Anantara Desert Islands Resort & Spa

The hotel is upgrading and sent me an email in advance to apologize. The outside is fenced off. The service is OK, but the combs provided by the hotel are of terrible quality! My mother said it is really not worthy of this hotel. The hotel dinner is quite delicious, especially the lamb chops, which are really well grilled. The snacks are also delicious, and the desserts are huge, we didn't finish them. The breakfast is really average, except for the breakfast in the liwa desert, which is the worst. The hotel swimming pool is not particularly clean.

The room is large and clean. The balcony overlooks the swimming pool and the Persian Gulf. It is very cost-effective. It is located on the northernmost side of the island. The hotel will arrange various activities. You can make reservations and arrangements after arrival.

The most affordable of the three Anantara hotels on Sir Bani Yas Island, it is also a sea view hotel (the other two villas are more desert-style and not close to the sea). Overall, for most mainland tourists, this small island is less crowded, beautiful, blue sea, and many animals, so it should be worth experiencing! (The disadvantage is that it costs about 500 dirhams to take a taxi from Abu Dhabi one way, and it takes 3 hours. If you need the phone number of the local taxi driver, you can leave a message. He is an Indian brother who speaks good English, is punctual, trustworthy and polite) The hotel room is quite standard. The standard room is equipped with a bathtub and a balcony (with two lounge chairs). Capsule coffee and mineral water are replenished daily, and you can ask for more if they are not enough. Service: The hotel service is very good. Whether it is the front desk, the restaurant or the guide staff who go to safari to see animals, they are warm and gentle. Any needs in the room, such as a bucket of ice, will be delivered in time. Facilities: The hotel is not new, but it is a retro country style, which does not affect it. We are a group of three people staying here. We added a small bed, which cost 440 dirhams per night with breakfast. The small bed creaked and was barely slept. Environment: The overall environment of the hotel is excellent. A small island with most facilities is artificial, showing the strength of the rich country all the time. Every tree is carefully maintained by a special drip irrigation. I believe that most of the uu who chooses Sarbaniya hope to meet animals unexpectedly. The season we went there (early August) was really hot. It felt difficult to go out between noon and 5pm, as the temperature felt uncomfortable (but I still insisted on walking around). After 5pm, we walked around the mangroves and artificial lagoon area near the hotel and at the door. It was very beautiful. Common birds were peacocks, gazelles and sika deer (they were still quite afraid of people, so it was best to watch them from about five meters away). We could inadvertently see green parrots, flamingos, various sandpipers from a distance, and of course the most common were yellow-rumped bulbuls and crows 🐦⬛.

The hotel is really great. You can feed the antelopes in front of the restaurant in the morning. The hotel also offers a variety of tours, such as falcon training, wildlife safari, etc. Don't worry about having nothing to do!

This is my third time on the island. I am very satisfied with everything. The staff is friendly and helpful, the breakfast is rich, deer and peacocks can be seen everywhere outdoors, and it is very comfortable to sit by the sea when the sun sets!

Hygiene is average, not quite in line with the price