Eat & Drink Restaurant: An Abu Dhabi & Dubai Institution

You’ve probably seen them around: with over 40 outlets across the UAE, Eat & Drink Restaurant has a funny - and very literal - name that’s cause for a double take, but have you ventured inside for a lunch or dinner on the go? After passing by time and time again, we finally popped inside for a quick lunch. Luckily, with an Eat and Drink Restaurant near me on Reem Island, we didn’t have to go far - which is part of the charm of this chain.

Unassumingly tucked away on bustling streets and quiet corners of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Eat and Drink’s restaurant empire has come a long way from their humble beginnings in 1982. Starting out as a cafeteria, serving up fresh fruit juices and sandwiches to hungry workers on the go, the Eat and Drink branding followed after establishing restaurants in Jumeirah and Al Quoz.

So what sort of food are you in for? If Eat & Drink Restaurant is pretty broad in its branding - unsurprisingly, so is the menu! From Arabic and Lebanese classics to Chinese and Indian dishes, a big breakfast selection, an even bigger offering of sandwiches and a bunch of juices, milkshakes and drinks to round it out, Eat & Drink Restaurant brings new meaning to the phrase ‘something for everyone’. 

Breakfast brings a morning rush: in between orders flying out the door for delivery, tables are snapped up for an eat-and-go style breakfast. Indian breakfast staples start from AED5 - you can nab a kadala puttu, an idly set or vada set for a fiver, or spring for poratta with chicken or beef curry for a pocket friendly 8 dirhams. If you’re leaning towards a more Lebanese breakfast, a falafel plate with hammous (AED13) might be more your thing, or an omelette is only AED5 as well.