Updated: March 15, 2024

These are the best Japanese restaurants in Dubai this year – according to the Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards 2019.

Dubai is full of world-class restaurants and internationally recognised and acclaimed chefs specialising in Japanese cuisine have been setting up shop in the city for more than a decade.

From Zuma, to Morimoto and Tomo, we run through the ten best restaurants from the Japanese category of the Restaurant Awards. We’ll start with the seven shortlisted restaurants, followed by the two Highly Commended award winners, followed by the overall category winner.