Restaurants
Dubai's best chef's counters, priced per head.
The Michelin Guide Dubai 2026 is out. Four small rooms where the chef cooks at the counter, from AED 799 to AED 1,500 a head.
Photo: @moonrise.xyz
This weekend in Dubai, Fri 30 Oct to Sun 1 Nov
Bread, art and a night at the opera.
A bread festival in Al Quoz, a Sudanese painter at the Jameel, masks and canals at the Opera, and a night above Hatta Dam. Plus Design Week, which wants booking now.
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Coffee & Sweets
Dubai's four best-designed coffee rooms.
Four places where the room is half the reason to go. What to order, what it costs and when they open.
Photo: @kairosuae
What's On
Four places that explain Dubai.
Before the rooftops: the Creek where the city began, the house where the UAE was signed, and the art that came after.
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Three posts a day
Coffee at 8am, a table for lunch at 1pm, and at 6pm, what’s on that evening.
- Fridays at 7:30am, with the email
This Weekend
Four plans for Friday to Sunday and one to book ahead. The same guide as the Friday email, posted here the same morning.
1 post - Every morning at 8am
Coffee & Sweets
Roasters and bakeries worth crossing town for. What to order, when to go and what it costs.
1 post - Every day at 1pm
Restaurants
Chef's counters, openings, guest chefs and long lunches. The price per head and how to get a table, every time.
1 post - Every evening at 6pm
What's On
Art, stage, design and the odd good night out. When it opens, when it closes, and when it needs booking.
1 post
What's on next
The full agenda →- 29Oct
On now, until Sat 31 Oct. Book ahead
TITIZÉ at Dubai Opera
- 31Oct
Sat 31 Oct to Sun 1 Nov. Book ahead
What The Food takes over Alserkal
- 1Nov
Opens Sun 1 Nov, runs to 14 Mar
Salah Elmur opens at the Jameel
- 3Nov
Tue 3 Nov to Sun 8 Nov
Next week: Dubai Design Week
The Friday email
The weekend, decided by Friday.
It lands at 7:30am on Friday. Four plans for the weekend and one to book before it goes, each with the price and how to get in. The free guides come with the welcome email.
How Offscreen works
The house rules.
- The same five factsWhere it is, when it opens, what it costs, how to get in and who it suits. For every place, every time.
- The real roomPhotos show the actual place, with the owner credited underneath. No renders and no stock.
- A date on everythingEach guide carries the day we checked it. Prices are in AED, as the venue publishes them.
- Nobody paysThere are no paid placements. If that ever changes for a post, it will say so at the top.
Next cities
Dubai came first. Five more are on the way. Join a list and hear the day yours opens.