Jumeirah Al Naseem: Il Borro Tuscan Bistro Dubai, lunch and dinner

The restaurant is part of Orange Holding’s restaurant collection at Jumeirah Al Naseem, with its own reservations team. Its Tuscan identity comes through the Ferragamo family’s Il Borro estate: the provenance page names organic extra-virgin olive oil, honey and selected vegetables from Orto del Borro among the products it uses. That gives a diner a useful line through the broad menu. Look for the regional soups, hand-rolled pasta and olive-oil gelato if Tuscany is what brought you here.

A meal can begin with Tuscan bread and tomatoes. Pappa al pomodoro combines bread, organic plum tomato, garlic, red onion and basil; panzanella adds cucumber and Tropea onion to tomatoes and croutons. Ribollita brings beans, black cabbage, bread, chicory and mixed vegetables. These dishes are marked vegan on the food menu. They suit someone who wants a vegetable-led opening and a recognisably regional meal before turning to pasta or a main.

The pasta list makes room for several appetites. Hand-rolled pici all’aglione come with tomato sauce, Valdichiana garlic and basil. Tagliatelle al battuto di manzo pair homemade pasta with hand-cut beef and shaved parmesan; strozzapreti take braised duck and sage. Pumpkin tortelli add ricotta, black truffle and pumpkin seeds. Choose the filling and sauce first, then consider whether you also want a main: these are distinct dishes with their own richness and character.

Seafood gives the meal another direction. Raw starters include Mazara del Vallo red-prawn carpaccio with lime and orange dressing, sea-bass carpaccio with green apple and tuna tartare with roasted hazelnuts and dried cranberries. Warm dishes include charcoal-grilled octopus with potatoes and citrus, or prawns cooked in a Josper with garlic, lemon oil and herbs. Someone avoiding raw food can therefore stay with seafood while choosing a cooked preparation.

For a fish main, the menu offers sea-bass fillet with cauliflower cream and seasonal vegetables, as well as Scottish salmon with broad beans, peas, asparagus and lemon-butter sauce. Whole Dover sole, sea bass and sea bream are listed by weight, with availability depending on the catch. Discuss the fish, its weight and the price before ordering. This is particularly useful when a table wants a whole fish and several side dishes to share.

Meat dishes include sliced wagyu striploin with rocket and parmesan, grilled lamb chops with Jerusalem-artichoke cream, and slow-cooked veal shank with mashed potato, veal jus and gremolata. The sharing section offers a mixed seafood grill described for 2–3 people and a rock-lobster pasta, also for 2–3. These larger orders can give a small party the centre of its meal, leaving starters and vegetables to be chosen around them.

Vegetarian diners have more routes than pizza. Alongside the soups and salads are burrata with Italian tomatoes and Il Borro olive oil, beetroot carpaccio with goat cheese and pistachios, mushroom risotto and pumpkin pasta. The vegan aubergine parmigiana is identified expressly. For someone with stricter dietary needs, discuss individual dishes with staff: the menu’s dairy, gluten and nut symbols help you ask a precise question, and it says gluten-free choices are available on request.

Leave a little room for the estate’s olive oil at dessert. Gelato all’Olio Primo Raccolto uses first-press extra-virgin olive oil from Il Borro in Tuscany and comes with a cantuccio. The dessert menu also includes tiramisù, warm apple tart with vanilla ice cream and traditional Tuscan gelato bites called Dai Dai. Its vegan chocolate tart comes with raspberry and caramelised-banana ice cream. These give a table several different endings without everyone needing the same dessert.

For an occasion, the private dining room takes a sit-down lunch or dinner, a boardroom meeting or a standing event. It opens onto an outdoor seating area, and the restaurant offers a tailored meal. Contact the venue with your date, party size and the sort of meal you want, so it can propose the arrangement. The public private-dining page gives the direct phone and email for that conversation.

For a regional introduction, pair a soup or bread-and-tomato starter with pici or another homemade pasta. A seafood table can move from carpaccio to grilled fish, while plant-based diners have marked vegan starters and a main. Larger sharing dishes need the table’s agreement before you add individual plates.