Simply Abu Dhabi · Hotels
There are luxury hotels, and then there are buildings that become part of a city’s identity. Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental belongs firmly in the latter category. Rising at the western end of Abu Dhabi’s Corniche, moments from Qasr Al Watan…
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August 31, 2026
Martabaan at Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental translates chef Hemant Oberoi’s four-decade career into contemporary Indian fine dining, pairing signature plates such as Varqui Crab and Dum ki Nalli with Arabian Gulf views…
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August 30, 2026
Mexican food with the palace pool as its dining room ALMA occupies a very different register from the grand indoor restaurants of Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental. Set beside the Oriental Wing pool,…
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August 28, 2026
Al Bateen Marina occupies the quieter western flank of Abu Dhabi’s main island, a working yacht harbour with a promenade of restaurants and cafés along its edge, and The Abu Dhabi EDITION…
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August 28, 2026
Royal M Hotel by Gewan Abu Dhabi was built to a nautical brief, and the building does not disguise it. The architecture is streamlined and contemporary, the massing turned towards the water…
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August 28, 2026
Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan stands at the point where about 33 kilometres of motorway from Zayed International Airport meet the western end of the Corniche. Etihad Towers is one kilometre away, Qasr Al…
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August 28, 2026
A private dock and its moorings sit on the water beside the InterContinental Abu Dhabi, and the restaurants of Marina Walk run along the quay next to them. Very few hotels in…
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August 28, 2026
Rixos built its business on the fully inclusive model, and its Premium resort on Saadiyat proved the format could work at genuine five star level in Abu Dhabi. Rixos Marina took the…
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August 28, 2026
Six hundred and seventy seven. That is the combined count of guest rooms and residences at Bab Al Qasr, 412 of the first and 265 of the second, stacked across thirty six…
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August 27, 2026
Verso is the Italian restaurant at the Grand Hyatt, and it sits at the centre of a dining list that is deliberately short. Sahha covers all day dining across a broad international…
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August 27, 2026
The Abu Dhabi Suite is not on a top floor. It is slung between two of them, on the skybridge that links the Nation Towers across the forty eighth and forty ninth…
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