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Mashawi is the Levantine mixed grill that anchors a Dubai group dinner: lamb kofta, shish tawook and lamb cubes off the coals, landing with mezze and hot bread.
The mashawi platter is how Dubai's Lebanese and Syrian dining rooms feed a table. Three skewers define it: kafta of minced lamb with parsley and onion, shish tawook of yoghurt and garlic marinated chicken, and lahm meshwi of cubed lamb. It arrives after a spread of cold and hot mezze, which is the real reason the meal runs to three hours. The format came with restaurateurs who left Beirut through the 1970s and 1980s and rebuilt on Sheikh Zayed Road and in Deira, and the biggest rooms still turn tables past 01:00 seven nights a week.
3 editor picks for Mashawi mixed grill in Dubai, ranked by editorial score. All Dubai signature dishes · Mashawi mixed grill across every city.
Al Safadi Restaurant grills Lebanese mezze and steaks a short walk from DIFC in Dubai, open from 09:30 for breakfast through to a late dinner at 00:30.
OrderMixed grill platter with hummus and a plate of warm knafeh to close.
TipBreakfast runs from 09:30 and uses the same grill list as dinner.
Aroos Damascus is a Syrian grill house in Al Muraqqabat, Deira, Dubai, serving kebbeh, grills and manakish from breakfast until well past midnight.
OrderKibbeh, Mixed grill, Knafeh
Automatic Restaurants & Grill serves Lebanese mezze, arayes, mixed grills and broasted chicken at the Uptown Mirdiff complex in Mirdif, Dubai, daily.
OrderMixed grill platter with garlic sauce, hummus and a side of fresh juice.
TipThe mixed grill with garlic sauce and hummus is the order for a table.
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