UAE, July 1 -- Sometimes the only thing you really need to get your back on track is a steaming, fresh hot bowl of cheesy pasta with all the Italian accompaniments. And this is exactly what we got and more at Buca di Beppo, an Italian eatery straight from the US, at Festival City in Dubai. The space is divided into a grape room, a poster room, and a room that overlooks views of the waterways facing Festival City. With seating for almost 260, the eatery is spacious, comfortable, and completely family friendly.

The menu is divided into starters, pasta, pizza, and mains, as well as a fun virgin beverage menu from which tried the virgin strawberry magaritas' and a strawberry passion fruit mocktail. This was followed by some choice starters i...