Royal Mirage, The One And Only. Arabian Court Review

Good Points
Excellent staff and clean and tidy resort. Food extremely good in most of the restaurants

Bad Points
Nothing specific to the hotel

General Comments
Great fun. A bit like staying in Epcot in USA as the whole `Dubai experience` is brand new/under construction. We visited the Souk one day expecting something like the souk in Marrakech only to find it was like an American theme park - all sparkley new! The Royal Mirage is a super hotel. We stayed in the Arabian Court part but the Palace and Residence looked nice too. All brand new (see above) so making a sort of `faux` Arabian experience - probably all the better for that! Restaurants are all good but Nina`s and the Tagine are the best. The building work is not particularly intrusive; anyway the whole coast has building work so forget Dubai for a few years if total silence is your thing.