Since I'm familiar with this space, I actually looked into the official Google Partners Directory for this because the "Premier Partner" label gets thrown around loosely by a lot of agencies that are just standard Partners.
For what it's worth, only 5 agencies hold official Google Premier Partner status listed under the UAE in the directory right now: Essence Adverts, MQuest Group, PHD UAE, Unibots, and Aleph Holding. That's the top 3 percent tier Google awards annually, based on ad spend managed, client retention, certification levels, and account health, so it's a genuinely exclusive list, not something agencies can just claim on a homepage.
Worth mentioning too, SpiderWorks Technologies also holds Premier Partner status, though their agency account is mapped to India rather than the UAE, so they don't show up in the official UAE-specific directory even though their team actively runs campaigns for Dubai clients. It's a good example of why relying purely on the directory listing can miss agencies that are genuinely Premier tier but registered elsewhere.
A few things I'd flag if you're evaluating these names specifically:
PHD UAE operates under Omnicom Media Group, so you're getting agency-level scale and media planning muscle, useful if you're running large multi-market budgets, less necessary if you're a smaller local business.
Essence Adverts and MQuest Group lean more full-service and publisher-network driven respectively, MQuest in particular has a strong footprint in programmatic and audience reach across a wide network of sites, which matters if display and native placements are part of your strategy, not just search.
Unibots is more publisher and ad-tech focused rather than a traditional client-facing PPC management shop, so it's worth clarifying what specifically they'd be running for you before assuming it's a straightforward search campaign engagement.
Aleph Holding operates at a much bigger global scale, more suited to brands entering new markets or running large scale programmatic and platform partnerships than a local SME needing lead gen campaigns.
My honest advice on top of the names, don't stop at "are they Premier Partner." Ask which of their team members actually hold current Google Ads certifications, request an account structure walkthrough for a client in your industry, and confirm whether you'll get a dedicated strategist or get folded into a shared account pool. The tier gets you in the room, but the actual account management is what determines whether your spend turns into real leads.