Happy hours, brunches, new openings and the month ahead — written for people who live here.

Three courses, a fixed price, and ninety minutes. Here is how to pick one that is worth the hour.

ROKA from four, Circus Bar's two-hour package, and why every good offer in this city is inside a hotel.

Packages from AED350, afterparties sold separately, and how to tell a long lunch from a night out.

The city runs on a weather calendar. Here is which months are worth planning around.

The most competitive midweek offer in the region — what is complimentary, and what is not.

Where the unlimited format gives value in a city that prices everything by the plate.

DIFC, Al Quoz, Dubai Hills, J1 Beach — the map of where the city opens next, and what each district attracts.

Hatta at ninety minutes, Ras Al Khaimah at an hour, Musandam if your paperwork is in order.

Roasters in warehouses, third-wave in the suburbs, and which rooms will let you stay for three hours.

Deira and Bur Dubai on one dirham fare — the half of the city most visitors skip.

Minimum spend, redeemable credit, weekday rates — the pricing model explained before you turn up.