Turkish Shisha at Trove in The Dubai Mall

Some traditions travel well. Trove runs a modern turkish shisha lounge on the ground floor of Fashion Avenue in The Dubai Mall, where a style perfected in Istanbul's coffeehouses meets a terrace facing The Dubai Fountain. The founders built their names in Turkish hospitality, and it shows in how seriously the pipes are treated.

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Rooted in Turkish Hospitality

Unhurried service, tea on request, and sessions handled as a craft rather than an add-on. The people who opened Trove grew up around this ritual.

The Fountain as Your Backdrop

The terrace faces The Dubai Fountain with the Burj Khalifa above it. Ask for outdoor seating when you book; those tables go first.

Food From the Same Tradition

Turkish flavors run through the menu alongside international dishes, so a session can turn into dinner without anyone moving seats. Breakfast, lunch, and evening service all run through the same kitchen, so the timing of your visit never limits the food beside the pipe.

Turkish Shisha Flavours, from Classic to Contemporary

Tradition anchors the list: double apple, grape with mint, and darker leaf profiles that carry real depth. Contemporary blends sit beside the classics for guests who want the ritual with a softer edge, and the middle ground between the two is where most tables land. Seasonal specials appear through the year, and the safest move is always the same one: ask. The rotation changes, so ask what is fresh before you choose, and fans of the classic brands can go straight to the Al Fakher shisha list, the double-apple school most traditionalists grew up on. If you cannot decide, tell the team how strong you want it and let them build your bowl around that answer.

More Than a Lounge

Plenty of venues bolt a pipe menu onto a kitchen. Trove works the other way around: a Turkish shisha restaurant in the full sense, where the food and the coals get equal respect and neither feels like an afterthought. The kitchen backs that up from morning onward, moving from breakfast plates through grills as the day turns, so a session never has to stand alone. That is Turkish restaurant shisha culture in one sentence: tea poured strong, smoke kept slow, and food worth staying for. If you have only seen the ritual done abroad, a Turkish restaurant with shisha service built into the room is a different animal from a counter that rents pipes by the hour. Search “shisha turkish restaurant” and the results usually offer one or the other done well. Trove was opened by people who refused to choose.

The Ritual, Explained

A traditional session is a sequence rather than a single order. Tea arrives first and keeps arriving, the bowl is packed and tested before it reaches the table, and the opening minutes run gently while the coals find their level. From there it is conversation, refills, and no glances at the clock. If that sounds slow, that is the point. The ritual was built for company, and it still works best that way: a few people, one table, and nowhere better to be. Couples take the terrace rail, groups build long tables indoors, and solo regulars treat an evening here like a private club with better lighting.

What to Eat With a Dark-Leaf Session

Tradition says a proper session follows a proper meal from the chargrill. Order the grill food in Dubai regulars plan their evenings around, then let the coals and the tea close things out slowly. Lighter appetites do fine here too. Mezze-style starters, salads, and desserts all hold their own beside a pipe, and the kitchen runs from morning into the night.

Where Trove Sits, and How to Get a Good Table

Ground floor, Fashion Avenue, The Dubai Mall, with Fashion Parking the closest of the four parking zones. The mall’s taxi drop-off and metro link both feed this side of the building, and the walk from either is shorter than most of the parking options. One honest note: not every seat faces the fountain, so ask for the terrace when you reserve. Regulars have their orders memorized, and there is a reason for that. It is the Turkish shisha Dubai guests ask for by name, in a setting that turns a smoke into an occasion.

New to the Style?

Dark-leaf blends run deeper than the fruit-forward styles, so say it is your first time and the team will set the heat gently. There is no wrong pace at this table, and questions are welcome; the staff would rather explain leaf and heat twice than watch a guest smoke a bowl they did not enjoy. And if you want a fast, casual puff rather than a paced ritual, say that too; the team will set up a lighter session without the ceremony. If sweet, contemporary profiles are more your speed, the American premium shisha list was built for exactly that, and switching menus between visits is half the fun of the place.

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What Guests Say

S.R, April 2024

Trove restaurant looks like an art museum. Located in Dubai mall with outdoor and indoor dining spaces. It has shisha to smoke if you want.

Erna Raljevic, September 2026

My favorite place in Dubai Mall, amazing restaurant with the best view on Dubai fountains, very nice atmosphere, beautiful ambiance, delicious food and drinks, the best shisha and friendly and professional staff 🤍

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Reserve Your Table

Bring company, order the tea, and let a slow session do what it was designed to do. Book through SevenRooms or call +971 4 347 7444. You can also message +971 50 881 3415 on WhatsApp, email social@troverestaurant.com, or tell us how strong you like it, and the team will take it from there.