Circle
Coffee & conversation: meet people over a good cup in Dubai
Coffee is the easiest first plan there is: short, public, and easy to extend if you’re enjoying yourselves. This circle is for people who like good cafés and better conversation.
Where people do this in Dubai
- Your own neighbourhood: most Dubai communities have cafés within a short walk or drive.
- Quiet spots in malls and community centres, which work well in the summer heat.
- Libraries and cultural centres with cafés, such as the Mohammed Bin Rashid Library in Al Jaddaf.
How to find your people
- Suggest a specific café, day and time rather than “coffee sometime”.
- Choose somewhere quiet enough to talk, and keep it to an hour the first time.
- Bring a topic: a book, a trip, a place you both want to try.
First plans for two
- A weekday coffee after work near the Metro
- Weekend breakfast and a short walk
- Try a café neither of you has been to
Good to know
Meet in a busy café, travel on your own, and keep chatting in TruFriend until you’re comfortable sharing your number.
How the Coffee & conversation circle works
Members of this circle start plans that anyone in the circle can join, like a game, a walk or a coffee, and answer one quick question a week. Plans are always in public places and arranged by members. Friendship only, for grown-ups 18 and over.
Already a member? Join this circle in the app.
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