The Review
Dabiz Muñoz is the Spanish chef behind Madrid's three-Michelin-starred DiverXO and the four-Michelin-star-chef title (he holds two stars elsewhere) that makes him, on most rankings, the most-starred chef under fifty. The Best Chef Awards named him the World's Best Chef for three consecutive years (2021, 2022, 2023). StreetXO is his international restaurant brand — Madrid, London, Miami, and now Dubai on Level 4 of One&Only One Za'abeel.
The room is a set-piece. Guests enter through a neon-painted tunnel and emerge into a space dominated by a pendant light from Filipino designer Kenneth Cobonpue depicting an acrobat carrying ceiling lamps. The bar is wrapped in lava lamps and labyrinthine metal pipes from which glasses and bottles hang. Graffiti walls. Skull-adorned crockery. Waitstaff in strait-jacket-inspired whites. It is, by design, the least quiet fine-dining room in the city — a high-octane theatrical experience that throws paint splashes over the entire concept of what a street-food restaurant can be.
The food matches the room. Muñoz's cooking is a globe-trot: a robata-grilled octopus taco (Taco de Pulpo, AED 75) arrives on butter-yellow morita mole with tree-tomato gazpacho and shaved Parmesan. The signature Lasagna Not Lasagna (AED 160) layers forty-five-day dry-aged beef with cardamom béchamel, spicy kimchi sauce and cherry tomatoes, topped with crisp wonton. Wonton kebab — deep-fried lamb wontons with corn ribs on mint-yogurt cream — is the dish most Madrid-faithful will recognise. Spice is fearless. Acidity is surgical. Techniques borrow from everywhere — Mexico, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Spain — and yet nothing tastes referential; it all tastes like Muñoz.
Expect the meal to cost AED 500–900 per person; the brunch (StreetXOland) is the city's most ambitious at AED 795 and above. The soundtrack will be loud. The lighting will be cinematic. You will remember it. StreetXO is currently recognised by the Michelin Guide Dubai and, given its chef's pedigree, is widely expected to earn a star in future editions.
Best for Birthday
StreetXO is the city's most visually loaded birthday restaurant — the theatre of the room, the boldness of the plates, the sheer decibel level of the evening make it the choice when you want an occasion that your guests will still be talking about in six months. Group dining is designed in: most dishes are built for the table, the sharing format suits eight to twelve as easily as two, and the private dining room (PDR) can be reserved for fourteen with an advance tasting menu arranged with the kitchen. For a deal-close that needs to land with emphasis, this is the unconventional pick that announces your taste sits outside the usual DIFC rotation.
Signature Dishes
The Taco de Pulpo — robata-grilled octopus over butter-yellow morita mole — is the opener every table should order. The Lasagna Not Lasagna is Muñoz's most-photographed dish in Dubai. The wonton kebab, a deep-fried lamb wonton with corn ribs and mint yogurt, is the carryover from the Madrid original and non-negotiable. The Pekinese Dumpling — pork, hoisin, spicy peanut sauce — is the gut-punch. For dessert, the lemon-chilli-basil sorbet arrives over shaved Japanese milk ice; it is the single cleanest palate-reset in the city.
What to Know Before You Go
StreetXO sits on Level 4 of One&Only One Za'abeel, accessed by a dedicated lift from the podium. Valet parking via the resort. Reservations are essential and should be made three to four weeks ahead; tables at 21:00 and later are typically last to release. Dress code is smart casual but Dubai-style — many guests arrive dressed for the occasion. The room can be loud; request a table away from the central bar if you want to talk. Children under twelve are not admitted. Book via Sevenrooms through the One&Only website.
Also in Dubai, explore La Dame de Pic Dubai, Amazónico Dubai, and Hakkasan Dubai. See the full Dubai city guide and all cities worldwide. For occasion-led recommendations, visit Birthday or read our editorial guides.