Grosvenor House West Marina Beach By Le Meridien, Dubai

Hotel description

Please note: Due to the development work currently ongoing at the Dubai Marina, which is located near the hotel, there may be some noise disturbance caused around the hotel. Sea view rooms are not aff

It’s named for the classic Grosvenor House in London, but the Dubai version, perhaps unsurprisingly, is a massive tower complex in the rapidly growing West Marina district — a hotel turning up in Dubai without a 44-story skyscraper would probably feel a bit underdressed. And this one is certainly eye-catching, a bit Art Deco–inspired, its balconies lit up at night with neon.

Most of the rooms face out to sea, and overlook two of Dubai’s most notable sights, the Burj Al Arab and the continent-shaped World development. The interiors are a bit less ostentatious, which is nice, tending more toward the contemporary and the subtly Arabian than the lavish and the theatrical. Of course no luxury is left unturned — even the standard rooms come with butler service and all the gadgets, and you don’t even want to read about the penthouse suite that spans the entire 45th floor.

It’s not strictly a resort, more a high-end business hotel, but leisure guests would find it hard to complain — there’s a spa, a couple of pools, and the beach is a short shuttle ride away (in the hotel’s name the word Marina is a bit more accurate than the word Beach). There are several restaurants, more than one of them overseen by Michelin-starred chefs, and the bars and lounges include a franchise of the Paris-based Buddha Bar as well as a 44th-floor champagne bar with an understandably impressive view.