ZUMA in Dubai honoured at The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2016 for fifth consecutive year

DIFC venue the highest ranked restaurant in the MENA region

Dubai, 8 June 2016

ZUMA, Dubai's multi award-winning restaurant, lounge and bar is celebrating its recognition at The World's 50 Best Restaurants' 2016 ranking. ZUMA was listed at number 89, representing the highest placed restaurant in the MENA region, underlining its enduring legacy on the culinary scene both regionally and internationally. This is the fifth consecutive year that Zuma Dubai has featured.

Now in their fourteenth year, the World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards recognise 100 restaurants as the world's best as determined by over 900 restaurant industry experts, including food critics, chefs and restaurateurs. The awards are universally acknowledged as the most credible indicator of the best places to eat globally, based not only on the quality of food, but service, surroundings and atmosphere.

ZUMA's standout position in the Middle East as a standard bearer of authentic Japanese cuisine, its meticulous attention to detail and innovative approach was felt to earn the restaurant a place within the Top 100.

Ajaz Sheikh, Global Managing Director for ZUMA said: "It is with immense pleasure I thank and congratulate the Zuma Dubai team for the outstanding job they're doing year after year. Being placed in the World's 50 Best ranking is an incredible achievement, but to earn a place for five consecutive years is sensational. I am incredibly proud of the entire Zuma family."

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