Tabu Dubai is a 25+ Japanese restaurant, high on the 23rd floor of the St Regis Hotel featuring smoky, sultry sushi platters, generous cocktails and live performance art that extends to its guests. The restaurant features an unobstructed panoramic view of the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai skyline including tall sumo wrestler statues, a reservation-only private floor and a shisha lounge.

With tall ceilings, private rooms, and bold motifs, this new downtown Dubai restaurant is raising brows and filling seats with local Emirates and international visitors each time the bells toll and the dance begins.

Standout Drinks Discussed:

• Behind The Scenes: Johnnie Walker Black Label, elderflower cordial, pomegranate-blood orange syrup, yuzu tonic
• Geisha Lips (mocktail): Pineapple juice, raspberry, yuzu mix, raspberry syrup.

Standout Dishes Discussed:

• Edamame spicy and smoked
• Black pillow pita, Wagyu beef tartare, caviar, gold dust
• Signature Nigiri: Salmon; Hamachi
• ‘Black’ black cod, black miso-gomae sauce, quinoa, caviar
• Lava Chocolate Cake: Chocolate toban yaki, passion fruit ice cream, crumble.

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