Looking for late-night food in Dubai right now? Start with the branch, not just the restaurant name. Some venues run around the clock at one location but close much earlier at another. For the longest hours, Zaroob’s Sheikh Zayed Road and Motor City branches advertise 24/7 opening, while its Dubai Marina branch runs until 5am. Aroos Damascus in Al Muraqqabat stays open until 4am, and several Allo Beirut branches serve into the early hours on selected days.
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This guide was checked on 29 July 2026 against the restaurants’ own location pages. It distinguishes true 24-hour venues from branches that stay open after midnight—something many Dubai round-ups blur. Hours can still change for public holidays, Ramadan, maintenance or private events, and a kitchen or delivery service may stop before the dining room closes. Use the linked official page or call the branch before making a long journey.
Quick Answers: 24-Hour Restaurants in Dubai
Are there 24-hour restaurants in Dubai? Yes. Dubai has no blanket closing time for restaurants, and a small number of kitchens genuinely run around the clock. Zaroob on Sheikh Zayed Road and in Motor City are the most reliable true 24/7 options, and Allo Beirut City Walk runs 24 hours on selected days. Most other “late” venues stop somewhere between 2am and 5am, which is the distinction this guide checks branch by branch.
What restaurants are open late in Dubai? Beyond the 24-hour list, the latest reliable kitchens are Zaroob Dubai Marina (until 5am), Aroos Damascus in Al Muraqqabat (until 4am) and Allo Beirut JBR (until 4am most nights). LDC on Sheikh Zayed Road runs to 3am on Friday and Saturday, and Allo Beirut Motor City to 2am on five nights a week.
How late are restaurants open in Dubai? There is no single answer, and that is the trap. Licensing does not force a citywide closing time, so hours are set per venue and often per branch — the same brand can close at 2am in one location and run 24 hours in another. Mall restaurants generally follow mall hours and close far earlier than standalone street-side kitchens.
Where to go in Dubai after 10pm? After 10pm almost everything on this list is still serving, so the question is really about area rather than timing. Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Muraqqabat give you the widest choice late; Dubai Marina and JBR stay busy longest on weekends; Motor City and Hessa Street are the quieter options if you want a table without waiting.
Open Now? Where to Look by Area
Most “restaurants open near me now” searches in Dubai come down to which side of the city you are on. Here is where the verified late kitchens in this guide actually sit:
- Sheikh Zayed Road: Zaroob (24 hours) and LDC (until 3am Friday and Saturday) — the strongest late-night corridor in the city.
- Deira & Al Muraqqabat: Aroos Damascus until 4am — the go-to for late Levantine grills on the Deira side.
- Dubai Marina & JBR: Zaroob Marina until 5am — the latest verified kitchen in this guide — with Allo Beirut JBR until 4am most nights.
- City Walk: Allo Beirut, 24 hours on selected days.
- Motor City & Hessa Street: Zaroob Motor City (24 hours), Allo Beirut Motor City until 2am on five nights, Allo Beirut Hessa Street late but not 24/7.
If you are in Karama, Bur Dubai, Al Nahda, International City or Silicon Oasis, you will find cafeterias and shawarma counters running very late, but we have not yet verified their hours branch by branch — so they are deliberately not listed above. This guide only names venues whose hours we have checked against official sources, and we are expanding the area coverage as we verify more.
Are There 24-Hour Restaurants in Abu Dhabi?
Yes, and the pattern is similar to Dubai — a handful of genuine 24-hour kitchens concentrated around the older, denser parts of the city, with most other venues closing between midnight and 3am. Abu Dhabi hours are not covered branch-by-branch in this guide yet; we verify hours directly with venues before publishing them, and the capital is next on that list rather than something we will estimate.
The quick list: Dubai restaurants open after midnight
| Branch | Area | Published closing time | What to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zaroob, Jumeirah Tower | Sheikh Zayed Road | 24/7 | One of the clearest all-night options on an official venue page |
| Zaroob, First Avenue Mall | Motor City | 24/7 | Useful for Dubai Motor City and nearby communities |
| Zaroob, Radisson Blu Residence | Dubai Marina | 5am | Opens at 7am; not technically 24 hours |
| Aroos Damascus | Al Muraqqabat, Deira | 4am | Opens at 7am |
| Allo Beirut, JBR | Jumeirah Beach Residence | 4am most nights | Tuesday closes at 2am |
| Allo Beirut, Hessa Street | Al Barsha | 3.30am Tue–Sun | Monday closes at 1.30am; delivery is listed until 4am |
| Allo Beirut, City Walk | City Walk | 24 hours Tue–Sat | Sunday and Monday close at 1am |
| LDC Kitchen + Coffee, SZR | Sheikh Zayed Road | 3am Fri–Sat | Closes at 1am on other days |
| Aroos Damascus | Al Manara | 2am | Opens at 8am |
| Allo Beirut, Motor City | Motor City | 2am Thu–Mon | Tuesday and Wednesday close at 1am |
“Published closing time” means the latest time shown by the venue when this page was checked. It does not guarantee that every menu item, table or delivery zone remains available until that minute.
True 24-hour restaurants in Dubai
Zaroob: Sheikh Zayed Road and Motor City
Zaroob’s own website currently marks two Dubai branches as open 24/7: Jumeirah Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road and First Avenue Mall in Motor City. These are the strongest choices in this guide when “open all night” matters more than a particular cuisine. The menu is built around Levantine street food, including manoushe, falafel, shawarma-style dishes, grills and breakfast items.
The branch distinction matters. Zaroob’s Dubai Marina location is open very late—until 5am—but its published hours are 7am to 5am, so it is not a 24-hour branch. Check the current listings on the official Zaroob website.
Allo Beirut City Walk: 24 hours on selected days
Allo Beirut’s City Walk branch is a useful example of why a simple “24/7 restaurants” list can mislead. Its official location page currently shows 24-hour opening from Tuesday to Saturday, but a 1am close on Sunday and Monday. If you are heading there after midnight, check the day as carefully as the time.
Restaurants open until 4am or 5am
Zaroob Dubai Marina: until 5am
Zaroob at the Radisson Blu Residence in Dubai Marina publishes hours of 7am to 5am. That two-hour closure is important: the branch works for a very late meal after Marina or JBR, but it should not be described as continuously open. The venue’s official site is the best source for any same-day change.
Aroos Damascus, Al Muraqqabat: until 4am
In Deira, Aroos Damascus lists its Al Muraqqabat branch as open from 7am to 4am. Its Syrian menu makes it a broad late-night option for mezze, grills, shawarma and larger shared meals, rather than only a snack stop. The same brand’s Al Manara branch closes at 2am, so select the location carefully on the official Aroos Damascus locations page.
Allo Beirut JBR: until 4am most nights
Allo Beirut JBR currently publishes a 4am close from Wednesday to Monday, with an earlier 2am close on Tuesday. It suits JBR and Marina when you want Lebanese street food without crossing the city. “Most nights” is the accurate description here; “open until 4am every day” is not.
Good options until 2am or 3.30am
Allo Beirut Hessa Street: late, but not 24/7
The Hessa Street branch is frequently described online as a 24-hour restaurant, but its own page does not support that claim. It currently lists dine-in hours of 9am to 3.30am from Tuesday to Sunday and 9am to 1.30am on Monday. Delivery is shown until 4am. That still makes it one of the later options around Al Barsha, but not an all-night venue. See the day-by-day times on the official Allo Beirut locations page.
LDC Sheikh Zayed Road: until 3am on Friday and Saturday
LDC Kitchen + Coffee’s Sheikh Zayed Road branch lists 7am to 3am on Friday and Saturday and 7am to 1am during the rest of the week. It is a café-style alternative to the Levantine restaurants that dominate Dubai’s late-night landscape. Other LDC locations keep different hours—One JLT and Mira Town Centre currently close at midnight—so do not assume the brand has one city-wide schedule. Check the official LDC café page.
Allo Beirut Motor City: until 2am on five nights
Allo Beirut Motor City currently closes at 2am from Thursday to Monday and at 1am on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is not the latest option in Motor City—Zaroob’s official listing is 24/7—but it gives the area another after-midnight choice with a different menu and setting.
Best late-night area by where you are
| If you are in… | Start with… | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Sheikh Zayed Road | Zaroob Jumeirah Tower | Published as 24/7 |
| Dubai Marina or JBR | Zaroob Marina or Allo Beirut JBR | Published until 5am and 4am respectively, with day caveats |
| Deira | Aroos Damascus, Al Muraqqabat | Published until 4am |
| Motor City | Zaroob First Avenue Mall | Published as 24/7 |
| City Walk | Allo Beirut | 24 hours Tuesday–Saturday; 1am Sunday–Monday |
| Al Barsha/Hessa Street | Allo Beirut Hessa Street | Published until 3.30am Tuesday–Sunday |
Late-night delivery: how to avoid a closed-kitchen order
Delivery-app availability is personalised and changes faster than restaurant websites. It depends on your exact pin, rider supply, weather, demand, branch capacity and whether the kitchen has stopped accepting orders. A restaurant shown as open at 3am may still be unavailable to your building, while another branch of the same chain may appear.
- Set the delivery pin before comparing restaurants; a broad area search can show branches that will not serve you.
- Check the stated delivery time as well as the restaurant’s closing time. A closing-soon venue may cancel or limit its menu.
- Compare the final basket, not a headline delivery fee. Small-order charges, service fees and promotions can change the total.
- For the last order of the night, call the branch if the meal matters. App status and dining-room hours are not the same thing.
There is no honest permanent winner between Talabat, Deliveroo, Careem and a restaurant’s own ordering channel: coverage, fees and ETAs are live variables. The useful answer is whichever service confirms the branch, menu and delivery window for your address at that moment.
How this guide is verified
Each time in the main list was taken from a restaurant’s official website or official branch page on 29 July 2026. We record branches separately because brand-wide claims are often wrong. We also label a restaurant “24 hours” only when the venue itself publishes continuous opening for that specific branch and day. A 5am closing time is late-night service—not 24/7.
We deliberately exclude venues when their current hours cannot be established from a sufficiently reliable source. That produces a shorter list than many competing guides, but it is more useful at 2am. If an official page conflicts with a delivery app, treat the app only as evidence of current delivery availability and contact the branch for dine-in hours.
The bottom line
For a genuinely all-night option, Zaroob’s Sheikh Zayed Road and Motor City branches have the clearest official 24/7 listings. Near Marina and JBR, Zaroob Marina and Allo Beirut JBR extend service to 5am and 4am on their published schedules. In Deira, Aroos Damascus Al Muraqqabat runs until 4am. Wherever you choose, check the exact branch and day—Dubai’s late-night food scene is generous, but its hours are not interchangeable.
