Press Reviews

This tour takes you off the main tourist trail to meander through the city’s backstreets, interact with locals and sample conventional Middle Eastern flavours.

Locals such as Ahmed are working on giving Dubai more depth and interest – to show it’s not just about the superficiality and feats of engineering and construction, but that there is more soul and meaning to the city than it likes to portray.

Any foodie with a penchant for fresh fish would likely leap at a seafood lunch prepared by an old seadog in the even older (and glitter-free) neighbourhood of Al Ras.

The Attaché guide to Dubai, one of the most extraordinary cities on earth.

A natural and engaging guide who’s led the ‘Little India on a Plate’ tour a hundred times, Farida’s enthusiasm and humour make us feel like she’s exploring it with us for the first time.

This culinary exploration takes you off the city’s tourist trail and ventures into the back streets, winding alleys, and bustling local markets.

For a different taste of the UAE’s capital of glitz, follow a food tour into the old part of town, where everything from Yemeni to Ethiopian cuisine awaits

Learn how to cook four traditional dishes from Dubai thanks to an award-winning Emirati chef and while doing so, learn about traditional ingredients and the cultural history behind each of these dishes.

Thanks to local food tour company Frying Pan Adventures, it’s possible to taste Lebanese, Palestinian, Turkish and Persian cuisine in a three-km walking tour of this laid-back area north of the glitzy downtown.