The Meydan Hotel Meydan Racecourse

The venue

Visitors to The Meydan Hotel will not worry about traffic or parking, as this exclusive venue offers more than 6,000 parking areas, complimentary valet parking at a strategic location only 12 minutes from Dubai Mall and away from Dubai traffic that rises with the countdown to the Iftar timing.

The Meydan Hotel awaits all guests with a welcoming Arabic hospitality presenting an authentic lavish atmosphere with exclusive Ramadan traditional decorations and Ramadan lanterns together with live Oud tunes and a supervised children’s entertainment area with face painting, drawing, arts & crafts, balloon twisting, family movies, PlayStation games and bouncy castle, making it a special evening for family and friends.

The food

The extravagant buffet includes everything from authentic Emirati dishes, traditional Egyptian and Moroccan bites, local Syrian and Lebanese delicacies to international savoury selections from various cuisines including Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Italian as well as European cuisines.

Explore Emirati cuisine and try ‘lamb foga’ and ‘harees’, or sample Egyptian cuisine with ‘mulukhya’ or ‘fatah masreya’. People curious to explore the Moroccan cuisine are invited to taste its ‘lamb tajeen’ or famous ‘cous cous’, or venture to India with ‘chicken biryani’ and ‘butter chicken’ or sample international dishes like ‘grilled lamb chops’ and ‘grilled salmon’.

Vegetarian foodies have their own special dishes from different cuisines including Italian pasta, Egyptian ‘koshary’, Indian ‘dal makkhni’ or Syrian ‘veggie mussakaa’ and Middle Eastern ‘lentil soup’. Furthermore, this year’s Ramadan buffet presents to its guests six interactive cooking stations including Lebanese authentic manakeesh-baking, Chinese live wok, live Japanese Sushi counter as well as famous Emirati ‘lamb ouzi’. After enjoying the extensive Ramadan feast, it’s time to taste a wide selection of pastry masterpieces, including the likes of dates pudding, Umm Ali, cheese kunafa as well as dark chocolate cake, and fruits tarts.