Flaky smoked fish, sharp red onion, olive oil and lemon — the smoked fish salad Lebanon serves at proper breakfasts and long lunches, now on a Dubai menu beside the fish market. You will find it at Aylla Seafood Restaurant & Café, right beside Waterfront Market in Dubai.
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In the Bowl
Four things decide whether a salad is worth ordering — none of them are shortcuts:
Smoke, Meet Lemon
Smoked fish salad in Dubai is a rarity on most menus — which is strange, given how well this Lebanese classic handles the heat. Flaky smoked fish gets tossed with thin-cut red onion, olive oil and a firm squeeze of lemon, then served cool with warm bread. At Aylla, Waterfront Market, Deira, it’s the connoisseur’s opener — the dish you order when you know the menu. Salty, smoky, sharp, done. Ask for extra bread; you’ll want it.
Cut Fresh, Dressed Late
No secrets — just the rules we keep at every service:
Vegetables and herbs arrive with the market delivery, not days before.
Nothing sits pre-chopped — the bowl is built when you order it.
Lemon, oil and seasoning land just before it reaches your table.
Reserve Your Table
Eat it on the terrace with the water in view, or take it to go — it travels well either way.
Aylla Seafood Restaurant & Café · +971 4 566 8598 · Get Directions · Free parking
Smoked fish salad in Dubai — a Lebanese favourite built on smoke, onion and lemon, AED 39 at Aylla, Waterfront Market, Deira. Reserve your table, or WhatsApp us to order it ahead. Extra lemon, sumac or onion — we adjust it.