Made in the UAE: 10 Local Shops and Gifts for December 2026

December in the UAE opens with Eid Al Etihad, National Day on 2 December, and rolls straight into gifting season. This month’s list puts that gift budget close to home: ten shops and makers producing chocolate, dates, coffee, perfume, clothes, skincare and stationery here in the UAE.

We picked brands with a clear link to local production, a way to buy right now, and something that works as a present. Where origin gets complicated we say so, because “made in the UAE” can mean a family perfume house that started in India or a roaster working with imported beans. For more local brands, browse our Made in the UAE directory.

1. Mirzam Chocolate Makers

Mirzam makes bean-to-bar chocolate under one roof in Al Quoz, from roasting and grinding to wrapping. Its gift boxes and hampers, such as the Textures of the UAE box, make an easy National Day present that tastes of somewhere specific. If you can, buy at the factory store so you see where it is made.

• What they make: Bean-to-bar chocolate, gift boxes and hampers
• Where to buy: Factory and store at Al Ghurair Warehouse Complex, Al Quoz 3, Dubai, and through its website
• Checked on 8 November 2026, details can change.

Official site: Mirzam

2. Al Foah

Al Foah has packed Emirati dates since 2005 and is known as the UAE’s national dates company. Be clear on what it is: a large producer, now part of the listed Agthia Group, which says it supports more than 20,000 farmers and exports to more than 45 countries. Even so, a box of dates from UAE farms is still the most traditional thing to carry to a majlis this month.

• What they make: Dates and date products such as syrup, paste, stuffed and chocolate-covered dates
• Where to buy: We could not confirm current stockists when checking; the brand posts on Instagram at @alfoahdates
• Checked on 8 November 2026, details can change.

Official site: Al Foah (Agthia Group)

3. RAW Coffee Company

RAW has roasted coffee in an Al Quoz warehouse since 2007 and helped build Dubai’s specialty coffee scene. The beans are imported, as they are for any roaster, but the roasting happens in Dubai. A bag of beans is a gift that actually gets used, and the online shop has a gifts section.

• What they make: Specialty coffee roasted in Al Quoz; blends started at AED 60 for 250g when checked
• Where to buy: Online, or at the café at the roastery, open daily 7:30am to 6pm
• Checked on 8 November 2026, details can change.

Official site: RAW Coffee Company

4. Nightjar Coffee Roasters

Nightjar roasts imported beans at its flagship roastery in Alserkal Avenue. It also has spots at Madinat Badr and City Walk 2 and sells beans online in dirhams. Good for the coffee person on your list who already owns every gadget.

• What they make: Specialty coffee roasted at Alserkal Avenue
• Where to buy: Alserkal Avenue roastery, Madinat Badr, City Walk 2, and online
• Checked on 8 November 2026, details can change.

Official site: Nightjar Coffee Roasters

5. Camelicious

Camelicious runs a camel dairy farm off the Dubai to Al Ain road and turns the milk into ice cream, ghee, chocolate, milk powder and even hair and body care. It also supplies the camel milk powder for Al Nassma, the next pick. A mixed bag is a fun way to let visitors try something local.

• What they make: Camel milk, ice cream, ghee, snacks and chocolates, hair and body care
• Where to buy: Its own online shop, supermarkets including Spinneys, Lulu, Carrefour and Union Coop, and kiosks at Dubai Frame and The Beach, JBR
• Checked on 8 November 2026, details can change.

Official site: Camelicious

6. Al Nassma Chocolate

Al Nassma makes chocolate with camel milk powder from Camelicious, and The National described it as the world’s first camel milk chocolate. That 2019 report placed its factory in Dubai Silicon Oasis. The Caravan Boxes and hollow figures travel well, which helps if friends are flying home for the holidays.

• What they make: Camel milk chocolate bars, pralines, hollow figures and Caravan Boxes
• Where to buy: Its Amazon.ae storefront, linked from the official site
• Checked on 8 November 2026, details can change.

Official site: Al Nassma

7. Ajmal Perfumes

Ajmal is a family perfume house that began in India in 1951, opened its first Dubai shop in 1976 and set up its first Dubai factory in Al Quoz in 1986. So it is Dubai-made and Dubai-based rather than Emirati in origin, and it has been part of the city for five decades. Oud and attars are a natural December gift.

• What they make: Oud, attars and Arabian perfumes, produced in Dubai
• Where to buy: Ajmal stores in the UAE, and online at ajmal.com, which delivers to the UAE and other GCC countries
• Checked on 8 November 2026, details can change.

Official site: Ajmal

8. Shatha Essa Kids

Emirati designer Shatha Essa runs a Dubai womenswear label, and her childrenswear line became the first UAE childrenswear label at Harrods in 2024. Arab News reported that the kids’ outfits are designed and produced in Dubai. The label says it also works with artisans in India and Tunisia, so the kids’ line is the one with the clearest made-in-Dubai link. The mini-me pieces suit matching family outfits for National Day photos.

• What they make: Childrenswear such as dresses, capes and co-ord sets, plus womenswear
• Where to buy: Online in AED, a Dubai showroom, and stockists including Harvey Nichols Dubai and Tryano Abu Dhabi
• Checked on 8 November 2026, details can change.

Official site: Shatha Essa

9. De L’Arta

De L’Arta makes skincare from native UAE plants such as Tetraena qatarensis. It was started in Masdar City by a Khalifa University scientist and an Emirati engineer, and The National reported that everything in the products is made in the UAE. Stock is tight: when checked, the Tq cream and wash were sold out and only the Dtx serum was available, so look before you plan it as a gift.

• What they make: Skincare made from UAE desert plants
• Where to buy: Online through its website
• Checked on 8 November 2026, details can change.

Official site: De L’Arta

10. Little Majlis

Little Majlis sells cards, games, totes and homeware designed by Emirati creatives and made in the UAE. It has a National Day Gifts section, the Proudly UAE collection, and prices start low: a traditional card game was AED 39 when checked. Shipping in the UAE was free on orders over AED 100.

• What they make: Stationery, games, totes, homeware and gifts
• Where to buy: Online, and at stockists including Louvre Abu Dhabi and House of Wisdom Sharjah
• Checked on 8 November 2026, details can change.

Official site: Little Majlis

If you want gifts in hand before 2 December, order online in the last week of November, and message the shop if something shows as sold out. Buying from one local maker a month adds up.