Originally Posted by
EuropeanPete
Wow, that adds $738 per room per night then assuming 2 people choose the free breakfast with status but have lunch and dinner and do 2 activities per day. That’s a bit ridiculous - the food, while lovely, is not clearly well over priced by Dubai standards. As a benchmark, the dinner is priced the same as the most expensive Hakkasan tasting menu.
I believe you mean "clearly well overpriced" by Dubai standard.
I read a Chinese trip note last night - the writer was from Canada, they had one night at Al Maha in their Middle East trip last year. I believe the couple paid about $1K for the night, booked thru agent in Chinese market. They traveled with another couple. Apparently the group was not impressed at all by the foods (not a single word about it!) but did enjoyed the desert setting and the sunset riding into the desert - though it obviously pales to their subsequent trip to Namibia, that included the Dune 45 as well as Etosha.