Welcome to Montauk, where the world comes together at your table.
Montauk Holding Abu Dhabi brings together a portfolio of dining and hospitality concepts led by Chef Mariam Almansoori, each one carrying her modern Emirati vision.
Nine brands, one kitchen discipline. A dining room, a cafe counter, a bakery, a catering arm, a smoke house on wheels, two heritage restaurants and an academy that trains the people who run them all.
The house has been trading since 2019: a chef's standard, run to an operator's numbers.
A lighthouse does not follow ships. It stays, and the ships find their way by it.
Montauk Holding is the fixed point behind nine Emirati brands. One standard, one kitchen discipline, one name that guests already trust.
2019
Founded in Abu Dhabi
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Brands in the house
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Google rating across 1,343 reviews
1st
Emirati chef to win the Golden Chef Award, France
Figures from the Montauk Holding 2025 profile and public listings.
The house
Nine brands. One standard.
A dining room, a cafe counter, a bakery, a catering arm, a smoke house on wheels, and an academy that trains the people who run them.
Montauk Restaurant
The core of her culinary philosophy. International fusion cuisine in a high end casual setting.
Trading Yas Mall, Abu Dhabi · Al Hamra Mall, Ras Al Khaimah
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Amina
GCC cuisine raised into a luxurious, theatrical masterpiece. Deep burgundy and gold, heritage expressed with grandeur.
Trading Reem Mall, Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi
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Montauk Boutique Cafe
Desserts, specialty coffee and the Matcha Montauk she brought back from Japan.
Trading HCT Abu Dhabi · HCT Sharjah
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Montauk Bakery
Artisanal pastry inspired by global travels and refined craftsmanship. Paris croissant, Istanbul baklava, one counter.
Trading Across the group
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Montauk Gala
The house at major events and festivals. A burger led experience built for bold flavour, high energy and crowd appeal.
Trading UAE wide
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MTK Smoke House
Authentic creativity blended with American smokehouse tradition. It speaks to teenagers and younger guests, and it travels. Run by Chef Fadel.
Trading Mobile · UAE
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Kashtat Amina
Authentic Emirati home style cooking, named for Chef Mariam's mother. Rooted in warmth, generosity and tradition.
Trading East Boulevard, Aljada, Sharjah
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Sipette
A quiet room for coffee and company. Softer, slower, made for sitting a while.
Trading Abu Dhabi
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Chef Mariam Academy
Where the next kitchen is trained. The reason the standard survives the founder.
Trading Abu Dhabi
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Chef Mariam
Chef Mariam Almansoori.
She opened one kitchen in Abu Dhabi in 2019. She now runs a house.
A prominent Emirati chef and a leading figure in the culinary world, founder and chief executive of Montauk Restaurants and Cafes, with the flagship at Yas Mall, Abu Dhabi. Her work pairs international technique with a modern Emirati twist, and her commitment to quality, creativity and sustainability shows in every dish the house sends out.
The Julia Child of the Middle East.Womenpreneur Middle East, cover feature
AwardGolden Chef Award, Best of Gastronomie, France. The first Emirati chef to receive it.
AwardRegional Culinary Judge 2024, presented by the French Ambassador to the UAE.
AwardFact Dining Awards 2024, Best Homegrown Dining Restaurant in Abu Dhabi.
JudgeChief Judge, coffee category, Qasr Al Hosn Festival, Abu Dhabi.
StudyMaster's in Project Management. Master's in Institutional Excellence. Government Accelerators diploma. BSc in Petroleum and Water Sciences.
Her husband, Mohammed Fadhel, runs the numbers across the whole house. Taste and arithmetic, under one roof.
Golden Chef Award, presented in the UAEFact Dining Awards 2024, Abu Dhabi
The operator
Mohammed Fadhel Al Asfoor.
F&B investor · Serial entrepreneur · Executive Director of Operations
Chef Mariam sets the standard on the plate. Mohammed Fadhel builds the business around it, reading a dining room the way an analyst reads a balance sheet.
Passion builds menus; numbers build empires. If a dish does not clear our margin floor, it does not cross the pass, no matter how impressive it looks.
Mohammed Fadhel Al Asfoor
01
The serial investor. Engineering the portfolio.
Capital, acquisitions and unit economics — all nine concepts run on one arithmetic, from the Yas Mall dining room to the truck.
02
The operational mastermind. The machine behind the brand.
Kitchens drawn like assembly lines: workflow, waste control, no bottlenecks at peak.
03
The margin guardian. The high-margin discipline.
Every dish earns its place on paper before anyone tastes it — yield, prime cost and menu engineering, not instinct.
04
The commercial strategist. The math of a viral dish.
R&D with Chef Mariam, held to the thousand plate test: the last plate as good as the first.
With Chef Mariam, on the line
Fact Dining Awards 2024Still cooks the menu he costs
On speed"Speed is a structural calculation, not a human rush."
The word
Take their word for it.
The press writes it up, the guests clear their plates, and the chef holds the house to one promise.
KKhaleej TimesPress feature
“The first UAE citizen to win the prestigious “Best of Gastronomy” gold award from France.”
MChef Mariam AlmansooriIn Khaleej Times
“Montauk, as our guests fondly call it, is a sanctuary for the soul, where the spirit thrives. It embodies family values through the artwork and our presence as a family.”
WWomenpreneur Middle EastCover feature
“The Julia Child of the Middle East.”
FFact Dining Awards2024, Abu Dhabi
“Best Homegrown Dining Restaurant in Abu Dhabi.”
MChef Mariam AlmansooriThe house promise
“For me, the challenge is making sure that customers return the plates empty of food.”
MChef Mariam AlmansooriIn Khaleej Times
“When passion turns into a goal, the impossible becomes possible.”
KKhaleej TimesPress feature
“The first UAE citizen to win the prestigious “Best of Gastronomy” gold award from France.”
MChef Mariam AlmansooriIn Khaleej Times
“Montauk, as our guests fondly call it, is a sanctuary for the soul, where the spirit thrives. It embodies family values through the artwork and our presence as a family.”
WWomenpreneur Middle EastCover feature
“The Julia Child of the Middle East.”
FFact Dining Awards2024, Abu Dhabi
“Best Homegrown Dining Restaurant in Abu Dhabi.”
MChef Mariam AlmansooriThe house promise
“For me, the challenge is making sure that customers return the plates empty of food.”
MChef Mariam AlmansooriIn Khaleej Times
“When passion turns into a goal, the impossible becomes possible.”
4.7 / 51,343 guest reviews
Best Homegrown DiningFact Dining Awards 2024, Abu Dhabi
And on the road: MTK Smoke House and Montauk Gala travel UAE-wide — the brands that meet the crowd wherever it already is.
For partners
Why this house.
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It is a system, not a solo.
Nine brands run on one kitchen discipline, one supply standard, and an academy that trains the people who run them. Chef Fadel already runs his own brand inside the house. The kitchens do not wait for one person.
02
The demand is already proved.
4.7 stars across 1,343 reviews, since 2019, in a city that does not hand out loyalty. Guests say the same thing in their own words: they are proud it is Emirati owned.
03
The formats travel.
A dining room, a cafe counter, a bakery, and a truck. Different rooms, different rents, the same standard. A partner can start at the size that suits the site.
One standard, taught to every kitchen in the houseChef Fadel, running his own brand inside the house
Emirati fusion
Nine brands
Abu Dhabi since 2019
Franchise enquiries open
Yas Mall
Award winning Emirati chef
Catering across the UAE
Kashtat Amina
Fine dining Abu Dhabi
MTK Smoke House
Ras Al Khaimah
Modern Emirati cuisine
Chef Mariam Academy
Sharjah
Amina by Chef Mariam
GCC ready
Emirati fusion
Nine brands
Abu Dhabi since 2019
Franchise enquiries open
Yas Mall
Award winning Emirati chef
Catering across the UAE
Kashtat Amina
Fine dining Abu Dhabi
MTK Smoke House
Ras Al Khaimah
Modern Emirati cuisine
Chef Mariam Academy
Sharjah
Amina by Chef Mariam
GCC ready
We are always looking for people who cook like it matters. Tell us what you make.
A company. Chef Mariam set the standard and the academy teaches it. Chef Fadel already runs his own brand inside the house. The kitchens do not wait for one person to be in them.
All nine: Montauk Restaurant, Amina at Reem Mall, the Boutique Cafes, the Bakery, Gala, Kashtat Amina, MTK Smoke House, Sipette and the Academy. Every room is open and trading.
That conversation is open. Tell us the market and the format you have in mind and we will send the numbers.
Yas Mall, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Locations across Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.
One message. Someone from the house replies, not a form robot.
Franchise
Own a Montauk.
Investment, franchise, a site you want filled, or a kitchen you want run. Tell us which, and someone from the house replies.
FormatsA dining room, a cafe counter, a bakery, a catering arm or a truck. Start at the size the site suits.
SupportOne kitchen discipline, one supply standard, and an academy that trains the people who will run it.
ProofTrading since 2019. 4.7 stars across 1,343 reviews. A name Abu Dhabi already knows.
MarketsOpen across the GCC and beyond. Tell us the market you have in mind.
The core of Chef Mariam’s culinary philosophy: international fusion in a high end casual room, with a modern Emirati twist. This is the proof of concept the rest of the house is built on.
The flagship trades at Yas Mall, Abu Dhabi, named Best Homegrown Dining Restaurant at the Fact Dining Awards 2024. The Al Hamra Mall room in Ras Al Khaimah — the first Montauk outside the capital’s orbit — is open and trading: proof the format travels.
FormatFull service dining room
WhereYas Mall, Abu Dhabi · Al Hamra Mall, Ras Al Khaimah
ProofFact Dining Awards 2024 · 4.7 stars across 1,343 reviews
GCC cuisine raised into a luxurious, theatrical masterpiece. Deep burgundy and gold, heritage expressed with grandeur — the flagship of the heritage side of the house.
Now open at Reem Mall on Al Reem Island, one of Abu Dhabi’s newest destinations: Emirati dining staged as theatre, and the newest room in the house.
FormatFull service dining room
WhereLevel 2, Reem Mall, Al Reem Island — near the Home Centre lobby
Desserts, specialty coffee and the Matcha Montauk Chef Mariam brought back from Japan. A counter format compact enough to sit inside institutions, malls and towers.
Trading on Higher Colleges of Technology campuses in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah — the format that travels lightest, and opens fastest.
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