Al Muntaha — Restaurant in Dubai

Al Muntaha Restaurant Burj Al Arab. 1 Michelin Star. Friday 18th April 2025

The aperitif’s were excellent. Especially the mushrooms. I will remember the combination taste for a long time. The consume was amazing

Asparagus so yummy. Crisp clean on the palate. deep green flavour

Yellow tail probably king. Yoghurt sauce. Lemon little bit a muscle juice white Italian Caviar This is simply a stunning dish. The raw fish blends so well with this amazing sauce. It’s amazing. Even the tiny disks of radish serve a purpose balance everything. Yes I’m in heaven again. Words will not do this dish justice. It’s just that good

The white burgundy could be the best white wine I’ve ever had.

Pumpkin ravioli domes Just 100% pumpkin. The filling is superb soft delicious nutty roasted pumpkin. The sauce is unbelievable skin sauce then 3 weeks aged pumpkin skin vinegar. Amazing. It’s just pumpkin but prepared to a degree of pure genius and deliciousness. This is why I do this. That just messed with my mind. Perfect.

Bread butter Crunchy delicious the seed that makes the bread is grown locally and unbelievably good. Butter milk is from cow who has just had a new born spiced with leaves of national tree of UAE Chaf. It’s a dish on its own. Aniseed Meat milk flavours are just growing with each bite. There is so much going on the nutty bread has a deep flavour the butter is au. It’s happened again I’m am tasting the actual animal through the perfectly clean natural butter. Amazing

Talbut fish. Turbot fish is cooked perfectly glistening in the light juicy delicious. Stunning white asparagus the combination is perfect. Clean crispy asparagus with sweet delicious fish. Beautiful dish. Sauce from the bones is stunning.

No Canette (Duck) as it didn’t arrive they only cook it fresh. So chicken is the replacement with Chicory salad. Roasted chicken that is elevated to its highest order. Roasted on the crown carved at the table. The bread is family recipe he brought with him. It’s excellent chewy nutty delicious bread. But it has been brought out too late so can’t eat too much. This is when you realise you are in the company of genius. The chicken is so bloody good. Sweet roast flavour with so much packed in.

Sorbet Ah no. Lemon sorbet, lemon from his local garden. Light lemon mousse with a bit of orange. Lemon Skins blackened in the oven turned into crisps nuggets What the They are amazing. Crunchy nuggets of sweet and bitter deliciousness. It’s bitter (Blackened skin) sweet divine heaven. This a pure chef’s dish. Complex Mix sweet with mind spinning bitter that makes you think twice on what you’re eating. Amazing wonderful dish to intrigue me.

Chocolate What can I say the picture says it all. Beautiful chocolate with truffles ice cream. Nice fantastic way to finish.

This restaurant is sensational. It’s not that it has a Michelin Star it’s the food. The amazing chef comes out with most dishes explaining them. He is gracious with his time. The staff are so attentive. The menu is exactly what I want. It’s not what you read. It messes with my mind confusing me with each bite. The outstanding dishes are the: Sorbet that’s is more and the Bread and Butter that confuses and brings out different flavours each bite. It’s a food journey that is a fantastic ride. Not forget the...

We've been here a couple of times over the years. Dining here offers you the full experience of driving across the bridge and arriving at the Burj where you'll be greeted by a dozen staff and dancing fountains in the lobby. After that you ascend escalators to even more space (with hideous interiors but it's extravagant).

By dining at the top you get to see a lot of the Burj - you're allowed through security to the lifts which you don't get with the High Tea. On the top floor you arrive to a bizarre futuristic/LED/circuit board tunnel (which I never understood) before entering the "tube".

This restaurant is in the "tube" hanging off the top of the tower (looks like a rolled up newspaper or taco some might say). Again, interiors are hideous.

You come here for the experience and the VIEWS. Wow! Make sure you walk around and look in al directions. On a clear day you can easily see all of Downtown as well as the world islands and Marina/Palm etc. You'll see helicopters fly past at eye level.

NOW, SADLY, this restaurant is sadly let down by the limited variety of food during brunch and the other patrons of recent years. The first visit was 5 years ago and the place felt smart and classy (even with only chinos and a shirt). The last few times, people have been stomping around in tshirts and smart shorts, pushing past you to get to food and shouting across the restaurant to their friends. I can only assume they are staying in the hotel as there is a strict dress code applied to all who cross security. It really brought down the experience for us - no longer is it 7 star luxury. If there's a dress code, it should be for the restaurant as a whole and everyone in it.

I hope it has improved since last year and it is an amazing experience which I highly recommend. Drinks are not as pricey as you might expect for the location and hotel. There is live music - 3 piece jazz band from memory.

This restaurant would benefit from a top interior design firm's renovations into a much classier interior. They will, however, struggle with balance between night and day; the dark star lit expanse and the bright blue midday sea and cloud speckled sky. This restaurant is popular through day and night and only a few restaurants in Dubai have successful interiors to cater for this.

Good luck Jumeirah, it is time for a...

After a business conference during the week in Dubai, I enjoyed a wonderfully relaxing Friday brunch at the Al Muntaha on the 27th floor of the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah - the glass encased cylinder on the other side of the helipad! Food and service were five star and views were off the scale (see pictures). For two hours I enjoyed the views of the azure Arab Gulf, Dubai city scape, and Palm Island among the sounds of soft jazz. It’s actually like 50 floors up in the air since each floor of this “7-Star” hotel is a double floor.

Friday brunch includes a pastry/bread/cheese bar, a Mediterranean bar, a cold seafood bar, and a unending dessert bar. That was just the appetizer. For my main courses, I had the portobello omelette followed by sirloin steak, but there were several other options offered. Everything I tasted was excellent.

To the Southwest I could see Palm Island with all of its beaches, luxury hotels and villas, and the occasional yacht and jet skiers. To the Northeast, I could see the Dubai city skyline, including the 830 meter tall Burj Khalifa. Magnificent views of the Arab Gulf’s luxury playground. And, more luxury under construction on both sides, so the view will continue to change in the future.

The only negatives were the high price for a meal (but the view made it well worth the experience at least once) and there were mostly tourists there. And whenever there are lots of tourists, you’ll sometimes come across a rude one, and there was one large noisy group from China that had the nerve to watch Chinese television on their cell phones with their speakers at full blast! Different cultural norms for sure. Nevertheless, that still did not ruin the overall experience for me.

You do need to stay at Burj Al Arab hotel or call to make a reservation at the restaurant to enter the hotel. While I was there, I also walked around the lobby of the Burj Al Arab to see the elegantly decorated lobby, 300 meter ceilings, and high end luxury stores.

If you can swing the price of brunch, I definitely recommend visiting at least once! If you are staying at the Burj Al Arab hotel, then you are probably not an avid reader of...