If you’re on the hunt for the best summer restaurants in Dubai, that can carry you from breakfast to dinner without ever getting boring, Novikov Café in The Dubai Mall is about to become your new obsession.
Breakfast just got an upgrade
Novikov Café kicked things off with the new breakfast menu, complete with a live crêpe station where you build your own from scratch, but that’s really just the opening act. This Mediterranean brasserie on Fashion Avenue has built a menu that works for every mood and every hour, which is exactly what you want when the heat outside makes leaving the mall impossible.
Every craving, covered
Come for breakfast, and you’re deciding between an Açai Bowl or Tartufo Eggs with truffle scrambled eggs. Stick around for lunch or dinner, and the menu shifts to wood-fired, coal-cooked dishes perfected by Head Chef Riccardo Stevan, leaning into that rich, refined comfort food Novikov does so well with locally sourced UAE ingredients.
And then there’s dessert. Think a honey caramel sponge cake, a blueberry cheesecake, and a lemon-shaped pastry that’s somehow both a flex and a mood.
It works around you
The whole point is you don’t need to plan your day around this place; it just fits into whatever your day already looks like. Quick coffee and pastry before a shopping run, long lazy breakfast with the girls, or a full dinner after a movie at the cinema, Novikov Café is built to handle all of it without missing a beat.
Basically, if you’re spending your summer bouncing between AC and more AC, Novikov Café is easily one of the best summer restaurants to have on rotation right now.
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