Originally Posted by pas70
(Post 9452428)
Hello
Heading to Dubai next week for a 10 day stay. Any experience with the Hilton, services, upgrade policies, executive lounge, etc as a diamond member? What is the breakfast like in the lounge? The plain continental stuff or is it proper breakfast? Also, any recommendations for local food (like the stuffed baby camels)? Quite like the occasional local experience as opposed to posh/business restaurants, which I see enough during a normal week anyway. Cheers Breakfast in the lounge was laid out as continental, but they would also cook you eggs, bacon, sausage if requested. Things might have improved now but last year, with all the construction work in the Jumeirah area, the traffic was horrendous and even taxis and buses were getting long delays in traffic jams. The hotel had a shuttle bus service which runs to the shopping malls which was useful. |
Stayed there about 10 times and as Gold I've always got an upgrade apart from once when the World Bank were meeting in Dubai, I complained and got upgraded to a suite on my next trip.
Book a sea or pool room view, otherwise you're looking at a huge amount of construction. there's a few restaurants , shops etc now opened in the Marina area just behind Staff are great and beach area fine but as others have mentioned the traffic into the City can be horrendous. Mall of the Emirates and Ibn battuta mall aren't too far away for shopping, restaurants etc. If you want a couple of days in the City then look at the Hilton Dubai Creek. |
Guess I need to read up on Dubai more! Didn't realise we were 20mins from the city :o
Sounds like my instinct on booking a 'Deluxe Plus' room to avoid a 'Tower View' were well founded! |
Originally Posted by Fraser
(Post 9460047)
Guess I need to read up on Dubai more! Didn't realise we were 20mins from the city :o
Sounds like my instinct on booking a 'Deluxe Plus' room to avoid a 'Tower View' were well founded! It's not really a walking City as such but you can stroll up to the old part of town and souks along the creek from the Hilton Dubai Creek. Might be a bit too hot if you're going in a couple of months though. Google earth will give you some idea of the distances and there's a very active Dubai forum on tripadvisor. http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowForum...872-Dubai.html |
Thanks beergut, appreciate the links ^
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Originally Posted by beergut
(Post 9460909)
as someone else mentioned they do have a shuttle bus to the Gold Souk, City Centre Mall etc but you have to book a space.
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Originally Posted by bamboola
(Post 9590869)
Does anyone know if there is still a shuttle? i don't see anything on the Hilton Jumeirah web site.
Not very interesting location (no more "sea view" but "palm jumeirah construction work view", far away from everything, and even though the lack of upgrade is compensated by free breakfast and free dinner (even for gold), it's not one of the friendliest Hilton (I felt a warmer welcome in Hilton Dubai Creek, for example). |
Jumeirah vs Dubai Creek
For a first time visitor with only four days, which one would you recommend? Looking primarily for some R&R and some sightseeing. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by bamboola
(Post 9592116)
For a first time visitor with only four days, which one would you recommend? Looking primarily for some R&R and some sightseeing. Thanks.
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Fraser,
Thanks for your insight. My original plan was to do same thing - two nights in each hotel, but the 125,000 AXON award for four nights persuaded me to just pick one hotel for all four nights. Which one did you prefer? |
Originally Posted by bamboola
(Post 9592297)
Which one did you prefer?
I found the Hilton properties in DXB to be pretty cheap and not worth redeeming points for. We paid 750 AED/per night doing advance purchase for deluxe room at both hotels. |
Originally Posted by bamboola
(Post 9592297)
Fraser,
Thanks for your insight. My original plan was to do same thing - two nights in each hotel, but the 125,000 AXON award for four nights persuaded me to just pick one hotel for all four nights. Which one did you prefer? For 4 days, I personally would go for the Jumeirah Beach Hilton. Completely different to the Dubai Creek but still very enjoyable. Although there was an amazing amount of construction work around the hotel, it did not cause us any problems and the pool and private beach are very nice. There were plenty of sunbeds and umbrellas are available and if you want some relaxation, it is wonderful just to walk along the beach of the Persian Gulf - the water is so warm. You could even take chairs and sit in the warm waters! As mentioned previously, I would be disappointed if given a room at the back of the hotel facing the new towers. The construction work on the Palms is visible from the beach, but we certainly didn't hear any noise as it is some distance away. For sightseeing, we used the Big Bus Tour. You can hop on/off at various locations and then catch a later bus. See: http://www.bigbustours.com/eng/dubai/default.aspx If you are given access to the Executive lounge, you can also use the Skyview lounge, which is a lot quieter. It was great - wonderful to sit outside on the balcony during the cool (relatively) 80 degree evening. Exec lounge each evening was very crowded and upon asking at the desk, it was confirmed we could get our free drinks up at the Skyview lounge. |
Thanks, Chris, for your informative post. I'll follow your advice.
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Originally Posted by bamboola
(Post 9592116)
For a first time visitor with only four days, which one would you recommend? Looking primarily for some R&R and some sightseeing. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by bamboola
(Post 9595518)
Thanks, Chris, for your informative post. I'll follow your advice.
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