Mimi Kakushi Is the Middle East’s Best Bar. Again.
No.42 at The World’s 50 Best Bars 2026 and Dubai’s only top-50 entry. Your “just one drink” plans have a strong opening argument.
yapped Editors · Oct 7, 2026 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · 1 min read
Quick facts
- Award
- The Best Bar in the Middle East 2026
- World ranking
- No.42
- Where
- Restaurant Village, Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach
Mimi Kakushi has retained The Best Bar in the Middle East title, ranking No.42 in The World’s 50 Best Bars 2026. Announced in Milan on 7 October, it’s Dubai’s only entry in this year’s top 50.
If you’ve filed Mimi Kakushi under “Japanese dinner”, give the bar its own entry.
“We love an overachiever. Especially one making the drinks.”
Don’t Order Your Usual Just Yet
The setting draws on 1920s Osaka, with jazz and art shaping the mood. Give the drinks menu the same attention you’d give dinner.
Tell the team what you like: dry, citrusy, bitter, spirit-forward. You don’t need cocktail expertise. Just something more helpful than “surprise me” followed by a list of things you hate.
Dinner Can Still Happen
There’s a bar-bites menu if you’re keeping things casual. If not, sushi, sashimi, tempura and gyoza lead towards black cod and Kagoshima Wagyu.
“Just a drink” was always a provisional arrangement.