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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Frankie's Revisited

Frankies
Oasis Beach Tower,
Dubai Marina
Tel: 04 399 4311





Listen up people, this is important.

We ate at Frankie's down in Dubai Marina last Thursday and I have to tell you how impressed I am with this place.

I really liked it when I last visited it and I really liked it this time too. This is, I reckon, one of the best places to eat in Dubai at the moment.

The food is very, very good, the wines are not at completely stupid prices (a lovely Oyster Bay ay Dhs285), the service is efficient, friendly and professional and the whole place has a great atmosphere, full of people really enjoying themselves.

The only one drawback of the place is the smoking. There is a bar area at the entrance where smoking is allowed, despite contravening local regulations, and the place is packed, and I mean packed, with smokers who leave their tables in the restaurant bit, have a quick puff and then return to their seats. Unfortunately there is no real separation between the two areas and so as a result the whole place stinks.

Put that aside, and this restaurant is the tops!

1 comment:

nzm said...

I remember when I could buy Oyster Bay for NZ$15 per bottle and that was considered to be a high price for wine.

Which means that:
a. OB got extremely popular and their prices rose accordingly
b. I'm old
c. Both of the above