The First Collection Business Bay

We had an amazing time at the First Collection Business Bay hotel. Everything was as advertised, if not better. The room is spacious, with a comfortable bed, and anything that you could need (bathrobes, bath products, hair dryer, iron, tea kettle and coffee and so much more). Although we had the city view room, we could still see the Burj Khalifa through our window, it was just a little bit to the side. Everything is clean and in good shape, and cleaning is done daily. The pool area is great, with a Burj Khalifa view, but it is in the shade most of the day - which can be a good or bad thing, depending on the day. It was very helpful to have shuttle buses to the Jumeirah Palm and Burj Khalifa, and there were always taxis in front of the hotel ready to take you anywhere for a very reasonable price. Before booking, we saw that some people had some issues with the food, but our experience was amazing - the breakfast buffet had many different options. The offer is the same every day, but you can choose between different types of eggs, meats, cheeses, fruit, salads, pastries, cereal, dips, even some perhaps more lunch foods - even after five days I didn't manage to try everything I wanted to. Especially enjoyable are fresh cooked omelette and crepes that you can get every day. Also regarding the food, our big recommendation is to get the half board. Dinner options are even better than breakfast. Every day you could choose to visit one of three restaurants in the hotel. One of which is buffet style (and every day you have a different theme, such as BBQ, Italian Food, International Food...), and at the other two you get a menu you can choose from, including a appetizer, main course and dessert. You can visit all these restaurant without having a half board option, but you will save a lot of money this way. Especially we recommend the Aaliya Lounge, which had lovely music and was a great place to be at night.

Breakfast was lovely great choices. Restaurant, bar & housekeeping staff were great.

The staff were very friendly and let us check in early and check out late without a charge. The hotel itself is very immaculate and clean. Would highly recommend to stay here and for the price it was amazing.

Wonderful hotel, beautiful, tranquil and ambient pool area with drinks service. Lifeguards very good and always lifeguards on duty. Immaculately cleaned throughout with wonderful staff that go above and beyond. Breakfast was plentiful and I am returning again in just a few days. Only a couple of minor concerns which I have outlined below .

During my recent visit to Dubai, I had the pleasure of staying at your hotel, a modern and stylish hotel in one of the city’s most vibrant areas. My experience exceeded expectations in several ways making it worth sharing. The hotel is strategically located in a very prime area easy to reach at all attraction areas The restaurant manager organized a birthday dinner for my daughter and my friend which was so amaizing the decoration and service esp from Rachel was SuperB I really liked the service, kindness and humbleness from staffs esp from Harrison, George, Valentine and Michael so good people Alex from spa is the best I really recommend for anyone going to Dubai to stay here it’s really value for money The view from swimming pool to Bhuj Khalifa is Heaven also 😍😍