Cheap Breakfast Buffet Prices in Dubai as of September 2026
A hotel breakfast buffet with pool access in Dubai starts at AED 29 per person, against a house rate of AED 55. A five star Sunday brunch buffet starts at AED 89 against AED 179. A ticketed brunch event, the kind that is sold like a party rather than a meal, has a median of AED 238 across 12 events we priced. Those three numbers answer three different questions, and this page keeps them apart.
This is the breakfast and brunch page. Dinner is a separate market with separate prices and we treat it separately on what dinner for two costs in Dubai.
The five offers we checked
| Hotel | Area | What you get | Voucher price | House rate | You save | Discount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S19 Hotel | Al Jaddaf | Breakfast buffet with pool access | AED 29 | AED 55 | AED 26 | 47 % |
| Centro Barsha | Al Barsha | Day pass with breakfast, lunch and pool | AED 40 | AED 99 | AED 59 | 60 % |
| Hilton Garden Inn | Deira | Breakfast buffet | AED 45 | AED 90 | AED 45 | 50 % |
| Al Bandar Rotana | Al Jaddaf | Sunday brunch buffet | AED 89 | AED 179 | AED 90 | 50 % |
| Aloft Palm Jumeirah | Palm Jumeirah | Lunch with pool and beach access | AED 109 | AED 199 | AED 90 | 45 % |
The median of those five voucher prices is AED 45 per person. Four of the five sit in Al Jaddaf, Al Barsha, Deira and on Palm Jumeirah rather than in Downtown or the Marina, which is the pattern across the wider offer market: business hotels away from the two prestige addresses fill weekday capacity through discount vouchers, and breakfast is the meal they discount hardest.
Offer by offer: S19 Hotel in Al Jaddaf charges AED 29 instead of AED 55, a saving of AED 26 or 47 percent. Centro Barsha asks AED 40 instead of AED 99, 60 percent off and the deepest cut of the five. Hilton Garden Inn in Deira is AED 45 instead of AED 90, exactly half. Al Bandar Rotana charges AED 89 for the Sunday brunch instead of AED 179, and Aloft Palm Jumeirah AED 109 instead of AED 199, 45 percent, the smallest discount in the table but the only one with beach access.
What it costs for two or three people
| What you get | One person | Two people | Three people | Saved by two people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast buffet with pool access | AED 29 | AED 58 | AED 87 | AED 52 |
| Day pass with breakfast, lunch and pool | AED 40 | AED 80 | AED 120 | AED 118 |
| Breakfast buffet | AED 45 | AED 90 | AED 135 | AED 90 |
| Sunday brunch buffet | AED 89 | AED 178 | AED 267 | AED 180 |
| Lunch with pool and beach access | AED 109 | AED 218 | AED 327 | AED 180 |
Breakfast for two at the cheapest offer is AED 58 including pool access. The same two people at the Sunday brunch pay AED 178. That gap is the whole argument of this page: in Dubai the difference between a cheap morning out and an expensive one is not the hotel class, it is which meal you book.
Where breakfast sits in the offer market
The five offers above are part of a larger picture. Across 54 vouchers on cobone.com we priced in September 2026, dining is the largest category with 33 offers.
| Category | Offers | Median price | Cheapest | Most expensive | Median discount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dining | 33 | AED 69 | AED 14 | AED 319 | 37 % |
| Experience | 15 | AED 99 | AED 23 | AED 260 | 27 % |
| Spa | 4 | AED 47 | AED 47 | AED 47 | 57 % |
| Stay | 2 | AED 74 | AED 49 | AED 99 | 34 % |
The dining median of AED 69 sits above every breakfast offer in our table and below the brunch one, which tells you where breakfast belongs: at the bottom of the dining category. The cheapest dining voucher in the whole sample is AED 14, the most expensive AED 319, and the median discount is 37 percent with the best offer at 67 percent off.
Brunch as a ticketed event
Brunch in Dubai is two different products. One is the hotel buffet in the table above. The other is a ticketed event with a package and a time slot, priced like an outing rather than a meal. We track the second one alongside every other ticketed category.
| Category | Events priced | Median | Cheapest | Most expensive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunch | 12 | AED 238 | AED 81 | AED 293 |
| Nightlife | 12 | AED 171 | AED 44 | AED 294 |
| Comedy | 12 | AED 191 | AED 74 | AED 289 |
| Sport | 12 | AED 240 | AED 48 | AED 589 |
| Experience | 10 | AED 191 | AED 73 | AED 754 |
| Top billed | 8 | AED 242 | AED 98 | AED 2,452 |
| Family | 3 | AED 128 | AED 77 | AED 132 |
| Ladies night | 2 | AED 122 | AED 98 | AED 147 |
| All categories together | 71 | AED 191 | AED 44 | AED 2,452 |
The brunch median of AED 238 is 2.7 times the AED 89 hotel brunch voucher, and it is the second highest median in the table. Brunch tickets also have the narrowest range of any large category, from AED 81 to AED 293, which means there is little to be found by shopping around: the saving comes from choosing the hotel buffet instead.
Put next to the other categories, brunch is expensive company. Only the big names go higher at AED 242; sport sits at AED 240, comedy and experiences both at AED 191, nightlife at AED 171, family outings at AED 128 and ladies nights at AED 122. The median across all 71 priced events is AED 191, so a brunch ticket costs more than a typical night out in this city.
Breakfast against dinner
For scale, the median restaurant dinner for two we priced in September 2026 was AED 340, which is AED 170 per person across 27 offers. The cheapest breakfast buffet in our table is AED 29 per person, so dinner per head costs 5.9 times a discounted hotel breakfast. Both figures are offer prices rather than a survey of every restaurant in the city. The dinner side of that comparison is worked out in full on what dinner for two costs in Dubai.
What the price means in other currencies
Most people asking this question do not think in dirhams first. At the exchange rates of 1 September 2026, the prices on this page convert as follows.
| Currency | Per 1 AED | AED 29 | AED 40 | AED 45 | AED 89 | AED 109 | AED 238 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian rupee | 25.925 | 752 | 1,037 | 1,167 | 2,307 | 2,826 | 6,170 |
| Pakistani rupee | 75.6091 | 2,193 | 3,024 | 3,402 | 6,729 | 8,241 | 17,995 |
| Philippine peso | 16.9982 | 493 | 680 | 765 | 1,513 | 1,853 | 4,046 |
| Egyptian pound | 13.851 | 402 | 554 | 623 | 1,233 | 1,510 | 3,297 |
| Bangladeshi taka | 33.525 | 972 | 1,341 | 1,509 | 2,984 | 3,654 | 7,979 |
| Sri Lankan rupee | 89.2689 | 2,589 | 3,571 | 4,017 | 7,945 | 9,730 | 21,246 |
| Nepalese rupee | 41.48 | 1,203 | 1,659 | 1,867 | 3,692 | 4,521 | 9,872 |
The whole morning market on one ladder
Five price levels, one table. Everything above the dotted line of a hotel buffet is a different product, not a better breakfast.
| Occasion | Per person | For two |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest hotel breakfast buffet | AED 29 | AED 58 |
| Median of the five vouchers checked | AED 45 | AED 90 |
| Hotel Sunday brunch buffet | AED 89 | AED 178 |
| Restaurant dinner, per person | AED 170 | AED 340 |
| Ticketed brunch event, median | AED 238 | AED 476 |
Each offer against two benchmarks
| What you get | Voucher price | Against the dining median of AED 69 | Share of a dinner per person |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast buffet with pool access | AED 29 | AED 40 below | 17.1 % |
| Day pass with breakfast, lunch and pool | AED 40 | AED 29 below | 23.5 % |
| Breakfast buffet | AED 45 | AED 24 below | 26.5 % |
| Sunday brunch buffet | AED 89 | AED 20 above | 52.4 % |
| Lunch with pool and beach access | AED 109 | AED 40 above | 64.1 % |
What you actually hand over
The voucher price is not the bill. VAT of 5 percent is added at the venue, and a municipality fee may follow. Rounded to whole dirhams, this is what the same five offers cost once the tax is on.
| What you get | Voucher price | With 5 percent VAT | For two, with VAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast buffet with pool access | AED 29 | AED 30 | AED 60 |
| Day pass with breakfast, lunch and pool | AED 40 | AED 42 | AED 84 |
| Breakfast buffet | AED 45 | AED 47 | AED 94 |
| Sunday brunch buffet | AED 89 | AED 93 | AED 186 |
| Lunch with pool and beach access | AED 109 | AED 114 | AED 228 |
Before you book
Voucher prices are per person and exclude drinks beyond what the offer names, so read what soft means in a title: soft drinks only, alcohol charged separately. Most vouchers run for one to three months and need a phone booking at least a day ahead. Weekend brunch sells out earlier than a weekday buffet. And the price on the voucher is not the price on the bill: 5 percent VAT and any municipality fee are added on site.
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest hotel breakfast buffet in Dubai?
AED 29 per person at S19 Hotel in Al Jaddaf, pool access included, checked on 1 September 2026. The house rate for the same buffet is AED 55.
How much does a Sunday brunch in Dubai cost?
A five star hotel brunch buffet starts at AED 89 per person against a house rate of AED 179. A ticketed brunch event has a median of AED 238 across 12 events, in a range from AED 81 to AED 293.
Is breakfast cheaper than dinner in Dubai?
Yes, by a wide margin. A discounted hotel breakfast is AED 29 per person against AED 170 per person for a median restaurant dinner, a factor of 5.9.
How large are the discounts on food vouchers?
Across 33 dining offers the median discount is 37 percent and the largest is 67 percent. The five breakfast and brunch offers in our table run from 45 to 60 percent off.
Is VAT included in these prices?
No. The 5 percent VAT and any municipality fee are added at the venue, on top of the voucher price.
Sources: the five hotel offers were checked on 1 September 2026 at 06:05 Dubai time, voucher price against the listed house rate, and are carried over unchanged from our earlier check. Deal market: cobone.com, September 2026. Event tickets and restaurant offers: DXB Radar price record, September 2026. Exchange rates: 1 September 2026.
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