A Leisure Guide for Families in Dubai
Bluthner Hall in Raffles the Palm reminds me of the grand halls in fairytale castles. If you cleared the furniture, this is where you will find Beauty and the Beast doing their final dance. It’s where you’ll be forgiven if you put on the nicest cocktail dress, just to have a cup of tea with […]
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Afternoon tea is a tradition that mum and I do – whenever she’s here. As such, I would actually say we have done most of the Afternoon Teas in Dubai, particularly those that were in the Entertainer. Past tense, because as we all know, most venues are (sadly) no longer part of the program. Whilst […]
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Have you ever done a Tea Sommelier experience? During our stay in Alila Hinu Bay, I had the opportunity to do a one on one session with the very lovely Maureen in their signature restaurant – Seasalt. The husband was not interested had to stay with the kids in the Kids Club which was conveniently […]
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Well, you must have been to Address Beach Resort by now? Or at least seen (endless) reels taken by their outdoor terrace. It is definitely a stunning spot, credits to the beautiful Sails of the Future sculpture, designed by Emirati artist Mattar Bin Lahej on a water feature. How about having afternoon tea here? Let’s […]
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Having done the afternoon tea a few years back, I decided to return to Mosaico Lounge again as a treat for a dear family friend of ours over the Christmas period. I wanted somewhere nice, somewhere different than our neighbourhood here in the marina, and of course – an offer, any offer will be a […]
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Afternoon Tea at the Burj Khalifa has always been a bucket list item for me. Up there it is appropriately called High Tea – currentlyAug2021 the second highest lounge you could have afternoon tea at, after The Lounge on Level 153. Well, we have yet to check out The Lounge, so let’s settle with Level […]
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A belated write-up of a memorable staycation that we had in Palazzo Versace one summer. We still talk about it every now and then. The level of detail that the Versace family have put into all the interior design is impressive. We took so many family photos in the lounge of our suite, my mum […]
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The sky was grey from the sandstorm but that didn’t stop us from getting a little dressed up and heading back down the West Crescent to Zabeel Saray. Car valeted, we walked straight in heading towards Sultan’s Lounge. I found one of the staff, informing him that we were here for the ‘Mother’s Day Afternoon […]
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Caesar’s have completely decked out their lobby area for the upcoming Valentine’s Day. There are kisses all over their statues, red love hearts and crosses hanging from the ceiling – and as you walk towards the Roman Lounge, you get more Valentine’s decor staring back at you. Yes, it’s all a bit tacky and OTT […]
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Park Hyatt Dubai has paired up with Chef Silvena Rowe, introducing an arabic take to the classic British afternoon tea – aptly named ‘Ottoman Whispers’. Off we went on a Saturday afternoon to the other end of town to review the afternoon tea, set in the Lobby lounge. It typically would be held in the […]
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Following my visit to the Pedi:Mani:Cure Studio on Monday (click here), I was so keen to bring the girls back to see the resident rabbits in the gardens of the One and Only the Palm. So off we went all excited (me included) on a nice sunny afternoon to the end of the west crescent. […]
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You’ve seen that light blue, translucent shell that appears to be levitating mid-air within the lounge in Atlantis. Magical 🙂 I’ve always wondered what they serve there – if I could have a drink or two one day, without breaking the bank. Then the 241 for the afternoon tea popped up on the Entertainer for […]
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Whilst the evening didn’t start out right, as we had planned to stay in the Kid’s Club with both our girls for half an hour before dinner started …. this was eventually made up by great service (and food) at Flow Kitchen 🙂 And of course, an hour of peace and quiet during dinner as […]
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It’s always a grand feeling, to hand your keys over to the Armani Hotel valet guys. I speak like I go there all the time. Not really. I wish 🙂 So I met up with the parents the other day after work, to try out the newly launched afternoon tea at Armani Lounge. It would […]
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It’s nice when a restaurant is consistent – that’s what I felt from our afternoon tea visit at The Address Boulevard yesterday. We tried the ‘Art Crafted Afternoon Tea’ almost two years ago now (click here) – and returned to review the Chocolate Afternoon Tea. Spent an entire afternoon with mum and the girls. Made […]
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We wanted to go somewhere new last Saturday, so off we went for a drive to the Palm with the kids. I started browsing through the Entertainer to see where have we not been to. This newly opened hotel had always been of interest – The Retreat Palm Dubai ran by MGallery by Sofitel. Too […]
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As much as I love reviewing food as part of an invitation (i.e free), I will have to admit that you can only truly experience the real deal when you head over as a paying guest. It’s quite upsetting when it’s from a brand close to heart. I sat on the fence on this one […]
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*2021 Update : Please note that this afternoon tea has been discontinued. For afternoon tea at Al Bayt – please click here to check on website. Follow us on Instagram as we explore afternoon teas in and around Dubai ***** I wish they had more things like these all throughout winter. Something different to the […]
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A favourite foodie thing that the little one and I like to do : afternoon tea in Dubai. So when a dear friend got in touch to catch up over tea, I had a browse through online and found one of a few that I haven’t actually been to : Penrose Lounge in Four Seasons DIFC. […]
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So after a not-so-good first impression of Fortnum and Mason last month (read my review here), we decided to give it another try a couple of weeks later. It really was a spur of a moment thing – I was standing at the corner of The Dubai Mall LG level, flicking through my handy Entertainer […]
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