SASA CAFE
A late-night downtown cafe on 8th Avenue SE, open past midnight every day and until 1am at weekends. The draw is the dessert counter — crepes, waffles including a pistachio-and-chocolate "Dubai" waffle, tiramisu and dessert boxes — alongside a short savoury menu that runs to beef kabab plates, and a Sunday buffet. Worth knowing before you go: Google lists SASA CAFE as serving cocktails, and there is no halal certification published for it. It is here on the strength of customers who say the food they were served was halal, not on a claim by the kitchen — so ask at the counter about what you are ordering rather than assuming the whole menu. See our guide to fully halal versus halal options for why that distinction matters.