Best Affordable Bars in Dubai: Four Ways to Keep Drinks Under AED50

Checked: 8 October 2026

“Affordable” can mean very different things on a Dubai bar menu. This guide uses a narrow, checkable rule: each pick has a current, venue-published drink price below AED50, available either as a regular selected-drinks rate or during a clearly timed offer. That does not mean every drink costs less than AED50, or that a whole evening will stay under that amount. We’ve kept the offer windows, selection limits and published fees beside the prices so you can tell what you are actually buying.

For a long Sunday–Friday offer window: Fibber Magee’s on Sheikh Zayed Road

Fibber Magee’s gives you the broadest clearly itemised offer window in this group. Its current 2026 menu marks the deal for the Sheikh Zayed Road pub only: Sunday to Friday, 10am–7pm. A single pour of listed spirits—including JW Red, Smirnoff Red, Tanqueray and Sailor Jerry’s—is AED33; house wine is AED39; a 330ml bottled beer or cider is AED35; draught beer, stout or cider is AED42. Those are different products and measures, so AED33 is not a blanket price for every drink.

Read the small print before making it a special-event stop: the offer is excluded during special events and gigs with non-resident musicians, and drinks ordered outside the stated window are charged at full price. The menu does not say whether its prices include service or other fees. There is also a separate Saturday voucher—six house drinks for AED198, valid only that day from 4pm to 8pm and requiring advance purchase. It is a six-drink package, not a published per-person rate, and should not be confused with the Sunday–Friday happy hour.

For sports across the day: Icon Bar at Radisson Blu Media City

Icon Bar is the straightforward choice when you want a low listed rate without timing your visit around a short happy hour. Radisson’s current venue page lists selected beers, wines and spirits at AED39 all day, every day; the bar runs noon–3am. The hotel’s linked menu says its prices include service, municipality fees and VAT.

The offer is selection-based, and the public menu does not map AED39 to named brands or pours. Treat it as a price for selected drinks, not proof that every beer, wine or spirit is AED39. The hotel describes Icon as a sports bar with 26 screens for live sport, giving the deal a practical fit for watching a match rather than building an evening around a special cocktail menu. Check the selected-drinks list when ordering if the exact brand matters.

For a sunset drink by the harbour: Bar du Port

Bar du Port’s BDP Sunsets menu gives a tighter time-and-place proposition: Pier Club at Dubai Harbour, Sunday to Friday from 4pm to 8pm. The July 2026 menu lists selected spirits, wine and Heineken draught at AED35, signature cocktails at AED45 and classic cocktails at AED50. Prices are VAT-inclusive. The online offer page shortens the timing to “until 8pm”; the menu supplies the start time and days, so use the menu’s more specific window and confirm if you plan to arrive close to the cutoff.

The menu does not publish the spirit measure, wine pour size or draught volume, so AED35 identifies the listed category price rather than a comparable glass or pint size. This is a good match for an early harbour-side drink if you can arrive within the offer hours; after 8pm, do not assume these rates continue. Saturday is not listed in the current menu’s offer schedule.

For cocktails and a small bite in DIFC: Le Petit Beefbar

At Gate Village Building 2, Le Petit Beefbar makes the price useful for a short cocktail stop as well as a longer visit: its daily happy hour runs 4pm–8pm, has no minimum spend, and applies a 50% reduction to selected drinks and bar bites. The current venue-linked offer lists wine at AED35 per 150ml, draught beer at AED35, signature cocktails from AED40 and small bites from AED10.

The fee basis matters: prices include 5% VAT, but a further 7% authority fee applies. For example, an AED40 cocktail comes to AED42.80 after that stated fee, before any discretionary gratuity. The menu’s “from” price also means a chosen signature can cost more. If you want to keep the order modest, ask which cocktails and bites are included in the promotion before choosing; selected items and the 4–8pm window are part of the deal.

Which offer fits your plans?

For the longest Sunday–Friday window with exact drink categories and prices, start with Fibber Magee’s—but check that there is no excluded event. For an all-day listed rate, Icon Bar removes the happy-hour timing constraint, although you need to ask which drinks are selected. Bar du Port has the clearest sunset slot and a cocktail choice below AED50, while Le Petit Beefbar pairs an early DIFC cocktail with AED10 bites and no minimum spend; remember its additional 7% authority fee.

These prices are useful anchors, not a promise that a full visit costs under AED50. Ask for the current eligible list, pour size and final fee basis before ordering, especially where the operator publishes only a category or “from” price.

Last checked: 8 October 2026. Offers, menus and fees can change; confirm date-specific terms with the venue before travelling.