Waldorf Astoria Ras al Khaimah {ARE}
Sep 4, 2013, 5:37 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 35
Waldorf Astoria Ras al Khaimah {ARE}
Hi all! Considering to spend some days in this new hotel.
Anyone knows if you get complementary breakfast as Diamond member choosing a rate with no breakfast included or with points?
Thanks in advance
Anyone knows if you get complementary breakfast as Diamond member choosing a rate with no breakfast included or with points?
Thanks in advance
Oct 21, 2013, 1:28 am
#5
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Switzerland
Programs: Hilton Lifetime Diamond, LH SEN, Hertz Presidents Circle
Posts: 28
inquired about diamond amenities directly with hotel and got the info that breakfast is NOT included...only wifi and maybe an upgrade...
any recent stays and info on restaurants?are they all up and running since its a fairly new hotel?thanks!
any recent stays and info on restaurants?are they all up and running since its a fairly new hotel?thanks!
Nov 8, 2013, 12:20 am
#6
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Switzerland
Programs: Hilton Lifetime Diamond, LH SEN, Hertz Presidents Circle
Posts: 28
hi purdey,can you confirm you got free breakfast?thought about getting the halfboard option for aed 300(+service charge). do you remember the prices in the restaurants? homepage shows menues but no prices at all. thanks
Nov 8, 2013, 8:19 pm
#7
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver, EK Gold, LH Silver, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 287
We did get free breakfast but no-one was very clued up on gold/diamond benefits and we had a problem (which was resolved by the front desk) so they may have given the breakfast as a sort of compensation although they didn't mention that. I did ask at the breakfast restaurant for confirmation and they did so. Think I'd assume no free brekkie!
Prices at the Lexington grill are at the AED 250-300 level for steak but the wine is a killer - min price for red was around AED 250 and we had a decent French for AED 330. As is usual in UAE the (alcoholic) drinks cost more than the food!
At the pool bar I think club sandwich/burgers are around AED90 and a draft beer Peroni was 33 I think.
It's a great hotel, golf course right opposite, temperatures now and for the next few months will be good. Not much else to do other than pool/beach and golf though....
Prices at the Lexington grill are at the AED 250-300 level for steak but the wine is a killer - min price for red was around AED 250 and we had a decent French for AED 330. As is usual in UAE the (alcoholic) drinks cost more than the food!
At the pool bar I think club sandwich/burgers are around AED90 and a draft beer Peroni was 33 I think.
It's a great hotel, golf course right opposite, temperatures now and for the next few months will be good. Not much else to do other than pool/beach and golf though....
Sep 5, 2015, 5:53 am
#12
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Exile
Posts: 15,656
Honestly, I don't find the breakfast rates to be worth it. The breakfast buffet (at least on popular weekends) is crowded and full of screaming kids making it quite unpleasant. For around the same price, I find it better value to order a-la-carte room service - especially if I'm upgraded to a spacious suite.
Oct 30, 2017, 3:10 pm
#15
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Anywhere warm
Posts: 33,746
This thread is remarkably lacking in stay experiences at this hotel. Yet @kryten22uk posted just today in a thread about the nearby Ritz Carlton:
If I were to go back to the region, I'd stay all week in the phenomenal Waldorf-Astoria in RAK
Who can tell me about their stay? What did you like? What did you dislike?
If I were to go back to the region, I'd stay all week in the phenomenal Waldorf-Astoria in RAK
Who can tell me about their stay? What did you like? What did you dislike?