StreetXO - One Za'abeel — Restaurant in Dubai

Lively restaurant offering fun, creative cuisine blending Spanish, Chinese, and Thai (I guess). You will see some weird combinations that do not make sense, but ultimately taste good (with some random unnecessary flavors). The music is incredibly loud, so get ready to shout at everyone. The cuisine is overly playful, treading on experimental territory. The decor will remind you of punk and death, reinforced by music that will shake your soul (from the volume). The head chef, Dabiz Munoz, is pretty famous and considered one of the best in the world, which is mainly why I wanted to try this restaurant.

Honestly, I wasn’t impressed with most of what we ordered.

Let’s start with drinks. The drink that comes in a big egg was too sweet with a spicy note, it was simply not that good. The pineapple drink was ok. The ginger drink was pretty strong, which might appeal to you if you enjoy it that way.

As for food, we ordered the salmon aguachile, tuna croquettes, fried wonton kebab, pekinese dumpling, lasagna not lasagna, xo ramen, tenderloin, grilled croissant. The menu is a bit confusing for first-timers. Anyway, what stood out the most was the beef tenderloin, and then the lasagna (which was weird nonetheless). The tenderloin was so tender and the sauce was simple and delicious. The lasagna was a bit random and had a lemongrass-like note to it, which just doesn’t go well with dry aged meat. However, it was good overall, but a bit too creative for my taste, like the rest of the dishes.

Most disappointing dishes were the ramen and then the croissant and the salmon aguachile. I know a casual place that blows this indomie-like ramen out of the water for 1/4 the price. I hate it when chefs mindlessly put fois gras in everything. The grilled croissant was literally a normal croissant cut in a fancy way with some grill marks in between and costs 40 aed, on par with most expensive croissant in Dubai, but at least that one was delicious. The salmon aguachile was really average. I just thought it was boring, especially for this restaurant.

The other dishes are not worth commenting on. They were good, but nothing special.

As for dessert, we had the lava cake (fluido), churros, and macademia ice cream. The last two were ok. The churros was a bit dissapointing. However, the lava cake was probably the best thing. I thought the tom kha ice cream that came with it was a bit out of place (like so many other things in this restaurant), but overall it was amazing.

I’m not sure whether I would recommend this restaurant or whether I would ever come back. The competition in Dubai is so tough nowadays. The food was good overall, but nothing there was outstanding enough to deserve the need to revisit. If there is one thing I’d return for, it would be the lava cake. If there is anything that would prevent me from coming back, it would be the loud music and inflated prices for such a...

This Street XO is located inside the famous One and Only Za’abeel.

This restaurant is located on the 4rd floor which offer incredible view from the bottom over the impressive architectural building shape.

We went to this bar without prior knowledge and we were amazingly surprised by this place.

There is a bar section and a restaurant section, both with indoor and outdoor seating.

The deck is unique

We just went for drinks and they have an amazing menu of 18 cocktails. Most of them are as well as mocktails ( without alcohol) which was perfect as I don’t drink alcohol. Only few cannot be done without alcohol as most of their composition are alcohol

This is the first place in Dubai where I see a real difference in terms of pricing for the same drinks with and without alcohol. Usually you have 10 Dhs difference which make you feel misled. Here at the opposite, at street xo, it is almost 50% off. Example the alcohol version will be 80 Dhs and the same without alcohol will be priced at 40 or 50 Dhs which show the fairness of the place despite being a premium place. Thanks to the management for this fair policy which I appreciate a lot.

On top of that cocktails/mocktails here really elaborated with premium ingredients and incredible mixes of flavors. Plus, some of them are serve in a unique glasses that you probably never seen anywhere. Example a heart shaped glasses or an egg support for your cocktails.

Drinks were amazing, even being not hungry at all, we decided to try the Kimchi croquette with Tuna and wow. What an experience. Definitely something to try guys!!!

The staff is so dedicated, professional and friendly. A lot of barman are Spanish speaking and we were greatly receive by them with nice conversation, cheers to all their staff. Muchissima gracias chicos!!!

The place is offering a Saturday brunch and I am sure this is more than worth it ! I didn’t try it yet but it is on my to do list

Just a note: there is a strong volume music in the place that might be disturbing for some people. I am not fan of this kind of place usually but here with the atmosphere it feels totally different and didn’t bother me at all. Music is loud but still allow you to speak properly...

⭐️ Winged Tapas Brunch Review ⭐️

16 course menu @streetxodubai

Beautiful ambience Very unique restaurant design

Waiting to time for food is 45 mins, never had this long wait for a brunch in #dubai which is totally unacceptable!

I had the Pedroche’s Egg cocktail and Diverzi Madrizz as drinks, it was delicious and very cute presentation

Appetizers: Wagyu & kimchi croquetas were good Spanish red tuna belly carpaccio was too sour for my taste Sweet & sour Hamachi Tiradito was okay, the sauce overpowered the taste of the fish Pekinese Dumplings- nice Club sandwich was good but not my favorite Taco De Pulpo-amazing taste Deep fried wonton kebab -outstanding flavor

Grilled sandwich of beef pastrami - was very good SAMM Cheeseburger - quality beef but didn’t like the flavors-probably the sauce and the herbs?🫢 Spanish carabinero Saté- delicious!!!!

Green Curry of Wagyu- i actually didn’t like it because the meat was gamey 🫢 Paella- so flavorful 🤩we had the paella with king crab and the second one has shrimp and wagyu beef, outstanding!

Churros- not nice, oily and tasteless 🥲 Sponge cake- very delicious, soaked with coconut cream paired with ice cream 🤩 Cucuruchos- average ice cream with cotton candy on top

Overall great presentation and good food, complex flavors and very unique place Live performances and live dj with good music but a bit loud so don’t come here for business talks 😂 When we complained of the waiting time, manager Alex came to make sure we are taken cared of. The server who was with us didn’t make our experience special.

Will I go back again? Maybe for the paella! There’s too much restaurant in Dubai to try out, so I guess coming one time here is good enough.

📍 Location: One&Only One Za’abeel, Dubai 💵 Price: 444 AED for non-alcoholic package 555 AED for Alcoholic and 777 AED for Champagne

Rating ⭐️ Staff: 2/5 Location:5/5 Atmosphere: 4/5 Food: 3/5 Value...