Tim G.
Google
Another review from our recent trip to Dubai in November 2025. The front door and entrance to The Maine Land Brasserie belies the restaurant inside, you enter by a very bland and almost office like entrance, a plain glass door, leading into a wooden clad reception that opens into a New York style restaurant, with wood panelling, booths and parallel seating.
We were met at reception & shown to our booth, a good sized table, with plenty of space for the 4 of us.
Our waiter was excellent, throughout our evening. He was attentive, polite and very pleasant, smartly dressed in his white dinner jacket, whilst the receptionists' were dressed in long gold dresses.
We ordered a bottle of red & a bottle of white, South African Wild House; both excellent wines, complimenting our meals very well.
In our party we had the 600g of ribeye steak for two, accompanied by broccoli stems, triple-cooked fries & my personal favourite, charred sprouts, which were excellent; a mix of chargrilled and cream with lemon, honey & parmesan cheese. Excellent. If I was being critical I'd say that the broccoli stems were quite bland, certainly compared to the sprouts. The steak, cooked medium rare, was lovely and a real deep red, a little fatty, but not overly so, with excellent flavour.
Another had the lamb chops, again very good, plus another had the pasta with shrimps; really lovely.
The atmosphere, with dimly lit lights, was improved when the latin-style singer & band started, around 8.30pm. Our waiter asked if we were happy with the music level, making sure that it wasn't too loud & comfortable; nice touch. A little observation that I'd make is that the air conditioning vents above our table dripped water, only a drip or two every five minutes or so, but noticeable. We should have pointed it out, but didn't, though it is worth noting.
So yes, a good mix of food and service, which to be fair you'd expect when the bill, including service, came to close on £400. But a very good evening, which we enjoyed and found to be very relaxing.
As for that all important social media or lasting family photo memory, they've got that covered too, our waiter offered to take our photo for us, simply removed the top of the light from our table light, turning it upside down, converting in one swift movement into a bright social media light, perfect for our photo; again another nice touch.
As for the toilets, best ask, unless you want to do an impression of Spiderman along the wood panelling of the reception area, funny unless you're rushing for that all important comfort break. The toilets are hidden behind the wood panelling; again, a really nice touch.
We would definitely eat at The Maine Land Brasserie again.
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