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Galaxy Bar

Dubai, UAE · Luxury late-night cocktail lounge · Middle East & Africa

An intimate DIFC cocktail lounge with Greek-inspired architecture and a blue stone arched bar beneath a starry ceiling.

Description source · Checked 2026-09-09

Plan Your Visit

Near Four Seasons DIFC Unit C-01, Ground Floor, Gate Village Building 9 - زعبيل الثانية - DIFC - دبي - United Arab EmiratesDIFC

Style
Luxury late-night cocktail loungeChecked 2026-09-09 · Source
Hours
Wednesday 20:00–04:00; Thursday–Saturday 21:00–04:00; Sunday–Tuesday closed.Checked 2026-09-09 · Source
Booking
Online reservations are available through SevenRooms; phone and email enquiries are also accepted.Checked 2026-09-09 · Source
Menu
The current disco-themed cocktail list includes Upside Down, Knock on Wood, Daddy Cool, Voulez-Vous, Ring My Bell, Boogie Oogie, Heart of Glass and Bad Girl, with full ingredients shown.Checked 2026-09-09 · Source

Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.

The score & its evidence

Seven signals. One score.

26.5 / 100

The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.

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Signal / 100Score
Guest ratings
51.0
World's 50 Best
28.1
Top 500 Bars
52.3
Spirited Awards
—None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
Regional Recognition
—None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
Serious press
8.0
Social Vibes
60.2

Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%

Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.

Social Vibes

Score read updated:

positive2 editorial links; one was unreadable· high confidence

Sentiment score

86/ 100

Historical 86/100 and high confidence retained. This source review checks attribution, not the proprietary score or a representative current customer sample.

Score context

Wanted’s 31 October 2025 feature describes Galaxy Bar in DIFC and interviews its group beverage director. The cited Time Out listing could not be read. These editorial links do not establish independent customer consensus.

Guest sources checked:

The stored Time Out quotation could not be verified in this source check.

This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.

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Crowd signal

Google 4.1★ across 390 reviews.

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Awards

Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.

Top 500 Bars

Regional Recognition

Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.

No recorded regional recognition in the scored window.

Reviews & press