Billy Blues

Great steak + relaxed surroundings = a content Time Out 1 Reviews

From Time Out Dubai Eating Out 2009

Let’s face it, if you want fine dining you don’t go to a restaurant with pool tables. Similarly, if a big group of mates wants a lively night out you don’t go to a restaurant that serves sorbet between courses. Can you guess which sort of restaurant American bar and grill Billy Blues falls in?

The high thrills/low frills ethos behind Billy Blues means it will always cater to groups rather than gourmets, but the food is surprisingly decent. The menu offers few surprises, with chunky shrimp gumbo and gooey racks of ribs being the only stand out classics. Otherwise, the slabs of Porterhouse steak, range of burgers and seafood grills or platters are similar to a dozen other similar restaurants.

That fact that tables are often crammed suggests that Billy Blues does the basics better than most. If you’re the sort of diner that orders barbecue baby back ribs to soak up jugs full of cocktail you can’t go far wrong in this Satwa steakhouse. It’s a lesson the more celebrated steakhouses would do well to learn.

• Previous reviews
  • 23 June,2008- reviewed by Daisy Carrington
  • 30 April,2006- reviewed by TimeOut Dubai
  • 01 December,2001- reviewed by Time Out Dubai Staff

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