Bait Maryam has opened its doors at City Centre Mirdif, bringing its home-style Levantine cooking and warm hospitality to one of Dubai’s most loved family destinations. The award-winning Palestinian restaurant, founded by chef Salam Daqqaq in 2017, now welcomes guests in the heart of eastern Dubai.
Bait Maryam was built on a simple belief. Food is a form of hospitality, and every guest deserves to feel at home. That belief has guided the restaurant from its first dining room in Jumeirah Lakes Towers to its table in Sharjah, and now to Mirdif. The recipes remain the ones chef Salam learned in her mother’s kitchen, prepared with the same care and served with the same warmth. What began as one woman’s tribute to her mother has grown into a home that thousands now share.
Step inside and the room feels familiar. Soft tones, natural textures, and hand-painted crockery echo the warmth of a Levantine home. Service follows the same rhythm, unhurried and generous, the way a good host makes time for every guest. The design carries the same intention as the food, to make people feel they belong.
City Centre Mirdif welcomes millions of families each year, many from the communities who hold Levantine food close to home. Bait Maryam feels at home among them. The new location offers the same generous table, the same familiar flavours, and the same welcome that guests have come to know. For a neighbourhood built around family, it is a natural fit.
The menu carries the heart of the Levant. Guests can begin with hummus and fresh bread, then move to the signature fatet Maryam musakhan, chicken with sumac and onions over yoghurt, finished with fried bread the way chef Salam’s mother once made it. Slow-cooked lamb mansaf, crispy cauliflower with tahina, and kabab Hamoudi bring the table together, with knafeh and ashta to finish. Every plate is made for sharing, in the spirit of a family gathering, where the table stays full and the conversation stays long.
Bait Maryam’s approach has earned it lasting recognition, including a Michelin Bib Gourmand held for three consecutive years and a place among the region’s most respected kitchens. The awards affirm the work, and the measure that matters most stays the same. For chef Salam, the greatest reward remains a full table and a happy guest.
“Bait Maryam has always been about welcoming people the way we welcome family. My mother taught me that a full table is a form of love, and that lesson has shaped everything I cook. Opening in Mirdif means a great deal to me. This is a neighbourhood full of families who carry these flavours in their memories, and I want them to walk in and feel at home from the very first moment” said Salam Daqqaq, founder of Bait Maryam.
The Mirdif opening joins Bait Maryam in Jumeirah Lakes Towers and 06 Mall Sharjah, alongside the <a href="https://jordangazette.com/elite-group-holding-strengthens-customer-value-through-strategic-lifestyle-partnerships/”>group’s elevated Levantine concept, Sufret Maryam.
About Bait Maryam
Bait Maryam is a Palestinian restaurant founded in Dubai in 2017 by chef Salam Daqqaq and named after her late mother. It serves home-style Levantine food across Dubai and Sharjah. The kitchen holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for three consecutive years and the Michelin Guide Welcome and Service Award, and it has appeared on the Middle East and North Africa’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Chef Salam was named the region’s Best Female Chef in 2023 and What’s On Dubai’s Chef of the Year in 2025, and she features on the Forbes Middle East 50 Over 50 list. The group also runs Sufret Maryam, its elevated Levantine concept.
