FACT Dining Awards Abu Dhabi 2026: Nominees
2026
Afternoon Tea
Alba Lobby Lounge Al Meylas Café Ginori Crystal Lounge Episodes Infinity Lounge Ladurée Le Café Level 45 Lobby Lounge Lobby Lounge Majlis by Pierre Hermé Majlis Saadiyat Osmo Pearl Lounge The Library
Bar
Art Lounge Bla Bla Bar COYA Abu Dhabi Dragon’s Tooth Hidden Bar La Cava LEXX Library Bar Marta Bar Neighborhood Café & Bar Perlage Ray’s Bar Saikindō The Warehouse Wine & Tapas Bar W Lounge – W Abu Dhabi Zuma
Breakfast
Art Market Café 302 Cafe James Cave Erth Restaurant Love Vibe Café Market at EDITION Parallel Café Raclette Brasserie & Café Ritual Café & Studio Salt & Caramel Sanderson’s Society tashas Ten 11 Beach
Beach/pool Bar
Asrah AT25 Café del Mar Abu Dhabi Capila Pool Bar & Grill Cascades Eclipse Terrace Lounge Glo Glow Loop Bar Nasma Beachfront Bar Panache Splash Pool Bar The Lean Up & Below Waves Californian Kitchen & Bar WET Deck – W Abu Dhabi
Café
Café des Artistes Cafe James Cave Crunch and Munch Café DRVN Coffee EL&N Abu Dhabi LOCAL NAC No. FiftySeven Boutique Cafe Saddle House Sanderson’s Sarabeth’s Seed & Bloom tashas
Emirati Restaurant
Al Fanar Restaurant & Cafe Al Mandi & Madhbi House Al Mrzab Popular Restaurant Erth Restaurant Lgymat & Rgag Meylas Emirati Restaurant
European
Alba Terrace Bar Du Port Bentley Kitchen Brauhaus Eat Greek Kouzina Ilios Restaurant & Beach Club José by Pizarro Marcella MIKA Novikov Abu Dhabi Oii Pappas Taverna Paradiso Abu Dhabi SAL Saadiyat Sophia Abu Dhabi Taparelle
French
Bord Eau by Nicolas Isnard Cyan Brasserie Fouquet’s Abu Dhabi La Petite Maison Abu Dhabi Le Beaujolais Le Bistrot Raclette Brasserie & Café
Fusion
AVLU Bambu Buddha-Bar Beach Abu Dhabi Nalu Restaurant & Lounge Nolu’s Skouzi SUSHISAMBA Abu Dhabi Tazal TIKI Pacifico Dining and Lounge Trader Vic’s Valgerand Nordic Grill YANA
Homegrown
3Fils Antonia Barbassi Blu Pizzeriá Bua Thai Cafe Desert Lotus Restaurant Kopitiam by Chandy's Kuzina 22 Restaurant Marmelatta Montauk Pitfire Pizza Public Rempah Indonesian Restaurant SALT Sticky Rice Terra Eatery
Indian
Indigo Martabaan by Hemant Oberoi Moksh MYNT Namak Nira Restaurant Pincode by Kunal Kapur Punjab Grill Rangoli Ushna Zeera by Buddha-Bar
International
BB Social Dining Belgian Café Brick Rooftop Kitchen & Bar Broadway Brooklyn Chop House Entrecôte Café de Paris ERGON Deli & Café Abu Dhabi Flamingo Room by tashas Fresh Basil: Pitch Black Dining Le Bistro by Salmontini Les Dangereux Market Kitchen Shvili Somewhere Ting Irie West Bay Lounge
Italian
Antonia Cafe Milano Dino’s Bistro Italiano Filini Garden L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele Marco's Italian Mare Mare Mezzaluna Abu Dhabi Porto Gina Si Ristorante Italiano & Bar SOLE Talea by Antonio Guida TOTÓ Abu Dhabi Vero Italiano Verso Villa Toscana
Japanese
3Fils 99 Sushi Bar & Restaurant Aja Asian & Teppanyaki Café Sushi Daikan Izakaya Goldfish Sushi & Yakitori Abu Dhabi KAIZU Japanese Restaurant NIRI Restaurant & Bar Origami Sushi Otoro Strawfire by Ross Shonhan Zuma
Latin American
Alma Amerigos Mexican Bar & Restaurant Barbossa Burro Blanco Chamas Churrascaria & Bar COYA Abu Dhabi La Patrona Loca Maté Ola Brasil
Middle Eastern & North African
Al Safadi Amara Beirut Sur Mer Bushra by Buddha-Bar Byblos Sur Mer Em Sherif Sea Café Grand Beirut Hanar Lebanese Terrace Li Beirut Mosaic Restaurant Soraya Tean The Oba Villa Mamas Zali
Outdoor Dining
Alba Terrace Balcon Lounge & Terrace Beach House Buddha-Bar Beach Abu Dhabi Catch at St. Regis Filini Garden Grills@Chill’O Hakkasan Abu Dhabi Kamoon SAL Saadiyat Sand & Koal Sontaya SUSHISAMBA Abu Dhabi Taparelle Turtle Bay Bar & Grill West Bay Lounge
Pan Asian
Asia Asia Benjarong Cho Gao Marina Walk Dai Pai Dong Din Tai Fung Hakkasan Abu Dhabi Li Jiang Mamafri Mr Kim NURI Grill & Bar Shang Palace Silk & Spice Sontaya Taon Korean Restaurant Thai Gate
Pub
Appaloosa Blu Sky Lounge & Grill Captain’s Arms Cooper’s Bar & Restaurant Craft by Side Hustle Crafty Fox Hamilton’s Gastropub Hemingway’s Lock, Stock & Barrel McCafferty’s Irish Pub McGettigan’s Offside Gastropub PJ O’Reilly’s Irish Pub Stills Restaurant & Bar The Keg Room
Saturday Brunch
Asia Asia BB Social Dining Broadway CuiScene Dai Pai Dong Garage Giornotte Maté Nahaam Sofra bld The Café The Directors’ Club Zuma
Seafood
Beach House Bu Tafish Catch at St. Regis Finz Fishmarket Fish Story Ibn Al Bahar Ryba Safina Turtle Bay Bar & Grill
Steakhouse
Acres Grill House Brooklyn Chop House Butcher & Still Hunter & Barrel Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Nusr-Et Oak Room Ray’s Grill Rodeo Grill Sand & Koal Stratos Revolving Lounge Bar & Grill Teatro The Directors’ Club The Forge The Foundry The Grill
