Dubai's skyline just regained one of its most photographed addresses. On 12 November 2026 Tapasake reopened atop The Link at One Za'abeel, the horizontal sky-bridge that holds the world's longest suspended cantilever, after an 18-month transformation. For a traveller who plans the city privately, it adds a ready-made, self-contained anchor roughly 100 metres above the ground.
A sky-high reopening
Tapasake returns as a day-to-night destination. Its reimagined infinity pool, long one of the city's signature stretches of water, now flows into the dining and lounge experience as a single journey. The kitchen keeps its Japanese-led cuisine with a Mediterranean influence, a 'Wafu' philosophy the team describes as the thread running through the menu.
The headline addition is a new open-air Sky Lounge set opposite the pool, with views toward Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Frame. The venue is also a statement of intent: Tapasake now operates as a standalone lifestyle brand under a joint venture between Kerzner International and Sunset Hospitality Group, with sister outlets inside One&Only resorts in Dubai, the Maldives, Mauritius and Montenegro.
What it means for a private evening
For a private, non-group itinerary this is less about a new restaurant and more about a vantage point you can build an evening around. Arriving by private car to One Za'abeel, you have the pool, the restaurant and the open-air lounge in one vertical address, which keeps the logistics of a premium night simple.
It pairs naturally with a private Dubai night or city tour: a sunset hour in the lounge, dinner over the skyline, then a chauffeured loop past the illuminated Burj Khalifa and the fountains, or on to the Frame. Because the setting does the work, your guide and driver can keep the pace and the timing entirely yours rather than a group's.
A reopened sky-high classic that works best as the fixed point of a private Dubai evening: arrive by car, settle in above the skyline, and let a tailored itinerary flow around it.
