Dubai Hills Mall Restaurants: 40 Best Places to Eat

Key Takeaways

Namelaka ranks highest among Dubai Hills Mall restaurants with a 4.9 rating from 6,635 reviews; Catch22 follows at 4.8 with over 5,800 reviews.
Peet’s Coffee is the top-rated coffee spot with a 4.9 rating from 3,464 reviews, showcasing the mall’s strength in coffee and bakeries.
The article groups dining options by category, highlighting venues suitable for coffee, family lunch, sit-down dinners, and those outside the mall.
Notable venues outside the mall include REIF Japanese Kushiyaki, Plumpy, and Angel Cakes, which offer excellent dining options nearby.
The mall is famous for its casual dining atmosphere, with high ratings for cafés and casual restaurants rather than fine dining.

Short version: Namelaka holds the highest Google rating in the Dubai Hills Mall area at 4.9 from 6,635 Google reviews, Catch22 is the one people actually queue for at 4.8 from 5,843 Google reviews, and Peet’s Coffee is the best-rated caffeine stop at 4.9 from 3,464 Google reviews. Everything below is grouped by what you came to do — fast coffee, family lunch, proper dinner — and every rating is Google’s, with the review count attached so you can weigh it.

One thing the mall’s own directory will not tell you: several names people search under “Dubai Hills” are not inside the mall at all — they sit in Dubai Hills Business Park or Dubai Hills Park. We have split those out at the end rather than passing them off as mall dining.

The highest-rated restaurants at Dubai Hills Mall

Strong scores backed by serious volume — a 4.8 from 5,000-plus people is a very different signal to a 4.8 from 40.

Namelaka — 4.9 from 6,635 Google reviews. Ukrainian, and the best-rated name here on both score and volume. From 08:00 daily, to midnight Sunday to Thursday and 01:00 Friday and Saturday — breakfast or a late one.
Catch22 — 4.8 from 5,843 Google reviews, one of only three venues here Google marks as moderately priced. From 11:00 to 23:45 midweek, 00:45 at weekends. For groups who want loud and generous rather than precious.
Mitts and Trays — 4.8 from 4,531 Google reviews. Café-restaurant, open from 08:00 daily. The all-rounder for when the group cannot agree.
Kasibeyaz — 4.8 from 3,514 Google reviews. Turkish, first floor, 09:00 to midnight seven days a week. The most reliable big-appetite dinner in the building.
Parker’s Dubai Hills — 4.8 from 2,440 Google reviews. First floor, 09:00 to 23:30 daily. Broad menu, long hours, no drama.
Meat Moot — 4.8 from 2,027 Google reviews. Midday to midnight daily. Come hungry or do not come.
Sisi’s Eatery — 4.8 from 1,825 Google reviews. Austrian, and also a cake and dessert shop, which tells you exactly how to order. Moderately priced per Google.
Bartartine — 4.8 from 1,644 Google reviews. Restaurant and bakery in one, 08:00 to 01:00 every day — the widest opening window of anywhere on this page.

Kasibeyaz rooftop terrace at Dubai Hills Mall, with outdoor tables and a sunset view — Kasibeyaz, Dubai Hills Mall

Coffee, bakeries and breakfast

This is where Dubai Hills Mall is strongest. The coffee and bakery cluster out-rates the restaurant cluster, and most of it opens at 08:00.

Peet’s Coffee — 4.9 from 3,464 Google reviews. Ground floor. Best-rated coffee in the mall, full stop.
Paul Cafe — 4.6 from 1,748 Google reviews. Open 08:00 to midnight, later at weekends. Pastry-and-a-table territory.
L’ETO — 4.7 from 1,668 Google reviews. Café and coffee shop on Level 1, open from 08:00. Go for the pastry counter rather than a full meal.
ABC Coffee Roasters — 4.5 from 1,216 Google reviews. A proper roaster rather than a chain, listed in the mall’s own dining directory. Opening hours are not published on Google.
The Coffee Club — 4.7 from 533 Google reviews. All-day café on Umm Suqeim Street, from 08:00.
Tim Hortons Innovation Store — 4.7 from 289 Google reviews. Ground floor, unit 368. Coffee, bakery and breakfast in one.
Coffeemania — 4.4 from 351 Google reviews. Open 08:00 to midnight, daily.
Molten Chocolate Cafe — 4.5 from 523 Google reviews. Dessert-first, open until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday.
Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea — 4.5 from 323 Google reviews. Ground floor by Entrance 2, open until 01:00 at weekends. Fruit tea, not coffee.

Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea counter at Dubai Hills Mall — Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea, Dubai Hills Mall

Family lunch and the food court

Children in tow and roughly forty minutes to spare. The food court anchors are what you would expect, and they rate better than food courts usually do.

Wimpy — 4.8 from 2,397 Google reviews, which is a startlingly high score for a burger chain. Open 10:00 to 01:00 daily.
KFC — 4.6 from 1,432 Google reviews, located in the food court area. From 10:30, until 01:00 at weekends.
Five Guys — 4.2 from 304 Google reviews, unit 370, ground floor. Lowest-rated venue in our data set.
Melt & More — 4.8 from 489 Google reviews. Open from 08:00 to midnight or later. Dessert bribery for the walk back to the car.
Eat Greek Kouzina — 4.5 from 583 Google reviews. Sharing plates that keep everyone quiet, open to 01:00 on Friday and Saturday.

Food court at Dubai Hills Mall, with Akibadori signage and neon arch frames — The food court at Dubai Hills Mall

Sit-down dinners worth booking

Tribes — 4.6 from 591 Google reviews. African grill and steakhouse on Level 1, open until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday.
Wicked Crab — 4.7 from 2,174 Google reviews. Seafood, midday to midnight daily. Order the messy one.
Zafran Indian Kitchen — 4.5 from 1,252 Google reviews. The mall’s main Indian option, biryani included, open from midday.
Iran Zamin — 4.7 from 717 Google reviews, and the area’s Persian option. Google does not publish its opening hours, so ring ahead on +971 4 337 7695.
Cafe Gray Brasserie — 4.6 from 780 Google reviews. British brasserie on the ground floor next to VIP Entrance 4, 09:00 to midnight daily.
Saya Braserrie — 4.4 from 683 Google reviews. On Umm Suqeim Street, 08:00 until midnight, 01:00 at weekends.
Yvonne — 4.4 from 739 Google reviews. French. Check before you go: it closes at 17:00 on Wednesday and Thursday but runs to 01:00 on Friday and Saturday.
Asli Beirut — 4.3 from 273 Google reviews. Lebanese, from 10:00, until 00:30 at weekends.
Bebabel — 4.8 from 310 Google reviews. Also Lebanese, and the better-rated of the two, though on a smaller sample.
WOFL — 4.7 from 413 Google reviews. Open 09:00 to midnight, later at weekends.

Lamb shank biryani with flatbread and salad at Iran Zamin, Dubai Hills — Iran Zamin, Dubai Hills

Not actually in the mall — but worth the short drive

These carry Dubai Hills addresses in Business Park, Dubai Hills Park or the surrounding communities rather than the mall itself. Several are better than most of what is inside it.

REIF Japanese Kushiyaki — 4.8 from 1,031 Google reviews, Business Park 3. The most serious cooking in the postcode. Closes at 22:00 midweek.
Revelry Indian Tapas Bar — 4.6 from 1,006 Google reviews, Business Park 1. Small plates and a bar licence.
Plumpy Restaurant — 4.9 from 430 Google reviews, Business Park 3. Daytime only, 08:00 to 20:00.
Tania’s Teahouse — 4.4 from 1,180 Google reviews, Business Park 3. Pastel, photogenic, open 08:00 to 23:00 daily.
CALI-POKE — 4.4 from 317 Google reviews, Business Park 3. Poke bowls, 10:00 to 22:00.
The Barnyard — 4.8 from 777 Google reviews, Dubai Hills. All-day breakfast from 08:00.
Maiz Tacos — 4.8 from 2,184 Google reviews, Acacia B. The only taqueria in our data set, and it scores like the best of them.
Angel Cakes — 4.7 from 2,402 Google reviews, Dubai Hills Park. Health food, gluten-free and dessert in one, 08:00 to 23:00 daily.

Chef at REIF Japanese Kushiyaki, near Dubai Hills Mall — REIF Japanese Kushiyaki, near Dubai Hills Mall

Opening hours, prices and booking

Most restaurants here open at 08:00 or 09:00 and close between 23:00 and midnight, with Friday and Saturday running an hour later. The consistent late finishers are Wimpy and Bartartine, both open until 01:00 every day. Google publishes no price band for the majority of these venues — only Catch22, Sisi’s Eatery and Angel Cakes are flagged as moderately priced — so we are not quoting AED figures we cannot verify. Check the venue direct before you set a budget.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best restaurant in Dubai Hills Mall?

By Google rating combined with review volume, Namelaka at 4.9 from 6,635 Google reviews is the strongest performer in the Dubai Hills Mall area. Catch22 is the closest challenger at 4.8 from 5,843, with Mitts and Trays third at 4.8 from 4,531. For dinner specifically, Kasibeyaz at 4.8 from 3,514 Google reviews is the safest booking in the building.

What is Dubai Hills Mall famous for?

It is the retail and dining centre of Dubai Hills Estate, on Al Khail Road, and the mall the whole community defaults to. On the food side its reputation rests on cafés and casual dining rather than fine dining: the highest-rated names in our data are a Ukrainian restaurant, a coffee shop and a bakery-restaurant. Come for a long breakfast and a browse, not a tasting menu.

What are some hidden gem restaurants in Dubai Hills?

The high scorers with small review counts are the ones most guides miss: Plumpy at 4.9 from 430 Google reviews, Melt & More at 4.8 from 489, WOFL at 4.7 from 413, Bebabel at 4.8 from 310 and The Barnyard at 4.8 from 777. Bebabel out-rates Asli Beirut, the mall’s other Lebanese name, by half a point. Treat the smaller samples with caution — a few hundred reviews is a weaker signal than a few thousand.

What’s the best restaurant in Dubai Mall?

Different mall, different answer. Dubai Mall carries a far larger dining line-up than Dubai Hills Mall and its headline venues sit in another price bracket entirely, so nothing on this page transfers across. We have not guessed at it here — see our separate Dubai Mall restaurants guide for that verified list.