I don't usually do this but a while ago, Biker's Cafe asked me to review them. God knows why they care what I think- @HHShkMohd goes there so there must be some appeal. I didn't want to let them know when I was going, to remove any obvious bias, plus I've been meaning to try it out for ages.
Anyway when a friend of mine told me she was doing the Dubai thing to be an hour late for our date, I thought I may as well go check it out and double up as a venue for Comedy Dubai.
First impressions:
When I entered the restaurant and said I just needed a table for one, I was greeted by a raised eyebrow: "Only?"
Me: "Er, yes, is that a crime?"
I suppose if I wasn't me, that sort of comment may have put me on edge, so that needs to be addressed.
The vegetarian selection is reasonable but not so lucky for vegans: Pizza, pannini, nachos, 2 types of veg soup and breakfast served till 3pm with things like French toast.
The location is good, right next to the beach and easy to find, quite a lot of parking in a sandpit across the road.
I decided to go for the green mango salad - because it needed to be light and I do a green mango salad with lemon and chilli and if it's even slightly as good as mine, then it gets 5 stars
The service was good; drinks were on the table within a minute/ the food took 8 minutes with a pretty substantial portion size.
The mango salad tasted amazing, as good as mine, right amount of everything including . Brilliant blend of flavours and the calamari was cooked to perfection, so easy to get it wrong
Clientele - a mix, very normal, very Dubai- everything from traditionally-dressed Emaratis, to old Englishmen and students
Anyway the experience was good, so I decided to go again with my sister and a cousin visiting from South Africa, during an in-between time on his way to the airport.
I had the green mango salad again - it wasn't as nice this time, because they skimped on the calamari and used green instead of red chillies, but my cousin had a booster sandwich which he described as "tops". That means good.
We also had fries with chilli powder on them which were perfectly done, and according to my sister, the Mexican hotdog was amazing- I have never seen her finish what's on her plate in a restaurant before... But it was also the reason why she had zero space for dessert, which I think is madness.
My dessert was SO good -sticky toffee pudding, with a bit of toffee in a lava fountain in the middle and strawberries and ice cream on the side- I would go back just for this.
My cousin didn't have the same luck with his slice of cheesecake, which was dry.
And amazingly, the mint tea was real...like with actual mint. I LOVE it when there's real mint.
All in all, while I'm not convinced by the biker theme and think it's basically a restaurant in Jumeirah, but I would go just for the food and the fact the beach is 1 minute away adds to the appeal.
For me, obviously the appeal is while there are lots of waiters, they are attentive but not hovering and annoying like every single other place in Dubai including my favourite take-out place Carluccio's
Anyway when a friend of mine told me she was doing the Dubai thing to be an hour late for our date, I thought I may as well go check it out and double up as a venue for Comedy Dubai.
First impressions:
When I entered the restaurant and said I just needed a table for one, I was greeted by a raised eyebrow: "Only?"
Me: "Er, yes, is that a crime?"
I suppose if I wasn't me, that sort of comment may have put me on edge, so that needs to be addressed.
The vegetarian selection is reasonable but not so lucky for vegans: Pizza, pannini, nachos, 2 types of veg soup and breakfast served till 3pm with things like French toast.
The location is good, right next to the beach and easy to find, quite a lot of parking in a sandpit across the road.
I decided to go for the green mango salad - because it needed to be light and I do a green mango salad with lemon and chilli and if it's even slightly as good as mine, then it gets 5 stars
The service was good; drinks were on the table within a minute/ the food took 8 minutes with a pretty substantial portion size.
The mango salad tasted amazing, as good as mine, right amount of everything including . Brilliant blend of flavours and the calamari was cooked to perfection, so easy to get it wrong
Clientele - a mix, very normal, very Dubai- everything from traditionally-dressed Emaratis, to old Englishmen and students
Anyway the experience was good, so I decided to go again with my sister and a cousin visiting from South Africa, during an in-between time on his way to the airport.
I had the green mango salad again - it wasn't as nice this time, because they skimped on the calamari and used green instead of red chillies, but my cousin had a booster sandwich which he described as "tops". That means good.
We also had fries with chilli powder on them which were perfectly done, and according to my sister, the Mexican hotdog was amazing- I have never seen her finish what's on her plate in a restaurant before... But it was also the reason why she had zero space for dessert, which I think is madness.
My dessert was SO good -sticky toffee pudding, with a bit of toffee in a lava fountain in the middle and strawberries and ice cream on the side- I would go back just for this.
My cousin didn't have the same luck with his slice of cheesecake, which was dry.
And amazingly, the mint tea was real...like with actual mint. I LOVE it when there's real mint.
All in all, while I'm not convinced by the biker theme and think it's basically a restaurant in Jumeirah, but I would go just for the food and the fact the beach is 1 minute away adds to the appeal.
For me, obviously the appeal is while there are lots of waiters, they are attentive but not hovering and annoying like every single other place in Dubai including my favourite take-out place Carluccio's
