Banyan Tree Dubai

Dubai Beach, Dubai

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The hotel

Nestled on the tranquil shores of Bluewaters Island, you'll find Banyan Tree Dubai. Focusing on wellness the resort offers a beachfront escape with stylish stays, lush gardens and expansive pools. Dining here is an occasion with four captivating dining destinations including dishes from celebrity chef Alvin Leung, the finest sushi at TakaHisa and international cuisines served poolside. Visit the recently renovated signature spa where all treatments come with a complimentary 30-minute Calm Time of refreshments and relaxation.

Amenities

  • Kids Club
  • Bar
  • Fitness Centre/Gym
  • Restaurant
  • Spa
  • Swimming Pool
  • Beachfront location

Where is it

Located off Dubai Marina and JBR, on Bluewaters, Dubai’s exclusive island destination. Transfer time from Dubai International Airport: 30 minutes.

Hotel information

178 rooms and suites and 1 villa. All with contemporary decor, floor-to-ceiling windows, balcony, tea/coffee-making facilities, WiFi access, safe, marble bathrooms and Banyan Tree signature amenities. Bliss Guestrooms have boulevard views and 1 king-size bed or twin beds, sleeping maximum 2 adults.

Half Board includes:

- breakfast at Alizee Restaurant

- lunch – 3-course set menu: guests may enjoy lunch at Alizee Restaurant (Banyan Tree) or Tutto Passa (Delano)

- dinner – 3-course set menu: dinner is available at any of the following restaurants:

Banyan Tree: Alizee Restaurant, Demon Duck, Tocha

Delano: Tutto Passa, The Blue Door

Half Board guests may choose lunch or dinner as per the above highlighted options.

Please note: La Cantine Beach and Gohan are now part of the exclusive half-board dine-around programme.

Room upgrades

Bliss Resort View Guestrooms with 1 king size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.

Serenity Ocean View Guestrooms with 1 king size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.

Harmony Oceanfront Master Suites feature a spacious balcony, living and dining areas, and a separate bedroom, with 1 king size bed, sleeping maximum 3 adults.

Alizée (beachside dining with French-Mediterranean cuisine, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner). Demon Duck by Alvin Leung (Chinese and Pan Asian menu, daily dinner plus themed evenings with live DJ). Takahisa (Japanese dishes, lunch and dinner). Tocha (Japanese Tea Lounge). Alizée pool and beach (casual dining).

3 pools and a private beach. Award winning spa*. Fitness centre. Kids club. Water sports*. Yoga. Wellness Studio.

Complimentary WiFi. Room service*.

* Denotes local charge. 

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Traveller rating

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  • Very good (9)
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Image of the Tripadvisor rating A True Paradise – Best Hotel in Dubai!

Jun 30, 2025 Chanel S England, United Kingdom

From the moment we arrived, Banyan Tree Dubai felt like a slice of paradise. This is hands down the best hotel in Dubai – combining pure luxury with genuine warmth and hospitality. I would highly recommend Banyan Tree to anyone seeking the best!
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Wonderful Living with banyan tree

Jun 30, 2025 Kitty880204 Xi'an, China

We stay with Banyan tree for 4days. They give the wonderful experience in the resort. All the staff are very Kindly and Hospitality for us. We are very enjoy the stay
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Out of the ordinary attention to detail

Jun 28, 2025 7malakf

With genuine smiles and kind greetings, the staff welcomed us as soon as we arrived at the hotel. Every team member made a consistent effort to help and ensure that we were comfortable. Both breakfast and service at Alizée were magnificent. We enjoyed every dish which was delicious and beautifully presented. The staff was very attentive too,… Read more
With genuine smiles and kind greetings, the staff welcomed us as soon as we arrived at the hotel. Every team member made a consistent effort to help and ensure that we were comfortable. Both breakfast and service at Alizée were magnificent. We enjoyed every dish which was delicious and beautifully presented. The staff was very attentive too, but not excessively which created a perfect ambiance making our morning even better. I would like to offer my appreciation to Ayu for extending additional effort so that we would be comfortable. As soon as we got there, she escorted us to the room and oriented us on a few important details. Her pleasant demeanor helped create a conducive atmosphere for a wonderful stay. Thank you staff as well! It was a great experience in each aspect, great services, fantastic meals, breathtaking room. Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Recommended for a chill pool day with a day pass

Jun 27, 2025 Lorasaleh3

Excellent place for a chill pool day. Our server Michael was great! Super helpful and friendly. Definitely recommend it.
Image of the Tripadvisor rating The Banyan Tree, Dubai – A Rare Case of Style and Substance

Jun 26, 2025 M4184IJpauls London, United Kingdom

The luxury hotel game is a tough one. It’s like trying to stay fashionable while married to someone who buys you trousers for Christmas from John Lewis. Keeping luxurious is no mean feat. Fashions and trends change faster than a Love Island contestant’s moral compass. And the second you so much as unlock your automatic front doors, the whole world… Read more
The luxury hotel game is a tough one. It’s like trying to stay fashionable while married to someone who buys you trousers for Christmas from John Lewis. Keeping luxurious is no mean feat. Fashions and trends change faster than a Love Island contestant’s moral compass. And the second you so much as unlock your automatic front doors, the whole world is judging – not next week, not after they’ve had time to reflect – but immediately, live-streamed, in ultra-high-def 4K, complete with a nauseating voiceover: “Hey guys, I’ve just checked into this insane hotel in Dubai…” They film every inch of the lobby, zoom in on the oversized modern art like it’s part of a Tate retrospective, tap their nails on the smart tech bedside panels like they’re defusing a bomb, and pan dramatically across the breakfast buffet as though they’ve discovered the lost city of Atlantis sculpted out of cantaloupe. But the thing that these ring-light-wielding narcissists never manage to properly capture – bless them – is service. Because you can’t film genuine warmth. You can’t tag discretion. You can’t livestream anticipation of your needs. You can have a 120-inch TV the size of a helipad in your suite, or a parking bay full of McLarens out front, but unless your staff know how to read a guest better than ChatGPT on a caffeine binge, it’s all just expensive fluff. Which brings me to The Banyan Tree, Dubai, which – and I don’t say this lightly – has absolutely nailed it. Service. Real, proper, old-school, no-corners-cut, bend-over-backwards service. The kind of service that can’t be bought off the shelf with a luxury interior designer and a Pinterest board. It’s the sort that comes from leadership, culture, training, and – forgive the sentimentality – pride. It’s the sort I’ve seen glimmers of in the best resorts of Thailand, the best Ryokans in Kyoto, even the most rarified of Maldivian hideaways. But in Dubai? Rare. And precious. As most of my regular readers know, I’ve been lucky enough to stay in some of the world’s finest hotels. I’ve written enough secret shopper reports to fill a small novella. I’ve been invited to test chef’s tasting menus before they get their star, only to confirm, to everyone’s mild disappointment, that they probably won’t. The thread that binds all the greats is the ambition to offer world-class service. And sadly, more often than not, they blow it somewhere. Not here. Let me elaborate. Breakfast, for one, is a peculiar challenge in the 5-star world. You’d think by now they’d have cracked it, but no. As I said in my recent London review – the posher the hotel, the worse the Full English. It’s as though the chefs assume their clientele are all on some new keto-bio-intermittent-fast. You’ve got a crowd of demanding guests turning up at erratic intervals, all expecting wildly different things, all consuming three times the calories they’d normally manage in a week. You’ve got birchers and bao buns, you’ve got vegans and carnivores, cappuccino drinkers and oat milk obsessives. The buffet’s the size of a runway, and half the guests look like they’ve done laps of it just to justify their third helping of smoked salmon. But at the Banyan Tree, it’s calm. It’s easy. It’s elegant. You’re offered a juice – something green and virtuous with cucumber and despair in it – which I politely declined, but Mrs Travel Critic lapped up like it was straight from Gwyneth’s own gourd. Coffee? Arrived in seconds. Menu? Full of precisely what you want, whether you know it or not. Refills? Encouraged. Clearing plates? Done with silent, almost eerie efficiency. Even the handbag got its own little chair – my wife now insists I do the same at home. And this wasn’t a one-hit wonder. It was consistent. Every. Single. Morning. Which is so rare I nearly wept into my pain au chocolat. Then there’s the room situation. Small hiccup, nothing scandalous, a minor issue, but by the time I’d shrugged it off, I’d already been contacted (via an absurdly efficient WhatsApp concierge system) with an offer of an upgrade. Not just “hey sorry” but an actual, proactive move to make things better. Not necessary, not expected – which is what made it genuine. They care. And it shows. By the pool? Service like you’re some sort of visiting monarch. You’re shown to your sunbed like it’s the bloody coronation chair. Ice water refilled without asking. Towels placed with the precision of a Swiss watchmaker. The whole thing just purrs. Even the check-in had that rare touch – escorted to your room by the same person who welcomed you at the desk. Continuity. Personalisation. Not being passed around like a hot potato between departments who all call you “Mr. Guest.” I could go on – and you know I usually do – but you don’t need me to wax lyrical about the pools (lovely), the rooms (lavish without being lurid), the restaurants (you can read my separate, gushing reviews elsewhere), or the spa (you’ll want to be buried there). That’s all on the website, and anyway, it photographs well. What doesn’t photograph well – what no influencer can capture with a slow pan and a sickly filter – is heart. And this place has it. A rare, beating, heartfelt soul in a city often accused of style over substance. Dubai, like it or not, is growing up fast. It’s turning into something more than flash. And The Banyan Tree is one of the prime reasons why. It’s not just beautiful – it’s brilliantly run. And that, my friends, is the true luxury. Read less