…Raffles Dubai. Much like its host city, it’s all style bling over substance, unlike its progenitor. I’ve blogged about cool hotels before, and this one, with its faux Egyptian style, is not one of them. In fact, I’m still trying to find something genuinely cool in Dubai.
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Thankfully, it is seems to be free of hookers (that, in itself, should be a long blog). The drinks, however, are pretty fucking overpriced.
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Nice to find an honest review of a flashy hotel, I wouldn’t turn it down but know what you mean.
My ‘so bling it’s just wrong’ hotel is the Kempinski in the Serengeti. So wrong for safari!
It’s a nice hotel. However, it’s quite generic and bland, unlike Raffles in Singapore which has character, being a historic hotel and all.