Dubai Hills Mall Dining Guide

The Best Restaurants in Dubai Hills Mall

Dubai Hills Mall is the dining room for the Dubai Hills Estate neighbourhood, and that is the right frame for its food: 27 restaurants built for families, catch-ups and a reliable weeknight meal. Most of it is capable chain dining, and a couple of spots are genuinely worth a trip.

15 spots·Updated October 2026·7 min read

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We rated the restaurant floor A to C against the thing that matters, how good the food is for what you pay, with no paid placements. There is no S here, because a neighbourhood mall tops out at a strong A, and the real destination tables sit outside the mall in the wider Dubai Hills area (more on those below).

The roster was checked against Emaar's own live directory, so every spot here is actually open. As cravd testers rate these in the app, their honest tiers show up here too.

The short answer

The top picks right now: Eataly, Vietnamese Foodies and Iran Zamin. Below is the full honest ranking, A to C, drawn from real diner reviews.

restaurants in the mall

Michelin stars inside

worth a trip on their own

floors of dining

The rating system

How the tiers stack up

Excellent

A confident recommendation.

EatalyVietnamese FoodiesIran ZaminPincode by Kunal KapurSushi Library

Good

You’d happily go back.

BEBABELRoadster DinerBosporusNew ShanghaiCatch 22Rosa's ThaiKASIBEYAZ

Fine

It’s fine. It exists.

Jamie's ItalianShake ShackFive Guys

There is no S here on purpose. A neighbourhood mall is built for convenience, so its ceiling is a strong A, the spots genuinely worth a trip. A C is capable food where the draw is a familiar chain name or sheer convenience, and the value is thin. There is no D, because nothing on this list is worse than a decent meal.

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The picks, ranked

A · Excellent
Eataly
Ground Floor
The mall's one true destination: a sprawling Italian marketplace with a cheese room, in-house fresh pasta and an outdoor terrace. You come here on purpose, as an evening out in its own right.
The destination ItalianSplurge
A · Excellent
Vietnamese Foodies
Ground Floor
A homegrown Dubai brand that built its name on bright, fresh, properly seasoned Vietnamese: pho, banh mi, summer rolls. The rare mall tenant people actively seek out.
Fresh homegrown VietnameseValue
A · Excellent
Iran Zamin
First Floor
A grand, established Persian name doing charcoal kebabs, saffron rice and stews in a genuinely beautiful room. The most special a sit-down meal gets on this floor.
Persian, done properlyMid
A · Excellent
Pincode by Kunal Kapur
First Floor
Modern Indian from the MasterChef India judge, playing with regional dishes and a bit of theatre. Chef-led cooking with real intent, a notch above the usual mall Indian.
Chef-led modern IndianMid
A · Excellent
Sushi Library
Ground Floor
The serious sushi option in the mall, with a proper counter and quality fish. If you want Japanese here and care about the rice, this is the sushi to choose.
The better sushi counterMid
B · Good
BEBABEL
First Floor
Modern Lebanese with a lively room, generous mezze and a solid grill. A dependable group dinner that does the Levantine basics well without reinventing them.
Lively Lebanese for a groupMid
B · Good
Roadster Diner
Ground Floor
The Lebanese-American diner that regional families trust: burgers, comfort plates, big portions, consistent. A safe, satisfying table on a busy family night.
Reliable family comfort foodMid
B · Good
Bosporus
First Floor
An established Turkish brand doing pide, grills and a proper breakfast spread. Comfortable and consistent, the kind of Turkish you are glad is in your local mall.
Turkish all-rounderMid
B · Good
New Shanghai
Ground Floor
Shanghainese dumplings and noodles with more care than the mall-Chinese average. Order the xiao long bao and you will do better here than at most food-court Chinese.
Dumplings and ShanghaineseMid
B · Good
Catch 22
First Floor
A British gastro spot leaning on fish and chips, burgers and a casual all-day menu. Perfectly pleasant, rarely a reason on its own to visit.
British comfort and fish and chipsMid
B · Good
Rosa's Thai
First Floor
The UK Thai import doing accessible, crowd-friendly curries and pad thai. Dependable and mild, a tidy choice when the table wants Thai without surprises.
Easygoing ThaiMid
B · Good
KASIBEYAZ
First Floor
A Turkish meat house built around kebabs and grills, strongest when you stick to the charcoal. A good shout for a carnivore dinner, priced a touch above what it delivers.
Turkish grills and kebabsMid
C · Fine
Jamie's Italian
Ground Floor
With a genuine Italian marketplace a few steps away in Eataly, the sit-down bill here is hard to justify. Perfectly fine in a pinch, and priced like more than you get.
Familiar Italian, if Eataly is fullMid
C · Fine
Shake Shack
First Floor
A genuinely good fast-food burger, and exactly the same one in a dozen other malls. Lands here on value: you are paying a premium for a burger you can get anywhere in the city.
A dependable premium burgerMid
C · Fine
Five Guys
Ground Floor
Big, messy, make-your-own American burgers and a mountain of fries. Satisfying, consistent, and a pure mall default. Value is the only reason it sits here.
Loaded American burgersMid

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A neighbourhood mall tops out at a strong A, and that is a fair ceiling.

What it’ll cost

The price ladder

Value

Won’t break the bank

Vietnamese Foodies

Mid

A treat, not a splurge

Iran Zamin
Pincode by Kunal Kapur
Sushi Library
BEBABEL
Roadster Diner
Bosporus
New Shanghai
Catch 22
Rosa's Thai
KASIBEYAZ
Jamie's Italian
Shake Shack
Five Guys

Splurge

Special-occasion money

Eataly

Across Dubai

Where they are

Ground Floor

EatalyDirections →
Vietnamese FoodiesDirections →
Sushi LibraryDirections →
Roadster DinerDirections →
New ShanghaiDirections →
Jamie's ItalianDirections →
Five GuysDirections →

First Floor

Iran ZaminDirections →
Pincode by Kunal KapurDirections →
BEBABELDirections →
BosporusDirections →
Catch 22Directions →
Rosa's ThaiDirections →
KASIBEYAZDirections →
Shake ShackDirections →

The two spots actually worth a trip

If you are making the trip to Dubai Hills Mall for the food, two names justify it. Eataly on the ground floor is the real destination: an Italian marketplace with a cheese room, fresh pasta made in-house and a terrace, built to spend an evening in. It is the one place here that holds its own against standalone restaurants across the city.

The other is Vietnamese Foodies, a homegrown Dubai brand that earned its following on freshness and seasoning. The pho and banh mi are bright and properly made, the prices are gentle, and it is the rare food-court-adjacent spot people actively seek out. Between them, Eataly is the occasion and Vietnamese Foodies is the easy, honest everyday win.

Best everyday dining on each floor

The ground floor skews to the bigger rooms and the destination names: Eataly, Vietnamese Foodies, Sushi Library, New Shanghai, Roadster Diner and the American burger chains. It is the floor to aim for a proper sit-down meal.

The first floor is the broad everyday spread, with Iran Zamin and Pincode as its standouts, plus BEBABEL, Bosporus, KASIBEYAZ, Catch 22 and Rosa's Thai covering Levantine, Turkish, British and Thai. For a reliable weeknight dinner near the cinema, this is where you browse.

The chains that are fine, and priced like more

A big share of the mall is competent chain dining: Shake Shack, Five Guys, Chipotle, Wagamama, Jamie's Italian. None of it is bad. The point is that these are the same meals you can get in any Dubai mall, at mall-premium prices, so they earn their place as a convenience and little more.

Jamie's Italian is the clearest example. With a genuine Italian marketplace a few steps away in Eataly, the sit-down bill is hard to argue for. We rank these on value, which is why familiar favourites land at C while the food stays perfectly decent. The same logic runs through our best burger in Dubai and best pizza in Dubai guides.

For a real destination meal, leave the mall

Dubai Hills has genuinely excellent dining; it just sits outside the mall. A short drive away, Avatara is a Michelin-starred Indian vegetarian tasting menu, and DUO Gastrobar holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand. The Dubai Hills Golf Club adds more polished sit-down options with a view of the greens. We cover all of these in our Dubai Hills area guide.

So the plan is simple. Treat the mall as a reliable everyday eat-stop, lean on Eataly or Vietnamese Foodies when you want the best it offers, and save the special occasion for the destination tables nearby. For a wider view of the city's malls, see our Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates guides.

Head to head

Everyday in the mall vs a destination nearby

Inside the mall

A short drive away

Ceiling

Eataly, a strong A

Avatara, a Michelin star

Why you go

Convenience and family

A proper occasion

Price

Mall-everyday

Destination-priced

The verdict

Reliable eat-stop

Worth booking ahead

Eataly is the occasion. Vietnamese Foodies is the easy everyday win.

Frequently asked

What are the best restaurants in Dubai Hills Mall?

Eataly (the destination Italian marketplace) and Vietnamese Foodies (fresh homegrown Vietnamese) are the two genuine standouts. Iran Zamin for Persian, Pincode by Kunal Kapur for modern Indian, and Sushi Library for sushi round out the spots worth a sit-down meal.

Does Dubai Hills Mall have good restaurants?

Yes, for everyday dining. It is a family and neighbourhood mall with 27 restaurants, mostly reliable chains plus a couple of genuine standouts in Eataly and Vietnamese Foodies. For a special-occasion meal, the destination tables sit outside the mall in the wider Dubai Hills area.

Is there fine dining in Dubai Hills Mall?

Not inside the mall itself. The nearest fine dining in the Dubai Hills area is Avatara, a Michelin-starred Indian vegetarian tasting menu, and DUO Gastrobar, a Michelin Bib Gourmand, both a short drive away in the wider Dubai Hills area. See our Dubai Hills area guide for the full picture.

What restaurants are on the ground floor of Dubai Hills Mall?

The ground floor holds the bigger destination names: Eataly, Vietnamese Foodies, Sushi Library, New Shanghai, Roadster Diner, Jamie's Italian and Five Guys. It is the floor to head to for a proper sit-down meal.

Is Dubai Hills Mall good for families?

Very. It is designed as a family and community mall, with wide, easy choices like Roadster Diner, Shake Shack, Five Guys, Bosporus and Rosa's Thai, plus a cinema and attractions, so it suits groups and kids well.

Are these rankings sponsored?

No. Nobody paid to be on this list. The venues are verified against Emaar's official dine directory, the tiers are an honest editorial read until community tiers from real app users layer in, and no restaurant can buy a place.

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