Seafood splendor the catch of the day at InterContinental Dubai Festival City

Al Sultan Brahim is already a familiar name with most in the Middle East as a highly acclaimed chain of seafood restaurants, yet this is the debut for the family run business in Dubai, and is a much welcome addition to the growing number of top class restaurants at the new InterContinental Dubai Festival City.

The spacious 450sqm restaurant has a combined capacity of 220 diners, providing the option of dining indoors amidst the modern décor, or outdoors on a terrace with beautiful marina views from a raised platform. Whilst this exquisite backdrop gives the seafood restaurant dramatic context, the tasteful design of the interior carries the aquatic theme of the cuisine throughout with eye-catching features and the warm wooden tones of a seafarer's dock.

The rich use of furnishings and wall mounted textures, along with the detailed lighting effects allow Al Sultan Brahim Beirut an elegant and luxurious ambiance whether by day light or in the evening.

The gentle lighting of the recessed ceiling lights and embedded wall lights are accompanied by suspended oversized chandeliers. These are not only lighting tools, but pieces of art themselves, as they are covered with bronze plates and LED gold lighting in a design reminiscent of a lobster cage lifted from the sea.

A striking metallic sculpture resembling a wall of fish surrounds the restaurant greeting guests as they arrive. While this may be an iconic aesthetic feature it also has the practicality of acting as a subtle divide for diners from the Waterfront promenade beyond.

Al Sultan Brahim Beirut offers the taste, atmosphere and hospitality of a traditional Lebanese restaurant with many dishes coming directly from the home land, such as the signature 'Red Snapper' fish or the famous 'Al Sultan Brahim' fish itself.

A choice of delicious hot and cold Arabic Mezzes are on offer to diners before they dive into an array of mouth-watering seafood specialties. The popularity of the chain of restaurants opened by the three El-Ramy brothers, Elias Brahim and Chaker, has spread since the opening of the first restaurant on the coast of Beirut in 1968.

Al Sultan Brahim Beirut is the third opening for the family run business, and the first outside of their native Lebanon.

Fresh ingredients, accomplished and welcoming service along with quality food have been the making of Al Sultan Brahim, and the reason diners have come from all over the region to sample their delights.

The next generation has now taken over the legacy of their fathers, with pride and determination to uphold the name they have inherited. With their vision in mind, it is guaranteed that each guest of Al Sultan Brahim Beirut will always receive the best quality food with an unmatched personal service.

Al Sultan Brahim is a name already famous for these exceptional standards, and InterContinental Dubai Festival City is proud to welcome their most recent restaurant, Al Sultan Brahim Beirut, to Dubai.