Rubydo

Hi all

Coming through to Dubai this coming Friday to meet up with friends for dinner, don't know where the dinner is at so just looking for the best areas to stay in please. Thanks

TheShed

Close to the dinner venue so you don't need to travel afterwards :-)

scrubbedexpat141

Depends.

If dinner is in Marina then stay in the marina.
If it's in downtown then stay downtown or business bay or SZR.

If it's in either place and you've booked a hotel in the other, don't worry. Nothing is more than 20-30mins away from each other in the cab, realistically.

Rubydo

That was the whole point I have no idea where dinner is yet ha friends are booking it but I'm wanting to book a hotel now

DXBtoDOH

If you just want a place to sleep then there's a bunch of decent hotels in Al Barsha behind MoE. Ibis, CityMax, Novotel, even a Hilton. They're cheaper than Marina and Downtown and lots of taxis around. Barsha is also about halfway between the two.

Traffic isn't an issue in Dubai on Fridays except possibly in the evenings to Dubai Mall.

Another place to stay is along Sheikh Zayed between Downtown and WTC. A couple Rotonas, the Conrad, H Hotel, Warwick, Emirates Grand, Ritz Carlton, Fairmont, Shangri-La, Crowne Plaza. Hotel ghetto a step up from Al Barsha.

Rubydo

Dinner isn't booked yet, where would you suggest to stay for central area?

Rubydo

Thanks for the recommendations will check a few out 😊

DXBtoDOH

See my post.

Al Barsha is probably the most central. Handy to both Marina and Downtown, a few minutes from Madinat Jumeriah.

Edit: you saw my post now

Rubydo

Yeah ha saw your post afterwards

jam25mack

My mate and his Mrs do Airbnb and has a wicked apartment in the marina.... Awesome views.

Other than that I'd just see whats the best deal you can get on Expedia or booking.com or whatever.

As Scamp says, you can get most places in 20 mins in a taxi. If you're all out for a night out I would probably book towards the marina though. Not saying its better but for folk who don't know Dubai it has more of a choice.

jam25mack

Would you really want to stay in Barsha if you were just coming for the weekend though? Surely you want somewhere nice... beach access etc??

TheShed

Citymax Barsha and IBIS offering around 375 per night if you want somewhere cheap and cheerful.

Rubydo

Thanks guys I'll keep looking on booking.com. Although going out for dinner and just need somewhere to stumble back to afterwards, I am looking for somewhere nice to lounge by the pool through the day and on Saturday

Rubydo

Ok so dinner at anantara on the palm so more to go from now � ����

Millhouse

you're probably going to end up at rock bottoms. Stay in tecom.