Maisan15 is an under-the-radar pick for deceptively decent seasonal food and locally roasted coffee. Open shelving, wooden pulley-systems and glass jars stuffed with ingredients round off an open kitchen where chefs concoct low-key culinary magic. A handful of tables nestle amid a curated collection of apparel and artwork, and the food is seasonally based with strong Middle Eastern influences.

Music is strictly vinyl, and a rooftop courtyard offers on-the-mark alfresco dining.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Dubai attractions

1. Dubai Butterfly Garden

1.9 MILES

Some 15,000 butterflies flutter around these beautifully styled indoor domed gardens. Visitors love to pose with them as they land on shoulders and…

2. Dubai Miracle Garden

2.06 MILES

Covering some 2000 sq metres and touted as the largest natural flower garden in the world, there’s a sense of Alice in Wonderland–esque surrealism when…

3. Meem Gallery

2.49 MILES

A co-venture by two Emirati business tycoons and British art dealer Charles Pocock, this blue-chip gallery is dedicated to presenting the masters of…

4. Al Barsha Pond Park

2.7 MILES

Al Barsha Pond Park is a welcome patch of greenery surrounding a pretty manmade lake where you can hire a kitsch swan boat for a paddle around the water…

5. Alserkal Avenue

3.64 MILES

Edgy contemporary art from the Middle East and beyond has found a home in Dubai thanks to the vision of Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal. The local developer…

6. Salsali Private Museum

3.68 MILES

Founded by prominent Iranian collector Ramin Salsali, SPM is the first private museum for contemporary Middle Eastern art in the region and has made it…

7. Lawrie Shabibi

3.7 MILES

Lawrie Shabibi has energised the local art scene since 2011 by promoting the works of innovative contemporary talent from the Middle East and North Africa…

8. 1x1 Gallery

3.71 MILES

With the energetic Malini Gulrajani at the helm, this gallery has brought some of the foremost names in India’s contemporary art scene to Dubai since 2009…