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Dubai is a playground for global F&B brands and celebrity chefs, offering an array of haute cuisine, local favorites, sustainable eating, and experiential dining experiences. The city’s food culture seems to be thriving on plurality. Around 88.52% of Dubai’s population are ex-pats, lending it in a dizzying mix of international cuisines making it an epicenter of gastronomy.
Establishing itself as the food and beverage capital of the Middle East and Africa, the Emirate shines as one of the top food-lover destinations in the world. A melting pot of a scintillating variety of cuisines, Dubai has successfully attracted a host of talented and innovative chefs and culinary innovators to create a canvas for their creative excellence in the UAE.
In the long run, it all boils down to what restaurants sell. And it is not just food but it’s the experience while dining. In the past few years, restaurants in Dubai have been determined to design a whole new luxury experience strategy. Hence, we are witnessing a culinary revolution making eating a theatrical, artistic & immersive experience.
Besides providing access to delicious food, and international cuisine, restaurants are serving diners with what they have dreamed for – an engaging experience with immersive visuals, art, music, and even some level of participation. We have come up with a list of ‘try it once in a lifetime’ kind of dining experiences for you so that you have memories when you look back, and you will know it was all worth it. Here are a few our Beyond Eminence team would recommend trying:
Dinner and the show at Billionaire
Have you heard about the infamous ‘dinner and the show’ experience yet? Dubai’s ‘dinner and the show’ scene has become more popular these days, falling somewhere between a dinner and clubbing experience these shows have raised the bar of entertainment for experience lovers elevating the city’s social dining scene.
Get ready to enjoy a refined dining experience blended with entertainment and a dazzling array of live acts at Billionaire Dubai, where the night doesn’t seem to be ending.
Gear up to enter a world of grandeur and luxury at Billionaire Dubai, step through the signature red velvet corridor, with a menu spread of Italian and modern Asian delicacies paired with a mesmerizing display of singing, dancing, and other theatre acts. Witness some of the most unique and wow-worthy performances you can find in the city, followed by an after-party at the club where a line-up of celebrity DJs keep the party going.
Seven Paintings at Hyde Hotel, Dubai
Seven Paintings is an immersive, multi-sensory gastronomy concept that was brought to life in July last year to introduce dineamation to the world. The experience merges fine dining, entertainment, and interaction in a unique and immersive way leaving the painter in you tickled with a gourmet artistic dining adventure.
The mysterious stories behind some of the world’s greatest painters and their masterpieces will be discovered while enjoying a 7-course meal that will keep you on the edge of your seat across the 2 hours of dining experience. The artistic splendor includes exposure to some of the renowned paintings like Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night, and more.
All the action on the table is inspired by the world’s greatest painters with high-tech LED visuals, 3D graphics, and a little bit of illusion, where each course is brought to life in front of your eyes representing the great masters of art in every possible way.
Book a private table or a shared one now! Call our dining experts, and have a dreamy artistic dining experience booked for your loved ones.
Dining at Krasota, Address Downtown Hotel
Krasota Dubai is a unique immersive gastro-theatre experience that was introduced to the world last year and ever since its launch it has been influencing the development of modern art and how it is perceived among the future generations. Krasota has successfully elevated dining into storytelling and brought digital art to the playground of the dining experiences.
The imaginary art experience takes you on a journey into the world of eight legendary artists and it’s not only restricted to framed pictures but you can expect to witness popular masterpieces throughout the performance, revealing a hidden secret behind their existence. You can expect video art, light, and music paired with amazing delicacies that will complete your artistic gastronomic adventure.
Get ready to experience revived paintings and modern art splendor combined with exquisitely selected haute cuisine, resulting in a captivating dining experience where memories are born.
Dream Dubai
Stimulated by the varying stages of dreams, Dream Dubai has been meticulously crafted to enchant diners at every stage evoking a dream-like trance and all-encompassing escape from reality. DREAM is a luxurious late-night “dinner and the show” experience hosted at the Address Beach Resort in JBR, which creatively utilizes illustrious innovative technology to express wide sophisticated narratives throughout the evening.
Gear up for a blast of mind-blowing performances full of charismatic imagery, life-like 3D mapping, magical and creative displays, with captivating music making it a truly immersive and transformative experience like no other. The ambiance and space have been expertly curated with lavish regal finishings offering a luxurious experience while maintaining its ethereal dreamy aesthetics.
Get ready to live your dream with evening shows meticulously rehearsed to deliver a perfect performance, expect to be entertained throughout the night by an impressive line-up of singers, dancers, aerialists, acrobats, and more unimaginable things a show can put on!
Message in a Bottle at JA The Resort
Have you read the fiction novel ‘Message in a Bottle’? No, we are not getting anywhere close to that romantic storytelling when we talk about the ‘Message in a Bottle’ dining experience but one thing is common and that is storytelling. JA The Resort has a new innovative dining concept for your dinner-time story and the beauty of this concept is that besides the actual experience, there is a critical message behind it.
The idea behind ‘Message in a Bottle’ is driven by sustainability, and environmental consciousness is the center of focus throughout the experience from start to finish. From the storyline to cool visuals, everything is sustainable, and even the delicious five-course meal is curated keeping sustainability as the key factor.
The show is for around two hours and it takes place on a private boat called Sirene, plus a 30-minute tour of the Dubai Marina where the guests can soak in the moonlit Arabian Sea followed by a retreat to the dining space. The immersive dining show is available only on Friday and Saturday, book your experience now!
Le Petit Chef at Andaz Dubai The Palm
Have you heard about the world’s smallest chef – Le Petit Chef? Most foodies around the world remember the teeny tiny French chef taking them on a mesmerizing immersive dining experience serving incredible dishes on their table. If you missed it the last time he was around in Dubai, don’t worry because he is back. You’ll be delighted to know that Le Petit Chef has returned to La Coco restaurant at Andaz Dubai with his four friends to make your experience better.
The new immersive 3D dining experience commenced in the first week of February this year starring Pequeña Maria from Spain, Piccolo Luciano from Italy, Chisano Takahiro from Japan, and of course, our clumsy Petit Chef from France. The four friends are making the experience worth visiting, serving every dish with an incredible flair and taste on the table leaving the guests mesmerized.
This is not it. There is more to immersive dining experiences than you can imagine, let us get you the best of the culinary world. Get in touch with our Beyond Eminence team for the best experiences bespoke to your needs and let us make your moments memorable!
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