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A whole fish charring over charcoal and palm fronds at dusk, a cook's arm turning the grill. An illustration generated for Sanbuk, not a photograph of its own.

Venues · Dubai

Three rooms.
Three doors to find.

Where each fire is, when it is lit, and how to get a seat. All three venues are alcohol-free.

  • Oven · Business Bay07:00
  • Shore · JBR12:00
  • Counter · DIFC18:30
07:00

Oven · opened 2019

Sanbuk Oven

A clay-oven bakery and breakfast room by the canal.

A baker's paddle lifting flatbread from a clay tannour, flour in the morning light. An illustration generated for Sanbuk, not a photograph of its own.
Rafiq Kunjumon's tannour, lit for the morning. Illustration.

Address

Ground Floor, Qanat House, Canal Side, Business Bay, Dubai

  • Hoursevery day07:00 to 15:00

How to get a table

No bookings: walk in.

12:00

Shore · opened 2021

Sanbuk Shore

A fish grill on the beach, over charcoal and dried palm fronds.

Whole fish lying on crushed ice in the morning light. An illustration generated for Sanbuk, not a photograph of its own.
The day's catch on ice, bought each morning at the Deira waterfront fish market. Illustration.

Address

Beach Row 4, JBR, Dubai

  • Hoursevery day12:00 to 23:30

How to get a table

Walk-ins are welcome. Tables for six or more can be booked.

Request a Shore table

18:30

Counter · also 21:15 · opened 2024

Sanbuk Counter

20 seats around one charcoal grill, one set menu of nine courses.

The Counter's charcoal grill glowing at the centre of a ring of twenty seats. An illustration generated for Sanbuk, not a photograph of its own.
The Counter's 20 seats around one charcoal grill. Illustration.

Address

Unit 3, Rope Walk Arcade, Podium Level, DIFC, Dubai

  • Opentwo sittings a nightTuesday to Saturday
    18:30 and 21:15
  • Set menua guestAED 485

How to get a seat

Booking only. Tables are released 30 days ahead at 10:00, with a deposit of AED 200 a guest that comes off the bill.

On Sundays and Mondays the whole Counter, 20 seats, can be booked for a private dinner.

Request a Counter seat

Tonight: the Counter
or the Shore.

Request a table