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Top 25 Restaurants and dining venues based in the United Arab Emirates
RevenueBase identified 193 restaurants and dining venues headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026 and tracks 14,174 professional contacts across them, including 824 with verified work emails. Dubai is the largest hub.
This list covers restaurants and dining venues headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest restaurants and dining venues based in the United Arab Emirates
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,731 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Driven to create unique home-grown food concepts that bring people together, the Independent Food Company is a UAE/KSA-based hospitality company with multiple concepts under its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,433 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH) was founded in 1976 as a hotel owner and asset manager.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,141 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded 1967 in The United Arab Emirates, Abela & Co has firmly established itself as one of the leading food service management company in the country and a pioneer of its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 630 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2001, Cravia has grown from a sole Cinnabon outlet in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to become the fastest growing and one of the most successful food and beverage franchise operators…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 508 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Capital Catering+ part of ADNEC Group and Middle East’s best catering company, delivering high-quality culinary experiences and seamless hospitality across the UAE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 457 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established with a philosophy based on creativity and boundary-pushing, RIKAS aims to nurture a culture of culinary innovation, authentic hospitality, and family values across the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 446 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sharing a culinary journey, one restaurant at a time The AWJ Tradition of Service Two decades of excellence is a hallmark of AWJ.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 365 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Intercat Hospitality LLC, the parent company of Intercat & Cateriya and a strategic partner of RoyalBerry by PurpleBerry Global.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 354 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Epik Foods, established in 2017, pioneers the F&B landscape with a repertoire of over 100 distinctive brands across the UAE and expanding into KSA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 337 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Southern Franchise Company LLC – SFC Group, laid the foundation of an ambitious and versatile company ‘Southern Fried Chicken’ at Abu Dhabi, in the year 1989.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 289 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tablez Food Company specializes in unique homegrown, international and local cuisines as well as partnering with leading franchising concepts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 187 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Premier Restaurant Franchises Group of Choice” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 185 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Capital Motion restaurant management is an Abu Dhabi based hospitality development and management company, established by Mr.Mario Samaha ( Founder & CEO ) in 2008.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 177 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Lighthouse Group, founded by entrepreneurs Hashem Montasser and Hany Bassiouny, has been a cornerstone of the UAE’s dining scene since opening in Dubai Design District in 2017.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 153 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re passionate about crafting unforgettable culinary experiences, our award-winning, Michelin-recognized venues speak for themselves.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 127 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in Dubai in 2013 by hospitality veterans Alexander and Fay Economides, M Management Company is a dynamic hospitality group behind five award-winning F&B venues.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 122 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nammos World promises a memorable experience offering impeccable services, exquisite tastes, and prestigious brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Peninsula Hospitality Group was established in the year 1981.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 101 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2013, Culex Hospitality is headquartered in Dubai and is the parent company of Little Bangkok, Super Bowl Asian Cafe, and Chef Liang’s, award winning brands that are…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 99 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We welcome you to an exciting new way of dining.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Maristo Hospitality, a division of Ring International Holding, was established in 2021 in the UAE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since the year and one of the first to obtain HACCP certification.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lincoln Holding is a Dubai-based hospitality group that owns and operates premium food and beverage brands across the Middle East, Europe, and the USA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Trove Restaurant, a subsidiary of Gastronaut Hospitality, is a premium restaurant that offers international cuisine to its esteemed guests.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BB is a title or name given to a respected & loved member of the community, usually a female in many cultures around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: restaurants and dining venues. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names restaurants and dining venues.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of restaurants and dining venues, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name restaurants and dining venues. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Restaurants and dining venues based in the United Arab Emirates at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Arab Emirates, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Arab Emirates, over 193 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among restaurants and dining venues, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates whose own description of what they do matches “restaurants and dining venues”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names restaurants and dining venues), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among restaurants and dining venues, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Arab Emirates are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 824 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Restaurants and dining venues by metro
- Restaurants and dining venues in Dubai109
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names restaurants and dining venues, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many restaurants and dining venues are there based in the United Arab Emirates?
RevenueBase identified 193 restaurants and dining venues headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Independent Food Company, headquartered in United Arab Emirates, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most restaurants and dining venues?
Dubai leads with 109 headquartered companies, followed by Abu Dhabi (17) and Sharjah (5).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 824 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 193 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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