Looking for a banging fry up in Abu Dhabi? Weekends in the capital are all about indulgence and there’s no meal more important than breakfast. Or, more specifically, a full English, Irish or American fried breakfast.
Hearty helpings of eggs, sizzling sausages and bacon, hash browns, toast with lashings of butter – it’s the breakfast of champions and there’s no denying that a glorious fry-up will set you up for the day.
If you’re looking for the best outdoor breakfasts in Abu Dhabi, we have you covered there too.
But for now it’s time to start planning your breakfast date with a top fry up in Abu Dhabi.
90 Centigrade
If you’re looking for a fry up that you can enjoy outdoors, then this spot is the place. Park up in the small outdoor seating area to soak up the sun and tuck into big breakfast dishes including pancakes, French toast, eggs Benedict and, of course, loads of coffee to help you get going.
Open daily 6.30am-1am. Grand Millennium Al Wahda Hotel (02 495 3968).
Appaloosa
If you’re looking for a top fry up in Abu Dhabi, this cool sports bar doesn’t make you choose between a well-deserved lie-in and a moreish breakfast. Serving the Breakfast of Champions, diners get a plate packed with sausages, bacon, hash browns, mushrooms, pudding and eggs of their choice (fried, obvs) served on fried bread. Available until 9pm, you can munch away while watching football on one of the many screens covering the walls. Bliss.
Open Mon-Fri noon-3am; Sat-Sun 10am-3am. Marriott Hotel Al Forsan Abu Dhabi, Khalifa City (02 201 4131).
PJ O’Reilly’s
A breakfast fry-up is almost as essential as a pint of black stuff to an Irish pub, and at PJ O’Reilly’s visitors can get themselves a cracking brekkie in the capital’s oldest Irish establishment. Crispy bacon, sausage, black pudding, grilled field mushrooms, tomato, potato rosti, fried egg and baked beans come served with tea or coffee and white toast. Not a bad way to start the day by any measure.
Open Mon-Wed noon-2am; Thu-Fri noon-3am; Sat-Sun 11am-3am. Le Royal Méridien Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa Street (02 695 0515).
tashas
While there are plenty of healthy choices on the menu at this swish café, it’s difficult not to be tempted by the fry-up. The Classic comes with two eggs (how you like them) beef bacon, lamb sausages, mushrooms and tomato with a slices of toast on the side. Too much? Plump for the mini fry coming in at Dhs58. Breakfast at tashas is served until 6pm.
Open Mon-Sat 8am-midnight; Sun 8am-11pm. Marsa al Bateen (02 445 0890).
The Coffee Club
It is called The Big Breakfast and the fry up lives up to its name at this popular chain. Cumberland sausages, veal bacon, eggs, cherry tomatoes, button mushrooms, sourdough toast and a hash brown will keep hunger locked up until lunch (and probably longer). And yes, diners get a coffee thrown in as well.
Various locations including Yas Mall, Al Bateen and Abu Dhabi Mall www.thecoffeeclubme.com.
The Sportsman’s Arms
A popular spot to drop in after you’ve finished pushing the body to the limit at one of Zayed Sports City’s many sporting facilities, The Sportman’s Arms dishes out a full Irish breakfast for guests looking for some fry up fare. Chow down on eggs, beef bacon, beef sausage, baked beans, grilled tomato, mushrooms and hash browns, served with your choice of rye or sunflower bread. That’s one hearty fry up in Abu Dhabi.
Open Sat-Wed noon-11pm, Fri-Sat noon-1am. The Sportsman’s Arms, Zayed Sports City (02 447 1066).
The Third Place Café
Veal bacon, beef sausage, two eggs (the way you like them), grilled tomatoes, baked beans, hash browns, a basket of toast and preserves for Dhs58. Sounds like a sweet fry up in Abu Dhabi. Just remember to keep track of the time, it’s all too easy to let it run away from you in this sweet spot. Luckily, if that happens, you’re well placed for lunch.
Open daily 8am-10.30pm. Corniche Road, Khalidiya (02 681 1877).
