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Elegant modern restaurant with set round tables, patterned chairs, and a marble bar under sculptural pendant lights
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Novikov Abu Dhabi: Menu Prices, Business Lunch & Booking Guide

Novikov Abu Dhabi is my Al Maryah Island shortlist for a mixed group that wants pasta, pizza, fish and meat without splitting into different restaurants. The menu leans Italian-Mediterranean and also has a raw/Asian-flavours section. At The Galleria, I’d choose the weekday set lunch for a contained order, or à la carte when particular dishes…

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Gourmet seafood salad topped with colorful bell pepper ribbons on a blue-and-gold ornate plate
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Vanitas at Palazzo Versace Dubai: Italian Fine Dining on the Creek

For an Italian date-night shortlist, I’d put Vanitas at Palazzo Versace Dubai on it for the Creek-side hotel setting. Make an evening of it. This is the booking I’d compare when the room and the occasion matter, rather than when the brief is a quick meal or a DJ-led night out. Location and setting Vanitas…

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