Two dinner boats, one private sushi cruise, one table in the air
A Dubai dinner cruise on these listings costs $58 for 90 minutes in Dubai Marina with live music, an open bar and live food stations, rated 4.7 across 6,093 reviews, or $82 for a buffet dinner on a mega yacht with the Marina skyline, Atlantis and Palm Jumeirah in view. A private two-hour sunset cruise with sushi and drinks is $499. That makes three boats, not thirty; the fourth listing is dinner without the boat, three courses at a table lifted 50 metres above the city for $219. It suits an evening you want settled in advance: food, view and timing on one ticket.
Quick answer
The short answer. The $58 boat is the cheapest Dubai dinner cruise here and has the most reviews of the four, 6,093 at 4.7. Pick the $82 mega yacht if a buffet on a bigger boat matters more than the rating (4.4 across 4,854). For a private occasion, the sushi cruise at $499 is rated 4.9 across 52 reviews.
What is on the table
Two dinner boats in the Marina, and one private cruise priced for an occasion.
The $58 listing is sold two ways, as a sunset or a dinner departure, and both are 90 minutes in the Marina. As a Dubai sunset cruise it is the cheapest evening on the water here; as a dinner it comes with live music, an open bar and live food stations. 6,093 people have rated it, at 4.7.
The $82 mega yacht is a buffet dinner on a much larger boat, with the Marina skyline, the Atlantis hotel and Palm Jumeirah in view. It is rated 4.4 across 4,854 reviews: the lowest rating of the four on the second-largest sample. Its listing gives the duration as 1 day, not as a number of hours, so read the sailing time on the listing before you plan around it.
Each of those two is a Dubai Marina cruise; neither description goes near the old Creek. The third boat is private: two hours at sunset with sushi and drinks for $499, sold as a romantic occasion and rated 4.9 across 52 reviews. The description does not say how many people that price covers.
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All four evenings with live prices and review counts: every Dubai dinner cruise on this site, plus the one dinner that leaves the ground instead of the dock.
★ 4.7 · 6,093 reviews
★ 4.4 · 4,854 reviews
★ 4.8 · 1,458 reviews
★ 4.9 · 52 reviews
Dhow, Creek or Marina
Anyone searching for a Dubai dhow cruise is usually picturing a wooden boat with dinner on deck. None of the four listings on this page names a dhow: the $58 boat is described as a dinner cruise in the Marina and the $82 one as a mega yacht. The one dhow among the 68 tours on this site belongs to the full-day trip to Musandam ($639), which is a day of water activities, not a dinner.
The same goes for a Dubai Creek cruise. The Creek is on this site as an abra crossing inside the two Old Town walks, $24 each, with street food on the route and no set dinner (both walks are compared with the other food listings here). A second abra, on Burj Lake, is a 30-minute ride timed for the fountain show at $20. If the wooden boat matters more than the menu, those are the nearest things; if dinner afloat matters more, it is the Marina.
Which one to book
Prices, ratings and review counts are the listings’ own.
$58, and it is also the most reviewed of the four: 6,093 reviews at 4.7, with live music and an open bar in the listing’s name.
The mega yacht at $82 is the listing with a buffet in its name, rated 4.4 across 4,854 reviews.
Two options: the sunset departure of the $58 cruise, or the private two-hour sunset cruise with sushi at $499.
The sushi cruise is the one private boat on this page: two hours, $499, 4.9 across 52 reviews. That is a small sample next to the thousands on the two dinner boats.
Dinner in the Sky: a three-course meal of your choice at a table suspended by a crane 50 metres above the streets, with Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah below. 90 minutes, $219, rated 4.8 across 1,458 reviews.
The Marina yacht from $25 sells breakfast or BBQ as an option and has 22,285 reviews; the yachts and speedboats are compared here.
Every trip, current fare
The four listings with the cost per hour where the listing gives a fixed length. The mega yacht shows a dash because its duration is listed as 1 day.
| Tour | Length | Price | What you get | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai: Sunset or Dinner Cruise with Live Music & Open Bar | 90 min | $58 | Dinner cruise, live music, open bar | $38.67 | 4.7 · 6,093 |
| Dubai: Mega Yacht Dinner Cruise with Buffet | 1 day | $82 | Buffet dinner on a mega yacht | — | 4.4 · 4,854 |
| Dubai: Dinner in the Sky Experience | 90 min | $219 | Three courses 50 metres up | $146.00 | 4.8 · 1,458 |
| 2-Hrs Private Romantic Sunset Cruise with Sushi and Drinks | 2 h | $499 | Private sunset cruise with sushi | $249.50 | 4.9 · 52 |
The honest answer
Four listings, 12,457 reviews, and a clear split between a night out and an occasion.
$58 for 90 minutes works out at about $39 an hour. For that the listing names live music, an open bar and food stations, and 6,093 reviews average 4.7, the largest sample of the four. As evenings out go, that is a lot of evidence for the price.
The $82 buffet costs $24 more and is the one listing of the four rated below 4.7. 4,854 reviews is still thousands of people, so choose it for the bigger boat and the buffet, not for the score.
The private cruise and Dinner in the Sky are priced for an occasion: $499 and $219, rated 4.9 and 4.8 on 52 and 1,458 reviews. Neither is a way to see more of the city; both are a way to make one dinner the event. If that is not the brief, the cheapest Dubai dinner cruise already covers dinner, music and the Marina skyline. Everything else the site compares is on the main page, by price band.
An evening without the dinner? The fountain show by abra, the night drives and the after-dark city tours have their own page.
Evenings, compared→Common questions
Each card on this page opens the live listing, where the date, the boarding point and the current price are shown before you pay. The prices here are read off those listings, so the card shows what the listing asked when it was checked.
$58 for the 90-minute cruise with live music and $82 for the buffet on the mega yacht. The private sushi cruise is $499. Dinner in the Sky, which is not a boat, is $219.
90 minutes on the $58 cruise and two hours on the private one. The mega yacht’s listing gives 1 day in place of a sailing time, so check the hours on the listing.
The $58 cruise is described as a dinner cruise in the Marina. The mega yacht names the Marina skyline, the Atlantis hotel and Palm Jumeirah. The private cruise describes the sunset and the city lights coming on, not a route.
No. Neither dinner boat is described as a dhow, and no listing here sells dinner on the Creek. The Creek appears as an abra crossing on the two Old Town walks at $24.
The $58 listing has an open bar in its name, and the private cruise is sold with sushi and drinks. The mega yacht names a buffet; its description does not mention drinks.
A three-course meal of your choice at a table suspended by a crane 50 metres above the streets, with views of Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah. It lasts 90 minutes, costs $219 and is rated 4.8 across 1,458 reviews.
All four listings on this page carry Free cancellation. The cut-off and the terms are set out on each listing, so check them for your date before paying.
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