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Bars

Double Decker
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MAP C6 • Roda Al Murooj
Hotel, Financial Centre Rd • 04 321
1111 • Open12pm–3am
A lively pub with decor themed after
the famous London red Routemaster
buses. The programme of music and
other events keeps things busy.
Alta Badia Bar
2 Colonial-style interior at Long’s Bar
MAP D6 • Emirates Towers Hotel
Long’s Bar
• 04 319 8771 • Open 6pm–3am 7
• www.jumeirah.com MAP D5 • Towers Rotana Hotel
This sophisticated bar has unbeatable • 04 312 2202 • Open 12pm–3am
views and a good range of cocktails. • www.rotana.com
This colonial-style bar, with its small
Cin Cin’s
3 dance floor, claims to have the
MAP E5 • Fairmont Hotel
longest bar in the whole of the UAE.
• 04 311 8316 • Open 7pm–2am
Vault
• www.fairmont.com 8
This chic champagne bar has a great MAP B6 • Business Bay • 04
snack menu with freshly-shucked 414 3000 • Open 5pm–3am • www.
oysters and Wagyu beefburgers. jwmarriottmarquisdubailife.com
Vault is one of the world’s highest
The Balcony Bar
4 bars, on the 72nd floor of the
JW Marriott Marquis hotel.
MAP C5 • Shangri-
La Hotel • 04 405 2703 Svelte decor and the
• Open 9am–3am upmarket ambience
An ideal place are complemented
to unwind, this by sweeping views
swanky restaurant through 360° windows.
overlooks the
Fibber McGees
hotel’s chic lobby. 9
Enjoy an array of MAP D5 • Off
drinks while soaking up Sheikh Zayed Rd • 04 332
the ambience. A dish on the 2400 • Open 8am–2am
menu at Vault • www.fibbersdubai.com.
Asia Asia
5 is tricky to find (check directions on
Dubai’s best traditional pub
MAP B2 • Pier 7, Dubai Marina
• 04 276 5900 • Open 4pm–1am Sat– the website) but worth the effort.
Wed, 4pm–2am Thu & Fri • www.asia- The homely interior transports you
asia.com straight to Ireland, as do the draught
An urbane dining destination, this Kilkenny and Guinness. There’s good
restaurant serves pan-Asian cuisine food, too, plus regular live music.
inspired by exotic places such as
Zinc
Thailand, Shanghai, and Kyoto. 0
MAP E5 • Crowne Plaza Hotel
Blue Bar
6 • 04 331 1111 • Open 10pm–3am
• www.crowneplaza.com
MAP E5 • Novotel Hotel,
behind World Trade Centre • 04 332 Always packed, this popular bar and
0000 • Open 12pm–2am club has an ever-changing line-up of
A low-key relaxed bar where you can live music and local DJs playing a
chill to the tunes of the resident band. variety of music genres.
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Date 24th June 2015
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