The dining room
Alba Lounge
The room the guides come for. A robata grill along one wall, a sushi counter at the other end, and tables that stay turned until midnight — later on a Friday and a Saturday.
The room
Built around the grill, not around a view.
The dining room is the largest of the three and it runs across both floors — tables on the ground floor beside the Nomikai counter, and the upper room above them. The robata runs the length of one wall so the charcoal is part of the room rather than hidden behind a pass, and the sushi counter seats you close enough to watch the knife work. The same à la carte on either floor, all evening, and the ground floor is step-free from the door.
Alba Lounge is in the Gault&Millau UAE guide for 2025 and for 2026 — two consecutive years — and in AD Middle East's guide to the most beautiful restaurants in Dubai.
- Floor
- Ground floor and upstairs · step-free on the ground floor
- Seats
- Dining room and sushi counter
- Hours
- Sun–Thu 16:00–00:00 · Fri–Sat 16:00–01:00
- Dress
- Smart casual. No beachwear or sportswear.
- Parking
- Valet AED 25 at the Dubai Opera drop-off, taken off your bill
