DIFC evenings
DIFC after eight is the most grown-up part of Dubai: proper restaurants, art on the walls, and people who have been working all day and want the evening to be worth it. It suits me.
Where we might go
The restaurants around the Gate and Gate Avenue, the galleries on the boulevard when something is opening, and any of the quiet bars above the financial district for afterwards. A dinner here rarely needs more planning than a table.
After dinner
An opening, a walk through the boulevard, or nowhere at all. I do not treat the end of dinner as a schedule item.
Who this suits
People who live in the towers or work in them, and visitors staying nearby who would rather not spend the evening in a hotel lobby. Conversation in Arabic, French or English, whichever the table runs in.
Arranging an evening in DIFC
Write through the meeting request with a date. DIFC is easy — a few days of notice is usually enough.