Fresh meals
Ready-made dishes are often described as fresh, tasty and homemade, making the shop useful for a quick workday lunch.
Lifemart
Business Bay
Lifemart is a cafe and food shop in Business Bay where you can pick up fresh ready-made meals, salads and coffee for a quick lunch. Its pay-by-weight setup lets you choose your portion, while dishes such as Caesar salad, zapekanka and syrniki get specific praise.
Reputation Score
4.3
★★★★☆
244 ratings
Source: Google Maps
The Good Stuff
Pay by weight
The self-service counters let you choose your portion and pay by weight across the prepared food selection.
Coffee
Coffee is repeatedly praised, including a sugar-free vanilla latte and a latte with banana syrup.
Food variety
Customers mention Russian food alongside Asian, international and Arab dishes, with salads, sides and desserts available.
Quick setting
There are indoor and outdoor areas for a quick meal, with customers also describing a friendly atmosphere.
Named pastries
The almond and hazelnut croissants both received strong individual ratings, with the hazelnut version rated five stars.
Tips for a Better Visit
Avoid rush. If you want more space, avoid the working-hour lunch break, when the shop reportedly gets busy.
Check weights. For pay-by-weight orders, check the displayed weight and price before paying; one customer reported a broken scale and a salmon discrepancy.
Verify stock. Before placing a delivery order, confirm that selected items are actually available; dates remained listed despite reportedly being discontinued.
Check replacements. Inspect substitutions and delivered dishes immediately, since one order arrived with chicken and mushrooms instead of the requested cottage-cheese crepes.
Choose pickup. Pickup or eating in may be less stressful than delivery during busy periods, given reports of melted iced coffee and lengthy waits.
Ask about drinks. When ordering a healthy drink, confirm its ingredients: a ginger-and-lemon request was reportedly served as green tea with ginger sugar syrup.
Plan the visit
Practical details
Street, bulding 11 - 69 Marasi Dr
Business Bay - Bay Square, Dubai
| Mon | 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
| Tue | 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
| Wed | 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
| Thu | 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
| Fri | 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
| Sat | 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Sun | 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
Popular Mentions
Caesar salad
A regular customer calls the Caesar salad simple and excellent, alongside praise for the zapekanka and syrniki.
zapekanka
This baked dish is one of a regular customer's favourite Lifemart foods.
syrniki
The syrniki are specifically praised as delicious and good enough to reduce the customer's motivation to cook at home.
Basil Pasta Salad
The Basil Pasta Salad received a five-star rating in one customer's item-by-item review.
iced coffee
One customer enjoyed an iced coffee with momos during a visit and found the prices affordable.
Common Concerns
Delivery delays
Several delivery reviews describe long waits, including one order that took three hours and another that was still missing after five hours.
Order accuracy
Delivery customers report unavailable items, underweight portions and incorrect replacements, including chicken and mushrooms instead of cottage-cheese crepes.
Refund response
Some customers say refund requests and messages received no reply, including an undelivered item that remained listed in the app.
Price rises
One regular customer said prices had risen to 20–25 AED for a meal made up of two scoops.
Crowded layout
The shop can become crowded and difficult to move through, particularly around the working-day lunch period.
Customer-reported prices
These are customer-reported mentions, not a current price list. Prices may have changed.
30 dirhams
100 grams of salmon
“75 The 100 grams I bought was 30 dirhams When I asked, thinking that might be wrong,She told me that the scale was broken and the price was 23 dirhams”Google review · September 2024
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The Bottom Line
Lifemart works well as a quick lunch stop in Business Bay, particularly if you like choosing from prepared food rather than waiting for a made-to-order meal. Customers describe fresh, homemade-style ready-made dishes, salads, coffee and desserts, with the pay-by-weight counters letting you control your portion. The selection includes Russian food as well as Asian, international and Arab dishes.
Specific favourites include the Caesar salad, zapekanka and syrniki, while the Basil Pasta Salad and hazelnut croissant also received strong individual praise. Coffee is another consistent draw, although one morning customer found the matcha portion and preparation inconsistent. Indoor and outdoor seating are available, but the layout can feel cramped and the shop gets busy around the working-hour lunch break.
The main caution is delivery. Reviews describe delays of up to three hours, missing or substituted items, underweight salads and slow replies about refunds. A few dine-in customers also reported food-safety or freshness concerns, including plastic in risotto, a hair in salad and an old-tasting vinaigrette.
For a first visit, eating in or checking your order and weights at the counter looks less risky than relying on delivery; confirm stock and substitutions before paying.