Cast sits on Al Thanya Street in Umm Suqeim, on the same strip as Waitrose, which already tells you something. This is not a destination district. It is a neighborhood pocket people pass through for errands. That makes Cast feel like a discovery rather than a plan.
Locals like places that do not try to pull you in. Cast lets you come to it.
Cast calls itself a seafood bistro, but that label does not capture what makes it work. The menu moves between Mediterranean comfort, P