Updated 9 November 2026
For a meal at 4 or 5 am, use a listing that gives 24-hour hours for the exact address. HuQQabaz Garden at Mall of the Emirates is the clearest choice here for a sit-down Turkish meal. The restaurant explicitly describes 24-hour dining, and the mall’s current directory confirms the ground-floor address. Zaroob at Jumeirah Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road is listed as open 24/7. In Motor City, Zaroob also lists First Avenue Mall as open around the clock, while the mall lists a 3 am close. Call before making it your overnight stop. Barbar Hessa Street is also listed as open 24/7 and gives you another choice in Al Barsha, especially if you want a flatbread or mezze. Use the building name when you share a pin or select an ordering branch. At 5 am, a delivery listing, a seat and a kitchen taking your order are three different things. HuQQabaz Garden · Mall of the Emirates listing · Zaroob branch hours · Barbar branch directory · First Avenue Mall branch hours and contact
| Branch | Published schedule | Best fit |
|---|---|---|
| HuQQabaz Garden, Mall of the Emirates | 24-hour dining | A sit-down Turkish meal, with late access through the entrance the branch confirms. |
| Barbar Hessa Street, Al Barsha | 24/7 | Flatbreads or mezze on Hessa Street. Confirm seating and kitchen service for your arrival. |
| Zaroob, Jumeirah Tower, Sheikh Zayed Road | 24/7 | Casual Levantine food when the night ends near central Sheikh Zayed Road. |
| Zaroob, First Avenue Mall, Motor City | Operator lists 24/7. Mall lists 7 am–3 am. | Confirm food service and entry before going after 3 am. |
HuQQabaz Garden for a sit-down meal in Al Barsha
The restaurant calls HuQQabaz Garden a 24-hour dining venue and describes a menu with Turkish breakfast platters, mezze and grilled meats. The mall’s current directory places the restaurant on the ground floor. Its general hours end at 11 pm Monday through Thursday and midnight Friday through Sunday, with separate hours possible for restaurants. Tell your driver you are going to HuQQabaz Garden and ask the venue which door is open at your arrival time. The restaurant can have different access arrangements from the mall’s retail hours. HuQQabaz Garden branch page · Mall of the Emirates location and hours
If you want something substantial at 4 am, ask which grills and sides are available from the overnight menu. The venue’s breakfast post shows the shared Turkish spread with cheeses, olives and breads. Its caption lists breakfast as a separate daytime service while describing the restaurant as open 24/7. If you are heading there at dawn specifically for breakfast, check the current start time with the restaurant. If you’re going now because the group is hungry, ask for the overnight food choices and decide whether everyone wants to sit down for a full meal. HuQQabaz Garden on Instagram
The restaurant describes an outdoor garden, a shisha lounge and a dedicated children’s area. If you’re there to eat and want to sit away from shisha, ask for the appropriate dining section when you call. The mall directory also mentions burgers and pasta alongside grilled dishes, which gives a mixed group a starting point for asking what can be made at that hour. Ask about the children’s area separately if it matters to your visit, since the restaurant’s overnight schedule gives the dining hours. HuQQabaz Garden dining areas · Mall dining directory
The mall directory gives 800 47229 as the venue contact. Call ahead if you need a single table for a larger party, a particular dining section or directions to the late entrance. If one person is parking and another is arriving by taxi, share the door the branch gives you with both. Ask the restaurant whether it can seat the whole group together before everyone sets off. Mall of the Emirates contact listing
Decide between a dinner and a dawn breakfast
A meal before sunrise can go two ways here. If you want something savoury after a late night, ask which mezze and grilled mains are available together and whether the kitchen can make an individual plate as well as shared dishes. If you came for the breakfast board in the post, confirm the current breakfast hours before ordering a ride. That matters most when you're meeting people who expect one specific spread at the table. The branch’s digital menu is a starting point for browsing. Ask staff for the menu actually being served at your arrival time. HuQQabaz Garden branch menu · HuQQabaz Garden dining details
Barbar Hessa Street for manakish and mezze
Barbar lists Hessa Street in Al Barsha as open 24/7. The branch contact is 04 565 2604. For a late pickup, confirm that the Hessa kitchen is making the food you want and ask how long it will take. For a meal at a table, ask specifically about seating. The branch directory publishes round-the-clock operation, and the UAE menu covers dine-in and takeaway, but the directory gives no separate overnight timetable for the dining room. Barbar branch directory · Barbar UAE menu
The menu offers two quite different meals. Choose a zaatar or Akkawi manousheh if you want warm bread you can hold in one hand. If you have time to sit, try hummus Beiruti at AED 27 and batata harra at AED 22. The first brings chickpeas and tahini with chilli and lemon, and the second adds crisp potatoes seasoned with garlic, coriander and chilli. That’s AED 49 for the two dishes at the published UAE prices, inclusive of VAT. Ask whether both are available at the branch before setting out for those particular plates. The earlier Barbar post shows a rolled zaatar flatbread with tomato and greens. Barbar UAE menu · Barbar on Instagram
If someone wants more than mezze, the menu lists hummus topped with chicken shawarma at AED 32. The shawarma version gives them a more substantial single plate while everyone else shares their sides. If you're collecting an order, ask to pack the potato dish separately from the dips so you can open them when you get where you're going. For a dawn meal, the menu also has fava beans, chickpeas and egg plates under breakfast. Check which part of the menu the kitchen is serving. Barbar UAE menu
Pay attention to the address if you start with Barbar’s homepage or an ordering app. The operator’s Business Bay listing says the branch closes at 1 am and delivery there runs to 3 am. At 2:30 am you could see a Business Bay delivery option even though the branch’s published hours have ended. If a friend offers to pick up instead, select Hessa Street deliberately and confirm collection there. Barbar branch directory
Zaroob for casual food around the clock
Jumeirah Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road is the branch to start with if you are leaving a central venue or meeting after a late shift. The operator also lists First Avenue Mall in Motor City as 24/7. The mall’s branch row gives a shorter schedule, so use the exact address and get a direct answer about the hour you want. If one person is collecting for everyone, confirm the branch will take a pickup order at that hour and share the branch pin and collection time together. Zaroob locations and directions
Zaroob is a casual Levantine option. The published breakfast menu lists a labneh plate at AED 20 and a pan-fried omelette with sumac at AED 22, while the brand’s sandwich reel shows the style of handheld food it has served. Check the live branch menu for what’s available at your hour. For a quick meal, decide whether you want a sandwich to take away or a few plates to eat together. The operator’s all-night listing gives you a wider arrival window, and the branch can tell you whether it is taking table orders, takeaway or both when you arrive. Zaroob menu · Zaroob on Instagram
Sheikh Zayed Road for a central meeting point
Use the Jumeirah Tower address if people are coming from different places along central Sheikh Zayed Road. The word Jumeirah is in the building name. Share the operator’s pin rather than telling the group to meet you in Jumeirah, which could send people toward a different part of the city. For delivery, enter the address where you’ll eat and check what the Trade Centre storefront can send at that hour. For pickup, confirm the order with the branch before sending a friend to Jumeirah Tower. Zaroob’s Sheikh Zayed Road pin and hours · Zaroob Trade Centre delivery menu
Motor City when everyone is heading inland
First Avenue Mall lists Zaroob from 7 am to 3 am and gives 058 999 1249 for the branch. If you expect to reach Motor City at 4:30 am, that puts you between the two listings. Call with your arrival time and ask whether the kitchen will make your order, whether it’s seating guests and which door to use. If someone is collecting for you, confirm where they can meet the order after the shops have closed. Use the Jumeirah Tower branch when you are still near Sheikh Zayed Road and need a clearer published overnight window. For a shared meal when breakfast is available, the labneh and sumac omelette come to AED 42 on the brand’s published menu. Zaroob branch pins · First Avenue Mall branch hours and contact · Zaroob breakfast menu
Compare the two menus before you leave
If the group is coming off a shift near Jumeirah Tower, the branch’s delivery menu gives you an idea of what to ask for. It lists foul at AED 29 and fattoush at AED 29, a food subtotal of AED 58 before fees. That is a way to get a bowl of beans and a salad when you want something other than a sandwich. At First Avenue Mall, the Motor City delivery menu lists a tawouk platter meal at AED 42, with two skewers of charcoal-grilled chicken, fries, pickles, garlic sauce, bread and a choice of side. For a table at either address, ask whether those dishes are available in person and at your hour. Jumeirah Tower area delivery menu · Motor City delivery menu
If you’re collecting before work, compare the earliest pickup time with the time you need to leave the area. Use the location on the live ordering screen and confirm it against the operator’s address. The two branch menus can show different dishes, and a delivery menu can give you a different price from the counter. If the merchant won’t accept an order for the time you need, check with the branch about walk-in food before sending someone to collect. Zaroob branch addresses
Pick the entrance before booking a ride
For HuQQabaz Garden, send the restaurant name along with Mall of the Emirates. The mall notes that restaurants may have different schedules from the building’s normal hours. If a friend is arriving separately, share the door the restaurant gives you and ask where a taxi can pick you up after the meal. For Zaroob Motor City, send the First Avenue Mall branch pin from Zaroob’s own location page and ask about access from the street after the shopping doors close. Mall of the Emirates hours and access · Zaroob branch directions
Match the hours to the service you need
Look for the full address, the overnight schedule and a way to confirm the service. For a sit-down meal, ask whether the branch has seating and which food it can make at your arrival time. For a hotel restaurant or lobby café, ask which entrance to use and whether the overnight menu is served there. Room service is an option for someone staying at a hotel. A public dining listing answers whether people who are meeting there can come in and eat.
A useful way to read a 24-hour listing is to ask what the listed business actually does for you at 5 am. HuQQabaz uses the wording for dining at a named restaurant. Zaroob and Barbar publish schedules for named branches. An ordering page can instead mean dispatch to a delivery address. If you're hungry on the move, a delivery estimate at your current location does little for the place you will reach in half an hour. Enter the final destination first and check the order mode and exact branch before paying.
If two people want a long meal and two just want something to take home, settle that before you choose between the two Al Barsha options. Go to HuQQabaz Garden when the table and the setting are part of the plan. Choose Barbar Hessa when the appeal is a flatbread or a few Lebanese plates and you’re already close to Hessa Street. If a large group needs to stay together, ask about table space and the overnight menu before splitting across cars. If you're travelling alone, one confirmed pickup and a precise pin may be all you need. HuQQabaz Garden dining · Barbar Hessa directory
Keep the after-midnight time explicit when you call. Say, for example, that you plan to arrive at 4:45 am on Saturday morning. If the exact dish matters, ask about it before booking a ride. If you just need somewhere to sit and eat, a confirmed entrance and the current overnight menu are enough to make the call.
There’s a different calculation for someone who wants food before an early start and needs to leave at a fixed time. Give the restaurant both the time you’ll get there and the time you’ll need to leave. Ask whether your dish can be ready by then or whether an earlier pickup order makes more sense. If your plans are loose and you want somewhere to sit for a while, ask which section stays open rather than rushing the order. The right branch is the one that can feed you in the time and setting you actually have.
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