I was very impressed on my first stay (September), but less impressed on my second stay this month. They have built way too many restaurants that have terraces around the pool area. It creates two issues: The ocean-view rooms/suites can have noise and smell issues caused by the restaurants. I had COYA just beneath me. Also the separation between the terraces of the various restaurants and the pool area is insufficient. It feels a bit awkward walking around in swimming shorts while there are a lot of locals in traditional attire having their meal on the terrace.

If they wanted to have so many popular and fancy restaurants in one place, they should have done what Four Seasons Dubai has done - they created a “Restaurant Village” separate from the hotel building which ensures that the in-house guests are not affected by an influx of outside guests coming for the dining experience. Works for everybody.