The Collective by Market Cafe

The Collective by Market Cafe is the all-day dining room at the Hyatt property in Business Bay, an international buffet-and-à-la-carte restaurant organised around live-cooking stations and distinguished by an unusually lush interior design. The space is built around a central planted atrium with a stream and koi fish that runs through the dining floor, creating a genuinely garden-like atmosphere that reads closer to a botanical conservatory than a conventional hotel restaurant. The room is bright, generously proportioned, and stays calm across a busy service. The kitchen covers an ambitious international spread. Live stations handle Mediterranean, Asian, Indian, Arabic, and Western grill sections, with a dedicated steak counter that has built its own following for well-cooked cuts and a seafood section that lifts the weekend brunch service above the typical format. Breakfast is particularly strong, with a proper bread programme, made-to-order eggs, a fresh smoothie and juice station, and a pastry and dessert counter that stays refreshed through service. The kitchen is notably attentive to dietary requirements, with vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-sensitive options genuinely built into the programme rather than served as an afterthought. Service is warmly family-oriented. The floor team handles children, families, and multi-generational tables with practised care, remembers returning guests across stays, and paces refresh and clearance smoothly even when the room is busy. Small touches for birthdays and anniversaries are handled with restraint rather than performance, and the atmosphere holds a genuinely welcoming register throughout. The Collective is priced as a premium hotel buffet, with genuine value on weekday breakfast, working-lunch bookings, and stay-inclusive arrangements. For a family-friendly buffet in Business Bay with a distinctive setting and a kitchen that takes the format seriously, it is a dependable pick. Reservations are worth making for themed dinner nights, weekend brunch, and during peak hotel-guest periods.