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Best Chinese Restaurants in Dubai 2026
Chinese · Dubai · 7 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026
Only one Chinese restaurant in Dubai holds a Michelin star, and it earns it from a dark, lattice-screened room inside Atlantis The Palm. Hakkasan led the way, but the city's Chinese scene is bigger than a single accolade: a row of glamorous, high-design rooms doing Cantonese, Beijing duck and 1920s Shanghai theatre, several of them run by chefs with three-star pedigrees elsewhere. This is Chinese cooking as Dubai does it, polished, expensive and built for an occasion, with the dim sum trolley and the lacquered duck doing the heavy lifting. Seven rooms, ranked on the cooking, the room and what they cost, from the only starred kitchen to the dim sum hall with the best view in the city.
1.Hakkasan Dubai
The only Michelin-starred Chinese room in Dubai; book for faultless modern Cantonese in the city's most glamorous Chinese dining room.
Hakkasan at Atlantis The Palm is the only Chinese restaurant in Dubai with a Michelin star, awarded in the 2025 guide, and it is the safe answer for the best in the city. The cooking is modern Cantonese done to a high standard: a dim sum platter that justifies a lunch on its own, the silver cod, the crispy duck salad, all delivered in a low-lit room of dark wood and carved lattice screens that set the template for glamorous Chinese dining worldwide. At around AED 700 a head it is the priciest on this list and the most polished. For a special-occasion Chinese dinner with a star behind it, this is the booking. Reserve online a week or two ahead.
Reserve online; the dim sum platter, the silver cod and the crispy duck salad.
2.Hutong
The DIFC drama room: tableside Peking duck and fiery Sichuan sea bass; book for the most theatrical Chinese dinner in the city.
Hutong, the Dubai outpost of the Hong Kong group, brings Northern Chinese cooking to DIFC with a sense of theatre the other rooms cannot match. The Peking duck is carved tableside with ceremony, the Sichuan sea bass arrives under a mound of dried red chilies, and the dumplings and dim sum hold up against any in the city. The room is dark and dramatic, built for a deal dinner or a group that wants a show with the food. At around AED 350 it is also better value than its polish suggests, which is why it is a perennial DIFC favourite. Book online a week ahead and pre-order the duck.
Reserve online; the tableside Peking duck and the chili-blanketed sea bass.
3.Mott 32
Hong Kong's Mott 32 high in the Address Beach Resort tower; book the 48-hour apple-wood duck and a window for the coastline.
Mott 32 carried its Hong Kong reputation to a high floor of the Address Beach Resort tower, with the coastline and the Palm laid out below the glass. The signature is the 48-hour apple-wood-roasted Peking duck, which must be pre-ordered when you book, alongside refined Cantonese cooking and the soft-shell-crab and barbecue dishes that made the brand. The room is a moody, design-led space that plays as well for a date as a deal, and the elevation gives it a sense of occasion the ground-floor rooms lack. Around AED 500 a head. Book online a week or two ahead, and order the duck with the reservation.
Reserve online; the 48-hour apple-wood Peking duck, pre-ordered, with a window table.
4.Demon Duck by Alvin Leung
Alvin Leung's playful three-star pedigree at Banyan Tree; book for 14-day aged duck and Lobster Gao you will not find elsewhere.
Demon Duck is the Dubai project of Alvin Leung, the self-styled Demon Chef whose Bo Innovation in Hong Kong held three Michelin stars, and it brings his irreverent, boundary-pushing Chinese cooking to the Banyan Tree on Bluewaters. The signature duck is aged for fourteen days for a deeper, gamier flavour than the classic version, and the menu runs to playful inventions like the Lobster Gao, a luxe take on the dumpling, with a Hong Kong-style speakeasy attached. It is the most chef-driven Chinese room in the city, less about tradition than about one cook's imagination. Around AED 450 to 500. Book online a week ahead.
Reserve online; the 14-day aged duck and the Lobster Gao, then the speakeasy.
5.Maiden Shanghai
Chef Luo Bing cooks four Chinese regions with no MSG at FIVE Palm; book for a ballroom-scale banquet over the Palm.
Maiden Shanghai conjures 1920s Shanghai at ballroom scale inside FIVE Palm Jumeirah, where chef Luo Bing cooks across four Chinese regional traditions, Cantonese, Sichuan, Beijing and Shanghainese, with a stated no-MSG kitchen and serious technique. The Peking duck is a highlight, the dim sum is handmade, and the vast, lantern-strung room overlooking the Palm is built for a celebration or a large table. At around AED 400 it sits in the middle of the pack on price and rewards a group that wants range across one long, generous menu. The setting leans glamorous and loud rather than intimate. Book online a week ahead, larger tables earlier.
Reserve online; the Peking duck and a spread across the four regional menus.
6.Shanghai Me
A 1920s Shanghai fantasy in DIFC with a speakeasy upstairs; book for a glamorous Chinese night out over dinner and drinks.
Shanghai Me is the Gatsby-era Shanghai fantasy in DIFC, all silk banquettes, hand-painted wallpaper and a speakeasy upstairs that hums late into the night. The cooking spans pan-Chinese and Asian classics, dim sum, wok dishes and a respectable Peking duck, but the draw here is atmosphere as much as the plate: this is a room for a stylish night out rather than a purist's dinner. At around AED 400 it delivers the glamour DIFC expects, and the bar makes it a destination in its own right. For a date that runs from dinner into drinks, it is the booking. Reserve online a week ahead, later for the bar.
Reserve online; the duck and the dim sum, then upstairs to the speakeasy.
7.Zheng He's
The Madinat Jumeirah grande dame with the Burj Al Arab in view; book the terrace at sunset for dim sum with the best Chinese view in Dubai.
Zheng He's is the Chinese grande dame of Madinat Jumeirah, at Mina A'Salam, where the waterways and the Burj Al Arab lit against the night give it the most postcard-perfect setting of any Chinese room in the city. The kitchen does classic Cantonese: dim sum made to order, roast meats, a solid Peking duck, served by staff in silk amid glass cabinets and a ceremonial gong. The cooking is reliable rather than cutting-edge, but the terrace at sunset, with the dim sum arriving and the Burj across the water, is a genuinely romantic Dubai experience. Around AED 395 to 650 depending on the menu. Book online and ask for a waterside table.
Reserve online; the made-to-order dim sum on the terrace, with the Burj in view.
How Dubai does Chinese
Chinese dining in Dubai is almost entirely an upscale, hotel-and-tower affair. Where New York's Chinese scene runs from two-dollar dumplings to tableside duck, Dubai's best Chinese rooms are glamorous, design-led restaurants inside resorts and DIFC towers, several of them international imports from Hong Kong and several run by, or named for, chefs with serious pedigrees. Hakkasan set the template two decades ago and remains the only starred Chinese room in the city; the others compete on Peking duck, dim sum and atmosphere. The trade-off is price: even a casual dim sum lunch here is a smarter, costlier affair than its Chinatown equivalent, and the room is always part of what you are paying for.
Practically: most rooms want a reservation and a smart dress, the Peking ducks are limited and worth pre-ordering, and dim sum lunches are the cheaper way to sample a kitchen. For the global picture, see the best Chinese restaurants worldwide pillar; for a city where Chinese cooking runs the full price range, compare the best Chinese in New York; and for the rest of the city, the full Dubai dining guide.
Where not to book
Skip these for serious Chinese
The all-you-can-eat hotel "Asian" buffets that fold a Chinese station into a global spread. Several mid-market resorts sell a Friday brunch with a token wok corner, which is fun but not a Chinese meal. For real cooking at a similar price, book the dim sum lunch at Hutong or Maiden Shanghai instead.
Hakkasan if you want value or a quiet table. It is the best Chinese room in Dubai and the most expensive, and the room runs glamorous and loud rather than intimate. For the cooking without the spend, Hutong delivers tableside duck for roughly half the bill.
Frequently asked
What is the best Chinese restaurant in Dubai?
Hakkasan at Atlantis The Palm is the only Chinese restaurant in Dubai with a Michelin star, awarded in the 2025 guide, and it is the safe answer for the best overall: refined modern Cantonese, faultless dim sum and a dark, glamorous room. For something more theatrical, Hutong in DIFC does Northern Chinese cooking and tableside Peking duck with real flair. The right pick depends on whether you want the starred polish of Hakkasan or the drama of Hutong and Mott 32.
Does Dubai have a Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant?
Yes, one. Hakkasan at Atlantis The Palm holds a single Michelin star in the 2025 Michelin Guide Dubai, the only Chinese restaurant in the city to do so. The kitchen serves modern Cantonese cooking, with the silver cod and the dim sum platter among the signatures, in a low-lit, lattice-screened room that is among the most atmospheric in Dubai. Expect to spend around AED 700 a head before drinks for the full experience.
Where is the best Peking duck in Dubai?
Several rooms compete for it. Hutong in DIFC carves its Peking duck tableside with real ceremony; Mott 32 serves a 48-hour apple-wood-roasted duck that must be pre-ordered; and Demon Duck, Alvin Leung's restaurant at Banyan Tree, ages its bird for 14 days for a more intense, gamier result. For the classic version, Hutong or Mott 32; for the chef-driven, modern take, Demon Duck. All three are worth ordering the duck when you book, as numbers are limited.
How much does Chinese fine dining cost in Dubai?
Dubai's upscale Chinese rooms run from around AED 350 to AED 700 a head before drinks. Hutong and the Shanghai-themed rooms sit near AED 350 to 400; Mott 32 and Demon Duck around AED 450 to 500; and Hakkasan, the Michelin-starred option, around AED 700 for the full experience. Peking duck, lobster and premium seafood push the bill higher, and alcohol adds significantly given the city's licensing. Dim sum lunches are a cheaper way in.
Which Dubai Chinese restaurant has the best view?
Zheng He's at Mina A'Salam in Madinat Jumeirah looks across the waterways to the Burj Al Arab lit against the night, the most postcard-perfect Chinese setting in the city. Mott 32 sits high in the Address Beach Resort tower with the coastline below, and Hakkasan and Maiden Shanghai both overlook the Palm. For a romantic Chinese dinner with a landmark in view, Zheng He's terrace is the booking, ideally at sunset with the dim sum to start.
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