ORA Japanese Tapas

ORA Japanese Tapas is a date-night kind of place, a dark, design-forward room in Sharq's Wafra Downtown, dressed with shoji screens, brass detailing and hanging blossoms. The format is small sharing plates: nigiri and rolls, wagyu, carpaccio, karaage and donburi, built for ordering across the table rather than a single main, with mocktails to match the mood. It leans upscale and atmospheric, a treat-yourself or special-occasion dinner more than a casual bite, and the saffron fries and air-bread wagyu are the two dishes reviewers keep coming back to. Open daily from early afternoon through dinner.