Our main event: the Dubai bars where the cocktails are the reason to go.
Last checked 14 November 2026. No bar paid to be included.
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Cocktail bar
Ranked on The World's 50 Best Bars
Hidden behind a discreet door in Gate Village, a sapphire-blue bar inspired by the stars, with a starry ceiling, velvet seats and a marble bar. Opened in 2019 and a regular on The World's 50 Best Bars lists.
📍 Gate Village, DIFC, Dubai
Cocktail bar
50 Best Discovery, 2026
The Dubai sister of Barcelona's Paradiso, named The World's Best Bar in 2022, with theatrical cocktails and an otherworldly setting. Added to 50 Best Discovery in July 2026.
📍 FIVE LUXE JBR, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai
Cocktail bar
From the team behind the Madrid original: intimate, neon-lit and comic-book styled, with bartenders who make drinks to order in unusual vessels.
📍 The Opus by Omniyat, Business Bay, Dubai
Lounge bar
The lounge at the Dubai branch of the Japanese izakaya, once named the best bar in the Middle East, with a wooden cube bar and a DJ setting the pace late into the night.
📍 Gate Village 06, DIFC, Dubai
Cocktail bar
Art deco styling, low light and a mirrored ceiling, with a terrace over the Turtle Lagoon at Jumeirah Al Naseem.
📍 Jumeirah Al Naseem, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai
Rooftop bar
A rooftop at the 25hours Hotel One Central with a terrace of gold cages and plants in the cooler months and a colourful tiki room in summer. Try the Pandan Colada.
📍 25hours Hotel Dubai One Central, Trade Centre, Dubai
Cocktail bar and restaurant
A branch of a Beirut original with gothic decor, an organ for a DJ booth and a spiral staircase, serving cocktails dressed with edible flowers and even caviar.
📍 Address Sky View, Downtown Dubai
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Start with Galaxy Bar, Paradiso Dubai, Salmon Guru, Zuma and Blind Tiger. Our full list has 7 bars.
This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run cocktail festivals in more than 20 towns and cities across the UK and Ireland and have worked with hundreds of bars since 2022. We put this guide together from our own research, The World's 50 Best Bars lists and trusted local guides.
No bar paid to be included and nobody can buy a place. We check the guide regularly as bars open, change and close.
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