Spugsy

Anyone recommend any good ones?

Me and mrs spugsy are going to stay over on Friday night and want somewhere nice, but not stupid expensive,

Ta!

Eva

http://www.aloftabudhabi.com


or check out The Intercontinetal,Abu Dhabi
hth

soukie

http://www.onetoonehotels.com/

Have a look at the website and see what you think. If you decide on this one make sure you ask for a room away from the nightclub!

Arcadia

For 500 Dhs you can get a room at The Hilton on The Corniche. It has a nice beach club, walking Distance to Emirates palace hotel and Marina Mall, you can get taxi's from here easy enough too.

theres also..The Meridien tourist club
The Sheraton
Crowne plaza (no beach though)

Beach Rotana is nice too. These I mentioned will be around the 500 Mark.

Eva

Think it really depends what you want to do Spugs, shop then lie on a beach or shop and party at the hotel. The way the traffic was in AD recently,,you could spend too too long sitting in gridlocks, so you got to be a bit selective with location and proximity to venues you intend visiting as well as considering room rate wouldn't you agree Soukie?

Confucius

Try tripadvisor.com or booking.com...

Millhouse

oh, how I disliked the one to one... the 'village garden' thing is just something else, like a hungry horse on the edge of a council estate.

Intercon has a great restaurant (Chamas) but don't expect any beaches in AD. Hilton on the Corniche is quite nice (if you are desperate for a ‘beach’ – although you will be pestered by jet skis)

al dente

Does the salad bar not have a touch of 'Harvester' to you?

Euc-

Beach Rotana is nice indeed, but only if you're in the new tower, which you won't if you book the cheapest room I'm afraid

And the beach aint that great either..

ctfc

wego.com is also very good - get deals on there through asiatravel in particular which are great value

ctfc

Lucky to get Beach Rotana for 500 - I had a team of 20 there 4 nights every week for months at a time and the best deal we could get was 900++

Maybe cheap at the weekend?

Euc-

If you know the right people you can stay for 110dhs p/n

Millhouse

Haha, yes. Although I don't go there for the salad!

And don't mention the yacht club - what a pretentious place. 40Dh for a beer...

Millhouse

80m of sand with a view of a MASSIVE building site. Oh, and in full hard shade by 2.30pm due to the shadow of the towers.

Eva

None of the hotels in AD has a great beach imho