Comments on: Dubai Round-up

By: Krista

Krista — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:48:54 +0000

Wow thank you! See–this was the stuff I wanted to know before I went! I was certain there must be some good stuff in Dubai and it wasn't just all mall, all the time!

By: lara dunston

lara dunston — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:29:30 +0000

Oh dear, what a shame… you didn’t go to any of my favorite restaurants and Dubai has scores of fab places, including a dozen ran by some of the world’s finest Michelin-starred chefs… Reflets, Vu’s, Verre, Mezzanine, Tagine, Okku, EauZone, and Zuma, which you’d obviously know.

Also a shame you didn’t get much further than the mall. I’ve been on the road for 4 years calling into Dubai only every few months, but in all the years I lived there I’d probably only get to a mall once a week tops. *So* much else to do there – fantastic contemporary art gallery scene, cool little old Persian quarter called the Bastakiya, miles of ramshackle souqs, some great little museums in restored old windtower houses, gorgeous Creekside walks to do, etc, etc.

Do let me know if you’re visiting again – the UAE has been my base since 1998 and I’ve been writing on the place forever – I’d love to give you some tips.

By: Krista

Krista — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:46:33 +0000

Yeah, if I hadn't have had a wedding to go to, I don't know if I would have gone otherwise. That being said, it's an interesting place.

By: LexEat!

LexEat! — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:52:47 +0000

Hmmm, interesting post. Not somewhere I ever have really felt compelled to go visit – and you haven’t changed my mind!!

Hope you had a good trip though

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:32:22 +0000

My sister lives in near-by Abu Dhabi, so I had a couple of days in Dubai when I visited her. I’m not big on shopping and I was bored very quickly.

By: Krista

Krista — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:05:35 +0000

Sadly, no Great Kebab Outpost. Was pretty tethered to wedding activities.

By: An American in London

An American in London — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:14:38 +0000

Dubai isn’t just one mall, though. It’s a series of malls! Having grown up in the Jerz, I know what you mean about mall “culture.”

Did you make it to the outpost of the Great Kebab Factory? [It is a city of “outposts,” no?]