Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates, Dubai
Expert reviews
“Not only is the five-star Kempinski hotel a shopper’s dream (it’s attached to Mall of the Emirates), it looks out onto the most bizarre scene in the desert — Ski Dubai, one of the largest manmade ski slopes on the planet.”
“The stately Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates, with its regal domes and impressive façades, has the unusual distinction of being a ski resort in the Dubai desert.”
“This novel snow-and-sun destination – famous for offering cosy ski chalets in the desert – is also a magnet for shoppers, attached to an indoor ski park and Mall of the Emirates. From Valencian paella to Levantine falafels, the food is another draw, best enjoyed between exotic cocktails at Noir bar.”
What guests liked
- Friendly staff
- Excellent location
- Breakfast buffet
- Boutique style
- Excellent Wifi
All you need to know
This luxury hotel offers superb and luxury accommodation options for visitors in the city of Dubai. The hotel is directly linked to the Mall of the Emirates, which participates in the Dubai Shopping Festival, one of the biggest shopping festivals in the world. The hotel is located in an excellent location where it offers guests close proximity to the most beautiful buildings in the city, and even in the world.
The hotel is located in the commercial hub of the city, making it close to several bars, cafes, and restaurants. Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates is just a few minutes’ drive away from the busy Downtown Dubai, while the Dubai Marina is just a 5-minute walk away from the hotel. The famous Palm Jumeirah is also a mere 5-minute walk away from the hotel.
This five-star hotel offers luxury rooms and splendor of beauty and elegance in its building. The hotel features the latest high-tech facilities and amenities which makes the hotel a comfortable place to stay for visitors in the city. Tourists and travelers can make use of several amenities in well-furnished rooms such as free Wi-Fi, a comfy sofa, and a flat-screen TV to make the complete seating area, a minibar, a coffee maker and a private bathroom.
The private bathroom also features thoughtful touches such as bathroom slippers, bathrobes, and bathtubs. The hotel is also popular for being the only hotel that offers a direct view of the skiing slopes of Ski Dubai from its room.
The hotel offers several dining options including authentic Spanish cuisine in its on-site restaurants. Enjoy drinks and shisha poolside at the hotel. Guests can also sample various cocktails at Noir, next door to the hotel.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
20 March 2024
Fabulous
Location , Clean , and Staff But Water stopped for 15 minutes on morning . Humidity in room was a bit felt
Proximity ti Mall
19 March 2024
Needs more variety
Location, hotel cleanliness, and staff efficency.
Executive floor food
19 March 2024
A nice break ,
Comfortable , clean staff were very good
The executive lounge choice of food very limited , probably not worth paying extra for the lounge access , there was lot of road noise whilst at the pool due to the hotels location , the e11 probably came after the hotel was built ,
18 March 2024
Nice place to return
Room was spotless and comfy. This hotel is providing everything that a person may need during the travel. I am returning guest and I love the doormen - each of them is very attentive to everybody in the area.
All was good.
18 March 2024
Fabulous
Great hospitality
18 March 2024
Fabulous
Great hospitality
16 March 2024
It was an awesome experience to stay in this hotel.
All the things great, breakfast and facilities great and also the location especially when you travel with your family is awesome.
I asked hotel for my wedding anniversary to give me a meal or gift to surprise my wife but they just put some flowers in the without anything!
16 March 2024
Fabulous
The reception manager, Turkish person, pity don't remember him name (could be Ozgun), really polite and professional. He did everything for our comfy stay!
16 March 2024
Staff were accommodating & friendly
Location
15 March 2024
Exceptional
Very clean and well maintained hotel. I bit old, true, but again - you can clearly see that all is maintained in a very good manner
14 March 2024
Generally excellent, the slight frustrations were not of the hotel or staff's making.
Hotel lovely I had a room that opened out onto the pool. The staff were excellent, and the food in the restaurants and at the poolside was very good.
Poolside service was a little understaffed - it sometimes took a little while to find someone to take an order - but I wasn't in a rush, and when it came it was very good! Things to note - the traffic around the hotel can get nightmarish even for Dubai - this has everything to do with the fact that all the visitors to the mall use the entrance nearest the hotel's driveway so it can take time getting in and out. Note that in winter the poolside area doesn't get a lot of sun, due to the high sides and the sun being lower in the sky. It will defo get more between say April and October, but in the winter months it can feel chilly if the wind is blowing and you're damp from the pool.
13 March 2024
Fabulous
The room is really spacious and the favorable location with MOE offers us fantastic experience in attactions,shopping, dinning and sightseeing and city walk. House keeping service is nice and the hotel is really generous in pure drinking water, which is quite an bonus in desert place.
12 March 2024
Exceptional
Clean , smells good , professional staff
Everything was perfect
11 March 2024
Fabulous
Location, room size and view, cleanliness
Nothing
10 March 2024
Fabulous
The hotel stands next to the Emirates Mall, offering direct access. It's trully luxurious with big size rooms, as seen in the photos. We had exactly the same room like the photos. The staff was amazing. From the doorman to the receptionists and the maids, everyone was very polite, friendly and helpful! All were trying us to feel like home, and the managed it! Thank you so much for your exceptional hospitality. The breakfast had everything that you could imagine; fresh ingredients, freshly made eggs/omelettes/pancakes, fresh smoothies, even many vegeterian and vegan options. The lounge was perfect; not crowded, quiet (so anyone could either relax or work), offering also great selections of snacks and drinks.
The hotel (as a building and decoration) is one of the oldest in modern Dubai, therefore some furniture or fabrics have an "old" smell (forgive me if I am not describing it properly). However, this did not affect our stay and our mood. Also, the noise from the Sheikh Zayed road that have the rooms facing the Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach, may be disturbing for light sleepers; however, the view that these rooms have is fantastic!
10 March 2024
Perfect stay
Everything
Nothing
9 March 2024
Overall, it was a very good experience. Will definitely recommend to family and friends.
The service, the politeness and dedication of staff to make an incredible customer experience
Water volume from The shower faucet was too thin, mist-like. Would have preferred a faucet with more water flow, greater debit. The description of the room did not mention that it was with 2 single beds, though the photo did. I would have preferred a single large bed.
8 March 2024
One of my favourite hotels good breakfast and facilities but at a price
Excellent location in the mall, good housekeeping comfortable beds and helpful staff.
I feel the price is too much, I have stayed in this hotel 12 times over the years but I’m not sure I will be able to afford it again. Booking through kempinski website is even more expensive than external sites so my membership doesn’t come with any perks or discount
8 March 2024
Exceptional
Staff will do anything to guarantee the satisfaction and welfare of guests. Thanks every member of the staff
7 March 2024
Very relaxing and enjoyable
Well maintained property,
Nothing
6 March 2024
Exceptional
Every thing
Nothing
5 March 2024
Simply perfect. The staff were the best. Great stay at this Kempinski property like always!
The staff at the hotel were fantastic, the room was large and amazing and the breakfast was the best we ever experienced. Overall it was a fantastic experience. Our amazing room attendant Mr. Dhanshukhnhai was very friendly and always made sure our room was and ready to the highest standard.
5 March 2024
A perfect stay at a well run classy hotel
excellent room conditions. thoughtful decor
nothing except the room was far from the lift lobby
5 March 2024
Nice hotel for family
Very clean hotel Access to Emirates Mall Fast room service
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kid meals (additional charge)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Airport shuttle
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Barber/beauty shop
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Car hire
- - Allergy-free room
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Minimarket on site
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Currency exchange
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - ATM/cash machine on site
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Fitness centre
- - Golf course (within 3 km) (additional charge)
- - Skiing
- - Spa and wellness centre (additional charge)
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Spa facilities
- - Steam room
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Foot bath
- - Spa/wellness packages
- - Fitness
- - Personal trainer
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
- - Movie nights (additional charge)
- - Themed dinner nights (additional charge)
- - Happy hour (additional charge)
- - Tour or class about local culture (additional charge)
- - Live music/performance
- - Live sport events (broadcast)
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Outdoor pool
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor pool (all year)
- - Outdoor furniture
Entertainment and family services
- - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Ski
- - Ski storage
- - Ski school (additional charge)
- - Ski equipment hire on site
- - Ski pass vendor
- - Ski-to-door access
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Accessible parking
Pool and wellness
- - Pool bar
- - Sun loungers or beach chairs
- - Kids' pool
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming Pool
Transport
- - Airport pick up (additional charge)
- - Airport drop off (additional charge)
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Face masks for guests available
21 March 2024
FEELS LIKE HOME AWAY FROM HOME!
EVERYTHING!!! This is definitely my hotel of choice in Dubai. The facilities are amazing, the staff (with caveat on Executive Lounge - see my comment on what i didnt like - but everything else made up for it) are fantastic and very friendly and helpful, rooms are spotless and cleaned twice a day (morning and 7pm) - this coming from someone with OCD - yes, they are "hospital-grade" clean! Oh and, location, location, location...you walk into the mall of emirates directly from the hotel...no need to struggle with shopping bags..hands free can deliver to the hotel, concierge and bell boys are great and always willing to help even when your feeling alittle guilty..everyone is so nice and just always say a simple hullo and take the chance to find out if all is ok or if you need anything (that personal touch and genuine caring makes a world of difference, even on bad days - they manage to bring a smile to your face) its great for business, great for leisure/vacation- solo and family travel works well here, all ages - so its good for all...managers and staff are approachable and very responsive to make things happen and your stay better, ladies in red check in to see if you are ok, it feels like a home away from home....it has it all...I love it all!
The Executive lounge could be abit better/ "warmer" in the sense of the staffing (numbers and personalities of the personnel working in it)...too few staff (1 or 2) even when its super busy. I also found one staff to be particularly 'cold' on my last stay and I was not amused getting to breakfast one day at 10.50am and finding no food (breakfast ends at 11am on weekdays - so assumption is, you should have served by then, not you should have eaten your last bite and be exiting - right?)...this staff outright told me, sorry 10 minutes to breakfast end so, just pick whatever is left, the rest (which was basically everything excluding fruit and bread like I was a bird!) isn't available...I wasn't amused! Had alittle chat with her, she did sort of warm up/remember her manners towards the end. But, my point is, people pay a lot for the Executive Lounge, and it should therefore be a great experience especially in terms of staff interactions.