Every week we score the Instagram of every restaurant, café and bar in the UAE — the same way — and publish the top 20.

No opinions, no paid placements. Four signals, scored by the same formula for a 4,000-follower café and a 90,000-follower beach club.

Where does your venue rank?

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Restaurants · Abu Dhabithis week
  1. 013Fils - Abu Dhabi191
  2. 02L'ETO Restaurant690
  3. 03Novikov Abu Dhabi1283

next standings Monday

This week’s standings

week of 31 August · next standings Monday

Abu DhabiCafésBarsRestaurantsHotels
Top 20 restaurants in Abu Dhabi by Instagram score, week of 31 August
RankMoveVenueAreaScore
0113Fils - Abu DhabiCorniche91
026L'ETO RestaurantAl Maryah90
0312Novikov Abu DhabiAl Maryah83
0415Flamingo Room by tashasAl Maryah78
0516ShviliAl Maryah76
062525 Minutes to TulumAl Bateen75
0715Pastalito Bar & RestaurantYas Island75
081Santorini CafeAl Reem75
0914AkawaAl Bateen74
1016Catania LoungeAl Reem74
1117The Brothers Restaurant & CafeAl Reem72
1213Grand BeirutAl Maryah72
1317Rozana Al ReemAl Reem71
1418Antonia trattoriaYas Island67
1535COYA Abu DhabiAl Maryah64
162519th Street Bar & RestaurantAl Muroor63
1727DerwandiCorniche63
1821Society Abu DhabiSaadiyat63
1915BroadwayCorniche62
2022Al Fanar Restaurant & Cafe - Yas MallYas Island62

New — entering the standings soon

VenueAreaEnters
99 Sushi Bar & Restaurant Abu DhabiSaadiyat5 October
Allo Beirut - Khalifa CityAl Raha5 October
Ibn Al Bahr - Al Reem IslandSaadiyat5 October
LalQila Abu dhabiCorniche5 October
Le Noir Café & KitchenSaadiyat5 October
Leisure Center - Abu Dhabi مطعم وكافيه الليجر - أبوظبيAl Raha5 October
Loca Restaurant & Bar Abu DhabiSaadiyat5 October
LocalinoKhalifa City5 October
MALLAH AL AIRPORT ROAD ملة شارع المطارAl Mushrif5 October
Madang Korean Restaurant Al Ghazal Golf ClubAl Raha5 October

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The Instagram standings for UAE restaurants, cafés and bars.

Same four signals, every venue, every week.

What the score is

SignalWeight
How much people react to your posts35
Posting consistency25
Profile completeness20
Variety of content20

Reactions are scored against the median for the venue’s own category and emirate, never an absolute number — so a 4,000-follower café and a 90,000-follower beach club are comparable. The score is deterministic: the same page always produces the same number. AI writes the explanation, never the score.

We publish the top 20 only, and show upward movement and new entries. If you’d rather your venue wasn’t listed, message us and it comes off, permanently, no questions.

What you get back

A rank is the headline. Underneath it you get the same four signals scored separately, so you can see which one is costing you places — and what to do about it, in plain words.

Every board we publish

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