After a year of dining, Esquire’s panel of foodies has compiled the quintessential list of the Middle East’s 50 finest restaurants

Deciding where to eat should be a one of life’s simpler pleasures, but with such an enormous choice of places to choose from in the Gulf, it has become somewhat of a problem.

Yes, more choice is good, but we’re not interested in places where you drop in once, shave off a lump of your retirement savings, and endure five hours of high-concept origami just so we can brag about it to our Instagram followers.

No, we’re talking about the restaurants that make you want to become a regular, the ones that lure you back with another round of cacio e pepe or okonomiyaki. The ones where you sit down, order and feel happier to be alive than when you first walked in.

Our assembled crew of culinary consultants have ordered, argued and arranged Esquire’s top 50 restaurants in our region so that you, beloved readers, can concentrate on living the good life.

SEE THE FULL LIST HERE

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