Went to watch the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships with a friend and we decided to explore and stay here since it was a new hotel. We chose the hotel over the Grosvenor hotel and looking back; it was worth it! New hotel and totally luxurious! You even get a butler!

There was no breakfast with the package though which is strange for a Dubai hotel. Also, it's difficult getting taxis from the hotel - maybe because it's new. You could wait sometimes for up to 30 minutes to get a taxi!

The reception is beautiful, huge and very inviting. The lifts are a work of art esp. the one that runs with the garden in view. The rooms are big and so is the bathroom.

A little expensive for the time of the year but we decided to treat it as a splurge!

I travel to Dubai every new year almost with a bunch of friends and every year i try to stay at a different hotel, usually by the beach butI left it too late this time and couldn't find anywhere decent by the beach, i checked out the Raffles and having been to their legendary property in Singapore, I booked a grand stateroom (which is their standard room) over their website for a period of 4 nights. I requsted a room on a high floor, near the elevators and a check in as early as 7 am. I was given all the three as i checked in. The room was breathtaking, the furnishing, the bathroom and the generous balcony. The standard rooms are almost 70 sq meters if you include the balcony, that's bigger than an average one bedroom suite in a European 5 star. The service was wonderful, a bit too much at times. The housekeeping and that extra detail when making up the room was amazing. The quality of the room service was also wonderful. The pool was very nice but unfortunately very quiet as was the rest of the hotel, mainly because It's a new property. All in all, probably the best city hotel I've stayed at in Dubai and probably the most amazing standard rooms I've ever seen.