The place is superb. Lots of restaurants and bars to choose from including the fact that Irish Village is literally just around the corner. It is a good place to have al fresco dining specially if it's cold, they also have fans all around the place during summer. It's a one-stop-shop, every cuisine that you might be craving can be found here. Shishas are served as well. Prices vary depending on which restaurant/bar you go to.
i have frequented this place when i was new here in Dubai, during that time when they haven't imposed the entrance fee yet. the drinks were priced reasonably and the food isn't that bad either. the live bands are also very good. most of my american friends like this place because of the pool table area that they have. what's so great about it? they serve free pizza at 3am. :)i haven't been there for a very long time now and was surprised to read a lot of negative reviews about the place being racist and discriminatory. all the "white" people will be exempted from the entrance fee but all the others will have AED100 or worst yet, will not be let in.
performer-wise - it's the most decent filipino bar in Dubai (ignore the fact that it's flanked by a lot of non-filipino prostitutes). they serve the best filipino foods as well. try the lechon kawali, crispy pata and sisig - all those cholesterol-rich foods famous in the philippines. prices are very reasonable too. they charge an entrace fee though by 10pm i think.... they have really good perfomers as well - unlike the horrendous ensemble of the performers in Rocky's (another filipino club in Deira).if you're not up for a live band and would rather have a quiet dinner, the place offers a large area of al fresco dining. shisha is served as well. come as you are.
i never really liked the place since the first time i went there. but i have to give them credits for the songs they played that night, it was good until they started playing arabic songs and people singing with it and i don’t understand a word. i felt left out. i think i have to learn arabic. but for sure, the place would really be loved by arabic shindig prince/princesses, since they will be able to understand the DJ. hehe i have nothing against it, just don’t understand a word they say. and well the crowd – hmmmm doesn’t really pleased my eyes as well. :p BUT it’s the only club that i’ve been to which the bouncers doesn’t really care if you’ll be on top of their tables gyrating like a fool, no they won’t ask you to get down – which i think is good. you can practically do whatever you want, if only i can understand the DJ, i might actually enjoy it. hehehe. dress to impress
worst than i could ever imagine it to be. the ceiling was too low which would have made me claustrophobic if there were just people in there when we went. hehehe. it was a thursday night, a new year and the place was close to empty. some few people dancing (if you call wildly throwing your arms all over the place nevermind if you’ll hit a person behind you dancing, then they are dancing at their very best) and much more less people at the bar drinking. i kept on thinking about that Thailand bar which burned down during the NY eve and people dying when i was at the apartment, since the place was too small and i could only see one door to go to and fro. i was thinking how am going to run with my 3-in shoes if ever it burned down. enough with the horrid thoughts, it was the worst vodka sprite i’ve ever tasted (not sure why it tasted like a fruit seed when you accidentally chewed on them)...
the overly hyped bar at the posh Jumeira Beach Hotel. it was strategically located far off the hotel (you can take a golf cart or opt to walk to enjoy the view going there) with the view of burj al arab and jumeira beach hotel from afar. it’s an al fresco bar/club where the price of drinks were horrendously expensive. you can also order shisha (my new love) and sit on their moist settee all around the place where you get to view the sea or the famous hotels depending on which side of the 360 degree you’re at. so while you inhale the tobacco of the shisha your eyes are on a feast for this breathtaking views. the place is best for couples, holding hands while congesting their lungs with shisha smoke, staring at the starless sky above them and looking at a hotel which they can never afford to be in – this place is a definite visit for mushy couples. just not for us – they play house music...
The ambience was nice, very conducive for a laidback night to catch up with friends, shisha was good and well it was different from what we normally do. It is so good to have peace and quiet from time to time and just talk to your friends and when I say talk, i meant a modulated voice not screaming at each other’s ears with a loud music blasting as a background like what we normally have when we go clubbing. come as you are, but not on slippers.
It was my first time in this funky bar in souk al bahar, i was impressed by the number of people who were there that thursday night. I never knew that the place is getting this crowd nowadays and is by par following (and possibly surpass) the footsteps of Madinat Jumeira which is flanked as well with bars and clubs to attract people. First impression – loud music. We could hear the music 20ft away from its entrance. Haha! We headed to the outdoor patio to meet other friends and was greeted by the majestic The Address hotel standing tall in all its glory in front of us. You literally have the full view of this overpriced hotel at the outdoor patio. It still looked like a lego to me. :pWhile the drinks were not cheap the service we’ve received was excellent but that was before 1230am when people milling around suddenly doubled up and the Thai waitress probably forgot that we ordered...
the place had a nice al fresco dining area with the magnificent view of the Burj Dubai and it was indeed breathtaking. it was “swanky” – high tables, high chairs, cozy sofas (both indoor and outdoor), a well-equipped bar in the middle of it all and a latin/house music to match the mood were made of pure win. you’d think that it will cost you a fortune for a glass of mojito but it was priced AED50 only (i’d say “only” because the ambience of this whole club is so good that i wouldn’t mind paying AED50 for a mojito here compared to paying AED55 at the hive bar which is only 5 dirhams more). beers were priced AED36 per glass. it’s just too bad that we could not find an empty table at the outdoor patio so we ended up at one of those cozy sofas inside the club just beside the door. the place was filled with young and hip and ultra gorgeous people. i think it’s going to be one of those...
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