Opus Tower · Business Bay

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Gastro atelier · Opus Tower by Zaha Hadid · Business Bay

A restaurant in Business Bay built on obsession

The ingredient comes first. The kitchen stays open to the room. Sfumato is a gastro atelier inside the ME Dubai at Opus Tower, made for ordinary weekdays and held to the standard of special occasions.

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Borscht with greens, sour cream and garlic at Sfumato
Breakfast spread at Sfumato: shakshuka, syrniki, latte and toast on grey marble
House-made syrniki with sour cherry compote and sour cream

One kitchen, from first coffee to late lunch

Five ways in, one standard. Pick the hour that suits your day.

  1. 9:00

    Breakfast

    One dish, a coffee and the central table for AED 90.

  2. 12:00

    Business Lunch

    Two or three courses with the mezze table, from AED 135.

  3. 12:00

    À la carte

    Raw bar, pasta, borscht and Josper-fired wagyu.

  4. Sat 9:00

    The Long Morning

    Breakfast all day, kids menu, no time limit.

  5. Daily

    Coffee Point

    Sandwiches, bowls and pastry in the ME Dubai lobby.

Tiered stand of fresh croissants and pastries

A touch more

Every morning a central table is set with whipped labneh, house-made mutabal and a basket of fresh pastry. It is not on the menu, and it is not on the bill.

Breakfast

From the atelier

Dishes guests cross the city for. Each one starts with an ingredient and a lot of patience.

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Fresh house-made ramen noodles

Ramen that takes two days

Ramen was never in the plan. It started as an experiment, guests kept coming back, and it stayed. Noodles and broth are made in our kitchen every day — three bowls, AED 85 each.

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Kimchi seabass with herb crust and baked fermented milk

Ingredient first, open kitchen

Head chef Jince Joseph trained in serious kitchens, spent time at TEIBLE Dubai and cooks from Kerala roots and a long study of Slavic food. That is why borscht and kimchi seabass sit on the same menu — and why both are made from scratch.

Inside the atelier

Inside a Zaha Hadid landmark

Find us in the ME Dubai hotel in Opus Tower, the glass cube with a void at its heart, a short walk from Business Bay metro. Valet parking at the door.

Breakfast
Mon – Fri 9:00 – 11:30
Business lunch
Mon – Fri 12:00 – 16:00
À la carte
Every day from 12:00
Saturday · The Long Morning
Saturday from 9:00
Coffee Point · ME Dubai lobby
Every day
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Table of Sfumato dishes on marble, from borscht to desserts
Sweet and savoury bites for a reception
Celebration cake with figs, strawberries and flowers

The kitchen comes to you

Cocktail receptions, boardroom lunches, plant-forward tables and yacht service for up to 200 guests — cooked by the same team, from AED 120 per guest.

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From the journal

Short reads from our kitchen: what we cook, and why.

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