Est. 2021 · Dubai

EMBER

Cocktails · DIFC

House rule21+ only · valid ID at the door

HoursTue – Sun · 5pm – 2am

Fourteen seats Reserve

The bar program

Built on smoke, oak, and short pours.

Ember is a fourteen-seat room behind an unmarked door on Gate Avenue. No standing, no playlists above conversation level, no drink that takes longer than the story you tell while it's made.

The program runs on a working barrel rack — six casks resting negronis, manhattans and a rotating house experiment — and a back bar built slowly, bottle by bottle, around smoke and dried fruit rather than labels.

Everything is measured twice and poured once. If a drink isn't right, it goes down the drain, not across the bar.

The house pour — strained, never rushed.
Bottles on the back bar
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Signatures on the list
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Casks resting
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Seats. That's all
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Wine & spirits

The Cellar

The printed list, page by page. Turn at your own pace.

No. 01

Whisky & World

  • Japanese single malt, 12yr95
  • Islay peated, cask strength90
  • Kentucky bourbon, bottled-in-bond70
  • High-rye, house barrel pick75
  • Irish single pot still68
Poured at 45ml. Half pours on request.

No. 02

Agave & Cane

  • Tequila blanco, single estate65
  • Mezcal espadín, village bottling72
  • Rhum agricole blanc60
  • Demerara rum, 8yr66
  • Clairin, wild ferment70
Ask for the sipping flight — three pours, one story.

No. 03

Wine by the Glass

  • Champagne, grower, extra brut85
  • Riesling, dry, Mosel slate62
  • Nebbiolo, Langhe68
  • Rioja reserva58
  • Oloroso sherry, solera48
Kept under argon. Nothing sits open past its best.

No. 04

Rare & Vintage

  • Cuban-style rum, 15yr180
  • Armagnac, single cask 1996160
  • Chartreuse V.E.P. jaune140
  • Madeira, bual 1978150
By the glass while the bottle lasts. Prices in AED.

01 / 04

Word of mouth

Find the door.

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“The smoked old fashioned arrives still breathing. Theatre, but never a gimmick — the drink underneath is the point.”

— Rana F.

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“Fourteen seats and they treat every one like the chef's table. Best negroni I've had in this city, no contest.”

— Jonas K.

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“Quiet enough to talk, dark enough to stay. The cellar page of rare pours is dangerous knowledge.”

— Maryam A.

Ember

Gate Avenue, Zone D, Unit 14
DIFC, Dubai, UAE

Tuesday – Sunday · 5pm – 2am
Closed Mondays · 21+ only