Carbone Dubai: A New Chapter of Iconic Italian-American Glamour
New York’s iconic Italian-American RESTAURANT lands in Dubai.
From Manhattan to the Middle East, Carbone introduces its iconic Italian-American fine dining experience to Dubai, blending nostalgia, luxury, and theatrical flair.
What began as a chef’s vision is now a global symbol of style, indulgence, and cultural impact. Chef Mario Carbone, alongside partners Jeff Zalaznick and Chef Rich Torrisi, turned a simple idea, a love letter to mid-century Italian-American dining, into Major Food Group (MFG), one of the world’s most influential hospitality empires. Their original Carbone in New York didn’t just open; it ignited a movement. Suddenly, red-sauce nostalgia was glamorous again.
Theatrical service, cinematic romance, tuxedo-clad captains and unapologetically bold flavours became the new definition of luxury. From Manhattan to Miami, Hong Kong to Riyadh, and now London’s Mayfair, Carbone has transformed from a restaurant into a cultural imprint. Every opening deepens the mythology. Every dining room, a new stage for the brand’s signature swagger.
And now, in a city built for spectacle, Carbone Dubai marks the next evolution.
A Landmark Arrival on the Palm
Carbone Dubai is housed inside Atlantis The Royal, a destination ranked among the Top 10 in the World’s 50 Best Hotels, giving the restaurant a setting as iconic as the brand itself. This architectural masterpiece, a beacon of luxury living on Palm Jumeirah, creates the perfect backdrop for the most anticipated MFG opening in the region.
Carbone Dubai does not replicate its predecessors. Instead, it amplifies the brand’s DNA through a distinctly Middle Eastern lens: grander, bolder, more theatrical, and unquestionably Dubai.
Design by Ken Fulk & Bishop Design: Mid-Century Drama, Dubai Magnitude
Design has always been central to Carbone’s world, but here the interiors rise to an entirely new level. The space is imagined by Ken Fulk, the celebrated American designer known for story-driven environments, and realised with the regional mastery of Bishop Design. Together, they create a room that feels like a high-gloss film set, a jewel box where every angle glows.
Rich crimson velvets, polished wood, art-deco curves and Venetian-inspired accents anchor the signature Carbone aesthetic but Dubai allows the design to stretch deeper. Sculptural banquettes curve dramatically around the room. Intimate pools of golden light fall across marble tables. Bespoke artworks punctuate the walls with colour and irreverence. The energy is sensual, atmospheric, and charged.
Then comes the centrepiece
A breathtaking, floor-to-ceiling aquatic installation where ethereal jellyfish drift across an entire wall, glowing in soft blues and silvers, almost hypnotic. It transforms the dining room into something dreamlike and unmistakably Dubai. This is not décor. It is immersive theatre.Carbone Dubai is dining as narrative, design as seduction.
The Menu: Carbone’s Classics, Elevated with Precision
Carbone Dubai celebrates the brand’s greatest hits with enhanced ingredients and meticulous technique. The Spicy Rigatoni Vodka, perhaps the most famous pasta dish in the world, arrives molten and glossy, each tube perfectly al dente, coated in a fiery Calabrian chilli and tomato sauce sharpened with aged parmesan. It is simple, iconic, unforgettable.
The Caesar alla ZZ unfolds as performance: crisp whole leaves carved at tableside, an anchovy-rich dressing mixed to order, and long shavings of Parmigiano falling like ribbons. The Veal Parmesan, Carbone’s legendary showpiece, is engineered to impress, an oversized, golden-crusted cutlet drenched in San Marzano sauce and smothered in molten mozzarella.
For those who lean toward elegance, the Linguine Vongole is refined restraint: sweet clams, white wine, garlic and parsley coaxed into harmony. Desserts echo the brand’s nostalgia, tiramisu layered with espresso-soaked ladyfingers and mascarpone cream, and a luminous lemon cheesecake that cuts the richness with zest and brightness.
Carbone Dubai also introduces a curated retail offering, allowing guests to extend the experience at home with signature sauces and exclusive culinary keepsakes.
Service as Performance
Carbone has always been as much about choreography as cuisine. In Dubai, the ritual reaches new heights. Servers move with Old World confidence and cocktails arrive with flourish. Tableside moments feel crafted, not rehearsed. It is hospitality as theatre, immersive but never intrusive.
A Defining Opening for Dubai
Carbone Dubai blends the brand’s New York bravado, the refinement of Mayfair, and the bold, architectural glamour of Dubai. It is a restaurant where design, cuisine and performance merge into a singular, elevated experience. A place where the past is honoured, the present is extravagant, and every meal feels like an occasion.
Children of all ages are welcome until 9pm, with seating reserved for guests aged 13+ thereafter.
CARBONE Dubai, Atlantis The Royal
The Palm, PO 333 888, United Arab Emirates