Best Asian Restaurants in Dubai

JLT is the densest pocket, with five partner venues inside walking distance of each other — Tangerine and Nonya for a proper sit-down dim sum lunch, TJ's for poke and mini tacos, WeWok for Burmese noodles, and Papa Chits for Filipino-leaning pan-Asian plates at the cheapest tier on this list.

Business Bay holds the three most design-led options: Miss Tess and Treehouse both run serious dim sum and sushi lists, while Sanavs covers Indo-Chinese at everyday prices. For a view rather than a menu, Mama Zonia at Pier 7 in Dubai Marina is the highest-cashback venue in the category at 30%, and Karma by Buddha-Bar at Souk Al Bahar puts Asian-Japanese cooking beside the Burj Khalifa fountains.

Further out, Thai Sabai has two branches — International City and Al Barsha South — both at 20% cashback. Asian Lotus in Port Saeed is the value pick, at the lowest price tier with 20% back and dim sum from AED 18. Wok Boyz runs quick ramen counters in Dubai Internet City and Trade Centre, and Silk Lantern, Bobi Bowl, Boba Island, Salt & Chillis and Jimmy Dixs fill out the map from Jebel Ali to Jumeirah 3.

Dim sum is the dish this category does best, and the price spread is wide. Asian Lotus in Port Saeed starts at AED 18, Tangerine runs vegetable dumplings, hargaw and gyoza at AED 29 each, and Thai Sabai sits at AED 34–36 for chicken and prawn dim sum. At the upper end, Miss Tess and Treehouse charge AED 45–65 for cheung fun and shou mai, and Nonya AED 45–50 for truffle mushroom and edamame dumplings.

Ramen is the other reliable order. Wok Boyz prices it identically at both branches — AED 36 vegetable, AED 39 chicken, AED 42 prawn — while Bobi Bowl in Al Mina does Indonesian-inflected bowls at AED 50. For sushi, Asian Lotus is again the cheapest at AED 28–30 a roll, against AED 55–60 nigiri at Miss Tess and AED 75–105 maki at Treehouse.

If you want one venue to cover a mixed table, Mama Zonia spans the widest range — sushi from AED 45, tacos at AED 79–85, pasta at AED 95–115 and Black Angus steaks at AED 205–285.

Cashback across the 21 Asian partner venues runs from 10% to 30%. Mama Zonia at Pier 7 and the Tangerine branch at Bay Avenue lead at 30%; a broad middle band — Silk Lantern, Tangerine JLT, Asian Lotus, both Thai Sabai branches, Nonya, Treehouse, Miss Tess and TJ's — sits at 20%; the quick-service end at 10–15%.

Because dim sum and ramen are shared-plate, repeat-visit orders rather than special occasions, the cashback compounds faster here than in fine dining. A AED 150 dim sum lunch for two at 20% returns AED 30 — roughly a third plate for free. Pay through the app and it lands in your wallet automatically, with no voucher and a AED 20 minimum bill.