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Fancy Lobby and Cool Paving Impresses at Dubai Raffles

Where: Sheikh Rashed Road , Dubai, United Arab Emirates

We did some good daydreaming about staying at the Raffles Dubai before it opened last year, and that made us keen to check back in on how it's been going since this grand pyramid started admitting guests.

And so far, feedback has been pretty good, as you'd hope for a place that's this expensive (you're unlikely to get out of there for under $700 a night). But  boy, does it have some impressive features, including something we'd never heard of: they somehow "refrigerate" the pavement around the pools so that even though it's under hot sun all day, it will never burn your feet.

The rooms are larger than average, with even small "rooms" being a size usually reserved for large suites. Staff are friendly, if at times over-friendly and over-attentive, but that's far better than being ignored.

The only common complaint is that the food and drink prices are high, although they're probably only in line with what the hotel rooms cost. You might be lucky to snag a room for around $700, but it's pretty easy to pay a couple of thousand, too.

[Photo: elghira]