Sofitel Corniche, Abu Dhabi
Expert reviews
“Slap on the Corniche and packed full of facilities, you can’t really go wrong staying in the Sofitel’s large, light-filled rooms. The two rooftop pools (one kept specifically for families with wee ones) are where most guests hang out, though after dark many are tempted into Jazz & Fizz for a drink or two.”
“This well situated 280-room hotel exudes French elegance and offers sweeping views of the Gulf and city skyline. A stay at the Sofitel Abu Dhabi Corniche will have you experiencing five-star luxury minutes from the emirate’s popular Corniche promenade and beach.”
What guests liked
- Top location
- Comfortable beds
- Ocean view
- Friendly staff
- Private parking
All you need to know
Looking for a masterclass in supreme hospitality? Turn your gaze towards the Middle East, specifically the Arabian Peninsula. A perfect specimen of such finesse is visible at the Sofitel Abu Dhabi Corniche.
Indeed, this hotel’s reputation precedes it; the name ‘Sofitel’ essentially encapsulates the luxurious experience you can expect. Competing effortlessly with other luxury hotel giants, Sofitel’s distinct Art Deco style brings an artistic flair to their elegance.
This property is no exception. If you find the beds softer than usual or the sky-high views more breathtaking, remember it’s just their standard procedure in the Emirates.
While the Sofitel does not lack in recreational offerings — boasting an open-air pool, a comprehensive spa, and a six-fold selection of eateries and watering holes — it’s fundamentally designed for the corporate world.
Rest assured, the entire establishment will exceed your expectations — but for a premium experience, there’s an actual elevated portion of the hotel: the two uppermost floors house Club Millésime, a luxury club that rivals offerings from any major hotel chains.
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Recent guest reviews
1 January 2025
A memorable stay which could have been easily better had the service level been at least to the expected level.
Location and the size of the property
The drainage in bath area of washroom was defective. The room and washroom didn’t feel fresh and squeaky clean when we checked in. The room did not have room slippers & tissue box. The washroom had body wash but no loofah. The room service indeed too slow. Had to give repeated reminders to get the above sorted out.
1 January 2025
It was short but ok
Good location
Facilities somewhat outdated/ not as clean as expected.
29 December 2024
Pleasant and comfortable
Good view of the corniche area, clean room with a comfortable bed. Good service and great staff
Nothing that I can think about.
18 December 2024
Great location, great staff. I would definitely stay again.
Excellent staff. Very helpful, very kind. Comfortable, clean room.
Maybe mini bar could be filled against a deposit
18 December 2024
Very relaxing stay during an amazing F1 weekend
Very friendly staff. The main pool was relaxing and nicely cool in the shade. The second pool is somewhat hidden but much warmer.
Breakfast was a bit crowded during the F1 Raceweek, but it was fine. Breakfast itself was wonderful.
3 December 2024
Very good
Location. Facilities. Staff
Bed is not conformable
23 November 2024
Fabulous
The breakfast, the location, the fantastic city view from the room, the staff’s helpfulness
The hotel should enable re-heating food for guests. I don’t like to waste food and any hotel will just get you to sign a waiver if they re-heat food for you. Sofitel however did not enable it at all.
9 November 2024
Great hotel but very uncomfortable bed.
Great location, attentive staff, good facilities
The bed was awful. There was a huge dent in the mattress. It had obviously been tried to be concealed as there was a mattress topper, however, never made it any more comfortable. After 9 nights, I came away with terrible back ache.
2 November 2024
Excellent Location, Well supportive staff but room size is not upto the mark.
Excellent Location. Support Staff is too good. Specially Miss Allen of the Check in staff was too kind to us and she managed well to allot us room just before time.We appreciate support staff.
Room size has been quite small. Category wise Room size is not suitable for comfortable stay for sure.
29 October 2024
A good choice!
Nice property in a good location. The staff were friendly - would stay again
It’s an older property so slightly dated, breakfast was average
29 October 2024
Fabulous
Size of room and view
No shattaf at bath room
27 October 2024
Nice hotel
Nice hotel and good location. Staff were nice too
N/A
27 October 2024
Nice Hotel
Nice hotel and good location. Staff were nice too
N/A
24 October 2024
Very good
All was perfect
The swimming pool was not clean i was affected with skin bacteria
20 October 2024
What a bargain
The location of the hotel was amazing and the views are sublime
Felt like it needed updating in certain areas
20 October 2024
Short stay for work.
Nice room, quite big, with the bathroom open (or not) in the room.
There was only warm water for the bath, and the shower was leaking. The valet parking staff doesn’t understand English well. And the restaurant at the pool level, the staff sees you waiting but don’t come to ask you what you want. Some people left, I went to the bar to ask if they were still serving food…
15 October 2024
Beautiful stay
Perfect
Shattaf wasn’t there
9 October 2024
Very good
location, room layout
nothing
3 October 2024
Amazing view of the wonderful Abu Dhabi corniche!
The room was clean, tidy and mattress was comfortable. The Breakfast was delicious with good verities that suits different tastes. The lobby was spacious and relaxing. The swimming pool was amazing, decently sized to allow for quite amusing time for my kids.
Nothing significant to report except for that there was no direct access to the hotel from corniche road.
25 September 2024
Nice hotel however pool needs refurbishment. Good location and spacious rooms. 7/10 however could do with a more mo
Location + spacious room
Outdate pool
19 September 2024
Very good
Decoration, and Comfort
Valet parking service was very slow (I mean very very slow)
19 September 2024
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Excellent Customer Service Spacious suite
Leaking water from the toilet
14 September 2024
Pleasant
The view and the place
Nothing, unless the TV it wasn't smart
12 September 2024
Fabulous
Comfortable beds. Modern look.
3 September 2024
Great stay!
The breakfast was great! The room was neat and comfortable.
The air conditioning wasn't cold enough
1 September 2024
Overall I had nice experience staying there.
Nice and clean friendly staff
It’s away from the beach
30 August 2024
Delightful
Loved the room and the breakfast buffet was the highlight of our stay, food was delicious and diverse, friendly staff and we even got a late check out.
The room’s AC was leaking all night but we called to get it fixed. And the iron was outdated and leaked as well.
28 August 2024
Fabulous
Very nice hotel, room was wonderful, breakfast was extremely rich, staff was very friendly, very polite and extremely helpful, everything was perfect! We will be sure staying here again during our visit to Abu Dhabi.
It was a bit hot in the corridors once you come out of the room and also in the main lift.
28 August 2024
Great location and friendly staff.
Everything was great for the most part.
The vent started leaking the day before I left. I called it in, but I'm not sure if anyone ever came as it was still leaking when I left.
20 August 2024
Good
Very good customer service, nice room, swimming pool
Smart TV can’t connect to Wi-fi.. can’t play even youtube for my toddler😅
19 August 2024
Great stay, thank you.
We were given an interconnected room to be with the family, upgraded to a suite and amazing friendly staff who made my wife's birthday special. The staff always have a smile and the buffet menu is amazingly good.
The room had a smell, the sofa cloth was dirty and the TV channel options for a 5 star hotel is quite poor, the bose radio system did not work nor the bluetooth.
15 August 2024
Please be flexible
Nice hotel , nice rooms
The idea that we were not given twin beds in each room
5 August 2024
overall decent
overall good sea view room and good location. Food was good as well including the breakfast
the bed sheet seemed a bit old, we felt some rashes on skin
4 August 2024
Feels more like a 4 stars hotel
The location and breakfast were really good!
We chose the hotel to spend the night after a long flight. We requested an extra bed to be added for my 6 years old son through the reservation and through a separate message sent to the Hotel, as a reply to their welcome message and enquire if there were any special requests from our side. We arrived and the bed was not in the room. We called twice the hotel office until the bed arrived and the staff member wanted to leave it in the middle of the room. We had then to request for him to move the table and chair, so the bed could be placed by the side of our bed. A hassle which could have been easily avoided.
2 August 2024
Very good
Location and comfort, good reception and hospitality, especially the receptionist Vashi for her attention
25 July 2024
Fabulous
The location, the room and the service.. Staff at the reception were really friendly and helpful, especially Mr. Imad.
19 July 2024
Fabulous
The staff was very friendly, the food is excellent
24 June 2024
A good stay thankyou
Location was good Did not have breakfast.
Servicing of our room, was not consistent over the days we were there.
23 June 2024
Very good
Romm wasnt clean when check in , there is no shataf in bathroom
21 June 2024
Quick and smooth
It’s a quiet place
Only one guy at reception
19 June 2024
Fair
Location
Pool temperature was not controlled, no proper rules in the pool. Ball games with group of families we’re without considering other swimmers.
17 June 2024
Amazing hotel
Room was clean Gym was very good
Twins beds are tiny but we had a good sleep
1 June 2024
Very good
Efficient, good restaurants & breakfast.
Rooms are relatively small
26 May 2024
Good location and friendly staff
The staff and the location
We could not find a place in the hotel for a quick breakfast
23 May 2024
Great
Everything was great and perfect.
In my check in, the hotel representative waa not so friendly and smily.
14 May 2024
🙁🙁🙁
Carpet bit stinky Malfunctioned Toilet flush (noticed in the morning)
13 May 2024
Fabulous
Really lovely room. This is not the usual type of hotel I stay in, but I splurged for 4 nights. No regrets. I'm coeliac and the staff, in particular the Chef Riza, made sure I knew which food I could and couldn't eat. It is a rare treat to have gluten free pancakes made for me every morning! Soju, at the concierge desk was incredibly helpful when I asked where to go for specific items. There are 2 pools, one in the shade and one in the sun. The latter was a bit harder to find (out maybe it was just me) so do ask the staff. It was the perfect spot to relax with a book and fresh juice
No complaints
8 May 2024
Fabulous
The location the cleaning the stuff are friendly and very quite hotel
Nothing
7 May 2024
Un super séjour avec une french touch qui est très appréciable
The view, the swimming pool
The restaurant was too noisy
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kid meals (additional charge)
- - Kid-friendly buffet
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Barber/beauty shop
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Chapel/shrine
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Shuttle service (free)
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
- - Minimarket on site
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Currency exchange
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - ATM/cash machine on site
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Lockers
Activities
- - Sauna (additional charge)
- - Fitness centre
- - Spa and wellness centre (additional charge)
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Hot tub/Jacuzzi
- - Hammam
- - Nightclub/DJ (additional charge)
- - Evening entertainment
- - Beauty Services
- - Hair treatments
- - Hair colouring
- - Hair styling
- - Body treatments
- - Body scrub
- - Body wrap
- - Spa facilities
- - Steam room
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Spa/wellness packages
- - Fitness
- - Personal trainer
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
- - Themed dinner nights (additional charge)
- - Happy hour (additional charge)
- - Live music/performance
- - Bicycle rental (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press
- - Daily housekeeping
Outdoors
- - Outdoor pool
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor pool (all year)
Parking
- - Accessible parking
Transport
- - Airport pick up (additional charge)
- - Airport drop off (additional charge)
Pool and wellness
- - Sun loungers or beach chairs
- - Sun umbrellas
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming Pool
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Face masks for guests available
5 January 2025
Very good