Best Cocktail Bars in the United Arab Emirates

Dubai holds most of the serious bars in the Emirates, several of them inside Japanese restaurants. The best cocktail bars in the United Arab Emirates start at Mimi Kakushi in the Four Seasons Resort, which won the title of The Best Bar in the Middle East at The 50 Best Bars 2026 and was No. 36 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2025. Zuma in DIFC was No. 17 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2021. Abu Dhabi's Saikindō hides its sound system in the architecture and took the Best Bar Design Award of The 50 Best Bars 2026. Zuma's upstairs lounge is for over-21s in the evening. These are the bars we would start with.