Dubai staff
Time Out Dubai, 22 March 2012

• Previous reviews
  • 20 October,2011- reviewed by Jamie Goodwin
  • 14 August,2011- reviewed by Time Out Dubai staff
  • 24 March,2011- reviewed by Time Out Dubai staff
  • 08 June,2010- reviewed by Daisy Carrington

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User reviews:

Posted by: paul on 28 Mar ' 13 at 19:22

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• Best for: Family friendly
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

great food. amazing desserts. friendly service. we loved this restaurant

Posted by: Stephen on 09 Sep ' 12 at 15:18

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• Best for: Brunch served
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

The best Italian in town! No doubts! If you want to have simply the best food just go there, absolutely worth for money!
I went there couple of days ago and the chef told me they were opened since few days because they were closed for Ramadam, the restaurant has the best view on the fountain, and you can clearly see what you eat as they have all the food displayed. I had their signature veal Milanes and the linguine ale vongolle, nothing compared to all the other places in Dubai. If you have chance and you eat pork, visit their pork room! The chef brought me there and we had an aperitifs inside this room. I m going back to try their brunch! Keep you posted!

Posted by: Yasmene Aweti on 27 Mar ' 12 at 02:12

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I first went to Peck for brunch with my sister and her fiancé (who is an Italian foodie), I loved it so much I have been back several times in the last few months & I am planning to go again this weekend!

I would rate Peck as my favourite Italian restaurant in Dubai and it certainly lives up to the Armani Hotel standards.

The food is always fantastic and I would highly recommend the fresh mozzarella while you are enjoying your starters

At a very affordable price Peck most definitely stands out amongst any other Dubai restaurant for me because of the fantastic service from Andrea & the team.

Posted by: Sara Aweti on 03 Jan ' 12 at 02:25

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A fantastic Italian restaurant!

I have visited this restaurant several times for dinner and also once for brunch. Every time i have been, the service has been fantastic (Andrea in particular) and the food ,,,, simply amazing! I particularly reccommend the mushroom and truffle risotto and the fillet steak, both dishes better than any other you can get in Dubai..

Posted by: Jo on 21 Oct ' 11 at 17:44

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• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

Simply lovely!

Posted by: Guy on 20 Oct ' 11 at 08:30

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• Best for: Family friendly
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

Special place, amazing food, beautiful views and wonderful staff, take the 3 hour foodie option.

Posted by: fiona on 20 Oct ' 11 at 08:13

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• Best for: Business lunch
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

My new favourite hangout... I love Peck - the decor, food, service and the amazingly informative and interactive chefs always make it a pleasure, for me it's S&TC meets Mad Men styling with a bit of 60s Milan thrown in. I've done afternoon coffee (amazing coffees and patisseries), a birthday lunch (a lingering affair fueled by arguably the best bellinis in town), a busines lunch (a quick and tasty lunch which proved perfect for impressing my client) and a couple of weeks ago i bit the bullet and bought a load of deli hams and antipasti for a dinner party, it was worth every penny ;). Each time I've been to Peck I've been really well looked after and had a great meal - the only thing i think they need to work on is the music - which was sometimes fab and other times not quite right.
Next up - the brunch.

Posted by: Dani C on 20 Oct ' 11 at 07:37

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• Best for: Brunch served
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

After hearing about this gem through a friend - I took my visiting mother and partner to Peck for the Friday 3 hour prosecco package and we all thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait to go back with more friends.

The food was delicious, the chefs were full of information on the products that we wanted to know more about.

We could view the fountains through the window, which pleased my tourist mum no end.

So much selection to choose from for the starter. The pork room was amazing - the best ham I have ever tasted!

We never saw a 200aed pasta dish on the a la carte menu, so not sure what the review from Samer is referring to. It was really good value for money!

We will definitely go back!

Posted by: Samer on 06 Oct ' 11 at 22:05

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• Would you go back to this restaurant? No

the worst Italian wannabe restaurant by far. The prices of the menu were jacked up. We ordered the sharing portion which the waiter explained that they are enough for 2.5 pax. We were surprised to get small portions. When we tried to explain to the waiter that these cannot be the sharing portion (which by the way cost AED200 for a pasta dish), he gave us a confident answer that these ARE INDEED the sharing portions. after 5 minutes he came back and apologized and promised to get us the the rest of the portions separately. Did I mention that our food took 1 hour to be served and we didnt even order appetizers. Long story short, "the rest of the sharing portion" came which by the way was terrible quality food and the chef came out to apologise and offered us free dessert. when we got the final bill, we found out that they charged us for the dessert.

From start to finish, it was a terrible experience, over-priced food, and terrible and slow service and the food is really bad quality. I believe that Alforno delivery pasta is far more superior.

The only thing you get at Peck is waiters wearing black Armani ties and with Italian accents. Do not wish for anything more. If you are happy to pay AED200 for a tastless pasta with tomato dish that will take an hour to be serviced to you by a waiter with Italian accent then pECK IS YOUR PLACE.

Posted by: Rebecca on 27 Jul ' 11 at 10:14

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• Best for: Romantic
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

Went after reading about the Time Out Summer Deal for 195 per head and it was fantastic. The food was fresh and light and well cooked with great flavours and I would definitely go again as even without the special promotion, the prices were very reasonable.
The seafood salad had big pieces of fresh seafood and the steaks were juicy with delicious accompaniments.
The deserts were very sweet but tasty.
Only complaint is the restaurant was not that busy and that lead to the staff being rather over attentive with 5 different waiting staff plus the chef visiting our table which was slightly annoying but wouldnt put me off a return visit. Great for taking guests as you have a direct view of the Dubai Fountains.

Posted by: ismael on 18 Jul ' 11 at 07:13

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• Best for: Family friendly
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

Posted by: Michael on 10 Jul ' 11 at 07:38

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• Best for: Family friendly
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

The Chef is just great! I m a Burj Khalifa resident and whenever i go there, he makes me feel good.

Posted by: Joshua on 29 Jun ' 11 at 08:33

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• Best for: Family friendly
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

I think it s not a very well known place yet, but for sure if you go there you will not be disappointed. i received a friendly service and very gentle manner of approach from the staff. Food is superb, specially the lasagna was yummy. I met the chef, he is not the most italian looking person in the city but he was very funny and of course gave me the right suggestions for my choice. Overall i very much enjoyed my dinner there.

Posted by: Christian on 22 Jun ' 11 at 14:05

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• Best for: Family friendly
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

To be honest I did not expect I would be so positive impressed from this restaurant as I been there last year but it did not satisfy me. Service as before still the worst part in the restaurant but food has really changed and seems to be really competitive with the other italians restaurant. The chef approached my table and he was very helpfull in the choice of the menu, he seems to be really good and I think that is what made the difference from my first to my second visit in Peck. I really suggest people to go there!

Posted by: milan on 16 Feb ' 11 at 08:38

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• Best for: Business lunch
• Would you go back to this restaurant? No

Nothing to do with the real thing you find in Milan.

- quality is low
- service bad
- ambiance boring

Ciao Giovanni