Drinks, food and entertainment...my local Barca Club has it all.

After a late lunch out I really didn't need another restaurant visit in the same day, but this is Dubai so who's to judge.

Popped along to The Barca Club on the Palm Jumeriah this evening. A great live band playing mostly acoustic guitars and singing popular covers to a packed and appreciative beer garden audience.

Caught the tail end of the weekend deal, 4 drinks and a meal for 99dhs from 12 to 7 every Friday and Saturday. Some good options in the meal list from salads and pastas to more casual snacks and the usual selection of wines, beers and a few house cocktails. You just can't go wrong. I'm told similar deals are still running at Cabana and Bidi Bondi's too, and that smells like the making of a weekend bar crawl to me. Happy days!

Gallop down to The Stables for a great bargain lunch deal

After enjoying a great mini escape weekend away at the Towers Rotana, courtesy of a prize from the What's On magazine earlier in the year, we stumbled across The Stables and stopped by for a late lunch.

The Stables opened earlier this year, located literally next door to Fibber Magee's. An interesting building with clearly an equestrian theme. The top floor restaurant is now only used for private functions so its primarily a bar restaurant nowadays.

Anyway, we took full advantage of the Saturday to Thursday 12 to 3 offer and had a meal and drink for a bargain of 49dhs. That included a good sirloin steak too!

Check it out if you're in the area. They seem to do a tempting Friday brunch carvery too so one to add to the list.