Head to the heart of Dubai’s heritage area for a quirky coffee shop stop off

Long-term late night favourite café

Top quality food but with high prices to match at this delightful downtown café

Perfectly decent café fare – if you already live in the area

Painting is the order of the day at this uniquely themed café in Jumeirah

Cafe that lets you paint the plates as you snack on arty treats

A futuristic tea room style cafe that offers a swift, tasty lunch for media types to enjoy

Simple, functional and budget food and furniture

Japengo is Dubai’s quintessential ‘international’ eatery: it’s been around forever, and is frequented by a fair representation of the emirate’s population

Hip crowd but less impressive food at Dubai Mall

If you like your food healthy and cheap and you décor down-to-earth and homely, head to Organic Foods & Café