Cirque de Cuisine Night Brunch at Atlantis, The Palm 2026

Cirque de Cuisine Night Brunch at Atlantis, The Palm returns to Dubai on Friday 11 December 2026 as The Candyland Edition, turning The Avenues into a Christmas Candyland party for one night. Billed as the city’s biggest party, it is a roaming evening brunch where you move between some of the resort’s best-known restaurants, with free-flowing drinks, live DJs and a dessert finale beside an aquarium.

How Cirque de Cuisine works

Unlike a seated brunch at one restaurant, Cirque de Cuisine is built around movement. Doors open at 6:45pm, and guests spend the evening wandering The Avenues, the indoor restaurant promenade at Atlantis, The Palm, stopping at different kitchens for dishes as they go. Seating is free rather than allocated, so you can settle where you like or keep moving. Live DJs, music and performances run across the participating venues and the central Rotunda throughout the night.

The “biggest party is back” billing marks the return of a format Atlantis has staged before, and this year the whole promenade is dressed in Christmas Candyland colours rather than the theme sitting with a single restaurant.

The restaurants on the route

The line-up spans Michelin-starred dining, celebrity-chef favourites, sizzling steaks and Mexican flavours. Restaurants named for this edition include:

• Hakkasan, the modern Cantonese restaurant
• Seafire, the resort’s steakhouse
• Bread Street Kitchen, Gordon Ramsay’s British brasserie
• En Fuego, for Mexican flavours
• Brasserie Frantzén
• Wavehouse, which also hosts the late-night continuation

On top of that, Nobu Dubai sends out its signature canapés throughout the evening, so there is something circulating even between restaurant stops.

Drinks and the Christmas Dessert Wonderland

Free-flowing cocktails, sparkling wine and other drinks are poured from the 360-degree Rotunda bar at the heart of The Avenues. For dessert, the Candyland theme moves to The Lost World Aquarium, where a Christmas Dessert Wonderland is set up among the tanks, one of the more memorable settings for a sweet course in Dubai.

When the brunch winds down, the party continues at Wavehouse, which runs until 2am with a cash bar between 11pm and 2am, so you can carry on without leaving the resort.

Who it suits and what to know

Admission is strictly for guests aged 21 and over, and children are not permitted. It suits groups of friends and colleagues looking for a festive night out in mid-December, couples who want to sample several Atlantis restaurants in one evening, and anyone who prefers a party atmosphere to a formal dinner. Falling on the second Friday of December, it lands right at the start of the festive office party season. The listing is tagged as selling fast, and tickets may also be sold at the door, subject to availability.

A few house rules: cameras are not permitted, and smoking is allowed only in designated areas. The listing does not specify a dress code, so festive smart wear is a natural fit for the Christmas theme.

Getting to Atlantis, The Palm

Parking is available at The Avenues at Atlantis, The Palm. By car, drive onto Palm Jumeirah and follow the signs for Atlantis. Without a car, take the Metro to Mall of the Emirates and continue by taxi. With free-flowing drinks on the menu, a taxi home is the sensible plan.

For more festive ideas, browse our dinner and brunch guide, see everything happening in December, and explore more things to do in Dubai. If you want to keep the weekend going, Eden Presents Lith K ft Mo Farag takes over Cavo the same night.

A rotating menu of Atlantis restaurants, Nobu canapés, an aquarium dessert room and a late finish at Wavehouse make Cirque de Cuisine: The Candyland Edition one of the most ambitious festive brunches in Dubai this December.