Seafood Buffets in Dubai: Four Nights with Different Packages

A seafood buffet is most useful when the booking details are clear: which night, what the ticket includes and whether it is an actual seafood-led buffet rather than brunch with a seafood counter. These four operator-listed hotel offers are evening events outside brunch; Ewaan’s Saturday offer began on 10 October 2026, while Giardino lists a restart date after a temporary dinner closure. Their menus and prices differ: Yalumba brings live cooking and sushi on Tuesday, while Giardino describes fresh fish and crustaceans at its live stations. Prices are per adult unless a child rate is shown; beverage tiers, child terms and fee gaps stay attached to the specific offer.

Four seafood nights, four booking decisions

Yalumba — an earlier Tuesday option with live stations

Yalumba’s Ocean’s Bounty is the week’s Tuesday seafood event, running 6:30–11pm at Le Méridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre on Airport Road. The offer page specifically promises live cooking stations, sushi and grilled specialties. AED265 buys food with soft beverages; AED370 buys food with the pouring beverage package. Children aged 6–12 are AED115, though the page does not say whether their rate includes a drink. It also does not state whether VAT or service is included, so ask for the final bill amount when booking.

The useful distinction here is the combination of a five-hour Tuesday window with a named sushi and live-cooking offer. Yalumba is the pick if you want a midweek dinner and would rather choose between two clearly priced adult drink packages than book a weekend event. The operator does not itemize seafood species, so the exact catch should be checked with the restaurant.

Makan — Friday seafood buffet with a simpler two-tier price

At Mövenpick Grand Al Bustan in Al Garhoud, Makan’s Seafood Night – Savour runs Fridays from 7–11pm. The current operator page lists AED220 per adult with soft beverages and AED325 with alcoholic beverages. It calls the evening a seafood celebration but does not list particular species or a child rate; both are worth confirming if they shape your booking. Terms and conditions apply, while taxes and service treatment are not stated on the event card.

Makan also sells a Saturday brunch and a separate Wednesday Surf & Turf Night. Those are different products. For this guide, the Friday Seafood Night is the relevant booking; don’t assume the Wednesday mixed meat-and-seafood event has the same menu or price.

Giardino — seafood cooked to order, with water and drink tiers separated

Giardino’s Ocean Feast at Palazzo Versace Dubai has a seafood-focused live-cooking format, but check the schedule carefully: as of 10 October, the hotel says Giardino dinner is closed until further notice and theme nights resume on 22 October 2026. The first Saturday after that date is 24 October; the operator lists Ocean Feast for Saturdays, but availability should be confirmed directly before booking. The hotel’s restaurant page describes fresh fish and crustaceans cooked at live stations with Moroccan spices and Italian-coast preparations. Its linked Ocean Feast voucher itemizes oysters, crab legs and lobster claws, sushi and sashimi, plus grilled lobster, mussels, prawns, scallops and calamari. The dinner offer runs 7–11pm. The restaurant page lists AED275 with water, AED295 with soft beverages and AED425 with selected house beverages; children aged 5–11 are AED145 for food only or AED157 with soft beverages.

There is also an operator-issued voucher listing AED200 food only or AED210 with soft drinks, valid through 23 December 2026 and excluding public, special, Eid and festive holidays. It requires advance reservation and remains subject to availability. The voucher calls AED275 the food-only standard rate and AED295 the soft-drink rate, while the restaurant page calls AED275 the rate “including water.” That package-inclusion mismatch matters: confirm exactly what your ticket includes before purchase. The public pages do not state VAT or service-charge treatment.

Ewaan — a Saturday seafood night from 10 October

Ewaan at Palace Downtown schedules its Seafood Theme Night Buffet every Saturday from 7–10:30pm, starting 10 October 2026. The rate is AED369 per person with soft beverages or AED499 with “home beverages,” the exact wording on the operator’s page. The hotel describes a seafood-focused spread and invites guests to reserve the terrace; it does not publish a species list, child rate, or VAT/service details for this event.

This is the Downtown choice if you want the Burj Khalifa and fountain-side setting to be part of dinner. The hotel page marks the offer “Ongoing” as of 10 October; the live offer still does not define “home beverages,” list seafood species or publish child and fee terms. “Home beverages” is left in quotation marks because the live offer page does not define it.

Which night fits your plan?

• Tuesday and live cooking: Yalumba has the earliest start and names sushi and grilled stations.
• A Friday without a third drink tier: Makan’s offer is the only one here with two adult packages and no named premium tier.
• Seafood cooked to order: Giardino describes fish and crustaceans at live stations with distinct Moroccan-spiced and Italian-coast preparations; confirm the restart and booking before going.
• A Downtown Saturday: Ewaan’s offer is marked ongoing from 10 October; confirm what “home beverages” includes and whether the first service is available.

These are not directly comparable “from” prices: package contents differ, one offer is newly launching, and Giardino’s voucher has separate exclusions. Before paying, confirm the date, adult package, children’s terms, final fees and whether the displayed offer is still running. This comparison excludes brunches even where the hotel also sells a seafood-heavy brunch.

Checked 10 October 2026. Current offers and beverage terms can change; confirm with the restaurant before booking.