PHOTOS
GUEST REVIEWS
Expedia Guest Rating
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating
TripAdvisor provides an assessment of hotel quality based on more than 60 million reviews & opinions from real travellers. The traveller rating represents an average of individual ratings for this hotel.
See all #### TripAdvisor ReviewsRooms & Rates
| Room type | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deluxe Garden Room | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Deluxe terrace room | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| One Bedroom Anantara Pool Villa | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Anantara Suite | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Renovations and Closures
The hotel will be renovating from 1 May 2012 to 22 August 2012 (completion date subject to change). The following areas are affected:
Guests will have access to the following alternate facilities during the renovation:
Every effort will be made to minimize noise and disturbance.
This information supersedes all other information in this property's description that relates to these amenities.
Accessibility Options
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the “Special or Accessibility Requests” section of “Trip Preferences” when you book your hotel.
Property Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara features an outdoor pool and a health club. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 4 restaurants. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
This 5-star property offers access to a business center and small meeting rooms. Event facilities include conference/meeting rooms and a ballroom. This luxury hotel also offers a children's pool, a fitness facility, and a sauna.
Rooms
Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara offers 206 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature DVD players and laptop-compatible safes. Balconies open to desert views. Beds feature premium bedding. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access.
Bathrooms include separate bathtubs and showers, bathrobes, slippers, and makeup/shaving mirrors. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. A nightly turndown service is provided.
Room Amenities
Dining
Al Waha - This buffet restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Suhail - This fine-dining restaurant serves dinner and has a bar. Reservations are required. Restaurant service is not available on Monday.
Ghadeer - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
Renovations and Closures
The hotel will be renovating from 1 May 2012 to 22 August 2012 (completion date subject to change). The following areas are affected:
Guests will have access to the following alternate facilities during the renovation:
Every effort will be made to minimize noise and disturbance.
This information supersedes all other information in this property's description that relates to these amenities.
Showing 1 - 10 results (of 10)
out of 10 reviews
“Impressive Desert Location”
Excellent hotel with extremely attentive staff in all departments in an exotic desert location. Accommodation and food could not be faulted. The only obvious failing was the lack of organised activities direct from the hotel rather than travel to another departure point.
“Review of Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort”
The setting is unbelievable and the hotel is so impressive it reminds you very much of being inside a fort, right from entering through the gates and into the large reception area where you are in awe of your surroundings, the Arabic influences are everywhere. We stayed for 3 nights and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, we chose a terrace room which was spacious even with an extra bed, the views from the terrace were superb! The service and friendliness of the staff were great too, having a 10 year old we didn't try the fine dining restaurant but ate out of the other restaurants where the food was of good quality and accommodated for kids. The pool is great (heated too) with a shaded area over the kids section, we spent most of our time here during the day, again the attentiveness of the staff meant you never wanted for anything. We never used the spa but choose to go on 3 excursions - the Camel Riding, Archery and 4x4 Dune bashing, they were all well organised and good fun too. We would have no hesitation in recommending the hotel, however, not sure if you could do two weeks there with younger kids as there is a limitation to the activities you can do, that said we wished we had longer than the 3 nights we spent there a week would have been good, that said if you want to get away from it all and just relax the setting is ideal.
“Excellent resort hotel.”
Absolutely fantastic hotel. Having worked for airlines throughout my career, I have stayed in a large number of hotels and it takes a lot to impress me. This hotel is in my top 3.
“Chocolate cake in the desert”
Very enjoyable experience but pricey. Very relaxing time and the staff were all very helpful and friendly. Only downside was the delay each morning for the "house service" to tidy and clean the room. The really nice touch was the surprise birthday cake for me left in our room. How did they know that I love to pig out on chocolate!Tactfully only one candle was supplied
“Highly recommend the Qasr Al Sarab”
I read a very interesting and detailed review in Trip Advisor prior to my stay at the hotel. Obviously these reviews are very subjective but the information and opinions in this particular one were spot on. The setting of the Hotel is fabulous. The staff extremely polite. The check in process involves you sitting comfortably in a beautiful lounge with a welcome drink while you are processed personally by an extremely polite member of staff. The room recommended in the review (a garden terrace) was superb. Fantastic desert views. A bit of a walk to the pool and main hotel resturants...about 5 mins as the hotel is quite spead out but this was no problem for us. I highly recommend the sunset camel ride, a really great experience. I am currently working in Abu Dhabi and living in a five star hotel so have high expectations. I was not disappointed. This hotel is exceptional and I will go back again.
“Stunning hotel in extraordinary location”
This was an extraordinary hotel, beautifully thought out and appointed and in the most amazing location. The staff were excellent without being over attentive. All in all a fantastic place and we will definitely return, and encourage friends to do so as well
“Out of the ordinary location”
This is a marvelous hotel and the location is out of the ordinary. We will go back for sure and for a longer stay. We had a Deluxe Room with terrasse and it offers a lot for a long stay. Even at night it is beautiful.
“Absolute decadence”
For relaxation this hotel is the ultimate. We should have spent longer there and will next time. The added touches like complimentary dried fruit box and fresh fruit basket were appreciated. The villa with personal pool is worth the extra cost.
“An oasis in the desert”
Completely off the beaten track with the sand dunes as a backdrop, this hotel offers outstanding luxury for those who want to escape the hustle and bustle of downtown Abu Dhabi. You may not want to stay for a whole week but for a few days it's the ideal place to unwind and spoil yourself. Spend a little extra and get a terrace room (the terraces are very spacious). Make sure you have an evening sat on top of the dunes watching the sun set.
“Desert Delight!”
We had a wonderful three nights at Qasr Al Sarab - it was utterly luxurious. However, for a five star hotel, there were a couple of hitches. When we arrived, the check-in process took over an hour, though it was during Eid. We were then informed we would have a room with twin beds and no breakfast when we had booked a king bed with breakfast included. This was then rectified on producing evidence of our Expedia booking despite initially telling us the hotel was full so there were no king beds available. We had booked each of the restaurants for each night in advance (having been told this was advisable by friends) and got conflicting reports saying Suhail was not open on a Monday (it turned out to be open every night of the week), that we couldn't sit outside on any of the nights in any of the restaurants (each restaurant had us eating al fresco on every evening), and that Dining By Design Hazeera was only open on a Friday night to certain people (it was actually open on every night too and we missed out on that due to the false information we were given). One other thing to watch out for at Suhail - other reviews on tripadvisor mentioned that the restaurant offers you Kir Royale drinks when you arrive as a treat which turn out not to be complimentary so be warned. On the upside, the food at all the restaurants particularly Suhail was fantastic; the service was excellent at restaurants and at the pool; and the early morning desert walk was worth the 5:30am start!
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating:
(based on #### traveller reviews)
Additional reviews provided by 
, the world's leading source of hotel reviews.
, the world's leading source of hotel reviews.
Showing 1 - 10 results (of 10)
