Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

The story

Crafted with passion, served with love

Housed within Atlantis The Royal on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal brings one of the world's most recognisable fine dining concepts to the UAE. The restaurant draws on Heston Blumenthal's deep fascination with historic British cuisine, tracing recipes and techniques from as far back as the 1300s and reinterpreting them through a precise, modern lens.

The Concept

Blumenthal's starting point was the archive — medieval manuscripts, Georgian cookbooks, centuries of British culinary history — translated into dishes that feel both intellectually rigorous and genuinely pleasurable to eat. The result is a menu that moves through time without feeling like a museum piece. The restaurant earned a MICHELIN star, and its wine programme has been recognised with Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence, a mark of a list curated with real depth and range.

The Dishes

Two dishes anchor the menu and have become synonymous with the Dinner name worldwide. The Meat Fruit is a mandarin-shaped chicken liver parfait — a starter that plays on medieval presentations of food disguised as fruit, executed with technical finesse. The Tipsy Cake, a spit-roasted pineapple dessert, takes its cue from an 1810 recipe and arrives warm and caramelised alongside a brioche soaked in boozy custard. Both appear on every menu format offered.

Beyond these signatures, the à la carte spans starters like Salamagundy, Earl Grey Smoked King Fish, and Scallop & White Chocolate, alongside mains including Roast Cod, Turbot & Green Sauce, and Wagyu options for those wanting something more indulgent. The Triple Cooked Chips — Blumenthal's own invention, long since adopted by kitchens everywhere — appear as a side, as does a Truffled Mash and classic Green Beans & Mustard.

The Setting and Menus

The dining room looks out over the Dubai skyline, giving the historic British cuisine an unexpectedly dramatic backdrop. For those who prefer a structured format, set menus run from a 3-course option at AED 750 to a 5-course format at AED 980, the latter finishing with the theatrical Nitrogen Ice Cream Trolley — tableside theatre that fits the Blumenthal spirit perfectly. The à la carte is structured as 3 or 4 courses, priced at AED 580 and AED 670 per person respectively.

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in Dubai is, in short, a precise and confident transplant of a celebrated original — where the cooking speaks clearly, the history is worn lightly, and the skyline does the rest.