The Cheeky Camel is Dubai’s newest neighborhood restaurant, and it brings with it a celebration of the best in contemporary food and drink; a warm welcome, inventive comfort food, and a dynamic interior design.

Split over two levels, this laidback venue takes its design cues from the 1970s with themes of art and music. The Cheeky Camel, located in JLT, is perfect for late afternoon drinks with delicious bar bites or a memorable dinner featuring bold and unexpected dishes inspired by the classics. And it comes with a beautiful terrace, making it a favorite hotspot for sundowners with views of Dubai’s ever-changing skyline.

Savory Delights

Bar nibbles include savory Dubai donuts filled with zaatar and feta cheese mousse, smoked mozzarella ciabatta with garlic and truffle oil, and crudites with kale and sunflower seed hummus.

Chipotle chicken wings, lamb meatballs, and a succulent steak with addictive twice-cooked chips make The Cheeky Camel an essential destination for comfort food, while superfood salads of quinoa or heritage baby beets, plus butternut ravioli and a spicy roasted cauliflower dish provide healthy options for y’all healthy eaters.

Other unmissable dishes include a juicy pork chop from the beloved British butcher shop, a charcuterie plate that’s great for sharing, and chargrilled gulf tiger prawns with tastebud-tingling smoked paprika and garlic butter.

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How Do You Like Your Oysters?

Local produce is championed with Dibba Bay oysters – grilled or on ice – plus there are heartwarming pizzas freshly baked in a wood oven. To culminate your experience, try the international cheese board, a traditional peach Melba, or the Baked Lotus Biscoff cheesecake that is about to create a name for itself.

Cocktails Anyone?

Over at the bar, this Cheeky Camel serves inventive cocktails featuring ingredients such as cardamom honey syrup, rhubarb jam, and spirits infused with Earl Grey tea and Seville orange marmalade that has the potential to be the highlight of this hip venue.

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Brains Behind The Cheeky Camel Charismatic Menu

The menu is the brainchild of charismatic Irishman Derek Flynn and Khaled Hassan, who took inspiration from classic European dishes and combined them with local UAE produce and Middle Eastern flavors.

Flynn, an award-winning chef who’s been a mainstay of the Dubai culinary scene for more than a decade, says The Cheeky Camel brings to life the very best in classic European bistro and brasserie cuisine and gives it a touch of the Middle East.

Hassan, who started his career in Syria – his home country – and rose to stardom in Paris, admires Flynn’s creativity saying that there is nobody better than Flynn in taking brilliant and bold traditional dishes and giving them a modern edge.

The Cheeky Camel is located at the Bonnington Hotel in JLT’s Cluster J and is open from 5 pm until 2 am during the week and from 3 pm to 3 am at weekends.