Hotel Review – The Meydan Hotel Dubai

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Hotel Review – The Meydan Hotel, Dubai, UAE

We discovered this amazing hotel through booking.com. We were flying from Europe to Mauritius and couldn’t make the connections work.

Being Australian’s most flight connections for us are no longer through Singapore or Kuala Lumpur, they are mostly through UAE. Emirates who is partnered with Qantas flies in and out of Dubai so we usually pass through that UAE city. We have been to Dubai and Abu Dhabi probably a dozen times as not only do we fly through there, my husband has clients in both cities so neither are new for us.

The gorgeous pool at the Meydan Hotel, Dubai
The gorgeous pool at the Meydan Hotel, Dubai

Keeping this in mind, we didn’t really want to stay at the beach or right in Old Dubai as we had done that before and wanted instead to make the most of the time and catch up on some work. This was how we discovered The Meydan. We stayed here again just last month coming through from Europe again and it was equally as perfect this time around.

Where Is The Meydan Hotel?

The Meydan is out of the main city area, but still close enough to be affordable in a taxi or Uber. An Uber to Dubai Mall is super affordable and will cost you around $40-60 AED which is around $25 AUD so pretty reasonable. It takes around 10-15 mins.

Positionally its pretty much directly in behind Jumeirah Beach.

NB: Uber run slightly different in Dubai. They are partnered with Taxi and Limo companies so your ride will sometimes be a taxi even though you are doing it through Uber.

The location of The Meydan Hotel Dubai
The location of The Meydan Hotel Dubai

Which Room Should I Get?

I would recommend getting the executive room. This room level comes with a heap of added extra’s which are really worth the extra money you pay for this level. However this room type isn’t always available. It used to be all the time, however as the hotel has got more popular they don’t offer it as often as they used to.

Please keep in mind this is far from a budget hotel, however as long as you stay outside of race days, it is very affordable for Dubai.

​We usually expect to pay around $290AUD for the Executive Room which apart from anything else gives you a 3pm check out. If you want to move it to 6pm its 60 UAE per hour which is around $25AUD. So for an extra $60 we lounged until 6pm when our car was picking us up for the airport.

​Looking on booking.com today for a room this week, their standard room (which is anything but standard) is priced at $280 AUD!! For what you get, that is amazing value! Booking.com is usually around $40 cheaper than the other hotel websites for this property. Keeping in mind they are coming into Summer and its already over 40 degrees Celsius during the day in Dubai.

My search today shows ​The Executive Room is $330 AUD per night and along with everything you get with the usual room you can access these amazing facilities: (all free!). Please keep in mind this price includes my 10% Genius discount as well.

NB: Make sure you choose the room with “Executive” in the name. You can’t add it later and the other rooms are pretty much the same, they just might have bigger balconies but rest assured THEY ARE THE SAME ROOMS (except for when you start choosing suites and two bedroom penthouses) so you need to choose the one that has Executive in the name.

The Executive Room Inclusions:

  • Private Airport Transfers To and From Dubai International Airport (24 hours advance reservation is required). You simply email the concierge once you have booked.
  • Breakfast Buffet at Farriers International Restaurant – From 06.30 am to 11.00am
  • Light Snacks and Refreshments at the Executive Club Lounge – From 2.30pm until 7.00pm
  • Happy Hour Drinks at the Executive Club Lounge – From 6.00pm until 8.00pm
  • Sweet Temptations at the Executive Club Lounge – From 7.00pm until 11.00pm
  • 35% Discount on any 50-minute or more Wellness Treatment (Which brings it back to about what you would pay in Australia. An 80 minute massage with the discount was around $150 AUD) – From 10.00am until 5.00pm
  • 20% Discount at PRIME Steakhouse
  • Pressing of One Two-Piece Suit or Dress per Stay
  • Late Checkout until 3.00pm – OMG this is divine! – Subject to availability
  • Private use of Executive Meeting Room for one hour per stay – Subject to availability
The view of the racecourse from our room at the Meydan Hotel
The view of the racecourse from our room at the Meydan Hotel

The Meydan Hotel In Summary

Location: Fantastic. Beautiful Hotel, amazing pool, free breakfast, morning tea and pre-dinner canapes with the Executive Room and not too far from the hub of downtown

Staff: Lovely – very friendly and accommodating and while you do tip the porters they never make you feel like you have to. You never feel like you don’t belong. Ever.

Facilities: Great – breakfast is excellent, a variety of restaurants that while they aren’t cheap, they aren’t hideously priced for the quality that they are. You can survive though with breakfast, morning tea and pre dinner canapés and then just head into town for dinner if you like. ​Beware: The minibar is hideously priced which seems strange when the restaurants while expensive aren’t awful. 30 AED for a can of sprite which is $10 AUD so beware.

Value: Great for a 5 star hotel in the UAE. Usually priced at around $280 AUD at booking.com. The only reason I gave it 4 stars was the mini bar prices stopped me giving it 5.

Bed Comfort: 9 (* Bed rating explained below)

  • Bed Comfort Rating:
    1 is OMG I’m sleeping on the floor & 10 is I died & am floating in the clouds.

During Race Season

I’ve never stayed when there have been races on, so if you look and its hideously expensive I would assume that it is race day. Adjust your dates to avoid those race days and you should be fine.

Farriers Breakfast at the Meydan Hotel
Farriers Breakfast at the Meydan Hotel
Our room at the Meydan Hotel
Our room at the Meydan Hotel
The bathroom (very hard to get photos in here)
Our room at the Meydan Hotel

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