Is hotel breakfast in UAE a buffet or menu-based?

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TL;DR

Some UAE hotels serve breakfast from a menu rather than a buffet: ordered dishes are brought to the table, followed by a trolley with additional snacks and appetizers. Menus may only be in English or Arabic — Google Translate works well.

What the community said

In the hotel's club lounge, breakfast is served individually: a personal chef is assigned to the table and cooks any dish the guest wants.

Club breakfast with personal chef

To order eggs at breakfast, guests fill out a slip specifying the table number and the desired style of eggs, and the dish is then brought to the table.

Egg order slip system

The hotel's Italian restaurant also serves a menu-based breakfast. There is at least one additional dining venue in the hotel besides the main restaurant.

Hotel Italian restaurant

Breakfast at the hotel's main restaurant is menu-based: waiters first bring various snacks and appetizers, then deliver the main ordered dish.

Hotel main restaurant

Menu-based breakfast may seem less convenient than a buffet at first, but the table is nicely set and additional dishes and snacks are brought around on a trolley — a kind of mini rolling buffet. Overall a pleasant experience. Menus are not available in Russian, but Google Translate handles it well.

Google Translate for the menu