dining tried and tested Hotel Cartagena: One Stop For Amazing Latin American Cuisine
Hotel Cartagena: One Stop For Amazing Latin American Cuisine
Updated on 18 July 2022

Hotel Cartagena is a great place to visit, transporting you to Latin America without leaving Dubai.

The restaurant is located at JW Marriott Marquis Hotel and is the perfect place to relax, eat, and drink with friends.

Offering diners with stunning interiors, the restaurant decor mimics a sophisticated jungle theme, with creepers hanging from the ceiling.

The walls are also decorated in stunning artwork, with colourful designs and prints of birds, and are dimly lit to create a relaxing ambience.

Situated on the 72nd floor of the hotel, the restaurant has floor-to-ceiling windows that offer visitors a mesmerising view of Dubai's skyline and is exceptionally captivating when it lights up at night.

The menu is a compilation of delicious Latin American flavours as well as maki and has a wide range of options for every taste.

On visiting the restaurant, one of the bestsellers and a great dish to start with is the guacamole and chips.

The menu also offers a wide range of dishes for vegetarians, with the mushroom truffle empanada, guacamole Picante and more. 

Guests can also enjoy tucking into the delicious maki rolls with amazing flavours including spicy tuna maki roll, prawn tempura maki roll, octopus maki roll and the sweet plantain maki roll for vegetarians.

You can never go wrong with tacos, and the carne asada is a definite must-try.

While sipping on drinks, delight in a wide range of mains to choose from like whole lamb shoulder Asado, grilled jumbo prawns, Jamaican jerk chicken spatchcock, lamb chuleton and more. 

The restaurant also brings the carnival to Dubai and puts on an entertaining dance show to Latin beats.

Open from Sunday to Friday from 6pm till late, the restaurant is open on Saturday for brunch from 1pm to 4pm and then from 6.30pm till late for dinner.

Call 050-1197743 or 04-3509287

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