Updated 8 November 2026
If you’re leaving the Trade Centre stretch of Sheikh Zayed Road hungry, Zaroob at Jumeirah Tower is the straightforward stop when the evening has run long. The operator lists this branch as open 24 hours. For a sit-down dinner with shared mezze and grills, call Al Safadi’s Sheikh Zayed Road branch before setting out. Its own website gives a direct number for this location, and other listings disagree on when it closes. Zaroob branch hours · Al Safadi branch directory
This guide covers the central hotel and office stretch around Financial Centre. Level 43 Sky Lounge, at Four Points by Sheraton, gives you a third choice if the group wants food with a view over the road. Its published schedules disagree, so confirm the room and kitchen hours before going up. A group leaving a hotel function and still looking for dinner can make a meal out of several dishes at Al Safadi. A pair splitting up after a late shift can pick something easy to carry from Zaroob. Save the name of the branch and its building before you leave. A pin labelled only with the restaurant name can send you to another part of Dubai. Level 43 contact and hours · Four Points dining directory
| What you need | Where to go | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| A table for mezze and grills | Al Safadi, Sheikh Zayed Road branch | Last seating and last grill order on +971 4 343 5333 |
| A late wrap or shawarma platter | Zaroob, Jumeirah Tower | Current menu and whether you’ll eat there or collect |
| Rooftop sharing plates | Level 43, Four Points by Sheraton Sheikh Zayed Road | Hotel lists 5 pm to 3 am daily. Venue contact page also lists a shorter schedule. Confirm before leaving. |
Al Safadi for a table that wants to share
Choose Al Safadi when the group wants to sit down together and order across the Lebanese menu. In a map, look for AlSafadi Restaurant DIFC, 127 Sheikh Zayed Road. On the restaurant’s own website, the location is called Sheikh Zayed Road. If you’re arranging a table or a pickup, use the direct branch number, +971 4 343 5333, and say which location you mean. Al Safadi branch directory · Al Safadi’s branch pin
What to put on the table
Start with a dip and something sharp or crunchy. Al Safadi’s menu has hummus Beiruty with parsley, cumin and garlic, moutabbal made with eggplant and tahini, and fattoush with crisp pieces of fried bread. For two people, a salad, a dip and one hot dish give you room to decide whether to order more. Arayess kafta, toasted bread stuffed with seasoned meat, fits that order when you want something warm to split. For a group that has skipped dinner, ask about the one-kilogram mixed grill. The menu lists meat skewers, tawouk and kafta together. Check how many people the branch expects it to feed alongside the dishes you’re ordering. Al Safadi menu · Grill menu
The PDF menu distinguishes an AED 82 mixed grill from the AED 271 one-kilogram mixed grill, which it describes as ten skewers. Both prices include VAT in that menu. For four guests, ten skewers give everyone two, with two left to divide, before adding any mezze. For two guests who already ate at an event, the smaller mixed grill or the AED 52 arayess kafta gives you a way to order less. Use the published prices as a guide and check the current menu when you call the branch. Al Safadi food menu and portions
If you’re mostly there for shawarma, the menu lists it as a mixed platter and as hummus topped with chicken shawarma. A platter makes sense as the centre of a small order, while the hummus with shawarma can go among other shared dishes. For anyone who wants a lighter finish, the restaurant’s Instagram shows a plate of seasonal fruit with Arabic coffee. The post illustrates the serving style. Ask what’s available at the branch that night. Al Safadi shawarma menu · Al Safadi on Instagram
A smaller shared order of hummus Beiruty at AED 29, moutabbal at AED 30 and arayess kafta at AED 52 comes to AED 111 at the published PDF prices. The hummus has cumin and garlic, while the moutabbal brings a softer eggplant and tahini dip to the table. The arayess is the hot dish in that order. Ask if it can still be made when you arrive and whether the cold mezze can come out first. Al Safadi food menu and VAT terms
Call before you commit to a late table
The restaurant’s location directory gives the branch number without a closing time. Listings elsewhere range from 12:30 am to later on selected nights. Ask when the branch will seat your group and when it stops taking grill orders. If you’re arriving after a reception and some people may be late, give the restaurant the time the last person expects to arrive. If you want food to collect, ask separately whether the branch takes pickup orders at that hour. Al Safadi branch directory · Waze branch listing · Tripadvisor branch listing
If you’re comparing the branches, the operator lists Umm Al Sheif separately from the Sheikh Zayed Road location. Send the pin for the 127 Sheikh Zayed Road branch before anyone places an order. If a driver will drop some guests off and return for the rest, ask the branch where to stop without leaving anyone waiting on the road. The same question helps if one person will collect the food while the rest head to a hotel. Al Safadi branch directory
Level 43 for food with a view of the road
If the group wants to sit above the city for a while, Level 43 Sky Lounge is at Four Points by Sheraton Sheikh Zayed Road. The terrace looks down over the highway, and the official post shows two people at the railing with the road lit below them. The hotel lists a smart-casual dress code. Ask for a table suited to food and whether there’s sheltered seating if you’re arriving on a windy evening. For a full table, have the host confirm both the room and how much of the food menu it can serve at that hour. Four Points dining directory · Level 43 on Instagram
The rooftop’s published food menu has spinach hummus with crisp Arabic chips and smoky baba ganoush with pomegranate. If some people want fish, there’s a spicy tuna roll and a sashimi selection listed by four slices, with options including salmon, tuna and hamachi. A group can start with something everyone can share, then decide whether the kitchen has time for a second round. Ask for the current menu and prices when you call. The posted food descriptions are a guide to the format, and the host can tell you what it can serve at your table. Level 43 food menu
Marriott and the venue’s main menu page list 5 pm to 3 am daily. The venue contact page also gives Tuesday to Saturday, 5 pm to 1 am in its main hours section, with the daily 3 am close in its footer. Call 056 414 2213 and ask for that night’s last seating and last food order. The difference matters if you want to arrive at 12:30 am on a Monday, or after 1 am on a Friday. If the host confirms the rooftop is open but the kitchen has finished, use Zaroob for food and decide separately whether the terrace is still part of your evening. Level 43 contact and hours · Level 43 menu and footer hours · Marriott’s rooftop listing
The hotel advertises valet parking. Ask the rooftop about availability and any terms for dining visitors, then use the Four Points by Sheraton Sheikh Zayed Road entrance for your drop-off. The lift and check-in are part of the arrival time you give the host. If your ride is expected at the hotel at 12:45 am and the rooftop confirms a 1 am food cutoff, you have at most 15 minutes to get upstairs and order. Four Points hotel access and valet · Level 43 reservations
Zaroob for a later stop at Jumeirah Tower
Zaroob calls this branch Zaroob SZR on its site and places it at Jumeirah Tower. Visit Dubai puts the entrance on the ground floor. That building name is useful in a corridor where hotel, office and restaurant pins can sit close together. Use the operator’s directions link when you’re choosing a drop-off or asking a driver to collect you. The brand also lists branches in Marina and Motor City, with separate locations and hours. Zaroob locations · Visit Dubai branch address
Choose the wrap or the plate
The falafel comes in pita or saj on the operator’s menu. Saj is the thin flatbread option. If you want to share the falafel with someone who’s getting shawarma, look at the separate order of pieces with tahini and pickled turnip. For a meal at a table, the chicken shawarma platter comes with bread, fries, pickles and garlic sauce. The beef platter switches to tahini and includes biwaz, the onion and herb garnish. The mixed plate gives you both meats and both sauces. The operator’s menu PDF lists the chicken platter at AED 39 and the mixed platter at AED 42, each per dish. Use the branch’s live menu for the current price and availability. Zaroob menu · Zaroob digital menu
The restaurant’s Instagram reel about its sandwich range shows the casual interior and bold lettering. If you’re taking food home, check the live menu or ask the counter which wraps and sides are available. The reel is an older look at the sandwich format. Zaroob on Instagram
If two of you want separate plates, one chicken platter and one mixed platter would come to AED 81 at the PDF prices. For friends who are eating in the car or splitting up as soon as they leave, ask what can be wrapped and packed for collection. At Al Safadi the late decision is whether the grill can still serve a full table. At Zaroob it’s whether the branch has the platter or wrap you want ready at your hour. Zaroob menu · Al Safadi branch contact
The branch’s published 24-hour schedule makes it the later option in this guide. For delivery, use the Trade Centre storefront and enter the address where you’ll eat. If you want someone to collect from Jumeirah Tower, confirm pickup with the branch first. If you’re meeting someone at the restaurant, share the Jumeirah Tower pin. If you’re riding home together, agree whether to sit down or collect first so the driver has a single pickup point. Trade Centre delivery menu · Zaroob branch directions
The printed menu also has a one-metre sharing tray for four to six people, with grilled skewers, shawarma saj and mezze. It’s listed from noon to 6 pm, so have individual plates or wraps in mind when you’re feeding a group after a late event. Zaroob printed dine-in menu
Near dawn check what is being served
A long opening window gives you more choice about when to stop, and the counter can tell you which part of the menu it is serving. Zaroob’s published breakfast section lists labneh at AED 20 and a sumac omelette at AED 22, or AED 42 for the named dishes. If you’re coming after a late shift and want breakfast food, check whether both are available before you go. If you’re looking for a savoury meal on the way home, ask what shawarma or falafel options can be made at that hour. Zaroob breakfast menu · Zaroob locations and directions
Pick the stop before you cross the road
After a group event around 10:30 pm, call Al Safadi if people want to spend another hour together over dinner. Say how many people are coming and check whether the grill will still be taking orders. If the group only wants a wrap each, go straight to Zaroob.
When you’re on the other side of Sheikh Zayed Road, check the actual pedestrian route or set a ride to the branch. Use the entrance pin rather than estimating a walk from the distance between two pins. The RTA identifies Financial Centre as Red Line station R24. Its timetable gives general Metro hours, and the last train depends on your station and direction. If you’re eating close to midnight and want to take the Metro home, check your actual last train before you order. A late table may leave time to eat but require a taxi afterward. RTA station map · RTA timetables
When you’re leaving after 1 am, go by the branch schedule. Zaroob publishes round-the-clock service for Jumeirah Tower. If you’re thinking of Al Safadi because a listing shows a later closing on a particular night, get the branch to confirm it can still seat you and cook what you want before making the trip.
For a group arriving in stages, send three details in the same message. Name the branch or hotel, give the door or floor, and say whether you’re meeting at a table or collecting an order. That matters in this stretch, where a hotel entrance, a roadside restaurant and a ground-floor counter can look close together on a map but lead to different stops. If the first kitchen can no longer serve your meal, make the change before the rest of the group sets off.
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