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Price error: Casa Cleo, Mexico City €17 for a suite. The only available date is 15-16 November 2026. Usually around €300.

I stayed for a week in October 2025 in an Imperial Club Room at the Atlantis the Palm Dubai. Total cost: €806 (see last pic). Obvious price error but it got honored. It's not exactly r/ chubbytravel territory cost-wise, but the experience itself felt like it belonged here thanks to the Imperial Club, so I figured it was worth writing a review on this sub.

Pros:

The room:

It's decent, not the most exciting design but it had all the modern amenities i needed, plus a sofabed (most rooms have one). Views were great from the room and pretty much everywhere on the property.

Imperial Club:

This is what my stay complete. It basically turns your stay into an all-inclusive. Snacks and drinks throughout the day, private check-in, dedicated lounge, separate beach area with free drinks at the beach. and unlimited access to Aauaventure and Lost Chambers. There's a lot more, you can find all the benefits of an Imperial Club room on the internet, i listed the most important ones. If you're staying here, get the Imperial Club room.

F&B:

I stayed on half board. You can eat at most of the restaurants at no extra cost and there are honestly too many to get through in a week. The signature places (Nobu, Hakkasan, Seafire, Ossiano) carry supplements ranging from AED 100 to 850 pp, but the included list is really good and the food was amazing at the restaurants that i did try. I didn't feel the need to eat outside the resort once.

Service:

It was impressive given the scale of the hotel. Over 1,500 rooms and thev still made it feel personal especially on the Imperial Club side. The staff in the Imperial lounge remembered me by name from day two. Housekeeping was quick and thorough, including evening turndown. Whenever i had a request or a question it was sorted within minutes. They also gave us some free gifts, like an Atlantis branded raffia tote bag, slippers and a teddy bear.

Amenities:

Pools and beach are excellent. The gym is well equipped. I didn't check out the spa. There are oads of activities at the beach and around the hotel for both adults and kids, plus a dedicated kids zone. The big differentiator though is Aquaventure and The Lost Chambers. No other hotel has a waterpark on this scale, and no hote has an aquarium quite like it either. I absolutely oved both.

Crowd:

The old Atlantis is a family-friendly hotel, Atlantis The Roval pulls in the show-off crowd. If you want luxury without the influencers, this is the hotel that you should choose IMO.

Neutral:

Security is tight, i got asked 3-4 times to show my keycard before being let up to the lifts. Not a complaint, just a heads-up.

Cons:

The lobby tends to get busy, same with the area outside the hotel and around The Avenues. The pool and beach were quiet though, which is what matters.

Bottom line:

The Imperial Club at Atlantis The Palm is hard to beat. The hard product is a bit dated. but it still has all the modern facilities you'd want. For me the soft product combined with the food and amenities is what makes this such a great hotel. I would book again without hesitation. I could post hundreds of pictures but the property looks exactly like the marketing shots.

Happy to answer questions

I stayed for a week in October 2025 in an Imperial Club Room at the Atlantis the Palm, Dubai. Total cost: €806 (see last pic). Obvious price error but it got honored. It's not exactly r/fattravel territory cost-wise, but the experience itself felt like it belonged here thanks to the Imperial Club, so I figured it was worth writing a review on this sub.

Pros:

The room:

Decent, not the most exciting design but it had all the modern amenities i needed, plus a sofabed (most rooms have one). Views were great from the room and pretty much everywhere on the property.

Imperial Club:

This is what made the stay punch above its weight. It basically turns your stay into an all-inclusive. Snacks and drinks throughout the day, private check-in, dedicated lounge, separate beach area with free drinks at the beach, and unlimited access to Aquaventure and Lost Chambers. There's a lot more, you can find all the benefits of an Imperial Club room on the internet, i listed the most important ones. If you're staying here, get the Imperial Club room.

F&B:

I stayed on half board. You can eat at most of the restaurants at no extra cost, and there are honestly too many to get through in a week. The signature places (Nobu, Hakkasan, Seafire, Ossiano) carry supplements ranging from AED 100 to 850 pp, but the included list is really good and the food was amazing at the restaurants that i did try. I didn't feel the need to eat outside the resort once.

Service:

Impressive given the scale of the hotel. Over 1,500 rooms and they still made it feel personal, especially on the Imperial Club side. The staff in the Imperial lounge remembered me by name from day two. Housekeeping was quick and thorough, including evening turndown. Whenever i had a request or a question it was sorted within minutes. They also gave us some free gifts, like an Atlantis branded raffia tote bag, slippers and a teddy bear.

Amenities:

Pools and beach are excellent. The gym is well equipped. I didn't check out the spa. There are loads of activities at the beach and around the hotel for both adults and kids, plus a dedicated kids zone. The big differentiator though is Aquaventure and The Lost Chambers. No other hotel has a waterpark on this scale, and no hotel has an aquarium quite like it either. I absolutely loved both.

Crowd:

The old Atlantis is a family-friendly hotel, Atlantis The Royal pulls in the show-off crowd. If you want luxury without the influencer energy, this is the hotel that you should choose IMO.

Neutral:

Security is tight, i got asked 3-4 times to show my keycard before being let up to the lifts. Not a complaint, just a heads-up.

Cons:

The lobby tends to get busy, same with the area outside the hotel and around The Avenues. The pool and beach were quiet though, which is what matters.

Bottom line:

The Imperial Club at Atlantis The Palm is hard to beat. The hard product is a bit dated, but it still has all the modern facilities you'd want. For me, the soft product combined with the food and amenities is what makes this such a great hotel. I would book again without hesitation. I could post hundreds of pictures but the property looks exactly like the marketing shots.

Happy to answer questions.

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Sharq Village & Spa, a Ritz Carlton hotel.

I stayed here in Oct 2025. I got a great deal, the price i paid was €678 for 7 nights with half board. Here is my short review about the hotel.

Pros:

It's located close to the airport so it's a short drive from the airport to the hotel. I did not hear any noise from planes in the room during my stay.

Nice views across the water towards West Bay and beyond.

Beautifully built in a traditional Arab style village with beautiful gardens and a great pool area, especially nice at night with the fountains and pool lit up.

Comfortable room with all modern amenities you would expect. Asprey Purple Water toiletries in the bathroom, which smelled pretty nice.Free unlimited bottled water.

Staff was friendly and helpful.

Didn't use the spa, but the gym is well equipped.

Would definitely return.

Neutral:

A Qatari wedding was going on during my stay so some areas around the beach were not accessible for hotel guests during the wedding. I could see everything going on and i could hear some music, but it was nothing that disturbed my peace at the hotel. I didn't mind it at all.

Cons:

F&B was the weak point, food was decent at best, not what you'd expect from a Ritz-Carlton. I stayed on half board, but didn't really enjoy it.

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