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To get a change of scenery from meetings in the office, or if you’re looking to try out a brand new restaurant in Dubai, take advantage of these fabulous business lunch deals in 2021.Having recently opened its first Dubai brand after being a huge success in Abu Dhabi, if you’ve been thinking about trying 99 Sushi then their business lunch could be the perfect time to do so. Their ‘Omakase’ business lunch – which means “leave it with me” – includes nine courses of incredible Japanese cuisine for Dhs149.For a sky-high business lunch, Ce La Vi has to be your go-to. With a fabulous contemporary Asian menu, you’ll get three courses for Dhs140. The package also includes water, tea and coffee as beverages. Alongside an incredible meal, you’ll also be treated to unparalleled views of the Burj Khalifa and the whole of Dubai.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-3pm.
BB Social Dining

Enjoy the best of BB Social Dining at their 4B business lunch. Literally incorporating the 4B’s: bites, baos, bowls and BBQs, this wallet-friendly business lunch at the DIFC hotspot is the perfect place to get away from the office for the afternoon. Running from 12 to 4pm, prices start from Dhs30 per person.
Couqley

Fancy a French feast for lunch and based near JLT? Couqley is the place to go. On weekdays, it’s the perfect spot for a lunch meeting with its two-course deal for Dhs99 – this can consist of two starters, a starter and a main or a main and a dessert. Signature dishes including the grilled portobello to start, salmon for main and chocolate fondant are a must-try.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-3pm.
Indochine

Infusing French cuisine with Vietnamese, Indochine’s business lunch is the perfect time to try the famous DIFC hotspot for the first time. For Dhs120 you can get one salad, one roll and one main. Popular dishes on the set menu include vegetable summer rolls, amok cambodgien and jungle curry.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12.30-3.30pm.
La Serre

Traditional French restaurant La Serre recently launched a new business lunch deal. The Rendez-vous lunch menu is priced at Dhs110 for two-courses and Dhs130 for three courses. The varied menu includes a choice of red bream ceviche marinated in tiger milk with tomato confit and chilli, grilled prawns with spinach cream, or a cherry tomato salad with goat’s cheese and hazelnut to start. For mains, select from either fish of the day served with crushed potato, asparagus and lobster sauce, chicken breast supreme with mashed potato, green beans and Périgueux sauce, or homemade gnocchi with endive and blue cheese sauce.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-5pm.
LPM Restaurant & Bar

Perfect for lunch meetings, especially if you’re craving some quintessential French cuisine, LPM Restaurant & Bar has an express lunch menu. The two-course menu priced at Dhs135 per person is designed for guests to be served within 60 minutes, making it the ideal location for an out-of-office meeting with clients.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-3pm.
The Maine Land Brasserie

For a chic and grand setting for a lunch meeting during the week, look no further than the Maine Land Brasserie in Business Bay. With Wagyu beef tataki and tuna tartare on the many for starters and shrimp linguini and roasted eggplant for mains, as well as a sticky toffee pudding for dessert, it’s a deal you can’t pass up. For Dhs130 you get one starter, one main, one dessert, water and coffee.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-4pm.
Roberto’s
For an Italian feast with a new on the menu each week Roberto’s is the place to go. It’s Dhs125 for a starter, main and dessert.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-3pm.
ROKA

Given that this new Business Bay eatery only launched just before the pandemic, you may have not had a chance to try out the new Japanese Robatayaki restaurant ROKA. Their business lunch deal is the perfect time to visit the new Downtown Dubai hotspot to try some of their signature dishes including the sake teriyaki and gyuhireniku wagyu. For Dhs115 you’ll get four starters and a main course.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-3pm.
Zuma
For a luxurious and chic lunch setting, Zuma is the place to go. It’s Dhs137 for soup, two starters and one main.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-2pm.
Cipriani

Enjoy a leisurely lunch out of the office at Cipriani in DIFC. For Dhs150 per person enjoy three courses which includes some of their fresh salads like the fennel and avocado with shaved Parmesan cheese; signature mains including their handmade Italian pastas or homemade potato gnocchi; and for dessert choose from some of their signatures including pistachio ice cream topped with rich chocolate sauce, candied nuts and cherries.
This business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday from 12pm-5pm.
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon

If you’ve been looking to try this new fine-dining French restaurant, which only opened at the end of 2020, then their business lunch deal for Dhs129 per person is the perfect time to do so.
This business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday from 11.30am-3.30pm.
Shanghai ME

This DIFC hotspot, which is one of Sheikh Mohammed’s favourites, has one of the best business lunches on offer where you get three courses for Dhs120.
This business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday from 12pm-2.30pm.
Kayto

Enjoy some delectable cuisine with Burj Al Arab views at Kayto in Jumeriah Al Naseem with their business lunch deal. Enjoy three courses for Dhs130 per person.
This business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday from 12.30pm to 3.30pm.
Samakje

Head to Samakje at The Pointe Palm Jumeriah for the ultimate business lunch deal for just Dhs95 which features fresh seafood, mezze including lobster kibbeh and fish tajin and delectable desserts including cheesecake and chocolate mousse pastilla.
This business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday from 12pm-3pm.
Tulum

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If you happen to find yourself at Dubail Mall during the week, then pop in to Tulum to take advantage of their three-course business lunch deal. For Dhs199 per person enjoy an array of traditional Mexican dishes from starters, to mains to dessert.
This business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday from 12pm-3pm.
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Welcome to EW‘s weekly series ‘How I got my job as…’ where we speak to some incredible entrepreneurs and businesswomen both based in the UAE and globally to find out about their career paths led them to where they are now; what their daily routines look like; the advice they’d give to those starting out; and the hurdles they’ve had to overcome.
This week we chat with prominent Dubai-based chef and Masterchef Bulgaria judge Silvena Rowe. Hailing from Bulgaria, Chef Rowe has a passion for Ottoman cuisine. Having begun her career in London when she was 19, Chef Rowe is now based in Dubai having opened Nassau – a Mediterranean restaurant located in Jumeirah Golf Estates – in 2019.

EW sat down with Chef Rowe to find out more about her impressive career history and what made her want to enter the realm of cuisine.
What was your favourite subject at school?
I can’t say that I loved school at all, I was very happy to be there because of my friends, results were always high, but I did because it the thing to do, so very difficult to say what I loved most but for sure was the social aspect, the interactions with my fellow students, what I loved the most my lunch at the school canteen, always delicious, I thought!
What was your first job?

I worked as a social worker in London with abused children in a home. The best part was cooking with and for them in the home’s kitchen.
What inspired you to become a chef?
Pure greed for food, I love eating and creating new dishes, I think about food all the time, I understood very early that one of the incredible effects that food has on all of us, not just from the point of you socialising, but for our physical and mental health. You are what you eat.

What are the key elements of your role?
I run all the action, by creating the restaurant concept, design collaboration, recipes, training, new menus, new food concepts and working as a team is essential.
Talk us through your daily routine.
I wake up early, after usually 9 to 10 hours of sleep as I like to sleep early. I have a biohacking and superfood routine daily, which consists of certain foods that target what I need to address in my biome. I either do fitness walking, rowing or yoga. Then it’s a trip to the restaurants, meetings, for few months of the year, I film Masterchef, so than I am a lot in the studios, filming days are long, but I still try and keep my morning routine. Sleep is always what I protect the most, along with eating the foods that I need to eat, plus the exercise.
What advice do you have for anyone looking to follow in the same footsteps?
Don’t think of how much money you can make, nevertheless apply your passion and all you have to bring enjoyment, pleasure and health to all that will eat your food.

What is the best piece of advice you ever received?
Have no expectations.
And what is the worst?
To oversell and overrate myself! Chefs are fantastic, but let’s be honest here, we are not doctors, nurses, teachers, fireman, we are not saving the world.
What has been the biggest challenge you had to overcome?
Still is… being a woman in a man’s world, having to work with so many chefs from different nationalities, some will never accept taking orders from a woman chef. It’s a cultural thing. To try and minimise emotion in the kitchens, because it’s what is often used against us women. So rather than minimise, I reinvent and express emotion in a different way.
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To get a change of scenery from meetings in the office, or if you’re looking to try out a brand new restaurant in Dubai, take advantage of these fabulous business lunch deals.Having recently opened its first Dubai brand after being a huge success in Abu Dhabi, if you’ve been thinking about trying 99 Sushi then their business lunch could be the perfect time to do so. Their ‘Omakase’ business lunch – which means “leave it with me” – includes nine courses of incredible Japanese cuisine for Dhs149.For a sky-high business lunch, Ce La Vi has to be your go-to. With a fabulous contemporary Asian menu, you’ll get three courses for Dhs140. The package also includes water, tea and coffee as beverages. Alongside an incredible meal, you’ll also be treated to unparalleled views of the Burj Khalifa and the whole of Dubai.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-3pm.
BB Social Dining

Enjoy the best of BB Social Dining at their 4B business lunch. Literally incorporating the 4B’s: bites, baos, bowls and BBQs, this wallet-friendly business lunch at the DIFC hotspot is the perfect place to get away from the office for the afternoon. Running from 12 to 4pm, prices start from Dhs30 per person.
Couqley

Fancy a French feast for lunch and based near JLT? Couqley is the place to go. On weekdays, it’s the perfect spot for a lunch meeting with its two-course deal for Dhs99 – this can consist of two starters, a starter and a main or a main and a dessert. Signature dishes including the grilled portobello to start, salmon for main and chocolate fondant are a must-try.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-3pm.
Indochine

Infusing French cuisine with Vietnamese, Indochine’s business lunch is the perfect time to try the famous DIFC hotspot for the first time. For Dhs120 you can get one salad, one roll and one main. Popular dishes on the set menu include vegetable summer rolls, amok cambodgien and jungle curry.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12.30-3.30pm.
La Serre

Traditional French restaurant La Serre recently launched a new business lunch deal. The Rendez-vous lunch menu is priced at Dhs110 for two-courses and Dhs130 for three courses. The varied menu includes a choice of red bream ceviche marinated in tiger milk with tomato confit and chilli, grilled prawns with spinach cream, or a cherry tomato salad with goat’s cheese and hazelnut to start. For mains, select from either fish of the day served with crushed potato, asparagus and lobster sauce, chicken breast supreme with mashed potato, green beans and Périgueux sauce, or homemade gnocchi with endive and blue cheese sauce.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-5pm.
LPM Restaurant & Bar

Perfect for lunch meetings, especially if you’re craving some quintessential French cuisine, LPM Restaurant & Bar has an express lunch menu. The two-course menu priced at Dhs135 per person is designed for guests to be served within 60 minutes, making it the ideal location for an out-of-office meeting with clients.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-3pm.
The Maine Land Brasserie

For a chic and grand setting for a lunch meeting during the week, look no further than the Maine Land Brasserie in Business Bay. With Wagyu beef tataki and tuna tartare on the many for starters and shrimp linguini and roasted eggplant for mains, as well as a sticky toffee pudding for dessert, it’s a deal you can’t pass up. For Dhs130 you get one starter, one main, one dessert, water and coffee.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-4pm.
Roberto’s
For an Italian feast with a new on the menu each week Roberto’s is the place to go. It’s Dhs125 for a starter, main and dessert.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-3pm.
ROKA

Given that this new Business Bay eatery only launched just before the pandemic, you may have not had a chance to try out the new Japanese Robatayaki restaurant ROKA. Their business lunch deal is the perfect time to visit the new Downtown Dubai hotspot to try some of their signature dishes including the sake teriyaki and gyuhireniku wagyu. For Dhs115 you’ll get four starters and a main course.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-3pm.
Zuma
For a luxurious and chic lunch setting, Zuma is the place to go. It’s Dhs137 for soup, two starters and one main.
The business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday 12-2pm.
Cipriani

Enjoy a leisurely lunch out of the office at Cipriani in DIFC. For Dhs150 per person enjoy three courses which includes some of their fresh salads like the fennel and avocado with shaved Parmesan cheese; signature mains including their handmade Italian pastas or homemade potato gnocchi; and for dessert choose from some of their signatures including pistachio ice cream topped with rich chocolate sauce, candied nuts and cherries.
This business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday from 12pm-5pm.
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon

If you’ve been looking to try this new fine-dining French restaurant, which only opened at the end of 2020, then their business lunch deal for Dhs129 per person is the perfect time to do so.
This business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday from 11.30am-3.30pm.
Shanghai ME

This DIFC hotspot, which is one of Sheikh Mohammed’s favourites, has one of the best business lunches on offer where you get three courses for Dhs120.
This business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday from 12pm-2.30pm.
Kayto

Enjoy some delectable cuisine with Burj Al Arab views at Kayto in Jumeriah Al Naseem with their business lunch deal. Enjoy three courses for Dhs130 per person.
This business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday from 12.30pm to 3.30pm.
Samakje

Head to Samakje at The Pointe Palm Jumeriah for the ultimate business lunch deal for just Dhs95 which features fresh seafood, mezze including lobster kibbeh and fish tajin and delectable desserts including cheesecake and chocolate mousse pastilla.
This business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday from 12pm-3pm.
Tulum

If you happen to find yourself at Dubail Mall during the week, then pop in to Tulum to take advantage of their three-course business lunch deal. For Dhs199 per person enjoy an array of traditional Mexican dishes from starters, to mains to dessert.
This business lunch runs from Sunday-Thursday from 12pm-3pm.
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As the UAE’s cooler climate continues, now is the time to savour these next few months being able to sit outside with these gorgeous al-fresco hotspots with stunning views overlooking Dubai’s skyline.
ALSO READ: 7 chic outdoor restaurants to watch the sunset from in Dubai
Whether it’s a sunset dinner you’re looking for or a daytime brunch in the fresh air with fantastic views, these lofty perches with city views are just the ticket.
Cé La Vi

Taking rooftop dining to the highest level, while indulging in delicious Asian food, guests can enjoy a magnificent ambience with captivating views of Dubai. Ce La Vi offers an outdoor oasis with sweeping city views, right in front of the Burj Khalifa, located at Address Sky View Hotel in Downtown, they’re the masters of serving contemporary Asian cuisine straight to your plate.
Pure Sky Lounge

Situated on the 34th floor of Hilton Dubai The Walk, with stunning views of Dubai’s coastline and the iconic Palm Jumeriah, the lounge provides a choice for lounging with an impressing live entertainment setting while adding a few playful twists on classics and serving inventive concoctions.
Amazonico

Located in the heart of DIFC with jaw-dropping views of the city’s skyline, Amazónico is a luxury hotspot that’s a must-try. Open from 6pm until late, the rooftop is the perfect place for post-work sundowners, pre-dinner cocktails or leisurely al-fresco catch-ups.
Luna Sky Bar

With special blends and spectacular skyline views, this luminous rooftop lounge was designed by Adam Tihany, with elevated cocktails and international bites served on this expansive terrace. Located at the Four Seasons in DIFC, the structure is designed to evoke the symbolism of the falcon.
Treehouse

This urban rooftop overlooks the Burj Khalifa with an outdoor patio setting. From chilled tunes to Mediterranean-Asian fusion bites which are utterly irresistible, located at Taj Dubai, this lounge is definitely a must-visit.
Mercury Lounge

With Mediterranean vibes in the heart of the Middle East, this dynamic Dubai rooftop has one-of-a-kind views overlooking the Dubai skyline and the Burj Khalifa, with a glamourous rooftop and a relaxed atmosphere as you. Tune in to the vibes of the Cote D’Azur. Located at the Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach, this new concept is a must-try.
La Mezcaleria

This vibrant hotspot is located at the rooftop of the Oberoi Hotel in Business Bay. It’s the perfect place for weekend sundowners with friends and sweeping views of Downtown Dubai.
Atelier M

Encompassing various floors, this fabulous restaurant is an art-deco inspired lounge with evening entertainment and a rooftop terrace offering one of a kind views of Dubai Marina while offering a luxury dining experience and impeccable service. Located at Pier 7, the restaurant offers Mediterranean cuisine with a twist.
Folly by Nick & Scott

Along with the views of serene waters, the sensational menu delivered by chef duo Nick and Scott, tickles your tastebuds with its exquisite range of seasonal treats with enchanting views of the Burj Al Arab at Souq Madinat Jumeirah.
SoBe

This alfresco dining terrace has gorgeous sunset views with South Beach-style cuisine at W Dubai. From views of Dubai’s skyline to catch glimpses of roaming entertainment through live performances, the deco includes street style with a touch of modernity.
Asia Asia

The exotic, award-winning Pan-Asian fusion cuisine in a beautiful setting is inspired by the culinary delights of the Far East offering its unique atmosphere and style at an exotic destination. Located at Pier 7, the venue offers chic views overlooking the yachts.
Roka

Situated in The Opus Business Bay, a building designed by Zaha Hadid, Roka has brought its unique style of contemporary Japanese Robatayaki cuisine to Dubai and it’s an absolute must-try. Roka’s terrace has unbeatable views of the Burj Khalifa and the Downtown Dubai skyline.
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