The counter
Nomikai
飲み会 — nomikai — is the Japanese word for the drink after work. Not a dinner, not an occasion. Alba's is the counter and the few metres around it: the taps, the stools, the wall of steins, and a Polaroid of everyone who has sat there.
The idea
A counter, not a floor.
Nomikai is not a second restaurant. It is the bar counter on the ground floor and the space immediately around it — where the beer is, where you stand up rather than sit down, and where nobody assumes you booked.
Everything around it at Alba is composed — the tables on this floor, the grill and the sushi counter above, the tasting seatings behind. This is the part of the house that is not.
Getting in
Walk in, or send a message.
The counter is on the ground floor of the Alba building on Dubai Opera Plaza, through the same entrance and the same valet. For a larger group, or to ask what is on this week, message the house on WhatsApp.
- Floor
- The counter and the space around it, ground floor
- Hours
- Sun–Thu 16:00–00:00 · Fri–Sat 16:00–01:00
- Booking
- Walk in. Message the house for a larger group.