Middle Child storefront in Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Eatery
Groceries
Cookbooks

Middle Child stands out in Dubai’s crowded dining scene: part restaurant, part pantry, part cookbook shop, and fully a world of its own.

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Wed — Sun
12:30pm — 10:30pm

The one in the middle.

Middle Child is a gathering place built around three things done with real intention: good food, great books, and hard-to-find groceries.

Located in Alserkal Avenue, it is part all-day eatery, part cookbook shop with over 500 titles, and part gourmet grocer stocked with sauces, condiments and pantry gems from around the world.

Lynn Hazim behind stacks of books inside Middle Child

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The room, the shelves, the plates.

Middle Child storefront window and vitrine

Middle Child yellow-tiled bar and cookbook shelves

Red library ladder and pantry shelves inside Middle Child

Steak with jammy onions and fries at Middle Child

What we’re cooking.

Prices in AED, inclusive of VAT. Tabs make the list easier to scan, but the spirit is still very much order-the-whole-table.

D dairy · E eggs · G gluten · N nuts · S seafood · V vegetarian

Eggplant caponata D, G, V
Sweet and sour eggplant and tomatoes with fresh mozzarella and focaccia
65
Crudités plate with tahini caesar dip D, S
Mix of raw vegetables
59
Sour cream & onion dip D, E, G, V
Sour cream, mayo, caramelized onions, served with Ritz crackers
45
Labneh yuzukosho dip D, G, V
Served with a basket of bread
45