Croissants
The croissants are a standout, with one reviewer comparing them favourably with pastries tried in Europe.
Beyond Velvet Restaurant & Bakery
Palm Jumeirah
Beyond Velvet is a restaurant and bakery in Palm Jumeirah built around artisanal pastries, specialty coffee and all-day dining. Reviews make the croissants, cappuccino and breakfast dishes the main draws, with indoor and terrace seating and a dog-friendly welcome.
Reputation Score
4.6
★★★★★
229 ratings
Source: Google Maps
The Good Stuff
Specialty coffee
Coffee is a strong reason to visit, from cappuccinos and cortados to Americanos and V60.
Breakfast
Breakfast has several specific favourites, including Caprese Toast, Turkish eggs and shakshuka.
Dog friendly
A reviewer worked from the café for a couple of hours with their dog, coffee and food.
Terrace seating
You can choose between sitting indoors or outside on the terrace.
Desserts
Cheesecakes and patisserie receive detailed praise, including the baklava cheesecake and pistachio and raspberry tart.
What to Eat at Beyond Velvet Restaurant & Bakery 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 Beyond Velvet Restaurant & Bakery, 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.
These items at Beyond Velvet Restaurant & Bakery got the most positive mentions in user reviews. Check them out!
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Croissants Net +6
“The croissants are really delicious, and the breakfasts in general are consistently good.”
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“The croissants are really delicious, and the breakfasts in general are consistently good.”March 2026
“This place has definitely upped the coffee & desert game on the Palm.. finally a place with excellent coffee ☕️, great desserts 🍰 and an amazing selection of croissants 🥐… also to my surprise they have a wide range of savory options which definitely need to be tried.”September 2024
Honorable mentions (15)
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Acai bowl Net +1
“Had a cappuccino with oat milk, butter croissant and acai bowl. The acai looked and tasted just as amazing, one of the best in town.”
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“Had a cappuccino with oat milk, butter croissant and acai bowl. The acai looked and tasted just as amazing, one of the best in town.”February 2024
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Americanos Net +1
“The Americanos, yogurt and peaches and steak sandwich are devine! I also highly recommend the "lotus" cheesecake! Great food, service and coffee!”
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“The Americanos, yogurt and peaches and steak sandwich are devine! I also highly recommend the "lotus" cheesecake! Great food, service and coffee!”July 2026
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Baklava cheesecake Net +1
“The baklava cheesecake is to die for”
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“The baklava cheesecake is to die for”April 2025
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Blueberry cake Net +1
“This time I ordered a blueberry cake made by their amazing team — Aisha, Ola, the kind gentleman who baked it, and Ashish who makes the best cappuccino! The cake was stunning and so delicious.”
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“This time I ordered a blueberry cake made by their amazing team — Aisha, Ola, the kind gentleman who baked it, and Ashish who makes the best cappuccino! The cake was stunning and so delicious.”April 2025
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Butter croissant Net +1
“Had a cappuccino with oat milk, butter croissant and acai bowl. The acai looked and tasted just as amazing, one of the best in town. The croissant gives easy competition to some of the stuff I tried in Europe, let alone Dubai, as I’ve never had good croissant in Dubai.”
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“Had a cappuccino with oat milk, butter croissant and acai bowl. The acai looked and tasted just as amazing, one of the best in town. The croissant gives easy competition to some of the stuff I tried in Europe, let alone Dubai, as I’ve never had good croissant in Dubai.”February 2024
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Cappuccinos with ugandan beans Net +1
“Me and my wife tried the cappuccinos with Ugandan beans and tasted amazing, we also had breakfast as well the Turkish eggs and hummus tomatina and were delicious.”
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“Me and my wife tried the cappuccinos with Ugandan beans and tasted amazing, we also had breakfast as well the Turkish eggs and hummus tomatina and were delicious.”November 2023
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Caprese toast Net +1
“Obsessed with their Caprese Toast and Spanish latte. I had them for 3 straight days in a row. I couldn’t get over on how the combination of the sourdough bread, turkey slice, caprese, tomatoes and basil sauce just had an explosion of flavors. Everything was well balanced. So so so worth the try!”
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“Obsessed with their Caprese Toast and Spanish latte. I had them for 3 straight days in a row. I couldn’t get over on how the combination of the sourdough bread, turkey slice, caprese, tomatoes and basil sauce just had an explosion of flavors. Everything was well balanced. So so so worth the try!”January 2026
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Golden carmel cake Net +1
“Amazing experience, cool vibes, nice music and all the desserts we had were sooooooo good the Golden Carmel cake and the Pecan Pear Tart and (THE STRAWBERRY ALMOND CAKE) was by far one of the most delicious desserts I have ever had in my life.”
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“Amazing experience, cool vibes, nice music and all the desserts we had were sooooooo good the Golden Carmel cake and the Pecan Pear Tart and (THE STRAWBERRY ALMOND CAKE) was by far one of the most delicious desserts I have ever had in my life.”November 2023
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Hummus tomatina Net +1
“Me and my wife tried the cappuccinos with Ugandan beans and tasted amazing, we also had breakfast as well the Turkish eggs and hummus tomatina and were delicious.”
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“Me and my wife tried the cappuccinos with Ugandan beans and tasted amazing, we also had breakfast as well the Turkish eggs and hummus tomatina and were delicious.”November 2023
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Lotus cheesecake Net +1
“The Americanos, yogurt and peaches and steak sandwich are devine! I also highly recommend the "lotus" cheesecake! Great food, service and coffee!”
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“The Americanos, yogurt and peaches and steak sandwich are devine! I also highly recommend the "lotus" cheesecake! Great food, service and coffee!”July 2026
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Pecan pear tart Net +1
“Amazing experience, cool vibes, nice music and all the desserts we had were sooooooo good the Golden Carmel cake and the Pecan Pear Tart and (THE STRAWBERRY ALMOND CAKE) was by far one of the most delicious desserts I have ever had in my life.”
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“Amazing experience, cool vibes, nice music and all the desserts we had were sooooooo good the Golden Carmel cake and the Pecan Pear Tart and (THE STRAWBERRY ALMOND CAKE) was by far one of the most delicious desserts I have ever had in my life.”November 2023
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Shakshouka Net +1
“Food was good, I got shakshouka.”
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“Food was good, I got shakshouka.”November 2025
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Steak sandwich Net +1
“The Americanos, yogurt and peaches and steak sandwich are devine! I also highly recommend the "lotus" cheesecake! Great food, service and coffee!”
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“The Americanos, yogurt and peaches and steak sandwich are devine! I also highly recommend the "lotus" cheesecake! Great food, service and coffee!”July 2026
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The strawberry almond cake Net +1
“Amazing experience, cool vibes, nice music and all the desserts we had were sooooooo good the Golden Carmel cake and the Pecan Pear Tart and (THE STRAWBERRY ALMOND CAKE) was by far one of the most delicious desserts I have ever had in my life.”
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“Amazing experience, cool vibes, nice music and all the desserts we had were sooooooo good the Golden Carmel cake and the Pecan Pear Tart and (THE STRAWBERRY ALMOND CAKE) was by far one of the most delicious desserts I have ever had in my life.”November 2023
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Turkish eggs Net +1
“Me and my wife tried the cappuccinos with Ugandan beans and tasted amazing, we also had breakfast as well the Turkish eggs and hummus tomatina and were delicious.”
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“Me and my wife tried the cappuccinos with Ugandan beans and tasted amazing, we also had breakfast as well the Turkish eggs and hummus tomatina and were delicious.”November 2023
Drinks 5
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Café latte Net +1
“I really love the coffee here, especially the café latte 🤍 The vibes are so nice and cozy, and the place itself is beautiful. Also, shoutout to (Yasin ) for making one of the best coffees ☕️✨”
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“I really love the coffee here, especially the café latte 🤍 The vibes are so nice and cozy, and the place itself is beautiful. Also, shoutout to (Yasin ) for making one of the best coffees ☕️✨”April 2026
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Cappuccino Net +1
“This time I ordered a blueberry cake made by their amazing team — Aisha, Ola, the kind gentleman who baked it, and Ashish who makes the best cappuccino! The cake was stunning and so delicious.”
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“This time I ordered a blueberry cake made by their amazing team — Aisha, Ola, the kind gentleman who baked it, and Ashish who makes the best cappuccino! The cake was stunning and so delicious.”April 2025
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Coffee v60 Net +1
“The food is very delicious especially the coffee v60 is perfect 👍🏼 and the waiter is very nice and helpful”
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“The food is very delicious especially the coffee v60 is perfect 👍🏼 and the waiter is very nice and helpful”August 2024
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Cortado Net +1
“Cortado is a must”
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“Cortado is a must”April 2026
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Spanish latte Net +1
“Obsessed with their Caprese Toast and Spanish latte. I had them for 3 straight days in a row. I couldn’t get over on how the combination of the sourdough bread, turkey slice, caprese, tomatoes and basil sauce just had an explosion of flavors. Everything was well balanced. So so so worth the try!”
Positive 1Negative 0
Review excerpts
“Obsessed with their Caprese Toast and Spanish latte. I had them for 3 straight days in a row. I couldn’t get over on how the combination of the sourdough bread, turkey slice, caprese, tomatoes and basil sauce just had an explosion of flavors. Everything was well balanced. So so so worth the try!”January 2026
What to Avoid (3)
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Almond croissant Net −1
“Walked in asked for the almond croissant - they said they would bring it to me outside. After a 10 minute wait, walked back in and had to get them to actually give it to me. That single croissant was 37aed - I feel like an idiot for buying it. The Spinneys ones are 9 and they’re better.”
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Critical review excerpts
“Walked in asked for the almond croissant - they said they would bring it to me outside. After a 10 minute wait, walked back in and had to get them to actually give it to me. That single croissant was 37aed - I feel like an idiot for buying it. The Spinneys ones are 9 and they’re better.”November 2025
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Custom cake Net −1
“I ordered a simple custom cake and was assured they could make it. However when I went to collect it I found that they didn’t even follow the design I had sent and the edible print quality was so poor that I am genuinely embarrassed to take it to the birthday.”
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“I ordered a simple custom cake and was assured they could make it. However when I went to collect it I found that they didn’t even follow the design I had sent and the edible print quality was so poor that I am genuinely embarrassed to take it to the birthday.”August 2026
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Iced tea Net −1
“When I ordered iced tea, the waitress informed me they only had a hibiscus flavor and noted that it was "a bit sour." I appreciate the heads-up, but the tea served was virtually tasteless and extremely watered down, far beyond a simple "sour" note—it was completely unpalatable.”
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“When I ordered iced tea, the waitress informed me they only had a hibiscus flavor and noted that it was "a bit sour." I appreciate the heads-up, but the tea served was virtually tasteless and extremely watered down, far beyond a simple "sour" note—it was completely unpalatable.”November 2025
Tips for a Better Visit
Confirm hours. Check the current closing time before going late; one customer found the café closed at 9:30 despite the website listing 11 pm.
Allow time. Avoid tight schedules during busy periods, as one order took 50 minutes to be recognised before another 25-minute wait.
Check cakes. For a custom cake, confirm the design and edible print well before collection rather than discovering a problem at pickup.
Clarify water. If you want ordinary tap or plain bottled water, specify it clearly before ordering to avoid being served the higher-priced option.
Watch outdoors. The terrace is useful, but check the outdoor area first if flies would bother you.
Plan the visit
Practical details
Palm Jumeirah Golden mile galleria, building 9
The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai
| Mon | 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Tue | 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Wed | 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Thu | 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Fri | 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Sat | 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Sun | 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
Common Concerns
Slow orders
Some customers report severe delays, including 50 minutes before staff even located an order.
Uneven service
Service is inconsistent: reviews range from attentive visits to complaints about unprofessional or dismissive responses.
Cake problems
One custom cake arrived without the requested design, with poor edible-print quality and no advance warning.
Cleanliness
A review reported dirty tables, stained seats and rubbish left near the dining area.
High pricing
The premium pricing can feel poor value, especially for individual bakery items.
Customer-reported prices
These are customer-reported mentions, not a current price list. Prices may have changed.
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“That single croissant was 37aed - I feel like an idiot for buying it”Google review · November 2025
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The Bottom Line
Beyond Velvet is a restaurant and bakery in Palm Jumeirah where people come for coffee, pastries and breakfast rather than a formal dinner occasion. The clearest strengths are the croissants, speciality coffee and desserts: reviews specifically mention Caprese Toast with a Spanish latte, Turkish eggs, baklava cheesecake and a pistachio and raspberry tart. The coffee gets unusually specific praise.
Customers call out cappuccinos, cortados, Americanos and V60, while one review mentions cappuccinos made with Ugandan beans. It is also a practical café for a longer catch-up or work session, and dogs are welcome according to one customer who spent a couple of hours there with their fur baby. Seating is available inside or on the terrace.
The experience is not completely consistent. Several reviews describe friendly, attentive service, but others report staff failing to track orders, long waits, reluctance to replace a poor drink and dirty tables or stained seats. If you are ordering a custom cake, be especially careful: one customer collected a cake whose design and edible print did not match the supplied brief.
Check the current closing time before a late visit, allow extra time for food, and clarify water pricing. For a lower-risk first order, the pastries, coffee and named breakfast favourites have the strongest review support.