Double Decker

Double Decker is a long-standing British-inspired pub and restaurant in DIFC's hotel-and-office cluster, built around the London double-decker bus that sits as the room's centrepiece and gives the place its name. The interior is classic British pub warmly done - timber-panelled walls, vintage transport memorabilia, low-lit booth seating, full-service bar - and an outdoor terrace and garden area opens for cooler weather. The atmosphere is relaxed, conversational, and visibly popular with the weekday after-work crowd. The kitchen works an honest, well-executed pub-and-gastro menu. Classic fish and chips, a proper Sunday roast, British pies, burgers, and a tight grill selection cover the main business of the room, with generous portions pitched for the format rather than miniaturised. A decent mezze and international section broadens the options for DIFC's mixed working-lunch crowd. The bar is the other side of the operation, with a solid craft-beer rotation, an approachable wine list, and happy-hour promotions that have made the room one of the more reliably busy bars in DIFC outside peak weekends. Service is the strong point here. The floor and bar teams are long-tenured, genuinely warm, and work the volume with composure; regulars are recognised, solo diners made comfortable, and allergies handled with the quiet care of a proper operation. Live sports screens are positioned for viewing without dominating, and the pacing of happy-hour service stays tight even when the bar fills. Double Decker sits firmly in the casual-weekend and weeknight-dinner bracket on price, with value holding up particularly well on happy-hour and early-evening promotions. For a dependable British-style dinner, a post-work pint, or a sports-night booking in DIFC, it remains one of the easier picks in the area. Reservations are worth making for group bookings and for major sports fixtures, when the room fills quickly.