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Cafés in Al Quoz & Alserkal Avenue

Warehouse roasteries between Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road, with Alserkal Avenue's galleries and coffee bars.

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Al Quoz is the long rectangle of warehouses and housing between Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road, west of Business Bay and north of Al Barsha.1 It began as a small settlement around a pond used by Bedouin travelers, and in the 1970s and 1980s the government set it aside for industry: factories, storage yards and workers' housing.1 Al Quoz 1, 2 and 4 are mainly residential, while Al Quoz 3 and the four numbered industrial zones hold most of the warehouses.1

Those warehouses are why Dubai's roasters are here. RAW Coffee Company, founded by Kim Thompson in 2007 and now run with Matt Toogood, roasts specialty coffee at its Al Quoz warehouse.6 No other part of Dubai has as many specialty cafés, from Nightjar Coffee Roasters on Alserkal Street to Cypher Urban Roastery and ROR Coffee Roastery in Industrial Area 3. Art galleries began moving into the same sheds in 2008.2

Local tip: Take the Red Line to Onpassive and catch bus 110 from the Al Safa terminus, which runs every 12 minutes, instead of walking 30 minutes to Alserkal Avenue in the heat.

At a glance

43Cafés listed
6With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
22:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Pekoe Tea and Bread Bar, from 07:00 (Daily 07:00–22:00).
  • Most listed streets: Street (3), Sheikh Zayed Road (2).
  • Most common features: specialty (23%), wi-fi (9%), outdoor seating (7%).

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Coffee chains in Al Quoz & Alserkal Avenue

Alserkal Avenue: from storage sheds to galleries

Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal turned a compound of 39 warehouses off 17th Street into an arts district; Ayyam Gallery was the first to move in, in 2008.2 By 2019 the Avenue had more than 60 art, design, retail and food spaces, including Mirzam, a bean-to-bar chocolate factory.5 Concrete, a hall designed by Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture, opened in March 2017 as OMA's first finished project in the UAE.2

The Avenue is open every day, 10:00–19:00, but each gallery, shop and café keeps its own hours.4 Subko Specialty Coffee Roasters and Bakehouse, at Warehouse 15, opens daily 09:00–22:00 and has outdoor seats and Wi-Fi. Pekoe Tea and Bread Bar, at Warehouse 59 on 17th Street, opens earliest, at 07:00, and closes at 22:00. KAVE is at Warehouse 20, with Of The Earth, Project Chaiwala and A4 by Alserkal Avenue in the same few lanes.

Getting to Alserkal Avenue without a car

The nearest metro stop is Onpassive on the Red Line, the station formerly called Al Safa.3 From there the Avenue is a five-minute taxi ride or a 30-minute walk, and RTA bus 110 runs every 12 minutes from the Al Safa bus terminus next to the station; lines 10, 12, 15, 96 and 98E stop a 7–10 minute walk away.3

Drivers leave Sheikh Zayed Road at the Al Manara exit (Exit 43) and park on 6A Street. Parking inside the Avenue is restricted, but more than 500 RTA spaces surround it, paid with parking code 364C.3 In August, Dubai's hottest month, average highs are near 40 °C, so the half-hour walk from the metro is for the cooler months only; January averages about 24 °C.8

The Courtyard, 4B Street and Sheikh Zayed Road

A few blocks north, The Courtyard, established in 1998, holds boutique shops and a community theater.15 Boston Lane Dubai is in The Courtyard on 6A Street. Around the corner, The Lime Tree Cafe on 4B Street opens daily 07:30–18:00, with Wi-Fi, and Tom & Serg is at the Al-Joud Center on 15A Street, with takeaway.

Along Sheikh Zayed Road the cafés sit inside other businesses. Roseleaf Cafe is in the Dubai Garden Centre near Exit 40, open daily 09:00–18:00, and a second Lime Tree Cafe on the highway runs to 19:00. At Gold & Diamond Park, Casa Alma Café, in Shop 7 of Building 5, opens at 08:00 and closes at 20:00 on weekdays and 21:00 at weekends.

Roasteries in the industrial blocks

The roasters further south are working warehouses in numbered streets. RAW Coffee Company's warehouse is next to the RTA car park at the corner of 7A and 4A Street, and the company says its café opens daily 07:30–18:00.6 Cypher Urban Roastery is in Warehouse 2 of Complex 76 on Street 6b in Industrial Area 3, and ROR Coffee Roastery is at 71 4th Street in the same zone.

Emirati Coffee Roastery is at 14 9b Street, Harvester Coffee Company in Warehouse 57 of the Goshi Warehouses, and Julith Coffee & Roastery in the Kunooz warehouses on 6th Street. Karak is on the menu too: Gulf News put Project Chaiwala's at Dh5–7 in May 2025.7

Sources

  1. Al Quoz, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Alserkal Avenue, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Plan your visit, Alserkal Avenue, accessed October 2026
  4. Opening hours, Alserkal Avenue, accessed October 2026
  5. Al Quoz: An industrial area that turned into a cultural hub, Khaleej Times (May 8, 2019), accessed October 2026
  6. RAW Coffee Company, RAW Coffee Company, accessed October 2026
  7. Explore the best spots in Dubai to enjoy a classic cup of Karak Chai, Gulf News (updated May 21, 2025), accessed October 2026
  8. Dubai, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Al Quoz & Alserkal Avenue cafés: questions

How do you get to Alserkal Avenue in Al Quoz, Dubai, by metro?

Ride the Red Line to Onpassive station, formerly called Al Safa. From there Alserkal Avenue is about five minutes by taxi or 30 minutes on foot. RTA bus 110 runs every 12 minutes from the Al Safa bus terminus beside the station, and lines 10, 12, 15, 96 and 98E stop a 7–10 minute walk away.

What are Alserkal Avenue's opening hours in Dubai's Al Quoz?

Alserkal Avenue opens every day from 10:00 to 19:00, but each gallery, shop and café sets its own hours. Pekoe Tea and Bread Bar, at Warehouse 59, opens at 07:00 and closes at 22:00, and Subko Specialty Coffee Roasters and Bakehouse, at Warehouse 15, opens daily from 09:00 to 22:00.

When was RAW Coffee Company in Al Quoz, Dubai, founded?

Kim Thompson founded RAW Coffee Company in 2007, and Matt Toogood joined a couple of years later as her partner. The company roasts specialty coffee at its warehouse in Al Quoz, at the corner of 7A and 4A Street next to the RTA car park, and says its café opens daily from 07:30 to 18:00.

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