It’s a good start: Blue Marlin Ibiza UAE has day-to-night dining, music and dancing. The fact that’s it’s also on the beach? Even better. It’s actually found on the beach of Ghantoot Al Jazira Island Hotel in Dubai and it’s as packed with beautiful people and swaying palm trees as you might expect. Open on Fridays and Saturdays, Blue Marlin Ibiza UAE is usually set to a compelling soundtrack of clinking glasses, laughter, and during events, great music.

In the restaurant, guests can eat their way through the international menu, which moves from octopus carpaccio with dried tomatoes, chilli, and yuzu-ginger dressing through to ossobuco with Milanese risotto and black cod marinated in white miso and mirin, daikon, and hajikami. On the beach and the terrace, meanwhile, the menu is compacted to showcase nibbles, light bites and sandwiches. The experience of munching on a plate of truffle French fries or a fresh sushi platter is immeasurably improved by the view of sea, sand and bright blue sky.

Over at the bar, Blue Marlin Ibiza UAE serves a comprehensive selection of “liquid poetry”, as they’ve dubbed it. Translation: beers, wine, cocktails, soft drinks, Champagne. Basically, everything you might crave in order to cool down and chill out while reclining on a sunlounger and basking in the hot sunshine.