L’Avenue Has Landed in Dubai. Start With the AED135 Lunch
The Paris restaurant’s first UAE address comes with fountain views and a weekday set menu. Shopping bags welcome. Actual business optional.
yapped Editors · Nov 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Quick facts
- Where
- Second floor, Fashion Avenue, Dubai Mall
- Business lunch
- Monday–Friday, noon–4pm
- Two courses
- AED 135
- Three courses
- AED 170
L’Avenue by Costes is now open above the Dubai Fountain, and lunch looks like the place to start. The Paris name has brought its first UAE restaurant to Fashion Avenue, with a weekday set menu that gives you a clear price before you sit down.
Two courses, a view and time for a proper catch-up. We’d put that in the diary before the shopping, rather than leave lunch to whichever escalator everyone ends up near.
The Lunch Plan
The business lunch runs until mid-afternoon, leaving room for both an early meeting and a later table with friends. No presentation required, unless someone wants to explain their latest purchase.
An extra AED 35 takes you from two courses to three. Dubai Mall currently lists the offer through 30 November, so there’s a November lunch plan to work with.
“The Paris reputation can get you through the door. What arrives on the plate should earn the next booking.”
Beyond the Set Menu
The wider menu moves between French brasserie cooking and international dishes, with escargots, lobster pasta and Tom Yam chilli sea bass among the reported options. Dessert brings Costes cheesecake and raspberry millefeuille into consideration.
Those are à-la-carte dishes, not confirmed choices on the business lunch. Ask for the set menu before getting attached to the lobster pasta. It happens.
We’d use lunch as the introduction: try the cooking, enjoy the setting and decide whether you want to return for a longer evening. The Paris reputation can get you through the door. What arrives on the plate should earn the next booking.