9 places
You eat a health-focused breakfast or lunch with the sea directly in front of you and the sun setting over it.
Seafront tables a few steps from the sand, with grilled lobster and the catch of the day.
A table above Fashion Avenue that overlooks the Dubai Fountain, at café prices instead of a fine-dining bill.
Pier-side tables over the water at Yas Bay, looking across Al Raha Creek.
Sea views along the Mamsha Al Saadiyat beachfront.
A terrace on Yas Marina looking straight over the moored yachts.
A beachfront terrace on Saadiyat with the water a few steps away.
Sourdough-crust pizza on a terrace that looks straight out at the Gulf.
Harbour views from the Etihad Towers, with Lebanese food to match.