Nobu Dubai

Nobu sits on the 22nd floor of Atlantis on The Palm Jumeirah. It is a fifteen-minute walk from Aquaventure Waterpark.

This spot holds a Michelin star and leans into a fusion of Japanese and South American techniques, a combination that separates it from the heavier, grill-focused menus common elsewhere on the Palm. While the room runs smart and elegant, the elevation is the real draw. You choose this for the perspective over the coastline, which feels distinct from the ground-level dining rooms along the boardwalk. It is less about the celebrity of the name and more about the height; you get a vantage point here that the beachfront venues simply cannot match.