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  • Hotel class: 4 of 5
  • Rooms: 260
  • Address: Sheikh Zayed Rd 13, PO Box 9255 Dubai United Arab Emirates
Property Type: Resort
  • Hotel featuring an assortment of amenities, sports facilities and leisure activities.
Description: Situated on the golden shores of the Arabian Gulf, the Jebel Ali Hotel at the award-winning Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa features 260 standard rooms... This description is based on information provided by the hotel.
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“You don't have to love Golf to stay here”

Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa

5 of 5 stars
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Jul 6, 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

I booked a sea view double room in the Jebel Ali Hotel. The hotel itself is part of the Jebel Ali golf resort and spa complex.

The room was a good size with a king size bed, desk, small sofa and a decent bathroom with a shower over the bath. The room was clean and modern with the all important air conditioning working and easy to use. There was also a small balcony, which my first impressions was that it was too small...then I opened the patio door to be hit by a wall of heat, won't be sitting out there then, but was utilised as an excellent towel drying area!

That staff at this hotel/resort were very polite, spoke excellent English and were very helpful. Nothing was too much trouble. I checked in at midnight and the reception seemed to be fully manned, likewise when I checked out at 4am.

The resort has many restaurants and bars. The main on in the Jebel Ali hotel is Ibn Majed. This is where the breakfast was served each morning. I've read varying reports on other reviews on the food served here, for what it's worth I can't really complain. The hotel does carry a five star rating, and I'm not sure that a self service buffet would be what some five star regulars would expect? The food was well set out in hot plates and covered, there was plenty of choice, both hot and cold. The main plus point for me was "eggs corner" where a member of staff would cook you your eggs just how you wanted them, I certainly missed that this morning back home when I had to make my own scrambled eggs!

During my visit I ate a few evening meals at the resort. One night I went to Shooters, a steakhouse situated at the Jebel Ali shooting range. To get to this restaurant you take a complimentary shuttle bus a few miles to the gun club. The restaurant offers a panoramic view of the shooting range and is set out a little like a Berni Inn. The menu was limited, but the portions generous. A far better restaurant was the La Traviata Italian restaurant on the ground floor. Again the menu wasn't massive, but like Shooters the portions were excellent. There was an option to start with a visit to the salad bar, forget your Pizza Hut experiences with salad bars, this one was fantastic. You could help yourself to cured meat, salads, cheese, giant prawns, squid, sun dried tomatoes and olives.

Also at the resort was a Spa. I didn't use this but my girlfriend did. She had a few treatments one afternoon and was very impressed and relaxed afterwards. The price of the treatments wasn't included in our package, but I'm told they were reasonable compared to what they would cost in the UK.

There is also a golf course in the resort; sadly I'm not a golfer so I can't comment on the facilities or the course. After speaking with the golf manager one evening he did say that you have to look out for Peacocks on the course as they roam free in the resort.

The location of the hotel is little out of the hustle and bustle of Dubai, but is linked to the main tourist areas by a large highway. It took about 45 minutes by car to get from the airport, but at the time of night I arrived the legendary Dubai traffic had subsided somewhat. During our stay we took a taxi to the Gold Souq in Deira. This taxi ride took over an hour from the Mall of the Emirates! The resort operates a free shuttle bus to the Ibn Battuta Mall, the Mall of the Emirates, the Gold & Diamond Park and in peak hours the Wild Wadi water park. As July is not the busiest time of the tourist calendar in Dubai there were plenty of seats available on the coach, but in peak times you can pre book your seat. As recommended by a previous reviewer of this hotel I took the coach to the Mall of the Emirates and then got a taxi from there into Bur Dubai or Deira - saved a few AED that way!

One of the main advantages of being out of town is you are away from the main building work that seems to go on around the clock in Dubai. That's not to say that you are totally excused from cranes and diggers. Just off shore from the Hotels private beach construction work has commenced on the Jebel Ali Palm Island. It appears to be in its early stages and there are no buildings being constructed as yet, they are preparing the ground work. This does create a little noise but for the majority of my stay it was the low bass rumble of building machinery. Having said that from Thursday to my departure on Saturday there were a couple of JCB diggers operating on the palm shore nearest the private beach that were moving large boulders that caused quite a bit of noise and carried on well into the night. This was audible through the double glazing of the hotel room.

Talking to various taxi drivers and tour guides it looks like there will be a large development in the near future just inland from the resort, I noticed the area had been advertised from the main highway as being bigger than Hong Kong and would involve creating a water inlet not far from the hotel. How much disruption to guests this would cause is difficult to say at this early stage though.

All in all my stay at the Jebel Ali Hotel was excellent, I hope that as the building work on the Jebel Ali Palm Island doesn't ruin the atmosphere at the resort...only time will tell?

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Facilities
    • Disliked — Encroaching building works may be a problem in the future?
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Redimp42's Summary
Date of Stay: July 2008
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Romantic getaway
Age group: 25-34
Member since: June 09, 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 4 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Great pool scene
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Pet owners
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Beach / Sun, Outdoor / Adventure, Shopping, Spa
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“An Oasis in a concrete desert”

Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa

5 of 5 stars
Sunderland
Jun 29, 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

We have just returned from 6 wonderful days at the Jebal Ali Resort . The hotel is magnificent and we have never experienced such incredible service before. It was so lovely that it was hard to drag ourselves away from the hotel to go to a Shopping Mall !!!. In fact we didn't bother with down town Dubai , When driving to the hotel we where a little concerned with the construction and dust ,but once we arrived at the resort ,it was an Oasis in this construction desert

We stayed on the 5th Floor level with its own concierge and club lounge where we had own own breakfast , soft drinks ( all day ) and a sundowner hour from 6 till 7 with a different cocktail each night
The pool is lovely, and is right next to the private beach ,which was as warm as a bath , temprature was around 39 C and was a worry before we arrived but with the service and availability of sun beds and cooled water ,was not a problem and if we got to hot we just went upto the 5th floor and chilled out
Meals where included in the deal and could be used in the two buffet restauaruts or we could use a allocation 150 to a meal in the other restauraents all meals where excellent and had great choices
The Golf course was in very good condition and we where well looked after during the round ,with very cold towels and very cheap cold drinks

This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
SAFCFTM13's Summary
Date of Stay: June 2008
Member since: June 29, 2008
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“Dream Holiday”

Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa

5 of 5 stars
Norfolk, England
Jun 28, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

My girlfriend and I spent two fantastic weeks at the Jebel Ali Golf Resort and Spa Hotel in June 2008. The hotel was excellent. Everyone was so friendly and made you feel so welcome and nothing was ever too much. We stayed in a standard golf room which for the two of us was fine and it had everything we needed including a balcony overlooking the 9 hole golf course. We spent alot of our time on the hotel's private beach or by the hotels' pools. It was hot however there was a cool breeze blowing off the Gulf so it wasn't too bad and you aclimatised to the heat. The hotel runs a shuttle bus service to some of the main attractions in Dubai e.g. Mall of Emirates, IBN Battuta Mall, Wild Wadi about 3 times a day. However if you want to get into the centre of Dubai you would need to get a taxi.

Dubai itself there is alot of development going on and it did make you feel like you were in one massive building site however it didn't spoil the holiday and there are plenty of things to do to detract you from this.

We went on a half day city tour organised through Desert Adventures which was interesting. Also we went on a Desert Safari through Arabian Adventures which involved "dune bashing". camel ride, experiencing arabic food at a bedouin which also included belly dancing. It was fantastic experience and would recommend it to anyone!

There is so much to see and do in Dubai and it's surrounding area. 2 weeks is not enough and so we hope to go back there next year.

Overall it was an excellent holiday and definitely recommend the Jebel Ali Golf Resort and Spa hotel.

This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
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“Totally Excellent”

Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa

Jun 28, 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

My partner and I stayed at this hotel for 9 nights, 15 to 24 june on Half Board basis.This was our first visit to Dubai, on arrival at the airport we were greeted by josef, who showed us to our private car, it took around 40 minutes to get to the hotel, but during the day it does take much longer due to high traffic.
We stayed in a sea veiw room, number 329...great veiw of the marina, beach front & one of the pools, some reviews on here say that the rooms are dated but in my opinion i don`t think it was at all, but very spacious & cleaned to a very high standard every day by Nong, our house keeper for the duration.
All the hotel Staff were very helpful, pleasant & could not do enough to please.
I could not fault anything, food was excellent ,very good choice of food in the buffet resturant & you can also eat at a number of a la carte resturants with a reservation before hand.
The hotels private beach was beautiful, white sands, warm waters, even a beach attendant to place your towels on sunloungers for you.
I would definatley reccommend this hotel to anyone looking for a relaxing holiday but still wanting to be in reasonable location to access the city.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Relaxing atmosphere
    • Disliked — Didn't dislike anything
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
MIKEY1975's Summary
Date of Stay: June 2008
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Romantic getaway
Age group: 25-34
Member since: May 02, 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Beach / Sun, Outdoor / Adventure, Great food / Wine, Shopping, Golf, Spa
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Average price*: $463 (year-round)
Call now to book: 866 245 9039 from Destinology
“Paradisiacal Place...”

Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa

Jun 18, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

I recommend the Jebel Ali hotel to everyone going to Dubai... Girls or boys time, couple and family.
This hotel is exclusive, a 35 minutes drive from the airport, located just on the outskirt of Dubai in an area call Jebel Ali.
Private beach with plenty of sunloungers, towels given to you when going to the swimming-pool or to the beach, order for cocktails or all sort of drinks taken while you are baking on your sunlounger. The thing that amazed me the most is the customer service: as soon as you lift a finger, someone from the staff comes to you straight away with all kind of politeness... It feels ackward sometimes for people like me who are not used to be served. The rooms are extremely clean, with hairdryer in each room, housekeeper coming every evening to open your bed and put a bottle of water on your beside table. There is always a cab ready to take you to the Dubai centre, however even if the cab from the hotel are more expensive than the meter cab in town, I recommend you to get the car from the hotel as it is a propre high standard chauffeur driven service for 90 dirhams instead of 65 Dirhams with a sometimes stinky cab driven by a guy who thinks is Ayrton Sena!!!
The food is absolutely delicious, presented on a massive buffet, they cook your eggs in front of you in the morning and you can choose your ganish, all sorts of food is available: continental, eEnglish, fruits, cheese... For dinner there are many choices for starters, hot dish, meat, veggy!!! And it looks so healthy that you don't even feel guilty to get up for another round.
There are daytime bar-snacks, shisha tent and also restaurants other than the main restaurant where they serve the buffet.
There is an ATM machine in the resort, a shooting club that I recommend to people who love police series where cops have revolver, their helmet on and someone comes to talk to them...Starsky & Hutch... it can be book through the concierge service and it cost 60 dirhams only. Then you take your target with you as a souvenir and the guy can take a picture of you in the end.
The only tiny disappointment is that there is no good atmosphere bar or club in the resort, the bar that closes at 1am or 2am is pretty dead with relaxing music only. They need a club as it is far away from Dubai and some night you might just want to stay in the resort but still partying...

Enjoy your stay

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Exclusive location
    • Disliked — No clubs
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
Frisette's Summary
Date of Stay: May 2008
Traveled with: Friends
Visit was for: Quality time with friends
Age group: 25-34
Member since: February 21, 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 4 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Beach / Sun, Great food / Wine
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Average price*: $463 (year-round)
Call now to book: 866 245 9039 from Destinology

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