Channels

Lots of fun, tasty food, and good value buffet dining at The Media Rotana - perfect in these credit-crunching times 4 Reviews

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From Time Out Dubai Eating Out 2009

Channels is yet another buffet restaurant. Although, compared to some of its expansive brethren, its selection of food is quite limited. Channels has two modest rows of food, including a carving station, salads and desserts.

There are no chocolate fountains, waffle makers, ice cream-filled coolers, or any other excess that buffet aficionados supposedly go in for. However, it is the modesty of Channels’ spread that gives it some character.

Other buffets always feel excessive, Channels merely feels selective.While the food can’t compare to some of the better à la carte deals in town, the fare’s pretty good for the price, a reasonable Dhs115 per person.

The carving station offers up tender pink rounds of roast beef armoured in a crackly onion exterior. Salmon, slightly dry and fishy, is your standard catered grub. It’s worth skipping the salads to make room for dessert as the pastry chef clearly takes care with his ingredients.

While we still don’t understand the point of Channels (why dine at an all-day buffet when you can find excellent Italian food next door?, we will say that it presents a relaxed backdrop to a better-than-mediocre meal.

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  • 19 January,2009- reviewed by Daisy Carrington

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