With its brasserie-style windows with cursive French logo in Dubai’s International Financial District, Le Petit Maison brings its culinary skills from the South of France for a playful bistro that’s one of the best-translated kitchens in the city. The space is captured in crisp white paneling with coffer ceiling, natural stone floors and creamy leather club chairs. Walls are adorned with black-and-white artwork as well as etchings inspired by Matisse and Pissarro that offer a soothing visual aesthetic that a wonderful juxtaposition of everything else in Dubai. Open day and night, the evening offer a less business-minded crowd with tabletops alit in votive candlelight as the perfectly dressed chefs work away the night in the busy open kitchen.
The Food
Having garnered a Michelin Star for its Nice flagship, Le Petit Maison brings simple food created with the best produce and quality to the heart of Dubai. Meals begin with olive tapenade with crusty bread, French beans with foie gras and asparagus with shallots and goat’s cheese. Standout salads include a green lentil or crab with lobster as well as a signature Nicoise. Main course varies between hearty macaroni and truffle cheese and monkfish cassoulet to salt-baked sea bass and grilled ribeye with Dubai’s best French fries.
Last Word
Michelin-star Nice dining room opens Dubai affiliate with quaff interiors, fashionable crowd and unrivaled South of France cuisine.
