Dubai Gets the World’s First KFC Muse
Mix your own chicken, order boba with lunch and look up. The bucket has its own light show.
yapped Editors · Nov 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Quick facts
- Where
- Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai
- New to the UAE
- MIX’D chicken and KWENCH speciality drinks
- Inside
- Two floors and a light-and-sound installation called the Kinetic Bucket
KFC picked JBR for the debut of KFC Muse, opening the two-storey restaurant on 31 October. Dubai gets the first look at the chain’s new format. Seoul is due to get its turn by the end of 2026.
What’s for Lunch?
Start with MIX’D. Pick your chicken, choose your sauces, add a finishing sprinkle and mix it yourself. If one of you likes it mild and the other wants to feel something, get one each.
At KWENCH, the choice runs from boba refreshers and sparkling lemonades to shakes and iced coffees. Already eaten? Drop in for a boba and stay for the bucket’s light show.
“After decades of putting chicken in the bucket, KFC has finally given the bucket something to do.”
About That Bucket
At the centre of the dining room, the Kinetic Bucket puts on a show with changing visuals, lights and sound. After decades of putting chicken in the bucket, KFC has finally given the bucket something to do.
KFC says what it learns in JBR and Seoul will shape how it designs new restaurants and refits existing ones. We’d start with the chicken and see whether the bucket talks us into staying for coffee.