A family Saturday breakfast in Business Bay, with no time limit

Weekday breakfasts are about getting somewhere. Saturday is different. Nobody is late for anything, the children are awake early anyway, and the best plan is a long table and no clock. We built The Long Morning for exactly that.

How The Long Morning works

Every Saturday from 9:00 the full breakfast menu runs all day. There is no fixed end time and the kitchen does not simplify as the hours pass — the eggs at two in the afternoon are cooked with the same care as the ones at nine. You can walk in without a booking.

The central table, grown for the weekend

On weekdays our central table carries whipped labneh, house-made mutabal and a pastry basket. On Saturdays it grows: bircher muesli, a fresh fruit bowl, a warm basket of croissants, Danish and pains aux raisins, and za’atar lavash baked in our kitchen. It is free for every guest and never appears on the bill.

A menu for children

Children get their own menu on Saturdays, written for them rather than shrunk from the adult one.

• In the morning: cloud pancakes, a build-your-own waffle, creamy eggs, brioche French toast, crispy mini hash browns and mild chicken sausages.
• Mains: the tiny burger, skillet mac, crispy tenders, a personal pizza, tomato pasta, grilled cheese with a soup shot and a hot dog.
• Sides: fries in a tower, crunch sticks and rainbow skewers.
• Sweet: the volcano, an ice cream assortment and milkshakes.

What the adults order

Shakshuka with Uzbek-spiced tomato, beef chorizo and feta is a Saturday favourite, as are the house-made syrniki with sour cherry compote. For a slower plate, the Sfumato Breakfast brings grilled striploin, an egg, a Josper tomato, baby potatoes and wild mushrooms with sourdough. Our coffee bar runs from espresso to V60 and Chemex, with plenty of non-dairy milk options.

Practical details

• Where: Sfumato, ME Dubai, Opus Tower by Zaha Hadid, Business Bay.
• When: every Saturday from 9:00, no time limit.
• Parking: valet at the hotel entrance; Business Bay metro is about eight minutes away on foot.
• Booking: not needed; for big family groups send a WhatsApp message to +971 58 101 5649.

Family breakfasts in Dubai are often loud, rushed or both. Ours is meant to be neither — a place where adults can finish a coffee while it is still hot and children can be children. Come for an hour, or stay until lunch. That is rather the point.

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