My husband and I booked to stay here after wanting to go to Dubai for the last few years. We chose this hotel as my sister had stayed here and raved about how wonderful it was.

She was right it is a beautiful hotel with a lovely tranquil feel about it when your inside the hotel. Nothing is too much trouble and the staff will bend over backwards in order to try and help you with any requests or problems you may have. There were far more children thatn I had anticipated though! Out of the 3 I preferred ours, the Palace had a bit too much of a hotel feel about it, the Residence I felt a bit too young for, so the Arabian Court was just right, persoanl but not overly familiar and attentive but not pestering.

A visit to the Spa is a must and have a Hammam they're to die for and so relaxing, worth every penny.

The restaurants are great and the food and choice some of the best I've tasted in any 5* resort. We stayed half board and even if you ordered off the Table d'Hote menu (which is included in the H/B option) you could still eat very nicely with the allowance they gave you against the a la carte menu either for free still or for a small sum.

Drinks were I'd say about the same price as at home, however, I agree wine was expensive, but there again Dubai is not the place to go to penny pinch. If you go to the Roof Top Terrace bar between 5 - 7pm drinks are half price and they allow you to take your wine to the restaurant you're dining in if you're dining in the Arabian Court.

We stayed in a suite for our second week and a deluxe room in the first week and at no time in the first week were we made to feel like second class citizens. There are 8 reserved cabannas on the beach for the people in suites (there are 8 suites) and loads of huge beach umbrellas with very comfy padded beds everywhere else. The same applied around the pool. The hotel was full when we stayed and we never once struggled to find a lounger and neither did we encounter any reserved areas in the hotel apart from one night in the Roof Top Terrace, but it was reserved for a party, fair enough there were other areas and seats.

With regards to the building works yes there is tonnes of it going on but you know that before you go so if you're after picturesque go to the Maldives. I found it fascinating that they're literally building a new country before your eyes all at once and it doesn't impinge on your enjoyment in the hotel as it is well shielded.

On the whole I loved the hotel but wasn't so keen on Dubai itself and I think this may be because we stayed far too long - 2 weeks. I would say it is expensive to eat and drink and the shops despite being tax free were sometimes more expensive than England. Definitely do the desert safari, the whole thing is great worth the £70 and the food in the bedouin is plentiful and very tasty. You also get the chance to meet lots of different people and hear all about their trips etc.

Definitely worth a visit but as a short stay place either en route to somewhere else or as a 5 day stay max.

This is an ok hotel. It feels like a big hotel as all three hotels are run together. The restaurants are ok but pretty boring as they all have 'interantional' food...which is pretty much all frozen and tastes of very little even if it looks good when it arrives at the table. The sea is also very disappointing with all that building in the sea bringing a lot of soil and dust in the shallow waters.

My wife and I spent six days at the Arabian Court of Royal Mirage, our third time in a One and Only resort, after Mauritius and Maldives.
I must confirm all the good things I wrote about the other resort: nice location, comfortable rooms, lovely pool (but maybe with too much screaming little children), very good selection of restaurants.
The food is exellent in every restaurant we tasted, Eauzone, Celebrities but i think the best was Nina, a romantic place with warm light and deco, superb indian food.
Nice nights at the Rooftop place, a place were to meet people or to stay hand in hand with your love watchig the stars..yes there is a lot of building work going on, but this didn't bother us particularly.
Only one thing disappointed me..it is necessary in such a resort to give a card to the guests to have the beach towels?

We stayed at the Arabian Court for 4 nights and everything about the hotel was up to expectations. The staff were courteous, helpful and efficient. Food (half board buffet basis) in the Rotisserie was varied and well prepared, the room clean and comfortable. In general, everything you would expect of a 5-star hotel. Previous reviewers have described it well. But, restful it was not. Firstly, we were surprised at the number of pre-school children that were at the hotel; not least for the fact that Dubai was registering 35 plus degrees during our stay. We do have to acknowledge, however, that the majority of the children were well controlled and knew how to behave in the dining room (well done, those parents). But. there's always going to be the ones who's parents think it infringes their human rights to stop them running up and down through the tables stamping their size five feet on the marble floor whilst the rest of us are trying to enjoy our meal. No we are not "child Zealots" - we have brought four into this world.

Secondly, there didn't seem to be much choice of any bar or restaurant in the hotel where you could just go for a quiet glass of wine or a peaceful, undisturbed meal without music or tv. Even reception couldn't come up with any suggestions.

On the subject of noise, Dubai is presently one huge building site with literally hundreds of building sites and tower cranes working through the day and night. But, we know that and in the Arabian Court it is not as intrusive as that which we've related to above. The grounds are well established and the work is successfully shielded in most parts.

The beach at the back of the hotel is at the base of the Palm and consequently not the most picturesque of outlooks.

To summerize, a clean comfortable and well run five star hotel, typical of Dubai. Probably good then for young families (but beware of the fiercely strong sun on young skin) and those not necessarily seeking peace and quiet.