Orfali Bros Bistro is a Fine Dining Restaurant located in D92, Jumeirah, Jumeirah 1, Dubai, UAE. Big Brother Mohammad is the head chef, the leading voice, and the energetic guiding force in this family affair. A veteran TV cook and restaurant chef in the Middle East, he has taken ingredients, techniques, traditions, and influences from across the world and used them to create his take on Arabic cuisine. While he runs the main kitchen, his two younger brothers, Wassim and Omar, hover one storey above in their own pastry world. Both are classic pâtissiers in the French mold, but with contrasting approaches, leading to a stellar selection of pastries, buns, éclairs and desserts that pepper the menu. The trio grew up in Aleppo, then dispersed to different destinations before reuniting in Dubai to open Orfali Bros Bistro in 2021.

There are no restrictions to what dishes the team might create, based on anything they love to eat. ‘Rules are meant to be bent and broken, with respect to our tradition’ is one of the Orfalis’ mantras. Prepare to be hit with surprising combinations that reference art, travel, diverse cultures, Syrian traditions and personal experiences. A fattoush, Greek salad, and gazpacho hybrid; the Aleppo street bun; and the shish barak à la gyoza, a Levantine take on the Asian staple.

Orfali Bros Bistro is a distinctive neighbourhood eatery that has captured the imagination of Dubai’s multicultural residents as well as food-loving visitors from across the globe with its combination of tradition and technique, and its simultaneous nods to nostalgia and progression.