Dubai Party Town
From glamorous bars to bespoke clubs and a spread of fashionable restaurants, Dubai as always, has a whole host of brand new nightlife openings. So if you're planning a wild night out, a celebratory meal, or just want to revel in Dubai's unique brand of glitz during your holidays, these are the newest places to party right now.
Above
Sitting on high in the Sofitel Downtown, Above lives up to its name when it comes to most things, but demonstrably not so when looking across to the towering Burj Khalifa. This rooftop lounge is quite literally in the shadow of the world’s tallest building, and Above has decided to make a virtue of the mega-structure, enjoying a vantage point that most people will never see.
Mercury Lounge
The new Four Seasons Resort is home to the just-launched Mercury Lounge. A Tattinger champagne bar in the shape of a huge bubble sits in the middle of the huge, open space, over which impossible good-looking staff and ethereal punters glide. Largely an al-fresco lounge, it’s perfect for sundowners and bound to be massively popular all the way up to summer.
Zengo
Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort is one of the more established hotels down in Dubai’s ever-evolving Marina, but it treated itself this year to a new venue in the form of Zengo. Parts bar, restaurant and lounge, like several other establishments around the city it pitches itself as somewhere you can spend your entire night without having to move on. The three bars Mist, Fire and Smoke certainly help with that they're the kinds of places that you can hang out if for nothing than to people watch. Here you can grab a potent cocktail and see everyone from the sublime to the ridiculous to the more ridiculous.
CUT
Michelin-starred chef Wolfgang Puck has restaurants from LA to Singapore and this year finally expanded into the UAE with CUT. It’s unlikely to get any stars in its own right at least until the French guide finally makes its way to Dubai but it’s been impressing carnivores since it opened in summer. Its lavish brunch is also gaining a stellar reputation, boasting everything from grilled Japanese salmon to Austrian veal schnitzel.
