Things to do in Abu Dhabi: The ADR Week with Anna Torrez - 14 October 2024
Learn about UAE plants, explore the desert and escape your fears this week in the Capital!
Monday, 14 October
Explore UAE Plant Life
Native: Plants in the UAE exhibition explores the life conditions of each plant indigenous to the UAE’s landscape, looking at the surrounding atmosphere that affects its growth and gives it its unique variations of colour, texture, size and behaviour. From the iconic Ghaf tree to the resilient desert grasses, each specimen holds a story of adaptation and survival told through a curated collection of art installations and informative exhibits that shed light on the ecological significance of these plants and trees. The exhibition at Cultural Foundation is the perfect educational excursion to start your kiddos’ week.
When: Saturday - Thursday, 9 AM - 8 PM; Friday, 2 - 8 PM
Where: Cultural Foundation, Qasr al Hosn
Price: Free
For bookings and further information, call 026576348, email info@culturalfoundation.ae or visit https://culturalfoundation.ae/
Tuesday, 15 October
Grab a Classic Breakfast at Le Café Noir
Start your day right with a tasty breakfast at Le Café Noir. The menu is filled with breakfast classics from around the world. Try the familiar English or Arabic breakfasts or their Mexican and Italian breakfasts. Choose the Mexican breakfast for fried eggs, kidney beans, tortillas, pico de gallo, guacamole, and bacon. Or go with the Italian breakfast for sous vide eggs, tomato, burrata, and ruccola salad with bruschetta. If those don’t sound like your cup of tea, the restaurant also offers croissant breakfast sandwiches, omelets, breakfast burritos, avo toast, pancakes, french toast, and even salted caramel waffles.
When: Daily, 7 AM - 11 PM
Where: Le Café Noir, The Collection at St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort
Price: Starts around AED 50
For bookings and further information, call 02 448 4859, or visit https://www.lenoircafe.com/
Wednesday, 16 October
Fall for Fresh French food at Fouquet’s
Fouquet’s Abu Dhabi has launched their latest menu filled with dishes capturing wintertime in Paris. Try their roasted camembert with a pear crumble and walnuts or their creamy burrata with marinated cherry tomatoes. The Tartare de Thon Rouge Bluefin mixes bluefin tuna tartare, guacamole and lotus chips. You can also try mains like grilled lamb chops with gremolata, French Brittany lobster, parsnip, and pear with parmesan cream or pan-seared sea scallops, parsnip and potato purée with parmesan cream. Any dish you choose is sure to transport you to Paris.
When: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 12 PM - 12 AM; Fridays and Saturdays, 12 PM - 1 AM
Where: Fouquet’s Abu Dhabi, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Cultural District, Saadiyat Island
For bookings and further information, call +971 2 205 4200, email sales-uae@groupebarriere.com, or visit https://www.fouquetsabudhabi.com/en/
Thursday, 17 October
Oktoberfest at Stills
Bust out your lederhosen and dirndls and head to Stills for an authentic Oktoberfest! The three-day celebration will feature Bavarian buffets stacked with pretzels and sausages and live music from Gaudiblosn, a traditional Oktoberfest band. If you book a table for 12, you’ll get a 3-meter sausage!
When: Thursday, October 17th - Friday, October 18th: À La Carte from 12 - 6 PM, Buffet from 7 - 11 PM
Saturday October 19th: Buffet (first seating), 12:30 - 4:30 PM; Buffet (second seating), 7 - 11 PM
Where: Stills Restaurant & Bar, Crowne Plaza, Yas Island
Price: AED 189 for the soft drink package, AED 289 for the German beers package. Book a table for 12 people and get a 3-meter sausage.
For bookings and further information, call +971 50 667 5815, or email stills@yasplazahotels.com
Friday, 18 October
Explore Your Fear at Dark Room
If Halloween is your favourite holiday and you love horror movies, you won’t want to miss out on Abu Dhabi’s first horror escape room. You and your team will have 60 minutes to find your way out of a room filled with puzzles, clues, and riddles. What sets this escape room apart? Aside from the horror theme, you aren't alone when trapped in one of these rooms. An actor is trapped with each group, adding to the creepiness. Dark Room has three rooms to choose from. Your group can choose to escape the “Mad Surgeon”, “Nightmare of Hill House” or “Creepy Dolls.”
Where: Dark Room, Khalifa Bin Zayed The First St, Al Markaziyah West, W2.
Price: For two people, 210 AED each; for three people, 200 AED each; for four people, 180 AED each; for five people, 165 AED each; for six people, 150 AED each; for seven people, 140 each; and for eight to ten people, 130 AED each
For bookings and further information, call +971 55 186 1589, visit https://darkroomae.com/
Saturday, 19 October
Brunch Like You’re on the Riviera at MIKA
Travel to the Mediterranean this weekend with MIKA. Start your feast with dishes like parmesan truffle fries, prawn cocktail tartlet, and chicken liver pate. Then, try out their raw menu with bites like vintage Aquitaine caviar, steak tartare, or yellowfin tuna carpaccio. Your main dish options include saffron risotto, conchiglie pasta, salt beef sandwich, slow-roasted lamb shoulder tacos, octopus on coals, and much more. Be sure to leave room for Nonna’s tiramisu, basque cheesecake, and a limoncello.
When: Saturdays, 1:30 - 4:30 PM
Where: MIKA, Yas Marina
Price: AED 299 for the soft drink package, AED 449 house beverage package, or AED 595 for the champagne package
For bookings and further information, call 056 433 1422, email reservations@mika.ae or visit https://mika.ae/book-a-table/
Sunday, 20 October
Travel to the West Coast
Need a change of scenery? Danat Jebel Dhanna Resort is inviting guests to discover Abu Dhabi’s West Coast, where the vast desert meets the Arabian Gulf with the Explore Danat Jebel Dhanna Resort Getaway Campaign. Through the campaign, guests can enjoy a room with breakfast starting at AED 299 or opt for an all-inclusive package for AED 599. While there, enjoy meals at one of the resorts many restaurants like Tides, L’attitude, C-View Café and Waves Pool and Beach Bar. The resort just a short boat ride away from Sir Bani Yas Island where you can go on guided safaris to see Arabian oryx, gazelles, giraffes, hyenas and cheetahs. Or stick close to the resort and go hiking or dune bashing in the desert!
Where: Danat Jebel Dhanna Resort
Price: AED 299 for the Room with Breakfast package or AED 599 for the All-Inclusive Package
For bookings and further information, call +971 2 801 2222, email reservations.jebeldhanna@danathotels.com or visit https://www.danathotels.com/ruwais/danatjebeldhannaresort
