10 places
Pakistani weekend breakfast: halwa puri, nihari, paya and aloo paratha from 6am, for about 20 to 25 dirhams a head.
Weekend Palestinian breakfast with bread from its own 48-hour sourdough, labneh and za'atar, in a room hung with Palestinian art.
A Karama café devoted entirely to eggs, with dozens of Indian street-style omelettes and egg bhurji with pav.
Breakfast trays of shakshouka, labneh, falafel, khameer and chibab with karak at a farm that grows its own strawberries in winter and mills its own wheat.
Nasi lemak, roti bakar with soft-boiled eggs, and roti jala from 8am, with breakfast served all day.
Emirati breakfast breads (regag with egg, chebab with date syrup and honey) from 8:30am, made by two sisters.
Lebanese breakfast mezze and egg dishes on a beach terrace at Saadiyat, from 9am.
An Emirati and Kuwaiti kitchen that opens at 7am, with mutabbaq and harees on the menu.
A Michelin-starred weekend breakfast at Qasr Al Hosn: khubz rigag with egg and cheese, and Emirati French toast with sidr honey.
Manakeesh come straight out of the oven from 8am, with foul, fatteh and shakshuka on the breakfast mezze list.