Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai

Amazing hotel and a must visit for sure! The food at Al Diwaan (main restaurant) is included in the full board rate and in redemption stays and was all spectacular quality, best food I’ve had at an all inclusive place anywhere for sure. The rooms are amazing and AC is excellent, had our room at 18C when it was 40 outside. The pool is heated and is perfect temperature for the desert heat. Gazelles and oryx’s are roaming the property and are easy to spot throughout the day. The staff was extremely friendly and nice and the activities are very cool as well with stuff like falconry and sunset cocktails and dune bashing. Highly recommend making some time to come out here and check it out. They also don’t allow kids under 10 to stay which allows for some quiet at dinner and at the main pool.

Most private, peaceful and calm place I’ve ever been to 🙌 Everything was great from check-in thru check-out. As Titanium Member I got upgrade to Royal suite. Staff is super friendly and helpful. It was truly magical staycation with private pool, excellent food and fun activities (horse riding, sunset drinks) I will definitely come back!!

6* if I could. 3 nights was the PERFECT amount of time here to unwind and enjoy all of the activities on offer. The suites and the location are marvelous, but the warmth, kindness and generosity of all the staff, from the housekeepers, reception, waiters/waitresses and guides put this place over the top. You could tell that they go above and beyond to make your stay perfect. Highly recommend to all to visit this beautiful and fantastic place!

We had an incredible 3 night stay at Al Maha.  With us landing in the evening, the hotel was very accommodating ensuring we were still able to enjoy dinner. They also included bfast and lunch on our last day since we didn't get to enjoy that on our day of check in. Words can't express the beauty of this resort but you will find many blogs attempting to do exactly that.  Rather, I will comment that what makes this resort and time spent an amazing time is the staff.  Every staff member somehow knows your name and calls you by your name.  They are always smiling and always ready and willing to help.  We felt very welcomed and cared for. The rooms were very comfortable with the only annoyance being the water alarm that kept going off on the day there was a down pour, though not much the hotel can do there.  If I had one feedback regarding the room, it would be if they are able to improve their drainage system.  The sink and shower drains were slow so the water always backed up, getting annoying. While we had no intentions of using the spa, we were impressed by the set up and ended up doing a full spa treatment which was wonderful.  We were also able to use the steam/sauna area which is small but well built.  The communal pool at the spa is also very nice and relaxing. All the meals are at the single restaurant on property.  The meals are all delicious but it is a lot of food.  They recommend a 3 course for lunch and 5 course for dinner (2 of the courses are palate cleaners) but it is a LOT of food.  My wife and I enjoy good food but we couldn't eat so much after the first day.  We would skip some of the courses and the staff got worried we didn't like the food.  We tend to share the courses/meals so finally by the 3rd day they realized we were splitting and just split it for us.  Lol.  But they do keep insisting you eat more, which is a lovely gesture; we just felt bad saying no to more food.  Note, if you are vegetarian, they do have a separate veg menu.  But if you are staying there 3 nights, you will have tried everything on the menu by then. Since the resort is in middle of the desert, commute is a bit difficult.  You can taxi but if wasn't clear to me how much you save taking a taxi.  There's also an Uber option but Ubers are far and few this far away.  The hotel does offer pick up and drop off service which wasn't much more than what Uber or taxi would be. The only thing that would have put this stay over the top is if we could have been upgraded to a sun rise or sunset facing room.  Unfortunately our beautiful suite was in between and we couldn't see either from the deck.

Magical hotel, unique location and excellent service. I cant complain about the service staff or the property itself. It was very nice to be there at the resort. Activities were nice, the safari was not that special. Food was great and they took great care of us. The jacuzzi in the spa area was very dirty, there were everywhere hair and dirt in it. I dont recommend to use the spa facilities.