Bu Qtair

خدمات:
Restaurants / Café: Average bill 50 AED, Arabic cuisine, Indian cuisine, Desserts, Breakfast menu, Outdoor sitting area, Seating capacity 50 people; Accessible entrance: Wheelchair Accessible; Payment methods: Cash payment; Assortment: Karak Tea; Service Language: English, Hindi, Arabic, Malayalam, Urdu

Seafood restaurant

While the glitz thrusts further skyward or deeper into the Arabian Gulf, one humble fish restaurant in the shadow of the luxury Burj Al Arab skyscraper hotel bucks the trend.

Bu Qtair peddles simple seafood and fresh fish cooked in its famous "secret recipe," attracting some of the city's highest rollers to the modest destination.

"Some of the tourists who visit us stay in the Burj Al Arab," says owner Matar Al Tayer. "But they tell me they prefer the taste of the fish here over anywhere else in the city. It is the flavor that has remained the same for 30 years."