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Hours
Sun
10:00 AM - 3:00 AM
Mon
10:00 AM - 3:00 AM
Tue
10:00 AM - 3:00 AM
Wed
10:00 AM - 3:00 AM
Thu
10:00 AM - 3:00 AM
Fri
10:00 AM - 3:00 AM
Sat
10:00 AM - 3:00 AM
Ratings and reviews
3.5
RATINGS
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PRICE RANGE
$68.00 – $137.00
CUISINES
Seafood, Mediterranean, Grill
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Late Night, Drinks
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About
Lucky Fish is an effortlessly chic Mediterranean restaurant and beach located at Palm West Beach on Palm Jumeirah. The menu is inspired by the flavours of the ocean and the Mediterranean region, highlighting Italian, French and Spanish flavours, showcasing the highest quality seafood and meats. Boasting mesmerising views of the iconic Dubai skyline, Lucky Fish’s interiors reflect a tranquil coastal style with a well-thought out rustic design concept at the terrace and the beach, perfect for dining no matter the time of day. Elegant 19th Century French chandeliers adorn the ceilings to provide the perfect touch of whimsical romance against the bright and shabby-chic interiors.
PRICE RANGE
$68.00 – $137.00
CUISINES
Seafood, Mediterranean, Grill
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Late Night, Drinks
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Waterfront, Beach
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3.5
165 reviews
Excellent
92
Very good
15
Average
7
Poor
11
Terrible
40
Olipop R
Brighton51 contributions
Mar 2021 • none
The venue itself is beautiful with multiple options for seating areas for dining and beach days. There are lots of cabanas, nice tables inside, a great view over the palm and lots of beach beds of all shapes and sizes.
It isn't immediately clear who gets access to what areas but I guess if you call them they can explain - we didn't have beach access despite being there for several hours for lunch.
Our waiter Erik was brilliant. Fun, efficient and knowledgeable and we were delighted to have him on our table. The reservations team are also very efficient and responsive.
The drinks were expertly made and tasty. The food was ok. The menu had a bunch of stuff that was 'coming soon' due to supply issues apparently, fair enough, it's only just opened so not a massive issue though I did wonder why it was on the menu at all?
My friend and I both got the mussels and we were a little disappointed with the number you get, not a large bowl and it wasn't full though the quality was fine. You also only get one piece of bread - though these were provided when we asked (think the extra bread was free but we paid for fries).
I'd like to see lunch guests (we spent nearly 2000 aed) get access to the beach, or a discounted rate offered as we'd have liked to have stayed on?
But all in all, minor faults, we had a fab day, they've only been open a few weeks too so I should be more forgiving of the small issues and thanks again to Erik who was fabulous and made us feel right at home.
Written March 14, 2021
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handyspanner
London688 contributions
Mar 2022 • none
The food is good, we had the mixed fish to start, then we had a salted sea bream to share between two. We only had a couple of beers and a glass of wine, but he price for the experience was high, even by Dubai standards. I feel this is a place that “people like to be seen” and it really milks that point. I like background music with my meal but this place is loud and has much more of a beach bar atmosphere than a relaxing dining experience, which the price suggests. The food and the service we had could not be faulted and our server was professional in the way he filleted the fish. It is not a place for a relaxing meal, but if you want to be part of the “in crowd” maybe it is for you.
Written March 11, 2022
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Alexander A
16 contributions
Apr 2022 • couples
On 22 April 2022 we had a booking for four people at Lucky Fish Dubai at 8pm. Myself and my partner arrived in the area at 6:30pm to meet our two friends for pre dinner drinks. We decided to go direct to Lucky Fish to see if we could have some drinks before moving to our table at 8pm. When we arrived at reception we experienced the most unfriendly welcome we have ever experienced in UAE after ten years living here. There were five / six young girls wearing green dresses who treated us like we had just totally inconvenienced their night by simply arriving there. They insisted we did not have a booking and were completely confused about the concept of arriving early for pre dinner drinks. We were told we had to eat early and when we said no we only wanted drinks now and food later they were very obviously not happy with us. Eventually after lots of explaining we were taken to the bar area by an extremely unhappy young lady who simply pointed at three bar stools and started to walk away. When we pointed out that there were four of us and we preferred to sit at the beach area she was not very happy at all. We were taken to a table near the sun loungers that had three seats again and again she went to walk away. When we once again told her that we were a group of four she became very visibly annoyed and argumentative. Thankfully a very friendly and helpful server came with another chair. Ten minutes later our friends arrived telling us that they too had just received the most unfriendly welcome ever where they were made to feel very uncomfortable.
Thankfully the waiting staff were very friendly and delivered the level of high service that the UAE is so famous for. It is for this reason we give one star for reception hosts and five stars for waiting staff and food = three stars. If you are the owner of Lucky Fish reading this review please be aware of this issue. You have such a beautiful restaurant, great food and great waiting staff but you also have some very unfriendly reception staff.
Written April 22, 2022
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Wael H
2 contributions
Apr 2021 • couples
Don’t fall with Instagram stories and bla bla about this restaurant and beach same what happened to me . Very cheap service very bad food quality with grilled fish in specific , and very high price as it cost us 2300 AED=630$ for 2 person . Unfriendly staff in the restaurant while it’s not the case on the beach . Their shisha cost 250 AED =68$ And shisha guy never comes unless you ask for him million times . Over all it’s a waste of money and stressful experience
Written April 16, 2021
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GoPlaces792323
2 contributions
Mar 2021 • none
The place is very nice but their food is terrible. I ordered a meat burger and after about one hour I received my burger that included a bun, salad and practically no meat all. I complained to the manager and he tried to offer me some desert with not even a replacement to my meal. Ate the tiny salad portion, paid the bill and felt like going to another restaurant to have my dinner!
Don’t recommend it to anyone.
Written March 12, 2021
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Mabel
19 contributions
Mar 2021 • friends
The location and interiors, loungers etc is all very beautiful.
However our waiter gave us very poor service, he came to our table and said nothing at all expecting our order which I thought was very odd, and when I asked for no cheese on my avocado toast he said there’s simply no way we can amend orders. I said that’s ridiculous as it’s literally toast ? He had a very rude attitude which I understand as I’m been a waitress before but come on! 👎👎👎👎
We had to speak to the manager in the end but I was really disappointed. There was no vegan options so I needed to amend the order. I was made to feel like it was the most ridiculous request.
Also the smoothie I ordered was bland and was 45 dirhams
I don’t think I’ll be recommending this spot or returning, but my friend said she really enjoyed Apron and Hammers next door
Written March 28, 2021
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zazazazaz
Dubai51 contributions
Mar 2021 • couples
Beautiful location and setting. But that’s about all you get. We started being offended by a rude hostess, wearing a transparent face mask only covering her chin. Her colleague wearing a see through-dress where one could clearly see her nipple covers was an odd sight at the entrance.
Despite the restaurant being about 30% occupancy we were given a table on the far end next to the plates and cutlery storage surrounded by Shisha pipes.
Waiter started by getting the water order wrong. Still not sparking. Then we had to tell 3 different waiters to remove the wrong water. No ownership for the table and lots of confusion.
Waiter could not explain items on the menu and lack of fish availability made the ordering confusing. The service in general was very poor - a knife fell on the floor and none of the 3 waiters around offered to change it. We had to go to the table next to us and get a clean one ourselves.
Our food took 85 minutes to arrive. After enquiring twice to the waiter, we resorted asking the manager who said they had a 30 min problem with the gas but it was then fixed. No one offered us a drink or a basket of bread while we waited all this time.
We then asked for our fish to be deboned inside as it was windy and cold , so the food would arrive warm at our plates. They didn’t and we ate cold fish instead.
To warp it up the bill came wrong and had to be amended.
Overall a poor experience.
Written March 6, 2021
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NazG86
6 contributions
Mar 2021 • couples
I tried calling them to make a reservation, no answer. So we showed up at lunchtime thinking it’s quite hot so won’t have many people or at least able to fit 2 people for lunch after some wait. We showed up firstly no one was at the ‘reservation’ table outside. We went inside it was mostly empty. Maybe 2/3 groups on the beach side but inside the restaurant was completely empty. Eventually we were told to go outside again to the ‘reservation table’ and eventually someone showed up who was very rude. She informed us they are ‘fully booked’ and I pointed out that the restaurant is empty. They said ‘people are coming’....
So we went next door to aprons and hammer. It was great vibe, people were standing at reception, they were a lot busier than lucky fish, but they gave us couple of options and gave us the rules associated with them (beach tables min spend and min time at table based on other bookings). We have a lovely lunch and wine with great vibe. Will go back to aprons and hammer again. When a restaurant doesn’t understand service, I don’t want to spend my money there!
Written March 6, 2021
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Zeina_the_Bee
Dubai87 contributions
Mar 2021 • none
I went during their soft launch and everything was amazing, so decided to go back. It was shocking to see how the service degraded significantly, we went for lunch and it took almost 2:30 hours to get the food even though we ordered quickly. Asked to speak to the manager 3 times and no show so had to go look for him or her... so far not sure if it was the right person I talked to.
Waiter insisted on not wearing mask properly despite our several reminders.
It is a real pity, since the set up and scenery is breathtaking.... but the second experience was simply HORRIBLE.
Written March 28, 2021
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Nidhi G
1 contribution
May 2021 • none
Was very excited to go to this much hyped restaurant, but was super disappointed as soon as we reached. we reached at 7:14 pm when our reservation was at 7 as we took time to park, the restaurant cancelled our booking without even checking with us and the manager and the staff was utterly rude when we asked them why they cancelled. the restaurant staff need to realize theirs is a customer based industry and they have to be polite. After much argument they gave us the table but service overall was really bad and the food was just about average.
Really a bad place to go if you are looking for a good meal and service. the only thing they are cashing on is their music!!!
Written May 15, 2021
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Crystal C
Dubai362 contributions
Mar 2022 • couples
I just came home from Lucky Fish and had to write a review as our experience was quite terrible. It’s late, so I will not go into great detail unless someone wants me to later, but for now will break down the points. We arrived and got a table easily, which was great as usually they are not so accommodating.
My husband and I have been about 5 plus times or so and usually we enjoy as it’s a beautiful atmosphere and food is usually good.
Tonight, we were seated and a super kind server came and took our order. Immediately after, one of his colleagues started bossing him around in front of us when we had not even finished speaking to him.
Anyways, we order the most simple foods on the menu to keep it easy. The grilled chicken, truffle fries and spaghetti with prawns and tomato sauce. These items are so basic, it’s impossible to mess up! Right? Wrong!!
After waiting close to an hour and seeing everyone else get their food, even those who came much later than us, we were served our food by a waiter who decided it was great timing to scratch his nose and then serve us our food! Yuck!
To make matters worse, the food was beyond disgusting and freezing cold. Clearly, it had sat out for some time and they served it to us anyways. We paid the 800AED and left as we both were shocked how terrible the experience was.
The hostesses were great, so a point there and our original server was nice: however it is clear there is some strange hierarchy there with their staff. The same loser staff that was bossing our original server around was letting in all his promoter friends as my husband recognized one from Billionaire Club who usually serves us.
Anyways, tonight was a major miss. Honestly, I doubt we will come back here again to eat. Maybe for drinks as I do like the ambience, but I’m still gagging over how gross that food was. They clearly saw we left it on the plates and did not even ask us once how was it!? You know why????? Because they knew they served us sh*t.
Better luck next time, Lucky Fish🤮
Written March 26, 2022
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Jenny4Dubai
United Kingdom160 contributions
Apr 2021 • none
Went here with the family. We had no problem booking, we showed up on time and we were shown to our table.
This is where our time at lucky fish went down hill.
We were only given one food menu between the four of us and the rest were drink menus. We tried for a few minutes to get staff attention (there are loads of staff by the way) so we could ask for more menus. Finally we got someones attention they gave us more menus to then only to realize they only gave us one more food menu and even more drink menus! We then tried to find staff again but no one was near to help us. So we decided to grab the food menus ourselves.
They took our order, the food came out fast, each dish was ok not amazing but we did have an issue with staff clearing our table and then when our main arrived the waiter decided to leave the food on the tray for a few minutes while he gives us new cutlery which this should have been done way before the food came out. So our food was getting cold. We didn't spend long here but while we were sitting there and looking around we noticed how beautiful the restaurant is but we also noticed how grumpy the staff looked and the way they approach customers isn't friendly. We also noticed some of the staff including a chef by the fish fridge wasn't wearing face masks properly. This immediately made us feel unsafe and uncomfortable. (yes they have clear masks so you can see their faces but some staff literally had the fabric ones under their chins)
Also where we sat just happened to have been where all the staff needed to get past us so the whole time we were there, staff were constantly walking past us quickly which was really frustrating.
Besides the fact this place looks amazing, the service has really let them down and I think a smile now and then won't hurt. Did not feel welcome at all.
Written April 11, 2021
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Mik1912
Dubai3 contributions
Mar 2021 • none
Found this gem LuckyFish down at the Palm West Beach! What an absolutely stunning venue with ridiculously delicious food! The ambience is so very classy, yet relaxing, and transports you to a magical Mediterranean beach island experience. We had the Burrata salad, Fritto Misto, Capricciosa Pizza, Crevettes Flambées, Toasted Marshmallows and the deconstructed Crème Brule. It was easy to tell that they used the best quality ingredients, as even the tomatoes in the salad were delectable! I have to mention the amazing cocktails as well, they really are a must try! We went with recommendations from our very capable server Erind, who made our night perfect with seamless and outstanding service! A special shoutout to the Bar Manager Keegan, who made us feel like he welcomed us to his home! I definitely plan to visit again, and am keen to try out their breakfast menu as well! I would definitely recommend this restaurant as a great option for family night out, girls night out, date night, a celebration or just smoking a shisha and chilling with friends. They have interesting shisha flavours as well!
Written March 6, 2021
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Paz
3 contributions
Oct 2022 • friends
This is the best beach club we visited! The facilities and the service is better than anywhere else we went and there was just a minimum spend which is brilliant compared to elsewhere. Kyma next door for example was 200 AED each before you spend anything on food and it was nowhere near as luxurious as lucky fish!! The staff are incredibly attentive and Jericho looked after us and even remembered our dietary preferences from the day before. Fantastic place and lovely staff. Also the beds are comfortable large king size ones which were made up lovely and you feel like you’re having breakfast in bed! Love it here and can’t recommend enough!
Written October 19, 2022
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firassabbass
It's always a pleasure to have you. Thanks so much for your positive feedback and good vibes. We're happy that you're happy, and we look forward to your subsequent inquiry.
We welcome you back anytime.
Lucky Fish Management Team
Written January 29, 2023
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Nour A
11 contributions
Oct 2022 • family
Worst customer service. We’re very frequent customers, we casually walked in for an afternoon bite on a Sunday, when most customers are at the beach, in sandals (very important detail) and the hostesses (Elona and Marina) were very rude to us. They rejected because I was wearing plastic flip flops (quite fancy ones). In any case, my sister who was appropriately dressed in fancy sneakers, went in just to question their argument and saw a couple of other customers also wearing flip flops (leather ones :)). Yes, we know the dress code policy, which btw they did not even bother to specify on the phone and justified their rejection by saying that “the owner saw someone with flip flops yesterday and made a big problem. He is very strict today”. Understandable, they’re doing their job of making you feel like s*** and elevating the place’s standard. As customers, we asked to speak to the manager. And both ladies just rudely said they’d call him, we waited, and then they said he’s busy. Busy? What’s a managers job other than caring for his customer’s needs and satisfaction? They didn’t even bother get him. Rudeness, impoliteness, arrogance, that’s all it was. While we really like this place. We won’t be coming again at all. Thank you, we ended up in the place next door and had a blast while being treated as a customer should be :)
Written October 30, 2022
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firassabbass
Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us. We want you to feel comfortable sharing good or bad news with us. We're so sorry that your experience with us fell short of expectations.
We appreciate your feedback as it helps us ensure quality service and helps us to make essential changes within our venue.
Please share your contact number with us so the restaurant manager can stay in touch with you.
We hope we see you again soon and that your experience will be positive!
Kind regards,
Lucky Fish Management Team
Written January 29, 2023
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