Canal Views
Outdoor tables look over the Dubai Canal, with reviewers mentioning the promenade, passing boats and yachts.
Beau Rivage Bistro
Business Bay
Beau Rivage Bistro is a European-inspired cafe in Business Bay, set beside the Dubai Canal at Grand Millennium. Reviews point to canal-side dining, well-received steaks and substantial brunches, with live music adding atmosphere in the evening.
Reputation Score
4.3
★★★★☆
117 ratings
Source: Google Maps
The Good Stuff
Strong Steaks
The steak is repeatedly praised, including a tender, well-seasoned version and a Black Angus fillet.
Brunch Spread
Brunch reviews describe broad selections, live cooking stations and desserts, including a well-liked Prawn Biryani.
Live Music
Live music and, in one review, a live DJ create a more social evening setting than a purely quiet meal.
Attentive Service
Several diners describe staff as warm and professional, with attentive service during meals and celebrations.
Birthday Touches
One birthday dinner included a surprise cake with a firework candle, a useful detail for celebratory bookings.
What to Eat at Beau Rivage Bistro How we choose these items We use AI to find praise and criticism of specific foods and drinks in a selection of Google reviews. For Beau Rivage Bistro, this list is based on 50 reviews, not every review of the restaurant. The score is positive reviews minus negative reviews. For example, two positive reviews and one negative review give +1. Each review counts once per item; neutral comments do not change the score. A zero score is not a positive recommendation. “Only neutral feedback” means there are no positive or negative votes. “Mixed feedback” means equal numbers of positive and negative votes. The quotes are examples of what people said, not every comment we counted. We use different reviews where we can. We normally show up to 10 foods and 5 drinks with non-negative scores. Items with the same score stay together. If a tied group would go past the limit, that group and the lower non-negative scores go into Honorable mentions. If an overflowing positive top tie would leave the list empty, we show up to 10 items from that tie and keep the rest in Honorable mentions. Foods and drinks with a negative score are under What to Avoid. Use this as a guide to what reviewers liked, not a guarantee that you will like it too.
Foods and drinks mentioned in reviews of Beau Rivage Bistro, ranked by positive reviews minus negative reviews. Zero-score items have no net positive feedback; their labels distinguish neutral-only from mixed feedback.
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Prawns’ biryani Net +2
“The Prawns’ Biryani is a surplice for me as this is my first time trying this dish and I like.”
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“The Prawns’ Biryani is a surplice for me as this is my first time trying this dish and I like.”March 2023
“Our favourite of all was the Prawn Biryani which had the proper chat pata masala and it was just toooo yummy.”October 2019
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Sea bass Net +2
“The food is absolutely amazing we had the Seabass, pasta, Ceasars Salad, lentil soup, pepperoni pizza, and assorted cakes.”
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“The food is absolutely amazing we had the Seabass, pasta, Ceasars Salad, lentil soup, pepperoni pizza, and assorted cakes.”April 2021
“We savored every bite of our meal, starting with the prawn and avocado salad, followed by the champignon mushroom soup, and for the main course, the sea bass and grilled black Angus beef were absolute perfection.”February 2024
Honorable mentions (20)
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Arabic mix grill Net +1
“The highlight of the meal, however, was the main course: The Arabic Mix Grill (Shish Tao, Kofta and Shish Kabab.”
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“The highlight of the meal, however, was the main course: The Arabic Mix Grill (Shish Tao, Kofta and Shish Kabab.”March 2023
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Beetroot mutable Net +1
“To start, we enjoyed a selection of dishes, including hummus,Beetroot Mutable, and stuffed vine leaves, all of which were bursting with flavor.”
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“To start, we enjoyed a selection of dishes, including hummus,Beetroot Mutable, and stuffed vine leaves, all of which were bursting with flavor.”March 2023
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Black angus fillet Net +1
“For mains we had a Black Angus Fillet and Tortellini.Black Angus Fillet served with roasted heirloom carrots,pureed peas asparagus and red wine jus was juicy and delicious.Tortellini was rich,creamy and nice.”
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“For mains we had a Black Angus Fillet and Tortellini.Black Angus Fillet served with roasted heirloom carrots,pureed peas asparagus and red wine jus was juicy and delicious.Tortellini was rich,creamy and nice.”November 2020
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Bombay chicken tikka pizza Net +1
“Great ambience. Very attentive staff. The bombay chicken tikka pizza was slightly spicy for my taste. The veal croquettes were yummy. Happy hours till 9pm on Thursday. The red wine was not bad.”
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“Great ambience. Very attentive staff. The bombay chicken tikka pizza was slightly spicy for my taste. The veal croquettes were yummy. Happy hours till 9pm on Thursday. The red wine was not bad.”October 2020
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Caprese salad Net +1
“Moving on to food,we kick started our dinner with a beautiful Caprese Salad,some freshly baked breads and an appetizer called Floating island.Caprese salad was a combination of fresh mozzarella,roma tomatoes,basil pesto,rocket leaves and aged balsamic.”
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“Moving on to food,we kick started our dinner with a beautiful Caprese Salad,some freshly baked breads and an appetizer called Floating island.Caprese salad was a combination of fresh mozzarella,roma tomatoes,basil pesto,rocket leaves and aged balsamic.”November 2020
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Champignon mushroom soup Net +1
“We savored every bite of our meal, starting with the prawn and avocado salad, followed by the champignon mushroom soup, and for the main course, the sea bass and grilled black Angus beef were absolute perfection.”
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“We savored every bite of our meal, starting with the prawn and avocado salad, followed by the champignon mushroom soup, and for the main course, the sea bass and grilled black Angus beef were absolute perfection.”February 2024
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Cheese kunafa hot Net +1
“To end the meal, we indulged in a sweet such as Await, Mango Cheese Cake, fresh exotic curt fruits and of course my craving for Kunafa is satisfied by their Cheese Kunafa Hot.”
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“To end the meal, we indulged in a sweet such as Await, Mango Cheese Cake, fresh exotic curt fruits and of course my craving for Kunafa is satisfied by their Cheese Kunafa Hot.”March 2023
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Chicken and avocado salad Net +1
“Cannot hold myself to appreciate the chef "Arun Kadavath" for the menu and the food, chicken and avocado salad was exceptional... perfectly seasoned(which u don't find it usually in many places), they served breads with olive tapenade... it was classic and paired well.”
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“Cannot hold myself to appreciate the chef "Arun Kadavath" for the menu and the food, chicken and avocado salad was exceptional... perfectly seasoned(which u don't find it usually in many places), they served breads with olive tapenade... it was classic and paired well.”August 2019
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Christmas brunch Net +1
“We visited for a Christmas brunch, It was 5 star experience; food, organisation, ambience, kids activities and the most important an amazing team.”
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“We visited for a Christmas brunch, It was 5 star experience; food, organisation, ambience, kids activities and the most important an amazing team.”December 2019
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Grilled black angus beef Net +1
“We savored every bite of our meal, starting with the prawn and avocado salad, followed by the champignon mushroom soup, and for the main course, the sea bass and grilled black Angus beef were absolute perfection.”
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“We savored every bite of our meal, starting with the prawn and avocado salad, followed by the champignon mushroom soup, and for the main course, the sea bass and grilled black Angus beef were absolute perfection.”February 2024
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Hummus Net +1
“To start, we enjoyed a selection of dishes, including hummus,Beetroot Mutable, and stuffed vine leaves, all of which were bursting with flavor.”
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“To start, we enjoyed a selection of dishes, including hummus,Beetroot Mutable, and stuffed vine leaves, all of which were bursting with flavor.”March 2023
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Kibbeh labanieh Net +1
“The Kibbeh Labanieh is also a mush try, something and something good for my tastebuds.”
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“The Kibbeh Labanieh is also a mush try, something and something good for my tastebuds.”March 2023
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Prawn and avocado salad Net +1
“We savored every bite of our meal, starting with the prawn and avocado salad, followed by the champignon mushroom soup, and for the main course, the sea bass and grilled black Angus beef were absolute perfection.”
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Review excerpts
“We savored every bite of our meal, starting with the prawn and avocado salad, followed by the champignon mushroom soup, and for the main course, the sea bass and grilled black Angus beef were absolute perfection.”February 2024
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Stuffed vine leaves Net +1
“To start, we enjoyed a selection of dishes, including hummus,Beetroot Mutable, and stuffed vine leaves, all of which were bursting with flavor.”
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“To start, we enjoyed a selection of dishes, including hummus,Beetroot Mutable, and stuffed vine leaves, all of which were bursting with flavor.”March 2023
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Tortellini Net +1
“For mains we had a Black Angus Fillet and Tortellini.Black Angus Fillet served with roasted heirloom carrots,pureed peas asparagus and red wine jus was juicy and delicious.Tortellini was rich,creamy and nice.”
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Review excerpts
“For mains we had a Black Angus Fillet and Tortellini.Black Angus Fillet served with roasted heirloom carrots,pureed peas asparagus and red wine jus was juicy and delicious.Tortellini was rich,creamy and nice.”November 2020
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Veal croquettes Net +1
“Great ambience. Very attentive staff. The bombay chicken tikka pizza was slightly spicy for my taste. The veal croquettes were yummy. Happy hours till 9pm on Thursday. The red wine was not bad.”
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“Great ambience. Very attentive staff. The bombay chicken tikka pizza was slightly spicy for my taste. The veal croquettes were yummy. Happy hours till 9pm on Thursday. The red wine was not bad.”October 2020
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Wings Net +1
“The food was actually really tasty. We had calamari, which was seasoned and cooked to perfection. We also had wings, which were delicious.”
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“The food was actually really tasty. We had calamari, which was seasoned and cooked to perfection. We also had wings, which were delicious.”April 2022
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Chicken salad Net 0
Only neutral feedback
“Chicken salad is normal.”
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Onion soup Net 0
Only neutral feedback
“The food was great , ordered steak and onion soup , the steak was well seasoned and tender They should enrich their menu with more dishes specially with more appetizers .”
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Tiramisu Net 0
Only neutral feedback
“Tiramisu was fair.”
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Pineapple smoothie Net +1
“My husband had a few libations, and I had a pineapple smoothie that the bartender mixed and made perfectly.”
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“My husband had a few libations, and I had a pineapple smoothie that the bartender mixed and made perfectly.”April 2022
What to Avoid (5)
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Chicken tikka Net −1
“Felt like it was some chicken tikka leftover , that had to be sold.”
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“Felt like it was some chicken tikka leftover , that had to be sold.”June 2023
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Chocolate cale Net −1
“It was a basic menu, same for everyone, with beef (for christmas eve, really ?). Forget about salmon, truffes, christmas desserts, cheese, chesnuts, turkey and all this stuffs... food was super basic like mozzarela with salad and tomatoes and a bad chocolate cale for dessert.”
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Critical review excerpts
“It was a basic menu, same for everyone, with beef (for christmas eve, really ?). Forget about salmon, truffes, christmas desserts, cheese, chesnuts, turkey and all this stuffs... food was super basic like mozzarela with salad and tomatoes and a bad chocolate cale for dessert.”December 2019
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Kale chicken salad Net −1
“I’ve ordered kale chicken salad on business lunch, it was not mentioned, that chicken will be chicken tikka , that is covered with Indian spices and along with super strong mustard sauce is not matching.”
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“I’ve ordered kale chicken salad on business lunch, it was not mentioned, that chicken will be chicken tikka , that is covered with Indian spices and along with super strong mustard sauce is not matching.”June 2023
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Mozzarela with salad and tomatoes Net −1
“It was a basic menu, same for everyone, with beef (for christmas eve, really ?). Forget about salmon, truffes, christmas desserts, cheese, chesnuts, turkey and all this stuffs... food was super basic like mozzarela with salad and tomatoes and a bad chocolate cale for dessert.”
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Critical review excerpts
“It was a basic menu, same for everyone, with beef (for christmas eve, really ?). Forget about salmon, truffes, christmas desserts, cheese, chesnuts, turkey and all this stuffs... food was super basic like mozzarela with salad and tomatoes and a bad chocolate cale for dessert.”December 2019
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Ribe eye steak Net −1
“Tried the ribe eye steak, wasn't that good.”
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“Tried the ribe eye steak, wasn't that good.”August 2019
Tips for a Better Visit
Confirm Smoking. Ask about non-smoking seating before booking, especially for brunch with children.
Check Bill. Compare the menu and final bill before paying; one review reported an almost doubled charge.
Clarify Chicken. If ordering the kale chicken salad, ask whether the chicken is tikka and how spicy the sauce is.
Allow Time. For group business lunches, leave plenty of time: one booking took 2.5–3 hours because of delays.
Try Outdoors. Winter afternoons and evenings are a good time to target outdoor seating for the canal view.
Check Brunch Format. Ask whether brunch is buffet or table-served; during the pandemic, one reviewer found options very limited.
Plan the visit
Practical details
Ground Floor, Grand Millennium Hotel - Marasi Dr
Business Bay, Dubai
Common Concerns
Smoking Issues
Reviewers have asked for a non-smoking area, while another family said only smoking areas were available.
Service Delays
A group lunch took 2.5–3 hours after delayed drinks, mixed-up orders and food arriving insufficiently warm.
Limited Menu
Some diners wanted more appetisers, pasta, beef tartare and lighter choices beyond the steak-led selection.
Bill Discrepancy
One diner reported menu prices did not match the bill and said the final charge was almost twice as high.
Spicy Salad
A business-lunch kale chicken salad arrived as spicy chicken tikka with a strong mustard sauce, upsetting one reviewer.
Customer-reported prices
These are customer-reported mentions, not a current price list. Prices may have changed.
AED 130/head
alcohol upgrade
“One can choose to upgrade by adding alcohol at AED 130/head”Google review · September 2021
AED 139
unlimited meal with non-alcoholic beverages
“There are quite a few restaurants in and around Dubai that serve unlimited meals with alcohol at AED 139”Google review · September 2021
130aed
basic piece of chicken
“So I had to ordered a basic piece of chicken for 130aed ! For a 20 months old baby yes”Google review · December 2019
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The Bottom Line
Beau Rivage Bistro sits beside the Dubai Canal at Grand Millennium in Business Bay, combining a hotel setting with canal-side dining. You can come for a steak dinner, a business lunch, a Friday brunch or evening drinks with live music. The outdoor view is the main draw: reviews mention promenades, passing boats and yachts, while the indoor space is described as cosy and suitable for dates, families and colleagues.
Food feedback is strongest around the steak and Black Angus dishes. Brunch reviews describe live cooking stations, international selections, grills and desserts; one diner especially enjoyed the Prawn Biryani. The Cheese Kunafa Hot was a highlight of an Iftar meal, and calamari and wings also received positive comments.
Birthday service has included a surprise cake with a firework candle. There are a few practical caveats. The menu has been called small, with requests for more appetisers, pasta and lighter alternatives.
Smoking is a recurring concern, so confirm the seating arrangement before bringing children. 5–3 hours, and another diner reported a major menu-to-bill discrepancy. Historical reviews describe pricing as mid-to-high; check current brunch and promotion terms carefully before ordering.