Best Steakhouses in Dubai 2026: CUT, Carna, Hawksmoor

Published April 22, 2026 · Updated May 20, 2026

By Diego Marín · Contributing Editor, Americas · Visited March 2026

Steakhouse Dubai

The 16oz USDA Prime bone-in ribeye at CUT by Wolfgang Puck arrives blackened to char and runs AED 595 alone — the working benchmark for what a serious Dubai steakhouse costs in 2026. Eight rooms hold the line at that price point and above. The rest are hotel brasseries flying the steakhouse flag.

Dubai has more dry-ageing programmes per square kilometre than any city outside New York or London. The arrivals are recent: Hawksmoor opened at ICD Brookfield Place in mid-2023, Carna at SLS Dubai launched on the 74th floor in 2021, and CUT by Wolfgang Puck has held the city’s only steakhouse Michelin star since the inaugural 2022 guide. The result is a working luxury-steakhouse map that, on its top tier, reads at parity with the steak rooms of Manhattan or Mayfair.

Eight rooms below. Ranked by cooking, not by view: CUT leads because the kitchen is technically the best in the city, not because the dining room is the prettiest. Carna runs second because the dining room and the Cecchini provenance are the working signature, not the architecture. Hawksmoor sits third because its imported template translates without compromise. Prices in AED, excluding wine.

CUT by Wolfgang Puck

Contemporary steakhouse, 1 Michelin star · Address Downtown, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard · AED 500–1,400

Wolfgang Puck’s Dubai steakhouse opened at the Address Downtown in 2014 and earned the city’s first steakhouse Michelin star in the 2022 inaugural Dubai guide. The kitchen runs under chef David McIntyre on the Cut group template: USDA Prime, Australian Wagyu, Japanese A5 Miyazaki on a dual-aging programme (wet plus dry), the bone marrow flan as the working starter, the Big Eye tuna tartare with ginger as the seafood signature. Sixteen ounces of Prime bone-in ribeye costs AED 595; 200g of A5 Miyazaki sirloin runs AED 1,400.

Wolfgang Puck’s Address Downtown steakhouse with the only Michelin star in the category, the 16oz bone-in ribeye on test — book it.

Not for — a quiet, hushed dinner. The dining room runs lively, the bar feeds the room, and the Friday seating is at full volume by 21:00.

Reservations SevenRooms via the Address Hotels site; three to four weeks of lead time on weekends.

Dress Business smart; jacket suggested.

Carna by Dario Cecchini

Tuscan steakhouse · 74th floor, SLS Dubai, Business Bay · AED 480–1,100

Dario Cecchini — the eighth-generation Panzano butcher whose Antica Macelleria in Chianti is the most-cited butcher shop in modern food writing — partnered with the Ennismore-owned SLS Dubai to open Carna in 2021. The kitchen runs Cecchini’s nose-to-tail Tuscan programme on the 74th floor: the bistecca alla fiorentina from Chianina-cross cattle, the Panzano sausages, the Cecchini-signature burro del Chianti as a butter starter. The dining room view across the Burj Khalifa and the Downtown skyline is the strongest single panorama in any Dubai dining room.

Dario Cecchini’s 74th-floor Tuscan steakhouse, the bistecca alla fiorentina and the Burj view together — fly in for it once.

Not for — a non-meat-eater. The menu is built around the bistecca and the Cecchini butchery template; the vegetable sections are competent but plainly secondary.

Reservations SevenRooms or SLS concierge; six to eight weeks of lead time for a window seat at sunset.

Dress Business smart.

Hawksmoor Dubai

British steakhouse, dry-aged · ICD Brookfield Place, DIFC · AED 380–780

Will Beckett and Huw Gott opened the Dubai Hawksmoor at ICD Brookfield Place in DIFC in mid-2023, the first non-UK outpost after New York. The kitchen runs the London template — dry-aged British and Hereford-cross beef from the same Mey Selections supply chain (the Cornish-Aberdeen breeders), the bone-in prime rib roast at lunch, the rump cap by weight, the Sunday roast service. Service is the imported asset: the same Hawksmoor floor-staff training that runs the seven London rooms. The bar serves the same pre-Prohibition cocktail list developed in Spitalfields.

Beckett and Gott’s Dubai Hawksmoor in DIFC, the dry-aged Mey rump and the Sunday roast on test — pencil it in for closing a deal.

Not for — a diner who has already done Hawksmoor London. The Dubai outpost runs the template precisely; the meal you had in Spitalfields is the meal you will have here.

Reservations SevenRooms via the Hawksmoor site; three weeks of lead time on weekends, four for Sunday lunch.

Dress Business smart.

Prime68

American steakhouse, 68th floor · JW Marriott Marquis, Sheikh Zayed Road · AED 380–750

The Marriott’s Dubai steakhouse on the 68th floor of the JW Marriott Marquis, opened in 2014 and the longest-tenured serious steak room on the Sheikh Zayed Road axis. The kitchen runs a USDA Prime programme alongside an Australian Wagyu section; the working signatures are the dry-aged ribeye, the surf-and-turf platter, and the buttermilk-fried onion ring tower. Sixty-eight floors up; the view is panoramic but not as cinematic as Carna’s. The bar handles a steady business-traveller pre-dinner crowd.

The 68th-floor JW Marriott Marquis steakhouse, the dry-aged ribeye and the SZR skyline view — reserve weeks ahead for a closing-deal dinner.

Not for — a diner who has already had a Marriott steakhouse before. The format reads conventional; the view is the differentiator, not the kitchen.

Reservations Marriott concierge or OpenTable; two weeks of lead time on weekends.

Dress Business smart; jacket suggested.

Beefbar Dubai

Contemporary steakhouse, global cuts · The Galleria, Al Wasl Road, Jumeirah · AED 350–780

Riccardo Giraudi’s Beefbar group — founded in Monaco in 2005 and now running in fifteen countries — opened Beefbar Dubai at The Galleria on Al Wasl Road. The kitchen pulls from a global cut programme: Black Angus, Wagyu, Kobe certified A5, the signature Kobe beef bao, the truffle pizza, the Kobe slider. The room reads more contemporary than the imported steakhouse template: lower lighting, banquette seating, a bar programme that holds its own against the food. Lunch is the strongest single seating because the small-plate format and the natural light combine well.

Riccardo Giraudi’s Monaco-template steakhouse on Al Wasl, the Kobe bao and the truffle pizza on test — try it once for a Saturday lunch.

Not for — a traditional steak-and-bourbon dinner. The format leans small-plate and globalized; if you want a classic bone-in ribeye with a Bordeaux, choose CUT or Prime68.

Reservations SevenRooms; one to two weeks of lead time.

Dress Smart casual; closed shoes.

Seafire Steakhouse & Bar

Surf-and-turf, resort · Atlantis The Palm, Crescent Road · AED 350–680

The flagship steakhouse inside Atlantis The Palm, opened with the resort in 2008 and refurbished in 2021. The format is surf-and-turf: USDA Prime steaks on a wood-fired grill alongside a serious whole-fish programme and a daily lobster service. The room overlooks the Atlantis beach and the bay; the terrace tables are the working seat at sunset. Wine list pulls from the Atlantis cellar — the strongest hotel-restaurant wine cellar in the UAE.

The Atlantis surf-and-turf room, the wood-fired Prime ribeye and the lobster service together — book it for a resort-night anniversary.

Not for — a quick midweek dinner. The Palm Jumeirah location and the resort-pace service add forty minutes either side; book it as the evening, not as a stop.

Reservations Atlantis concierge or OpenTable; three weeks of lead time in resort high season (November through March).

Dress Smart resort.

STK Dubai

American steakhouse, contemporary · Address Downtown, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard · AED 350–650

The ICE Group’s American-template steakhouse, opened at the Address Downtown in 2018. The format is younger than the rest of this list: a DJ-coded dining room, a black-and-white aesthetic, a working raw bar alongside the grill. The kitchen runs USDA Prime, Australian Wagyu and the STK-signature Lil’ BRGs sliders. The room is louder than CUT or Prime68 and the cooking is competent rather than serious, but it serves a specific occasion: a thirty-something birthday dinner with bottle service.

The ICE Group’s Address Downtown American steakhouse, the Lil’ BRGs sliders and the DJ-coded room — try it once for a thirty-something birthday.

Not for — a quiet dinner or a serious wine evening. The format is loud-by-design; book CUT one floor up if the meal is the point.

Reservations SevenRooms or OpenTable; one to two weeks of lead time.

Dress Smart, fashion-forward.

Asado Dubai

Argentinian grill · The Palace Downtown Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard · AED 350–680

The Argentinian parrilla room at The Palace Downtown, looking across the lake to the Dubai Fountain and the Burj Khalifa. The kitchen runs a hardwood-fired grill on a strictly Argentinian template — the bife de chorizo, the ojo de bife with chimichurri, the wood-fired provolone as the starter, the Patagonian lamb shoulder. The terrace tables are the working seat for the Fountain show at 18:00 and 20:00. Wine list anchors on Mendoza Malbec.

The Palace Downtown’s Argentinian parrilla, the ojo de bife with chimichurri and the Fountain view together — worth the flight on a Friday.

Not for — a diner who reads beef strictly American-style. The Argentinian cuts and the chimichurri-led seasoning are the point; if you want USDA Prime, choose CUT or Prime68.

Reservations Address Hotels concierge or SevenRooms; two weeks of lead time for a terrace seat at Fountain showtime.

Dress Smart; closed shoes.

How Dubai eats steak in 2026

Three working notes on the Dubai steak map. First, the city is now an importing market for steakhouse intellectual property rather than a developing one. CUT, Carna, Hawksmoor and Beefbar are all imports of templates developed elsewhere; the strongest steakhouses in Dubai work because the parent brand maintains the same cooking standard across borders. The locally developed steakhouses (Prime68, Seafire, Asado) are reliable but not the cutting edge.

Second, the dry-aging programmes are real. CUT runs a dual-aging programme (wet then dry) on USDA Prime. Hawksmoor imports the same Mey Selections breed-and-age chain it uses in London; the dry-aged rump cap is the test cut. Carna runs the Panzano nose-to-tail butchery template, which is closer to a working butcher shop than a steakhouse. Beefbar runs an in-house aging cabinet visible from the dining room. The mid-tier rooms buy already-aged.

Third, the wine list determines whether the steakhouse passes a serious dinner. CUT, Carna, Hawksmoor and Seafire hold the four strongest wine programmes; Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa, Bordeaux and Tuscany works in every direction. Prime68 and STK lean Australian, which is fine for value but uneven for serious bottles. Asado is built around Argentine Malbec.

On the bill: service charge is 10 percent pre-included along with the 7 percent municipality fee and 5 percent VAT. A serious steak dinner with one bottle of wine for two people runs AED 1,800 to AED 3,500 at the top three. A 5 to 10 percent cash tip on the captain’s receipt is the convention.

What to skip

Three rooms appear regularly on Dubai steak lists that do not earn the table. Nusr-Et Steakhouse at the Four Seasons Resort runs on showmanship rather than cooking; the prices are international Salt Bae prices and the kitchen does not justify them. Rowley’s at the V Hotel is a serviceable hotel grill but reads as a steak room of last resort. Fogo de Chão Dubai is a competent churrascaria for a group; the format is all-you-can-eat rodízio, not a destination dinner.

One sequence note. If you have a single steak dinner in Dubai, book CUT. If two, contrast it with Carna for the Tuscan-template, view-led counterpoint — one American steakhouse, one Italian, two visibly different evenings on the plate and in the room.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Dubai steakhouse has a Michelin star?

CUT by Wolfgang Puck at the Address Downtown earned a Michelin star in the inaugural 2022 Dubai guide and has held it through the 2024 and 2025 editions. The kitchen runs under Wolfgang Puck’s Cut group template, with USDA Prime, Australian Wagyu and Japanese A5 Miyazaki on a dual-aging programme. It remains the only steakhouse in Dubai with a Michelin star as of the 2025 guide.

How much does a steak dinner in Dubai cost in 2026?

Plan on AED 500 to AED 1,200 per person at the top tier (CUT, Carna, Hawksmoor) including a starter, a steak, a side and one glass of wine. The signature 16oz USDA Prime bone-in ribeye at CUT is AED 595 alone; an A5 Miyazaki Wagyu sirloin runs AED 1,400 for 200g. Beefbar and STK sit at AED 400 to AED 700 per person. Prime68’s lunch set runs AED 175 for two courses.

What is the best Dubai steakhouse for a business dinner?

Hawksmoor Dubai at ICD Brookfield Place in DIFC is the cleanest choice for a deal-closing dinner. The London-template service, the dry-aged British and Hereford beef programme, and the financial-district siting all read business-coded. CUT by Wolfgang Puck at the Address Downtown is the runner-up; Prime68 on the 68th floor of the JW Marriott Marquis carries the room-as-statement card if the client values altitude.

Which Dubai steakhouse has the best view?

Carna by Dario Cecchini on the 74th floor of SLS Dubai in Business Bay carries the strongest single dining-room view in any Dubai steakhouse: an unbroken panorama across the Burj Khalifa, the Downtown skyline and the Business Bay creek. Prime68 on the 68th floor of the JW Marriott Marquis is the runner-up. At ground level, Seafire at Atlantis The Palm faces the resort’s beach and the Dubai skyline across the bay.

Are there any Dubai steakhouses for vegetarians or non-beef diners?

CUT by Wolfgang Puck carries a working vegetarian tasting alongside the steak menu and a serious seafood section led by the Maine lobster and the Big Eye tuna tartare. Hawksmoor offers a vegetarian Sunday roast plate and a strong seafood selection (the lobster and oysters are credible). Beefbar’s Riccardo Giraudi format is broader than beef. Asado is the most one-track of the eight: arrive hungry for grill.

How far in advance should I book a Dubai steakhouse?

Plan on three to four weeks of lead time for CUT, Carna, or Hawksmoor on a Friday or Saturday. Carna’s window seats book six to eight weeks out. The Beefbar lunch tables and the Seafire beach-side terrace fill two weeks ahead in resort high season (November through March). STK and Asado generally hold one to two weeks of inventory; midweek seats are bookable forty-eight hours out.

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