Ten years is a decent run for any restaurant, but Mosaic in Abu Dhabi has decided to mark the milestone with something few kitchens anywhere would attempt: a single table carrying more than 196 different Lebanese mezze dishes.
The showcase is the work of Executive Chef Hassana El Baroudi, who framed the whole thing around the restaurant's name. A mosaic, after all, is lots of small pieces making one bigger picture — and Lebanese food works the same way, with every region, village and family kitchen contributing its own flavours and techniques. So rather than a greatest-hits spread of hummus and tabbouleh, the team pulled together classics alongside regional specialities most diners will never have encountered, each dish kept distinct in texture and character.
Pulling off 196-plus dishes at once is less about spectacle and more about logistics. Every item needs its own ingredients, timing and technique, and the kitchen had to hold onto the authenticity that defines Lebanese cooking while coordinating on a scale most restaurants never touch. El Baroudi says the point was storytelling: a decade of Mosaic in the capital told through the culinary diversity of Lebanon itself.
For travellers, this is a genuinely good reason to seek out Mosaic beyond the anniversary hype. Lebanese mezze culture rewards grazing — dozens of small plates, shared, ordered across a long lunch or dinner — and a kitchen that can execute at this scale clearly knows the cuisine beyond the standard expat-pleaser list. It's a chance to taste regional Lebanese dishes that rarely make it onto menus in the Gulf.
Mosaic runs two branches in Abu Dhabi. The Muroor branch sits on Al Rumaithi Street at Guardian Towers, open Tuesday to Thursday and Saturday to Monday from 8:30am to 11:30pm, with a later Friday start at 1:15pm. The Najda branch is on Mohammed Bin Butti Street at Vision Towers (opposite Al Sultan Bakery), opening an hour earlier at 8am on regular days. Both take bookings on 600 580 580.
Worth noting: the article is flagged as sponsored content, so treat the "record-breaking" framing with a little caution. Even so, the core offer stands — a serious Lebanese kitchen in Abu Dhabi pushing boat-sized ambition onto a single table, and doing it to celebrate ten years of feeding the city. If you're in the UAE capital and fancy a mezze marathon rather than a three-plate lunch, this is your spot.
