The region’s top foodies gathered at Le Meridien Abu Dhabi last night to celebrate the Time Out Abu Dhabi Restaurant Awards.
The UAE’s most discerning diners joined representatives from Abu Dhabi’s hottest eateries to find out who would be crowned the best in show.
With categories ranging from the coveted Best Restaurant to Best Newcomer, Best Bar & Pub Food and Best Café, there was plenty of room for some healthy competition among the emirate’s most popular places to eat.
After much deliberation among the judging panel, the top award of the evening for Restaurant of the Year went to Sardinia at the Abu Dhabi Country Club. A comparatively new kid in town, but somewhere that the judges felt shone out from the competition.
The Time Out Abu Dhabi Restaurant Awards will take place on Wednesday 4th November 2009 at the Le Royal Meridien Abu Dhabi. Time Out reviews restaurants independently and pays for all its own meals.
The rest of the night’s winners…
Best Bar & Pub Food
Winner: Cloud Nine at Sheraton Abu Dhabi Hotel & Resort
Highly Commended: PJ O’Reilly’s
Best Business Lunch
Winner: Shang Palace, Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri
Highly commended: Bice, Hilton Abu Dhabi
Best Café
Winner: The One Café
Highly commended: Le Pain Quotidien, Café Firenze
Best Romantic
Winner: Finz, Beach Rotana Hotel & Towers
Highly commended: Certo, The Souk at Qaryat Al Beri
Best Seafood
Winner: Finz, Beach Rotana Hotel & Towers
Highly commended: Pearls & Caviar, Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri
Best Americas
Winner: Chamas, InterContinental Abu Dhabi
Highly commended: Rodeo Grill, Beach Rotana Hotel & Towers
Best MENA
Winner: Marakesh, Millennium Hotel Abu Dhabi
Highly commended: Anar, Emirates Palace
Best Far Eastern
Winner: Wasabi, Al Diar Mina Hotel
Highly commended: Talay, Le Méridien Abu Dhabi
Hoi An, Shangri La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri
Best Indian
Winner: Indigo, Beach Rotana Hotel & Towers
Highly commended: Zari Zardozi, Al Raha Mall
Ushna, The Souk at Qaryat Al Beri
Best Italian
Winner: Mezzaluna, Emirates Palace
Highly commended: Amalfi, Le Royal Méridien Abu Dhabi
Best International
Winner: Étoiles, Emirates Palace
Highly commended: Vasco’s, Hiltonia Beach Club, Hilton Abu Dhabi
The Yacht Club, Intercontinental Abu Dhabi
Best Contemporary European
Winner: Sardinia, Abu Dhabi Country Club
Highly commended: Bord Eau, Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri
Best Newcomer
Winner: Ushna, The Souk at Qaryat Al Beri
Highly commended: The Yacht Club, InterContinental Abu Dhabi
