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Breakfast brings generous portions, fresh ingredients and plenty of choice, including pancakes and fresh fruit for children.
Brambles
Barsha Heights
Brambles is a casual café in Barsha Heights, located inside Citadines Metro Central. It is a comfortable choice for breakfast, with fresh bowls, avocado toast and a relaxed setup that also suits laptop work or an unhurried coffee.
Reputation Score
4.9
★★★★★
2,026 ratings
Source: Google Maps
The Good Stuff
Dietary Flexibility
Vegetarian guests can ask about custom off-menu dishes, and reviewers also mention staff accommodating dietary requirements.
Work Friendly
The spacious, calm setting has many tables, free Wi-Fi and seating that reviewers found productive for laptop work.
Family Friendly
Families with young children found the café relaxed, welcoming and comfortable, including during meals with a baby or toddler.
Healthy Choices
Reviews point to a good range of healthy food, including bowls, fresh juice and avocado dishes.
Quiet Atmosphere
The café has comfortable seating and music that one reviewer specifically found pleasant without being too loud.
Tips for a Better Visit
Find Entrance. Enter through the Citadines main entrance and turn left inside; the café is within the hotel.
Use Parking. If you are driving, reviewers mention free hotel parking as a useful practical advantage.
Ask Options. If you have dietary requirements, ask whether the kitchen can prepare a suitable custom or off-menu dish.
Check Discount. Hotel guests should ask about the reported 20% breakfast discount before paying.
Book Coworking. For a work session, check Letswork: one review used its app for Wi-Fi, free-flow coffee and tea, and a first-time offer.
Plan the visit
Practical details
Citadines Metro Central Hotel Apartments - Ground Floor
Al Thanyah First - Barsha Heights, Dubai
| Mon | 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Tue | 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Wed | 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Thu | 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Fri | 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Sat | 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
| Sun | 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
Popular Mentions
Avocado toast
Avocado toast is one of the breakfast standouts mentioned by reviewers.
Shrimp bowl
The shrimp bowl was described as fresh, tasty and satisfying in portion.
Poke bowl shrimp
A reviewer specifically praised the poke bowl shrimp and paired it with iced matcha.
Iced Vanilla Latte
The Iced Vanilla Latte was a preferred follow-up to the café’s mochaccino.
Chilli fried eggs
The chilli fried eggs were praised for well-cooked eggs and good flavour.
Butter Chicken
Butter Chicken is one of the savoury dishes a reviewer singled out as delicious.
Common Concerns
Limited Variety
One reviewer enjoyed the meal but felt the menu could use more variety.
Entry Confusion
The hotel setting can make access awkward: one visitor struggled to use the back gate and had to call for entry.
Inconsistent Dish
A reviewer found customised avocado sandwiches dry and lacking flavour, and felt the apple juice had been diluted.
Coffee Variability
One visit found the coffee merely decent and in need of improvement.
Customer-reported prices
These are customer-reported mentions, not a current price list. Prices may have changed.
AED29+ to AED39+
Ala carte menu
“Ala carte menu starts from AED29+ to AED39+ for salads, sandwiches, wraps, etc”Google review · June 2020
AED 19+ instead of AED 39+
Letswork first-time user offer
“The promo offer for first time user was a great value for money (AED 19+ instead of AED 39+ usual price)”Google review · June 2020
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The Bottom Line
Brambles is a casual café inside Citadines Metro Central in Barsha Heights, and breakfast is the clearest reason to visit. Reviews mention avocado toast, shrimp bowls, pancakes with fresh fruit, fresh juices and a choice of breakfast styles. Portions are often described as generous, with healthy options alongside more substantial dishes such as the burger and Butter Chicken.
The setting is calm, bright and comfortable rather than rushed. There are plenty of tables, free Wi-Fi and seating that works well for laptop sessions, reading or meeting someone. Families also found it easy to settle in with young children.
Coffee receives mostly positive mentions, including specialty coffee and an Iced Vanilla Latte, although one reviewer thought the coffee needed work. A useful practical detail is the free hotel parking. If you are arriving on foot, go through the Citadines main entrance and turn left; a reviewer found the back-gate access confusing.
Hotel guests have reported a 20% discount, so it is worth checking before paying. Dietary needs can be discussed with the kitchen, which has prepared custom off-menu vegetarian dishes. One reviewer wanted more menu variety, while another found a customised avocado sandwich dry and an apple juice diluted, so expectations may depend on the order.