Where to have a business lunch in Business Bay

Business Bay has no shortage of places to eat at midday. What it lacks is the thing you actually need on a working day: a lunch that is quick without feeling rushed, quiet enough to talk, good enough to impress a client, and priced so you can come back next week. That is the brief we gave ourselves when we designed the Sfumato business lunch.

What a good business lunch needs

• Predictable timing. You should know you will be back at your desk within the hour if you need to be.
• A short, clear choice. Long menus slow tables down.
• Room to talk. Tables that are not on top of each other, and a room that is calm at lunchtime.
• A fair, fixed price, ideally with VAT included so nobody has to calculate.
• Somewhere easy to reach, with parking or a metro nearby.

How our lunch works

From Monday to Friday, 12:00 to 16:00, we serve two or three courses from AED 135, VAT included. The courses rotate every week, so regulars never eat the same lunch twice, and every table starts with the mezze table — the same idea as our breakfast central table, set for sharing.

Because the menu changes weekly, we share this week’s courses on WhatsApp and Instagram. Send us a message and we will send it back. If you would rather choose freely, the full à la carte menu is served alongside the lunch from noon, with dishes such as beef cheek paccheri, Chicken Kyiv, kimchi seabass and Josper-fired Australian wagyu.

For teams and clients

Walk-ins are welcome. For groups, a WhatsApp message in the morning helps us hold the right table. If you are planning something bigger — a recurring team lunch, a client day or a board meeting — our catering team runs a seated, family-style format called the Gastro Boardroom for up to 80 guests, which can also be booked weekly.

Getting here

Sfumato is in the ME Dubai hotel inside Opus Tower, the Zaha Hadid building in the middle of Business Bay. Business Bay metro station is about an eight-minute walk, and there is valet parking at the hotel entrance. For many offices in the district it is closer than the food court.

Why the food matters even at lunch

It would be easy to run a cheaper, simpler kitchen at midday. We do not. The same team that cooks dinner cooks your lunch, with the same in-house ferments, breads and sauces. We believe a weekday deserves the same standard as an occasion — it is the whole idea behind the restaurant.

So if you are looking for a business lunch in Business Bay that feels like a proper meal rather than a compromise, come and try a week of ours. If you like it, there is a new one every Monday.

Business Lunch