Hot Fish

Bur Dubai


The sister restaurant of the fabled Bu Qtair sits on the corner of a lone gentrified block in working-class Karama, with plastic chairs and tables spread across the pavement beneath an awning. It serves the same simple food: prawns and fish marinated in red masala paste and then fried and served with coconut fish curry, rice and flaky paratha.

There's no menu (and certainly no booze); just opt for the catch of the day (usually sheri, pomfret or kingfish; avoid overfished hamour). Hot Fish is located behind the ADCB metro station.