Another Address hotel in Dubai, was it needed? The answer was a resounding yes, as this is set in one of Dubai’s wonderful water settings, amongst the many luxury yachts and near the gleaming waters of the marina, shut your eyes and you could imagine you are in Monaco. Perfectly located next to many local shopping areas and ideal for business use due to the location of near to Dubai Media and Internet city.

The 45 storey hotel eclipses surrounding building and outshines most of them with its facilities, There is an indoor swimming pool on the 4th floor that gives unprecedented views over the world’s largest man made marina, a fun club for the children, extensive meeting rooms and function facilities, business lounge, five restaurants and lounges, an in house spa with numerous treatment rooms, direct connection between the marina mall and is only a short walk to the nearby white sandy beach on the Arabian gulf.

All of the bedrooms at the Address hotel come with the following as standard, iPod docking station, free wifi access to the internet, a fully stocked mini bar, bath tub and shower with marble flooring, flat screen TV’s coffee and teas station, twice daily housekeeping service and even a pillow choice.

The standard deluxe room with stunning views of Dubai

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The upper class club suite with even more stunning view.

Dining at the Address will give you a headache trying to decide which cultural food you would like, as the Address caters in Thai, Mediterranean, Chinese, the choice is endless and sumptuous.

Restaurants/Bars/Lounges

Mazina

This is a signature restaurant in the Address hotel where they offer a variety of global dishes. Made up of Asian, Arabic and European style cooking all cooked right in front of you where you can talk to the chefs whilst they produce the foods for you.

Shades

This is where you can eat by the pool during the day or drink by the bar at night. On the 4th floor where you can expect to have a light meal of salads and a large selection of sandwiches, hot wok dishes from Asia and Arabic mezze.

You can also cool down and chill to the refreshing fruity smoothies, fresh squeezed fruit juices and iced teas.

At night the area transforms to a laid back venue for hotel guests and the general public. The drinks perk up to cocktails and are accompanied by the resident DJ spinning the local and international up to date tunes.

Blends

Also on the 4th floor you will find the vibrant lounge that will serve recent and vintage champagne and wines which can be seen in a “glass cellar”, to accompany this is the cigar room where the world’s finest cigars mainly from Cuba and Havana can be selected cut and smoked. For those who wish to test out the drink mixers and mingle and mix whilst doing so, the cocktail lounge are able to create most of the world’s cocktails or are willing to create what you like yourself.

The epitome of Dubai’s sophisticated night life, the ultra stylish ambiance offers something for every mood, whether you are enjoying an intimate conversation or a lively evening out with friends.

Kambaa

Right in the heart of the Address is the lobby lounge where you will find is the perfect place to meet up or simply to sit and relax and observe the coming and goings of the world. You will be able to try the menu of savoury products, snacks and then move on to the irresistible fresh baked sweets.

Rive Gauche

The signature restaurant is a combination of the traditional atmosphere and friendliness of a French brassiere and the ultra modern touch of the upcoming Dubai. Rive Gauche only uses fresh ingredients to pursue the vote of excellence. overlooking the marina.

The hotel also offers conference and meeting facilities that are organised on your behalf by expert planners that can arrange food choices from canapés to plated meals. They will also change the decor to suit your every need.  The setups are done faultlessly and professionally as is the personal interaction between you and the team at the Address Hotel, this is something the hotel prides itself on by providing to the very extreme. This is a main training point in the team that manages this for you.

The ancient architecture of the Egyptians inspired the building of this hotel as you will see from the pyramid shaped 19 storey hotel. What a view to behold of this location in Wafi, the hotel being of the most luxurious taste and style in its area, which is a short drive from the airport and business district making this an ideal solution for oversees businessmen, visiting the business centres nearby.

If it is a holiday of indulgence you are after, then a luxury stay is what you can have. Why not try one of the four “Presidential Suites” which oozes quality throughout, with each of the four suites designed, on the basis of the elements of life. Water, Wind, Fire and Earth. 

The interior decoration of this hotel is accompanied by columns in the lobby painstakingly carved with Egyptian hieroglyphs, to bring a bit of the Egyptian mystery and wonder to this hotel.

Each of the 248 rooms at Raffles Dubai are luxurious and generous in size a minimum of at least 70 square metres, and all appointed with their own private balcony with unrivalled views of the city. The hotel’s choice of food has you wondering which of its 10 restaurants or bars to use, food from all over the world tempts your taste buds with steak at the “Fire & Ice - Raffles Grill”, to the all day dining at the Azur restaurant to the Raffles salon where traditional afternoon tea is available. Speciality drinks available range from Cocktails to Champagne. The China Moon Champagne Bar which is located virtually at the top of the pyramid in a room encased with glass.

The hotel has excellent conference facilities with a number of large meeting rooms including a business centre that is classed as “state of the art” due to its audio and visual equipment. The Library is an ideal place to hold informal meetings, however the suites are equipped for a more private affair. One of the meeting rooms below shows an impressive array of food and drink possibilities that are available as a package.

This hotel has other attractions not found anywhere else in Dubai, an in house library that is home to a huge number of books on the culture, history and heritage of the region.  The other impressive attraction that does not seem possible but is impressive to see in the heat of Dubai is the hotels very own Botanical Garden that covers an area of one hectare and is estimated at holding over 120,000 plants, again selected and nurtured to be based on the elements of life.

The ballroom’s numbers that can be accommodated is 450 for a seated dinner or conference or wedding. The ballroom is a glitzy affair and will impress any guest you have invited. The doors on the ballroom open out to a terrace overlooking the botanical island, where the night breeze will tempt people outside for a breath of fresh air and lovely night breeze.  The Amrita spa at raffles dubai offers unrivalled treatment as it is offers a full service and full fitness regime. There are available 6 private spa suites and a vip suite all complete with lockers for your clothes and personal items. The fitness facilities you can expect to find are separated into male and female areas. These include a whirlpool, swimming pool, saunas, steam room and a certified trainer that can give personal training sessions if that is something you think you would like, this is to be discussed with reception who can provide you further details.