Deira
You feel like you’re walking into a chocolate gift-box at tiny Mikyajy, the region's home-grown makeup brand. Although calibrated to Middle Eastern tastes…
Must-see shopping in United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Part of the World Trade Center, this pleasant shopping mall provides higher-end retail therapy to the complex's 'souq' counterpart. It includes a new,…
Al Zahiyah & Al Maryah Island
This huge supermarket has a vast selection of supplies with a decent swath of international products too. Pick up barbecue supplies here and head to the…
Fujairah City
Fujairah's biggest and most modern mall has a Carrefour supermarket for all your road-trip snacking needs, the usual international-chain restaurants, a…
Liwa Oasis
The best place to stock up on food and water in Liwa is this supermarket at the end of a commercial strip on the road to Madinat Zayed, next to the 24…
Fujairah City
Foodies looking for dates to bring home should pop into this market hall, with its spice, produce, meat and fish stalls, at the bottom of Fujairah's main…
Marina Breakwater
This organic store inside Nation Galleria is Abu Dhabi's go-to for organic and natural food products and cosmetics.
Downtown Dubai
The only independent record store in Dubai stocking music from a wide range of genres. Also stage documentaries, music production seminars and similar.
Downtown Dubai
This Lebanese outfit is a top-ranking trainer store with a vast range, ranging from Adidas originals to the super cool Japanese ASICS Tiger.
Yas Island
Pick up fridge magnets, key rings and easy gifts you can stuff in your wheelie bag – all emblazoned with the 'I heart UAE' logo – here.
Al Bateen & Al Mushrif
This government-run centre showcases textile weaving, embroidery, basket-making, silver-thread needlework and other time-honoured crafts traditional to…
Abu Dhabi
This mall is always busy due to the mammoth Lulu Hypermarket on site which stocks plenty of international food brands. Otherwise, the shopping selection…
Downtown Dubai
Marvel or DC Comics devotees can channel their inner superhero at this fun store while posing with the Hulk or stocking up on a Superman T-shirt or a…
