Waterfront Market (Deira)
- Plan for about 1.5 hours
- Deira
- Partly wheelchair accessible
Dubai's largest fresh food market, on the Deira Corniche, with halls for fish and seafood, meat, fruit and vegetables and spices. The main halls are open 24 hours and on-site stations clean and cut your fish.
Tickets and prices
| Ticket type | Price and booking |
|---|---|
| EntryFree entry to the market. |
Free |
Prices include taxes. Children’s tickets are usually cheaper; the venue’s website shows the exact price before you pay.
Opening hours and best time to visit
| Days | Hours |
|---|---|
| Every day | 00:00–23:59 |
Local time in Dubai (GST, UTC+4). Hours can change on public holidays and during Ramadan.
- Best time to visit
- Early morning, when the catch arrives.
- Time needed
- About 1.5 hours
What to see
- Fish, meat, and fruit and vegetable halls open 24 hours
- On-site fish cleaning and cutting stations
- Spice and dry goods section with over 50 retailers
- Waterfront restaurants and a LuLu hypermarket
How to get there
- Taxi
- Ask for the Waterfront Market on the Deira Corniche, near Hamriya Port.
- Parking
- Parking is available on site.
Open the location of Waterfront Market (Deira) in OpenStreetMap (external site)
Staying close by: hotels near Waterfront Market (18 we recommend within 5 km)
Tips for your visit
- The fish market closes on Fridays from 12:00 to 14:00 for deep cleaning.
- Spice and dry goods: 06:00–01:00; restaurants: 12:00–midnight; bazaar: 10:00–22:00 (to midnight at weekends).
- Facilities include an ATM, pharmacy, money exchange, prayer rooms, wheelchairs and porters.
- It replaced the old Deira Fish Market in 2017.
Accessibility
Partly wheelchair accessible. The market lists wheelchairs among its visitor facilities.
Questions and answers
Is the Waterfront Market open 24 hours?
Yes, the fish, meat, and fruit and vegetable sections are open 24 hours. The fish market closes on Fridays from 12:00 to 14:00 for cleaning.
Can they clean the fish for me?
Yes. The market has on-site stations that clean, fillet or portion fish.
Is this the old Deira Fish Market?
It replaced the Deira Fish Market, which ran from 1958 until the move in 2017.
Where this information comes from
Official website: waterfrontmarket.ae
- Section opening hours, Friday cleaning closure, facilities: waterfrontmarket.ae
- Sections, fish cleaning stations, market-to-table, LuLu hypermarket: waterfrontmarket.ae
- Location, opening in 2017, replacement of Deira Fish Market: en.wikipedia.org
- Coordinates: nominatim.openstreetmap.org
Photos:
- Representative photo by Tapan Kumar Choudhury on Unsplash
- Representative photo by Mike Swigunski on Unsplash
- Representative photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash
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