Giving your evening out a real southern-style taste – expect a lip-smacking menu that goes from Ahi-seared tuna, topped off with fresh crab, to stuffed chicken breasts with a yummy lemony/herby/cheesy butter, and of course the traditional steak.

Definitely the destination if you’re looking for a hearty dinner. The servings are enormous, so be prepared – but luckily, your dishes are served sizzling style on red-hot plates, so your dinner remains piping for as long as it takes to get through the 12oz you ordered! Plus, there are goodie bags, so don’t worry about having to finish it all, the staff have seen it all before and offered to pack everything up before we even started the apologies for not clearing our plates.

But don’t let the ol’ fashioned southern cuisine lull you into thinking this is going to be a night at the rodeo. Elegant and cosmopolitan, the restaurant oozes chic style, with huge white leather wing-backed chairs (ideal for settling back in after the amazing summer berry and vanilla cream finale), your own table lamp – a must to our mind – and there’s also a relaxed restaurant bar next door for smokers to retreat to.

Definitely a place to head back to... but only if you’re really hungry! Book before the end of May and receive Dhs150 to spend at the Monarch’s Mandara Spa!

The Monarch Hotel, 04 501 8666