A theatrical greenhouse-like space with checkerboard floors and a retractable glass roof sits atop an early-20th-century mansion. You can’t go wrong with the taco del río, made with langoustines.
Fashionable locals crowd the high-ceilinged dining room for long, loud, convivial lunches, especially on weekends. The ideal meal: oysters and grilled porgy painted with green and red sauces.
At the new aquarium, in Dubai Mall, tiger sharks swim overhead and the underwater zoo has some of the world's smartest otters.
