RSVP Restaurant, Dubai: A Sheer Classy Breakfast Affair
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Review: RSVP Restaurant, Dubai: A Sheer Classy Breakfast Affair
RSVP Restaurant blows fresh air into Dubai’s breakfast scene with casual class and finesse. For now, breakfast is only available on weekends, but dinner is available every day.
Written by Liam Collens // Read more reviews here. You can find Liam on Threads, Instagram or Facebook.
Liam was an invited guest of RSVP Restaurant.
The Highs
The Lows
The Highs
The Lows
RSVP Restaurant Blows Fresh Air into Dubai's Weekend Breakfast Scene
This is not my first visit to RSVP. I came to RSVP for dinner with a friend a few months back. Did I write about it? Sadly not. It’s a beautifully decorated restaurant boasting a French menu with pops of occasional Japanese moments (or somewhere in Asia, Dubai can’t help itself) by the affable and more than capable Chef Aadel Ouaoua.
Clockwise from top left: RSVP Restaurant’s interior between the kitchen and the bakery; RSVP Restaurant’s outside entrance on Al Wasl Road in Box Park and the inside of the main dining room.
The best part of that dinner? The service team wheels out an incomparable ice cream tower that is sliced, drizzled, spruced and then fluffed with nuts and caramel (58 dhs). This came after four plump charcoal smoked lamb chops lacquered in jus and teriyaki sauce (230 dhs) and what I’m liberally calling Dubai’s best escargot (90 dhs). Pudgy snails bobbing luxuriantly in parsley butter and crusted with breadcrumbs. That crispy breadcrumb touch is inspired. Why didn’t I return? Box Park is not an area that I frequent at all, especially in the evenings. And, let’s be honest, Box Park is not known for being a culinary destination. Plus, I love Three by Eva and that’s just over the road.
Today was different. This time I am at RSVP Restaurant for breakfast. And, it’s worth a special journey — and 800 words. Sadly ice cream and snails are not on the breakfast menu as such things are frowned upon in the early hours.
Clockwise from top left: RSVP Restaurant’s Ice Cream Tower with almonds and caramel; charcoal smoked lamb chops with jus and teriyaki; buttery escargot with parsley and breadcrumbs; beef tartare with caviar on toast.
Clockwise from top left: RSVP Restaurant’s interior between the kitchen and the bakery; RSVP Restaurant’s outside entrance on Al Wasl Road in Box Park and the inside of the main dining room.
The best part of that dinner? The service team wheels out an incomparable ice cream tower that is sliced, drizzled, spruced and then fluffed with nuts and caramel (58 dhs). This came after four plump charcoal smoked lamb chops lacquered in jus and teriyaki sauce (230 dhs) and what I’m liberally calling Dubai’s best escargot (90 dhs). Pudgy snails bobbing luxuriantly in parsley butter and crusted with breadcrumbs. That crispy breadcrumb touch is inspired. Why didn’t I return? Box Park is not an area that I frequent at all, especially in the evenings. And, let’s be honest, Box Park is not known for being a culinary destination. Plus, I love Three by Eva and that’s just over the road.
Today was different. This time I am at RSVP Restaurant for breakfast. And, it’s worth a special journey — and 800 words. Sadly ice cream and snails are not on the breakfast menu as such things are frowned upon in the early hours.
Clockwise from top left: RSVP Restaurant’s Ice Cream Tower with almonds and caramel; charcoal smoked lamb chops with jus and teriyaki; buttery escargot with parsley and breadcrumbs; beef tartare with caviar on toast.
RSVP Restaurant's Breakfast Menu
RSVP shuns the predictable Dubai breakfast fayre. No acai bowls, no halloumi, no French toast smothered in sugary nonsense. RSVP’s breakfast is a classy, casual affair. Petit déjeuner towers, groaning with smoked salmon, avocado and more, sail passed (65 / 110 dhs). The Breakfast Tower is easily shared between two people making for excellent value for money.
RSVP’s tidy breakfast menu lures you in with dishes between 35 and 110 dhs. Order the creamy scrambled organic eggs (35 dhs); prim them with caviar, or black truffle (75 dhs). Mrs EatGoSee debates whether to order the eggs benedict fresh pain de mie blanketed in hollandaise sauce (65 dhs). Maybe with smoked salmon (75 dhs)?
My firm advice is to order anything bread. RSVP’s in-house bakery turns out some of the best restaurant bread in Dubai. Our petit déjeurner tower comes with bagels and cream cheese pelted with chives. I have not found a better bagel in Dubai, despite my considerable efforts.
Clockwise from top left: RSVP Restaurant Breakfast Menu
RSVP’s tidy breakfast menu lures you in with dishes between 35 and 110 dhs. Order the creamy scrambled organic eggs (35 dhs); prim them with caviar, or black truffle (75 dhs). Mrs EatGoSee debates whether to order the eggs benedict fresh pain de mie blanketed in hollandaise sauce (65 dhs). Maybe with smoked salmon (75 dhs)?
My firm advice is to order anything bread. RSVP’s in-house bakery turns out some of the best restaurant bread in Dubai. Our petit déjeurner tower comes with bagels and cream cheese pelted with chives. I have not found a better bagel in Dubai, despite my considerable efforts.
Clockwise from top left: RSVP Restaurant Breakfast Menu
RSVP Restaurant's croque monsieur is totemic, with enough crispy bits and a soft middle that epitomises comfort food.
RSVP Restaurant's breakfast and mocktails delighted
RSVP’s genial service team bring our orders. Mrs EatGoSee’s croque monsieur is a Neom project replica. A long, slender bar of spongy pain de mie layered with turkey ham, lashings of bechamel sauce and comté cheese (55 dhs). It’s totemic, with enough crispy bits and a soft middle that epitomises comfort food. There are worse ways to start the day. My bellini and her Hugo, with elderflower, lemongrass and mint, refresh but, before anyone gets too excited, RSVP is unlicensed so these are mocktails (both 45 dhs, respectively).
My poached eggs with oscietra caviar and buttered planks of pain de mie are cooked with precision (90 dhs). This is not everyday eating, but isn’t that a shame? Creamy yolks are lovingly seasoned with the caviar’s salinity. I lick my fingers clean after sketching them across my plate’s yolk and caviar debris.
We settled into a Dutch pancake and pain perdu for sheer journalistic research. The Dutch pancake is thin and light with crispy edges; its divot is loaded with fresh raspberries and a mound of rich Chantilly cream (45 dhs). The pain perdu is ‘thiccer’ than a Kardashian’s thigh: pain brioche saturated with sweet milky deliciousness dusted with icing sugar (60 dhs). Maple syrup is optional and, yet, necessary.
Clockwise from top left: RSVP Restaurant’s Croque Monsieur; Poached Eggs with Caviar; RSVP’s Breakfast Tower with smoked salmon, avocado, cucumber, tomato and capers; fresh bagel sandwich made from the Breakfast Tower; Dutch Pancake with fresh raspberries, blueberries, Chantilly cream and maple syrup; Pain Perdu dusted with light maple syrup.
Absolutely. Mrs EatGoSee and I messaged people while in RSVP Restaurant telling them to check it out. We will come back but, in the meantime, RSVP Restaurant may be one of Dubai’s best breakfast spots.
People who want a slice of Paris without the air miles. Those who want a break from the usual breakfast options in Dubai. A special day out for couples and larger groups. Diners that enjoy excellent baked bread.
RSVP Restaurant’s Croque Monsieur with turkey ham, bechamel and comte cheese.
Petit Déjeuner Tower, AED 65 / 110
Croque Monsieur, AED 55
Poached eggs and caviar, AED 90
Bellini, AED 45
Hugo, AED 45
Dutch Pancake, AED 45
Pain Perdu, AED 45
RSVP Restaurant, Box Park, Al Wasl Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Prices are accurate at publishing.
My poached eggs with oscietra caviar and buttered planks of pain de mie are cooked with precision (90 dhs). This is not everyday eating, but isn’t that a shame? Creamy yolks are lovingly seasoned with the caviar’s salinity. I lick my fingers clean after sketching them across my plate’s yolk and caviar debris.
We settled into a Dutch pancake and pain perdu for sheer journalistic research. The Dutch pancake is thin and light with crispy edges; its divot is loaded with fresh raspberries and a mound of rich Chantilly cream (45 dhs). The pain perdu is ‘thiccer’ than a Kardashian’s thigh: pain brioche saturated with sweet milky deliciousness dusted with icing sugar (60 dhs). Maple syrup is optional and, yet, necessary.
Clockwise from top left: RSVP Restaurant’s Croque Monsieur; Poached Eggs with Caviar; RSVP’s Breakfast Tower with smoked salmon, avocado, cucumber, tomato and capers; fresh bagel sandwich made from the Breakfast Tower; Dutch Pancake with fresh raspberries, blueberries, Chantilly cream and maple syrup; Pain Perdu dusted with light maple syrup.
RSVP Restaurant, Would I Return for Breakfast?
Absolutely. Mrs EatGoSee and I messaged people while in RSVP Restaurant telling them to check it out. We will come back but, in the meantime, RSVP Restaurant may be one of Dubai’s best breakfast spots.
RSVP Restaurant, Who Should Come Here for Breakfast?
People who want a slice of Paris without the air miles. Those who want a break from the usual breakfast options in Dubai. A special day out for couples and larger groups. Diners that enjoy excellent baked bread.
RSVP Restaurant’s Croque Monsieur with turkey ham, bechamel and comte cheese.
RSVP Restaurant, How Much Is It?
Petit Déjeuner Tower, AED 65 / 110
Croque Monsieur, AED 55
Poached eggs and caviar, AED 90
Bellini, AED 45
Hugo, AED 45
Dutch Pancake, AED 45
Pain Perdu, AED 45
RSVP Restaurant, Box Park, Al Wasl Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Prices are accurate at publishing.
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