Restaurant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Michelin-starred French with serious wine depth.
La Dame de Pic Dubai holds a 2025 Michelin star and five Star Wine List awards, making it the clearest choice in Dubai for Modern French fine dining paired with a serious cellar. At the $$$$ tier on the 25th floor of One&Only One Za'abeel, it rewards those who book well in advance — minimum three to four weeks out — and visit during the October-to-March seasonal window when the kitchen is at its fullest range.
Book La Dame de Pic Dubai if you want a Michelin-starred French kitchen with serious wine credentials on one of Dubai's more commanding dining floors. At the $$$$ price tier, this is a considered spend — but the 2025 Michelin star and a run of five consecutive Star Wine List awards confirm you are paying for a kitchen and cellar that deliver at that level. First-timers should plan around the seasonal menu rotation: what you eat here is shaped by the calendar, and arriving without a reservation — or without checking what the current menu cycle offers , is a mistake. Book hard and book early.
La Dame de Pic Dubai sits on the 25th floor of One&Only; One Za'abeel, and the room earns its setting. The atmosphere is composed rather than loud: expect a formal-leaning dining room where the energy stays measured through service, the kind of space where conversation carries without strain during early evening sittings. Later in the evening the room fills and the ambient noise rises, but this is not a venue that tips into the kind of noise levels that make a tasting menu feel like a test of concentration. For a first visit, an early dinner booking is the better call , you get the full experience of the light and the view, and service tends to be at its most attentive when the room is not at capacity.
Chef Cyle Heaney leads the kitchen, working within the Anne-Sophie Pic culinary framework: Modern French technique applied with precision, a house style that favours aromatic complexity and layered flavour construction over simple richness. The seasonal rotation matters here more than at many Dubai fine-dining venues. The menu does not freeze in place , what you order in the cooler months (October through March, when Dubai's climate makes the full range of French seasonal produce easier to work with) is meaningfully different from a summer visit. For first-timers, the October-to-March window is when the kitchen is working with the widest palette and the seasonal logic of the menu is most coherent.
The wine program is a genuine differentiator. Five Star Wine List awards in 2025 alone is not a marketing claim , it is a signal that the cellar has been curated by people who know the category. If wine is part of why you are spending at this level, La Dame de Pic Dubai justifies the visit more strongly than most $$$$ options in the city. Pair the seasonal menu with a sommelier-led pairing and you get the full argument for why this restaurant exists at this price point.
For comparison: if you are weighing this against FZN by Björn Frantzén or Trèsind Studio at the leading of Dubai's fine-dining tier, the decision comes down to cuisine preference. Trèsind Studio is the destination for modern Indian at the highest level; FZN is a different kind of European ambition. La Dame de Pic is the clearest choice if the French culinary tradition , and a wine list to match , is what you are after. If the rooftop-view format appeals but you want something slightly less formal, Row on 45 is worth considering. For a creative tasting menu experience with a different kitchen philosophy, moonrise and 11 Woodfire sit at a lower price tier and offer distinct value propositions.
Google ratings sit at 4.7 across 107 reviews at time of writing , a meaningful signal at this price tier, where dissatisfied guests rarely stay quiet.
Booking difficulty is rated Hard. Demand for Michelin-starred dining in Dubai at the $$$$ level is consistent, and the combination of the One&Only; property, the 25th-floor setting, and the 2025 star means this table does not sit empty. Plan a minimum of three to four weeks in advance for a standard dinner reservation; for weekend evenings or any date tied to a public holiday or major event in the Dubai calendar, push that to six weeks or more. If your trip is fixed, book before you arrive. Walk-in availability is not a realistic fallback at this level.
There is no phone or website listed in our current data record , contact the venue directly through One&Only; One Za'abeel's central reservations to confirm availability and current menu details before booking.
Quick reference: Michelin 1 Star (2025) | Star Wine List #1–5 (2025) | 25th floor, One&Only; One Za'abeel | $$$$ | Google 4.7 (107 reviews) | Booking: 3–6 weeks out minimum.
The restaurant is on the 25th floor of One&Only; One Za'abeel, located in Za'abeel, Dubai. Dress expectations at a Michelin-starred hotel restaurant of this type in Dubai will be smart , smart casual at a minimum, and for a tasting menu occasion, formal or business attire is the safer call. Hours and seat count are not confirmed in our current data; verify both when booking. For guests staying elsewhere in Dubai, Za'abeel is accessible by taxi or rideshare without difficulty. If you are planning a broader Dubai dining trip, our full Dubai restaurants guide covers the full range of options across all tiers and cuisines. You can also explore Dubai hotels, bars, wineries, and experiences through Pearl.
If you are travelling beyond Dubai, Erth in Abu Dhabi is worth a look for a different style of regional fine dining. For Modern French at a comparable level internationally, Pearl covers venues including Sketch, The Lecture Room and Library in London, Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal, Schanz in Piesport, Coeur D'Artichaut in Münster, Colonnade in Lucerne, La Table du Lausanne Palace, and La Table du Valrose in Rougemont.
Yes, at the $$$$ tier, if Modern French cuisine and a serious wine program are what you are paying for. The 2025 Michelin star and five Star Wine List awards are the clearest external confirmation that the kitchen and cellar perform at this level. If you are primarily after a view or a luxury-hotel dining experience and cuisine is secondary, there are $$$$ alternatives in Dubai that might suit you better. But for French technique paired with genuine sommelier-led wine service, the price holds up.
The tasting menu is the right format here. The kitchen operates within the Anne-Sophie Pic framework, which is built around multi-course progression and aromatic layering , ordering à la carte if that option exists misses the point of what the restaurant does leading. Add the wine pairing: with five Star Wine List recognitions in 2025, the sommelier team is equipped to make the pairing a meaningful part of the experience, not just a formality.
Specific current dishes are not confirmed in our data, and the menu rotates seasonally , so the honest answer is to ask when you book what the current menu cycle features. What we can say: visit between October and March for the broadest seasonal range. The wine pairing is worth adding given the cellar credentials. Confirm current menu details directly with the restaurant when you make your reservation.
It is one of the stronger choices in Dubai for a formal special occasion. The Michelin star, the 25th-floor setting at One&Only; One Za'abeel, and the measured, formal-leaning atmosphere all work in its favour for milestone dinners, anniversaries, or corporate dining where the venue needs to make an impression. For a more relaxed celebration, 11 Woodfire at the $$$ tier gives you a more informal energy at a lower spend.
Solo dining at a $$$$ Michelin-starred restaurant in a hotel setting is always a particular kind of experience , it works leading if the tasting menu format appeals to you on its own terms. The atmosphere here is composed and formal rather than convivial, which means solo dining does not feel awkward, but it also does not have the counter-energy you get at venues built around solo interaction. If you want a solo fine-dining experience with more visual engagement, a counter-format venue like Trèsind Studio might suit you better.
Group bookings at a $$$$ Michelin-starred venue on a hotel property are generally possible, but seat count and private dining availability are not confirmed in our current data. Contact One&Only; One Za'abeel's reservations team directly to discuss group size, private room options, and any minimum spend requirements. For groups where not everyone wants the full tasting menu commitment, confirm flexibility on format at the time of booking.
Fine-dining kitchens at Michelin level are accustomed to adapting menus for dietary restrictions, and the Anne-Sophie Pic restaurant group has a track record of doing this across its properties. That said, specific accommodation details are not in our current data record. Disclose all dietary requirements clearly when you make your reservation , not on the day , to give the kitchen time to adapt the seasonal menu appropriately.
At the same $$$$ tier with comparable ambition: Avatara Restaurant for plant-based Indian fine dining, and At.Mosphere Burj Khalifa if the height-and-view format is what you are prioritising (though the cuisine case there is less compelling than La Dame de Pic). At the $$$ tier, 11 Woodfire is the value-for-quality argument in Dubai's fine-dining tier. For something creative at a high level, moonrise and Row on 45 offer distinct alternatives.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Dame de Pic Dubai | Modern French | $$$$ | La Dame de Pic Dubai serves elevated French fare in an elegant setting on the 25th floor of One&Only One Za’abeel.; La Dame De Pic Dubai is a restaurant venue.without_translation_and hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was published on Star Wine List on November 13, 2024 and is a White Star.; Star Wine List #5 (2025); Star Wine List #4 (2025); Star Wine List #3 (2025); Star Wine List #2 (2025); Star Wine List #1 (2025); Michelin 1 Star (2025); Michelin 1 Star (2024) | Hard | — |
| 11 Woodfire | Modern Cuisine | $$$ | Michelin 1 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Avatara Restaurant | Indian | $$$$ | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Al Mahara | Seafood | $$$$ | World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Zuma | Japanese - Asian, Japanese, Japanese Contemporary | $$$ | World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| At.Mosphere Burj Khalifa | Modern European | $$$$ | Unknown | — |
Side-by-side comparison to help you decide where to book.
Groups of 4-6 are manageable, but this is a composed, hotel fine-dining room on the 25th floor of One&Only; One Za'abeel, not a space built for large parties. For groups of 8 or more, check the venue's official channels to ask about private dining options. At the $$$$ price point, coordinating a shared tasting menu format is the practical way to make a group booking work here.
Specific menu items are not confirmed in available data, so ordering advice here would be speculation. What is documented: this is a Michelin 1 Star (2025) Modern French kitchen with a wine program that earned five consecutive Star Wine List rankings in 2025. A tasting menu with the wine pairing is the format this restaurant is built around, and skipping the wine list here would mean missing a documented strength.
Solo dining at a $$$$ Michelin-starred hotel restaurant is viable but format-dependent. If the kitchen runs a counter or bar-seat option, solo is comfortable; if the room is table-only, a single diner may feel the scale of the space. The composed, quieter atmosphere described for this room suits solo diners better than a high-energy Dubai restaurant would. Book a seat explicitly and confirm the solo arrangement when reserving.
Yes, this is one of the stronger cases for booking. Michelin 1 Star accreditation (2025), a 25th-floor setting inside One&Only; One Za'abeel, and a wine program ranked five times by Star Wine List in 2025 give the occasion genuine credentials rather than just a high price tag. At the $$$$ price range, it competes directly with Al Mahara and At.Mosphere for celebration dining, and the French kitchen format is more focused than either.
At $$$$ with a Michelin star and one of Dubai's more documented wine programs, the price is justified if Modern French tasting-menu dining is your format. If you want an à la carte-friendly or more casual high-spend meal, Zuma or 11 Woodfire give better flexibility at a lower price point. The value argument here rests on the wine list depth and the Michelin-accredited kitchen, not the view alone.
For special-occasion fine dining with a view, At.Mosphere Burj Khalifa is the direct competitor on spectacle. Al Mahara offers a comparable $$$$ hotel fine-dining experience with a different seafood focus. For something more ingredient-driven and lower-key, 11 Woodfire or Avatara Restaurant (vegetarian tasting menu) represent distinct but serious alternatives. Zuma is the right call if you want a high-energy format over a composed dining room.
Given the Michelin 1 Star (2025) and a wine program that placed in Star Wine List's top rankings five times in 2025, the tasting menu with wine pairing is the format that makes the $$$$ price defensible. Without the pairing, you are paying for a kitchen that has earned its accreditation but leaving its most documented strength on the table. Specific pricing is not confirmed in available data, so verify the current menu cost when booking.
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