Check out CONNECTOR's guide to Halloween in Dubai 2015. We've listed Dubai's best Halloween parties, special brunches, Ladies nights, kids Halloween experience and more.
Get spooked
Get Spooked at Picante, Four Points By Sheraton Bur Dubai on Saturday 31st October with a Halloween themed brunch buffet priced at Dhs 180 (with unlimited Sangria) or Dhs 140 (with soft drinks). Call 04-3977444 or visit www.picantedubai.com.
The Curse of the Warehouse Werewolf
Calling all spooks, spectres, witches and werewolves! Join us at The Warehouse on Friday 30th October for an all-inclusive “spooktacular” Halloween brunch.
Price: Dhs 299 per person
Time: 1pm to 4pm: Free flowing food and beverage
Venue: Warehouse, Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre, Garhoud, Airport Road
For more information, contact 04-7022455 or visit www.warehouse-dubai.com
Warehouse Sinful Supper
Something wicked this way comes! Gather your brood on Friday 30th October from 10pm and follow us through the witching hours at the Warehouse. An all-inclusive Sinful Supper crafted especially for those whom wander the haunted ether this ‘Hallows Eve’.
Devour the sinfully prepared supper and unlimited drinks offer between 10pm to 1am. Come dressed to kill for your chance to win delightful Halloween goodies.
Price: Dhs 250 per person
Time: 10pm to 1am
Venue: Warehouse upper level lounge, Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre
For more information, contact 04-7022455 or visit www.warehouse-dubai.com
The House of Horrow is back at Yalumba!
A Frighteningly Fun Friday with a spooky-themed brunch is in store at Yalumba. Imbibe the witches brew and potions paired with a sumptuous feast fit for Goblins and Ghosts. The Ghostly hosts await you so come dressed in your spooktacular best with your masks or brooms.
Price: Dhs 499 per person
Date: Friday 30th October
Time: 12.30pm to 3.30pm
Happy hours from 3.30pm to 7.00pm - 20% discount on all beverages
Venue: Yalumba, Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre, Garhoud Area, Airport Road
For more information, contact 04-7022455 or visit www.yalumba-dubai.com
Spooktacular Halloween Brunch
It’s a Halloween party, you’re in for a scare, ‘The Gate’s’ treats will surely delight you… Be there if you dare! Dress in your scariest costume and celebrate All Hallows’ Eve at the spookiest brunch in town.
Al Bahou will be transformed into an eerie enclave full of skeletons, spiders, ghosts and ghouls with an enormous selection of themed food and cocktails including; ‘Draught of Living Death, ‘Dracula’s Kiss’ and the ‘Brain Haemorrhage’.
Children can enjoy a whole host of live kid’s entertainment in the elaborately decorated venue including; the “Witches Corner”, face painting, Halloween cookie decoration, a selection of themed movies and many more. Moreover, both adults and children are encouraged to dress up in their scariest outfits, as the most creative costume stands the chance to win a Friday brunch for four people!
The feast awaits guests in the haunted Al Bahou hall between 12.30pm to 4pm and are priced at Dhs 295 per person with soft drinks, Dhs 395 inclusive of selected house beverages and Dhs 495 per inclusive of selected house beverages & sparkling. Call 04-4445473 or email yasmin.collins@moevenpick.com.
Friday BBQ Brunch at ubk
The ubk outside garden will host a BBQ Buffet spread, live music and drink deals on Friday 30th October.
Guests can expect to stumble upon Mummified chicken and cheese sausages, Vampire fingers and blood (almond bread sticks, Romanesco sauce) and a whole spit roasted lamb on the buffet BBQ while others can opt for the Monster big wagyu burger weighing in at 8oz from the special a la carte menu.
Tossing back Halloween cocktails with ghosts and ghouls, terrific drinks packages are available during the popular Friday Drunch as well as the doubled ubk madness hours with selected beverages as low as Dhs 19 with the backdrop of the live band. It’s the one occasion when scary dance moves are acceptable. Diners can join the ‘Trick or Tweet’ competition and snap themselves in the ubk’s carved pumpkins then share the picture using #ubkHalloween for the chance to win a voucher worth Dhs 500.
BBQ Brunch is available from 12.30pm to 3.30pm and priced at Dhs 125 all you can eat, Dhs 140 all you can eat with soft drinks and Dhs 250 all you eat with selected beverages. Double ubk madness from 3.30pm to 6.30pm and 8.30pm to 10.30pm. Halloween costumes are very welcome. For information on ubk at Moevenpick Hotel JLT, call 04-4380000.
The Haunted Tavern
If you’re looking for a fun, party Halloween brunch, Crab Tavern Dubai is the place to be. We’ll be serving up sharing platters, with delicious themed dishes such as Halloween fire wings, Jack Daniel’s cream Espuma, Toffee apples with cider cream and Pumpkin and Sage Risotto, amongst others.
Venue: Crab Tavern Dubai, level 9, Media One Hotel
Price: Sharing Haunted Tavern Platter Starters & Desserts with a choice of Main Courses.
Dhs 350: Unlimited Halloween Cocktails; Spooky Mason Jar Mary Jar, Desperitas, House Beverages (Tequila: Sauza, Whiskey: Famous Grouse, Vodka: Russian Standard, Gin: Bombay Sapphire, Rum: Bacardi, Bourbon: Elijah Craig)
Dhs 425: Unlimited Halloween Cocktails, Mason Jar Mary’s, Desperita’s, House Beverages, Prosecco (Zonin) and Bellinis
Date: 30th October
Time: 8pm to 12am
For more information, email reservations@crabtavern.ae or call 04-4207489.
7 Sins Halloween Brunch
Indulge in a sinfully scandalous evening this Halloween, as the Spirito Carnival festivities go ‘bump’ in the night! With Halloween twists on specially infused cocktails and brand new menu offerings for the night, along with costume prizes and Halloween Carnival dancers, this is going to be one wicked celebration!
Price: For Dhs 250 (soft drinks), Dhs 350 including house beverages, and Dhs 450 including sparkling
Date: Friday 30th October
Time: 8pm to 12am (Venue open until 3am)
Venue: Level 9, Media One Hotel, Media City
Phone: 04-4212679
Eat, drink and get spooky!
Drinks? Check. Lively ambience? Check. Wings? Check. This Halloween, Original Wings and Rings will bring guests fantastic fun with special prices on drinks and food. Bonus for guests in masquerade costumes who will receive 2 drinks on the house, so don’t forget to flaunt your favourite fancy outfit!
Date: Saturday 31st October 2015
Venue: Original Wings and Rings, Liberty House, DIFC, Dubai
Offer: 3-course dinner for Dhs 99, Fosters, Carlsberg bucket Dhs 99, Somersby bucket Dhs 125 Selected cocktails Dhs 35, House Spirits and mixers Dhs 25
Phone: 04-3596900
Kids Halloween Extravaganza
Reform Social & Grill will be hosting a special Halloween for the little ones. There will be bowls of candy all over the restaurant for guests to give to the ‘trick or treating’ little monsters. The ice cream parlour will be open and will be serving scary decorated ice creams by even scarier looking service staff. Rawr! Kids entertainment will be a dress up stations and face painting.
Location: Reform Social & Grill, The Lakes, Dubai
Date: Saturday 31st October
Time: 12nn to 6pm
For more information, email reservations@reformsocialgrill.ae or call 04-4542638.
Haunted haven
As the nights draw in and the witching hour approaches, Trader Vic’s Dubai has announced plans to be transformed into a haunted haven this Halloween.
The island paradise that is both Trader Vic’s Madinat and Trader Vic’s Mai Tai Lounge JBR, are celebrating the holiday by transforming both Polynesian themed venues on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st October into a frightfully decadent werewolf’s playground as the ‘Werewolves of London’ descend upon them.
Both venues in Dubai will be offering special drinks promotions including Halloween variations on the classic cocktail, Pina Colada, or ‘Bahia’ as it is lovingly referred to at Trader Vic’s. A ghoulish menu of favourite cocktails and terrifying tidbits will also be offered inviting you to indulge your wildest werewolf fantasies. Let’s hope the moon is full! Visit www.tradervicsmadinat.com or call 04-3665646 for more information.
Halloween party
Adorned in the best of Edwardian and Victorian finery, this Halloween, OKKU L.O.V.E Sunday will be hosting ‘Savage Beauty’ for their renowned annual Halloween party on Sunday, 1st November. In the spirit on romanticism and appreciation of beauty, OKKU will be shocking the aristocrats of Dubai with a Halloween party like no other. Expect theatrical transformation of the venue whilst indulging in the splendor of OKKU’s legendary food and drink. For more information, email reservations@okkudubai.com or call 04-5018777.
Halloween set menu
Enjoy an evening of haunting dishes, wicked brews and mysterious chic attire at RIVA this Halloween, as the Palm’s renowned boutique beach club will turn into a haunted emporium.
RIVA’s bespoke Halloween set-menu will be exclusively available on Saturday 31st October from 7pm. Dishes will take diners on a frightful journey from a Witches Brew, Black Ravioli in Blood sauce through to Slow Braised Beef Ribs, ending with the Graveyard Cake; priced from Dhs 225. There will also be an option for the little monsters priced at Dhs 65 which will offer a selection of ghostly inspired main dishes and (trick or) treats.
Guests are encouraged to come in their most outrageously scary Halloween outfits, with plenty of ghoulish surprises being offered throughout the night. Resident DJ Carlos will be providing a suitable eerie soundtrack to ensure the zombies of The Palm are entertained throughout the evening. Visit www.riva-beach.com or call 04-4309466.
Brujas Ladies Night
On Tuesday 27th October, Casa de Tapas will transform into an evening of witchcraft and wizardry with Brujas Ladies Night. The witching hour begins at 8pm where, until midnight fearsome females can feast on complimentary maleficent tapas paired with free-flowing Sangria infused by the Devil himself.
Friday 30th October will see the Halloween Brunch where dwellers will gather to witness the famed Queimada, a hauntingly magical, fire burning explosion. As the shutters come down and Casa de Tapas descends into darkness, the century’s old, Galic tradition will be performed live; an incantation will follow the brewing of potion, to be drank by all in order to rid the bad spirits that lay in wait to curse the innocent at Halloween. From 12:30pm to 4pm guests can choose from a selection of three enchanting Brunch Packages, Dhs 199 for Food and Soft Beverages, Dhs 249 for Food, House Spirits, Beer and Wine and Dhs 299 with the addition of Bubbly. For all lost souls who don fancy dress for the occasion, complimentary Queimada potion after brunch will ensure the party keeps going until the sun goes down and the ghosts come out. Email reservations@casadetapas.ae or call 04-4161800.
Cielo’s Spooky Halloween
Twisted Angels is going to be a night like no other, as Cielo divides itself into good vs. evil on Saturday 31st October. Halloween revellers are invited to experience an evening that tests the conscience to see which side of the rooftop-venue party goers will choose. Throughout the evening a selection of Spooky Halloween inspired cocktails will be served by Cielo’s devilish bartenders alongside a menu of trick or treats. Plenty of surprises will be instore for the best dressed Twisted Angels, good and evil. Throughout the night resident DJs Michael Karrera and Consoul will brew up a storm of freakishly good beats to set the party alive from 8pm to 3am.
Trick or treat
This Halloween, indulge in an abundance of tricks, treats and guilty pleasures at Vii Dubai as they bring a Garden of Sin on Saturday 31st October.
Inspired by the seven deadly sins, Vii Dubai’s Garden of Sin will offer special beverages displaying Violet Pride, Green Envy, Orange Gluttony, Blue Lust, Red Anger, Yellow Greed and Light Blue Sloth. Additionally, guests can expect a complete transformation with on-site make-up artists adding that final touch of perfection to show their guilty pleasure.
Expect the unexpected this Halloween at Vii from 8pm onwards. For reservations, call 050-1696777.
Kids Halloween experience
Caboodle Pamper & Play will host an authentic spooktacular Halloween extravaganza, complete with interactive activities, live cartoon characters, and a trick-or-treat tour around two of its branches at The Galleria on Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi and The Dubai Mall this month.
The event will take place on 31st October from 4 pm to 9 pm, suitable for children aged 1 to 12 years old. Little ones will be able to explore their artistic talents by participating in a number of arts and crafts activities, such as loot bag decorating, and enjoying the likes of vampire lollipops.
The highlight of the evening will be a delightful trick-or-treat tour where selected shops will have special surprises and treats for children to take back with them. The supervised tour will provide kids with a genuine and memorable Halloween experience, with a bucket load of treats to take home as souvenirs. The Halloween festivities will cost Dhs 125 per child for two hours.
For more information, contact 04-3253367 (The Dubai Mall) or 02-6166973 (The Galleria on Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi). All children must be accompanied by an adult.
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Halloween inspired Collections
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