16 places
A floating restaurant on the UAQ lagoon, with water on every side of your table.
Seafront tables a few steps from the sand, with grilled lobster and the catch of the day.
Coffee inside the resort's equestrian centre, with horses, oryx and gazelle in view.
You eat a health-focused breakfast or lunch with the sea directly in front of you and the sun setting over it.
A long terrace right on the water with sea and Hajar mountain views, and a pistachio chocolate kunafa to finish.
Grilled seafood looking out to Dibba Rock, with fish (and sometimes turtles) in the water below the deck.
Arabic breakfast or date pudding facing Khor Fakkan's bay and mountains.
A table above Fashion Avenue that overlooks the Dubai Fountain, at café prices instead of a fine-dining bill.
Floor-to-ceiling windows and a terrace near the top of the UAE's highest mountain, where it's noticeably cooler than the coast.
Pier-side tables over the water at Yas Bay, looking across Al Raha Creek.
Sea views along the Mamsha Al Saadiyat beachfront.
You eat right in front of Surf Abu Dhabi's wave pool and watch surfers drop in.
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.