How are you flying to Abu Dhabi?

Had the new dates booked, BA have cancelled my Abu Dhabi flights today :( looks like for the whole winter season.

Exactly the same thing happened to me today! I’m going to wait and see what the confirmed dates are, and then maybe book flights to Dubai instead.

Any recent stays here?

Duplicate, sorry (bad plane wifi)

Very impressed with the AD Edition team. They upgraded to a standard suite on a stars booking before check-in during EID! Could not have hoped for that. My friend got in the night before and said the breakfast is excellent!

Also, the premier suite runs $50-$100 more but is smaller.

This is probably one of the worst hotels I’ve ever visited

Care to expand?

stayed a couple years ago when it was fairly new.

The genius valet left my car to roast in the sun all day in the scorching heat and damaged my car even though I asked to park it in the garage.

Ridiculous from top to bottom...what a joke, what a circus, bunch of clowns! First and last time ever at an edition. Beware at all costs and stay away by any means!

The long check in time was unnecessary. We were so tired. It was incredibly uncomfortable to wait.

They were playing games and lying about suite availability.

Flies infested lobby and atrium!

Very slow Wi-Fi internet!

The views are ugly. The marina is disgusting and all the boats are old. Construction all around.

Terrible steakhouse restaurant called oak room which I could write an entire book about! Definitely don’t order any steaks from here.

Housekeeping always late.

Very noisy, couldn’t sleep.

Mobile key didn’t even activate even though that’s one of the main reasons I chose to stay here.

No cotton slippers as mentioned on website. When I asked them, they said they will have them delivered but nothing came.

Bad smell from shower water. Informed staff but no action.

Bathroom bidet too small, poorly designed.

Didn’t clean room when asked.

I'm doing a quick three nights in AUH in January, and have preliminarily booked both the RC + EDITION. Similar rates at both. Would love some help choosing which one to keep :p. Any recent experiences?

Bumping this question, does this property provide breakfast for elites?

it doesnt. Book through an Virtuoso agent and you will get breakfast + $100 credit. You will still get the points / nights credited.

Is the breakfast set up still the same since January 2022? When I was there at the start of the year (corporate rate w breakfast included), there was no buffet. You would be seated and provided with a small menu of hot food that you could choose from. The problem was that they had a lot of other options (essentially a full buffet offering) that was not on the menu and you couldn’t help yourself. Had to keep suggesting items with the waiter and he would let me know whether they had it or not. Very strange set up and not at all enjoyable.

More broadly – despite Plat status and booking a paid rate suite, my suite had literally no view of the outside; window was totally covered by plants and shrubbery on the second floor.

Also the location sucks. Luckily I had a car but there doesn’t appear to be much in the area beyond a nice stroll along the marina. Not sure what the value proposition is for this property; I personally can’t see any reason to return.

Any recent stay reports? Wondering how they treat Titanium elites and if they upgrade…

With only 198 rooms? Ambassador or higher if ever.

David

I stayed there last year while I was Titanium and they upgraded me from Deluxe Room to Deluxe Room with Marina View (so basically same room just a slightly better view). I will return to the hotel later this year (now as Ambassador), but I do not have high expectations when it comes to upgrades.