Café and confectionary

WELCOME TO REVEALS DUBAI ’ S CURRENT FAVOURITE SPOTS FOR COFFEE , CAKE AND SOMETHING MORE ...

BATEEL CAFÉ + BATEEL BOUTIQUE

Leveraging world-renowned Mediterranean flavours, Café Bateel offers a distinct range of gourmet dishes, curated by award-winning chefs. With premium, natural flavours as the foundation of every dish, here you can indulge in a selection of healthy, authentic recipes in a warm and sophisticated ambience. Café Bateel is recognised for exquisite quality, heartfelt hospitality, and authentic gourmet food.

Dubai Marina Mall

Tel: +971 4 430 7539 www.bateel.com

BLOOMSBURY’S

This boutique café and artisan bakery brand has an avantgarde concept inspired by London cafés. It also caters to the increasing numbers of health-conscious, calorie-conscious and vegan diners with a wide range of healthy, sugar-free and keto options. The chef-driven recipes are created from scratch using the finest ingredients and include all-day breakfast, soups and salads, sandwiches, pastas, pizzas and burgers, as well as an array of home-made pastries, desserts, cupcakes, cakes, cookies, tarts and more. There are also ‘delivery only’ options via the website.

Entrance 4, Ground Floor, Al Ghurair Centre

Tel: +971 04 268 4449 www.bloomsburys.ae

Choix

Embrace the culinary lifestyle of the Avenue des Champs Élysées, with a premium collection of Parisian delicacies from three Michelin star chef Pierre Gagnaire. While enjoying the impressive views of the city’s skyline, guests can indulge in CHOIX’s renowned Afternoon Tea and an elegantly crafted menu selection that is perfect for lunch or dinner.

Lobby Level, Intercontinental Dubai Festival City

Tel: +971 56 506 2518 www.dubaifestivalcityhotels.com/choix

Cipriani Dolci

A luxurious take on the traditional Italian pasticceria, this restaurant offers a chic ambience, attentive service and wellpriced Venetian menu. Featuring a design that takes cues from the original Harry’s Bar in Venice, Cipriani Dolci is a portal to a gilded age set against the modernity of Dubai. The restaurant offers all-day casual dining, and is renowned for its tramezzini, pastries, desserts, great mocktails and a selection of Cipriani classics. A classic vitrine holds centre stage, a distinct feature of the pasticceria, displaying artisanal pastry and savoury delicacies.

The Dubai Mall Fashion Avenue, Ground Floor, Dubai

Tel: +971 4 347 0003 www.ciprianidubai.com/cipriani-dolci-dubai-mall

Karat

The sophisticated lobby lounge, Karat is the focal point of the hotel and the ideal place for relaxing and socialising. Perfect for a casual business meeting or for relaxing after a day of shopping, Karat offers privacy in a relaxed living room atmosphere. The menu features a variety of salads, sandwiches, beverages and pastries. There is complimentary dining for children up to the age of five years and 50 percent off dining for children between the ages of 6 and 11 years.

Lobby Level, Dubai Mall

Tel: + 971 4 438 8666 www.addresshotels.com/en/restaurant/karat

La Maison Ani

Located in Dubai Mall Fashion Avenue, La Maison Ani serves relaxed French-Mediterranean cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner with an effortlessly elegant ambiance. Influenced by chef Izu Ani’s love of travel, the menu at La Maison Ani encompasses the cultures that have shaped his creativity. The restaurant pays homage to the chef’s African roots, his upbringing in England, his love affair with France and his time in the Middle East.

Open daily from 9.30am to 12 midnight.

Fashion Avenue, Dubai Mall www.lamaisonanibychefizu.me

Madeleine Et Marcel

Madeleine et Marcel sees the craftsmanship and artistry of French patisserie now arrive in Dubai, thanks to the vision and passion of the team at La Cantine.

Due to demand, Madeleine et Marcel opens its virtual doors earlier than expected, with online orders available for collection or delivery. The patisserie offers everything from the finest Viennoiserie to exquisite gateau du voyage, as well as all manner of sweet treats and chocolate delicacies too. A physical store will follow later in the year at Emirates Towers. Whether you’re looking for the perfect pastries for brunch, a jaw-dropping dessert for a party or a way to say a very unique thank you to someone special, Madeleine et Marcel caters for all occasions. It also offers a corporate partnership service for private events and concession stores. The authentic Parisian influence is never far away – something that will be evident in every single mouthful. For as Ernest Hemingway famously said, “Wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”

Open daily from 10am to 10pm.

Ground Floor, Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel – Trade Centre 2 – Dubai

Tel: +971 4 385 2022 madeleineetmarcel.com

The Cake Boutique

The Cake Boutique is an opulent online dessert shop featuring the talented cake artist, Beth Lauren at the forefront of such a creative vision. Exquisite creativity, storytelling that comes to life, delicious patisserie experiences, and thoughtful awareness of sustainable, seasonal ingredients are the pillars built into the

DNA of the Cake Boutique. You are well and truly spoilt with mouth-watering flavors at the Cake Boutique, so get ready to be pampered by the sweet indulgence of their seven signature cakes, such as Cheeky Monkey, White Chocolate and Raspberry or 24 Carrot Gold to name a few.

Whether it is a vegan delicacy or a sugar-free and gluten-free confection, Lauren made sure to cater for your everyday sweet cravings.

The Lotus Biscoff Cake is crafted with a cinnamon flavored vegan sponge topped with Lotus ganache softly pressed between each moist sponge layer and a smooth, ivory whipped lotus plant-based buttercream fused with a velvet Lotus sauce and crunchy biscuit pieces making it the perfect option for vegans. For your greatest enjoyment, The Cake Boutique by Waldorf Astoria DIFC is open everyday of the week from 11am to 5pm and from 6pm to 8pm.

Burj Daman, Al Mustaqbal Street +971 058 600 4547 thecakeboutiquedifc.com

Ladur E

Ladurée is a French luxury bakery and sweet maker founded in 1862, best known for its double-decker macarons. It has built its reputation on its distinguished pastries selection and classic savoury dishes through its Parisian tea rooms and restaurants set across a wide range of malls in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.

Its aim is to create the perfect harmony between sweet and savoury, providing the perfect flavours and textures.

As with its pastries, Ladurée’s savoury offerings are also a reinterpretation of some timeless French gastronomy dishes. Ladurée’s decadent treats also include a dazzling array of flavoursome French toasts and drinks. For outlets, opening hours and locations, visit the website.

Burj Daman, Al Mustaqbal Street

+971 058 600 4547 www.laduree.ae