CLOSED: Tidjoori Restaurant

I was so excited to try this place while touring through Dubai. Sad to report its now closed down. I was one very sad looking vegan standing outside looking at the incredible menu that was up on the wall outside still. I really hope it's just a location change and next time I get to UAE I can try again. Looks like it would have been amazing!

The restaurant is situated on the first floor and has a nice terrace to sit outside and have brakfast. Although we were the only guests (also the restaurants next to it were empty), it took quite long to get the food. But the service was very attentive, and we got complimentary fried bread sticks with a joghurt dip while we were waiting.
5 stars for the food, but one star less for the prices which we found very high, being from Europe.

I absolutely LOVE this place!!!! Being vegan it's like a mecca restaurant for me, so exciting!!!!! Everything I ate there was super tasty and the menu was incredible, everything you could think of! I would have eaten here every day if it wasn't for living at the other side of Dubai!
They have pizzas with vegan cheese, pasta (my favourite was the Alfredo, a creamy mushroom with seitan - amazing!) I also loved the lasagna! They had an amazing selection of smoothies, shakes (my favourite was the salted caramel milkshake!) They had a large selection of desserts from a chocolate brownie to a berry cheesecake and chocolate ganache!
They also have food available to buy like vegan cheeses, meats and mayo!
All I can say is - OPEN IN LONDON!!! :D

what a wonderful place! went there today for the first time after finding out about this on happycow. nice staff, great service, beautiful location and incredible food! the homemade lemonades were refreshing (vitamin sea and mint lemonade) and the tijuana burger was juicy and crunchy like a burger should be. we're definitely coming back!
THIS is what JBR really needed - an OUTSPOKEN vegan place with delicious food, now Dubai is ready for the future!

Had breakfast there together with my non-vegan husband. His english breakfast tofu sausage tasted like a regular sausage (according to him). My tofu omelette was full of veggies and tastef just great!
The only minus is lack of milk varieties - they only had soy milk, which I am not very fond of.
Otherwise great, good service and nice outdoor seating.

We have been twice now. Nice clean hip interior. Lovely staff. Good food selection. Delicious flavours. Almond burger and butter seitan highly recommended

The staff are lovely, very attentive! The food is OMG delicious! The most difficult part was knowing what to eat - so many amazing looking dishes to choose from. We would eat here everyday if we lived in Dubai! If you are in Dubai it is worth heading down to the Marina area and finding this gem.

For one of only two vegan restaurants in the whole city of Dubai, I really wanted Tidjoori to be busier at lunchtime. The delivery driver seemed fairly busy, but inside the restaurant there were, perhaps, too many servers and too few customers.

The food was beautiful. (Please see my photos.) And, it tasted very good. My only complaint was that The Island pizza was a bit too sweet, (a lot too sweet.) The chefs are visible behind a diner-style divider, and I watched them prepare food. They obviously care a great deal about the food they are serving.

The restaurant is a little bit hard to find. It is one floor up from the ground entrance. There are a few restaurant signs on the exterior of the building, but either Tidjoori does not have a sign yet, or I missed it. On most days, a visitor might easily see the umbrellas in the outdoor seating area, but it was windy when I was there, and the umbrellas were all closed.

I don't really care about this, but I know that some people do, so I will mention it. I did observe one of the servers eating hand-to-mouth behind the divider. It really doesn't matter to me as long as they are washing their hands, but some visitors might object.

One last thing, I asked my server if she was a vegan. It was probably an unfair question. She said that she was vegan, but all of her body language seemed to indicate otherwise. I wondered if it might be something she was instructed to say if she was asked.

I will definitely be back again. And, I'm glad to know there is a good vegan option in Dubai.

This restaurant has a fantastic area outside so if you'd rather soak up the Dubai sunshine than be inside there's plenty of space! The menu has useful descriptions of all the meals and the staff are super helpful. The food was really tasty! Nice touch with free bread with tofu dip! That was refilled even as I was tucking into my main course and again later. Staff were attentive and smiley!