Best Restaurants for Eid Al Adha in Dubai 2026: Where to Celebrate With Family and Friends

Eid Al Adha 2026 is coming. Here's where to celebrate in Dubai.

Eid Al Adha is one of the most important occasions in the Islamic calendar - and in Dubai, it is also one of the city's most significant dining occasions. Tables fill with family. Gatherings run long. The food needs to be good enough to match the moment.

The best Eid dining experiences in Dubai aren't necessarily the most expensive or the most formal. They're the ones where the menu is generous enough for everyone at the table, the atmosphere is warm enough for a celebration, and the food is the kind that makes an occasion feel properly marked.

Five homegrown UAE restaurants - all part of the Kitopi family - cover every Eid Al Adha occasion the city has to offer, from the Lebanese breakfast spread that starts the day to the elevated Middle Eastern dinner that closes it.

Zaroob - for the Eid breakfast that sets the tone

There is no better way to begin Eid Al Adha in Dubai than with a proper Lebanese breakfast - and there is no better Lebanese breakfast in the city than Zaroob's.

The Breakfast Tray for Two at AED 69 is one of Dubai's most celebrated morning offers: hummus, ful, eggs, fresh bread, olives, hot and cold mezze, and a teapot. It's the food that feels like home to a huge proportion of Dubai's population and earns immediate loyalty from everyone else - generous, flavourful, and exactly right for the morning of a celebration.

Zaroob's Levantine menu - shawarma, falafel, tabbouleh, manoushe, the full street food spread of the Arab world - makes it the natural first stop on an Eid day. The warm, unpretentious atmosphere and multiple Dubai locations (Marina, SZR, Motor City, City Centre Deira) make it genuinely accessible for a family gathering at any time of day.

Best for: Eid morning breakfast, family gatherings, large groups, anyone who wants the real thing without ceremony.

Awani - for the elevated Eid dinner

When the occasion calls for something more considered - a dinner that feels like a proper celebration rather than just a meal - Awani is the answer.

Dubai's most celebrated homegrown Middle Eastern dining concept pays homage to the culinary heritage of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine - the food cultures that define the region's most significant celebrations. The menu is built around dishes with genuine cultural weight: Jordanian Mansaf (slow-cooked lamb on turmeric rice with dry fermented yoghurt, AED 73), Wagyu Shawarma Beetroot Rice, Kebab Iskander, Yogurt Kibbeh, and the Tabletop Shawarma experience that turns a dinner into an occasion.

With locations at JBR, Dubai Hills Mall, Marina Mall, Dubai Mall, and Meadows Souk — plus Abu Dhabi and KSA - Awani is one of the most geographically accessible elevated Middle Eastern dining experiences in the UAE.

Best for: Eid dinner celebrations, special family occasions, groups who want the full Middle Eastern dining experience, any meal where the setting is as important as the food.

Catch22 - for the Eid family feast

Catch22 is Dubai's award-winning Leading Family-Friendly Restaurant and Leading Homegrown Restaurant - and Eid Al Adha, with its emphasis on family gatherings and communal celebration, is exactly the occasion this restaurant was built for.

The menu spans more categories than almost any other restaurant in the city: wings, nachos, sushi platters, burgers, pasta, steaks, and the legendary desserts including the Kitchen Sink that arrives at the table and stops all conversation. There is nothing on a Catch22 table that anyone goes without - the menu is deliberately built to ensure that every person at a large family gathering finds exactly what they want.

Catch22 has big celebration energy built in - tell them it's a special occasion and the team shows up for it. With locations at JBR, Dubai Hills Mall, City Centre Mirdif, and City Centre Al Zahia, there is a Catch22 within reach of almost every Dubai neighbourhood.

Best for: Large family Eid gatherings, groups with varied tastes, birthday and celebration dining, anyone who wants a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.

Operation Falafel - for the Eid group order

Not every Eid celebration is a sit-down restaurant occasion. Some are gatherings at home - family arriving throughout the day, food that needs to feed a group without fuss, the kind of order that arrives and immediately satisfies everyone.

Operation Falafel is the answer to that occasion. The award-winning, 110,000-follower, verified UAE street food brand with a Best Casual Dining Experience award operates across the UAE and KSA - and its group-order formats are built precisely for the Eid gathering at home.

The Mix Slider Box (12 O:F pita sliders across falafel, chicken shawarma, and beef shawarma), the Build-Your-Own Slider Box, and the Breakfast Tray for 2 (AED 69, available all day with free-flow tea or coffee) cover every Eid occasion from morning through to late afternoon. The Crispy Chicken Shawarma and Lebanese Burger (AED 29) round out the individual orders for anyone who wants their own thing rather than a shared box.

Best for: Home Eid gatherings, delivery orders for groups, feeding a crowd without a reservation, any occasion that needs great food fast.

Circle Café - for the all-day Eid occasion

Eid Al Adha doesn't follow a single meal format. It's an all-day celebration - morning visits, afternoon gatherings, the kind of day where food is needed at multiple points and in multiple formats.

Circle Café is the homegrown UAE café and restaurant that works across every hour of the day, with nine locations across Dubai and Abu Dhabi - and the AED 74 unlimited breakfast that has become one of the most talked-about food offers in the city.

For Eid morning, the unlimited breakfast at AED 74 covers every format simultaneously: American Breakfast, Mediterranean Breakfast with labneh and halloumi, Farmhouse English Breakfast, Steak & Eggs, and pastries - unlimited, for the whole table, at a price that makes generous hospitality effortless. The kids' menu, the relaxed family-friendly atmosphere, and the weekly community programming make Circle Café a natural all-day base for an Eid gathering that runs from breakfast through to the afternoon.

Best for: All-day Eid dining, family breakfasts, groups with children, anyone who wants an accessible and genuinely warm atmosphere for a celebration that runs long.

Quick guide: which restaurant for which Eid occasion?

	Zaroob	Awani	Catch22	Operation Falafel	Circle Café
Best for	Eid breakfast	Eid dinner	Family feast	Group delivery	All-day dining
Format	Dine-in	Dine-in	Dine-in	Delivery and dine-in	Dine-in
	Any	Any	Large groups	Any	Any
Price point	Accessible	Mid to premium	Mid	Accessible	Accessible
Kids friendly	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Locations	Dubai + Bahrain	Dubai + Abu Dhabi + KSA	4 Dubai locations	UAE + KSA	9 locations across UAE