We stopped at the Royal Mirage for 3 nights on our way back from the Maldives.

The hotel is fabulous definitely worth its 5 stars. The pool and hotel are very beautiful. The hotel is at the base of the palm (being built out to sea) so there isn’t much of a view out to sea. There is a lot of building work going on, so be warned. It didn’t put us off.

We arrived at the hotel very early morning about 7am and although we were knew the check in time was expected to be 2pm we actually got our room by 9am which was great as we’d travelled through the night.

The room was spacious and extremely clean and tidy, it was cleaned twice a day.

We booked the sundowner safari, which is a must. A jeep picks you up from the hotel about 4pm and you spend in the evening in the desert. The jeep takes you up and down the sand dunes, followed by your evening meal in a camp in the middle of the desert. You also get the chance to ride camels and watch belly dancing or even take part!!

We ate in the Olive restaurant on both other nights; we can choose between the buffet or from the menu, both very nice and reasonable price. There is a lot of choice of where to eat, but as we were only there 3 nights, we didn’t get chance to try the other.
I would definitely recommend afternoon tea in the lobby, scones and clotted cream – yum
We really loved Dubai and can’t wait to visit again.