downtown dubai home of the burj khalifa and the world's largest choreographed
fountain at the dubai mall it's not really a place you'd associate with affordability
some of these hotels cost a fortune but we're curious to see what the cheapest
five-star hotel in this area can offer let's find out
we just checked into hotel indigo downtown dubai which as the name suggests is in downtown dubai
so if you've ever been to dubai before you know about the burj khalifa and the dubai fountains
and this hotel is an 18 minute walk from the dubai fountain so no metro no taxis just an 18-minute
walk it is a little bit on the sort of outskirts of downtown dubai but if you were staying right in
the heart of downtown dubai you would be paying hundreds and hundreds of dollars but we do have
a pretty awesome view of the dubai creek here some really cool buildings and loads of nice boats and
yachts there as well so let's show you the room that we're staying in tonight and then we'll tell
you the price at the end welcome to our room here at the indigo hotel downtown dubai we actually got
upgraded so we had a lower floor and we also were pointing the other way but the view that we've
got here is epic we're on the 18th floor right now which means that we're actually looking over some
of the slightly shorter buildings right next to us and the dubai creek is super cool and it means
that the room is really bright as well in here which is such a nice bathroom if you come with me
i absolutely love the lighting who doesn't love a ringlight mirror waterfall shower in there looks
epic everything looks really nice it's like brass handles it looks brand new it's like white
tiles it's super fresh as bathrooms go this is a really nice one no bathtub though but we never
really use them we just really like having them so in this case it doesn't really matter right
here you've got pretty big storage at the moment there's no dressing gowns in there which we're
kind of sad about and we thought they didn't have any but we requested some so they should be here
shortly so we can wear them this evening then as you walk this way in the room you've got
some complimentary water as well as little quirky artworks this hotel is sort of like a
art installation hotel if i'm not mistaken there's around 200 art pieces or artworks throughout this
hotel by local artists so this is our dishwasher it's not actually a dishwasher this is actually
the mini bar it's not stocked at the moment and i think a lot of places aren't really stocking their
mini bars because of covid etc but it's super cool but it looks like a dishwasher for sure
and then you've got the standards the actual these are really nice oh look at these these are cute
you can have some tea in the morning smart tv which is very smart as soon as we turned it on
it said our names and you can sort out all of the menus and things like that on there as well
uh this table spins for some reason and here safe which is nicely tucked away and plugs oh loads of
plugs bluetooth and everything i bet you they've got a good sound system in here because there was
something in the bathroom that was sound systemy yeah this thing let me show you now i might be
mistaken but that looks like it's going from no sound to a lot of sound and there's like a
there's no sound on right now so oh yeah right let's test that out yeah get some popping tunas
in here anyway before you get to the window and the really nice view there is a huge king-sized
bed and it looks oh it looks so nice i'm actually going to do a running jump for this one
oh that's nice that's lovely
oh yeah that's good that's really good and from here i can see the really nice um
lamp as well it's quite quirky i like that anyway over here we have another perfect example of the
sort of quirky artwork so we've got a blue camel floating in the sky uh and also a cute
lamp that's a shisha pipe so that's quite fun but really the big sort of ooh of this room
is definitely the view so this way it's loads of cool buildings and then this way
it's like calm waters some fancy boats the lighting's really nice in here we came into
the room and the blinds were closed we thought we can't figure out how to open
them we're trying to pull them from side to side didn't work and then look at that
good night i'm amazed by that i think that's awesome
but it's way too nice right now to have those clothes so let's pop them back open
very good it'd be nice if these blinds were actually timed to your alarm so in the morning
you wake up with the blinds opening that would be perfect that would be so nice yeah so this hotel
also has a spa a 24-hour gym a pool bar a shisha bar a place that you can have all-day brunch but
that's where we're also going to have breakfast tomorrow and that's included in the price that
we pay today oh and there's a hair salon there's actually a hair salon inside of this hotel i'm not
going to use it today but how cool is that even though it's a nice and toasty 24 degree c in here
it is absolutely roasting outside so i think it's a perfect time let's go check out the pool
camera's uh steamed up it's like being in a sauna the camera is literally just steamed up is like
35 degrees maybe right now and about 25 inside so
much better we're just sat up by the it's not really a rooftop pool it's on the second floor
but it is fully out it's so hot it's really really nice dylan's just got the menu on the qr code
happy hour happy hour oh it's happy hour now it's happy hour but drinks are still 35 dirhams each so
we are in a muslim country so yeah so alcohol is obviously always going to be a little bit
more expensive than you would expect in countries where it's super widely drank um
hotels are one of the only places that can sell alcohol in uae is that true yeah oh interesting
up here very vibey they're playing music there's kids playing there's some families laying around
it's quite like enclosed we've got a little almost like section of our own here with like a big sort
of ah with a big mattress i don't know if you can see that we don't need this we're only on the
second floor but the view is still awesome it's like uninterrupted i love the word uninterrupted
all right what'd you want i want a cocktail cocktail yeah not the aperol spritz
so nice thank you it looks really beautiful look at that yay much nicer than peroni no so in the
happy hour there's two cocktails there's an aperol spritz one and i really don't like aperol spritz
for some reason and one called up in the air i'm gonna have to read out what it is so it's
gin with mr gray syrup aperol okay all right let's not do the first bit then what was that
okay so there's aperol in this one but also peach schnapps and peach puree so
i think it will be less bitter than just like a straight up aperol spritz
no that actually is quite nice it's a bit bitter though
aperol sneaks in everywhere but oh that is so nice
then this has
barley malt and wheat cheers cheers oh that wasn't the cheers made out of plastic
my first beer in the uae it's our first drink yeah because they're so expensive
right let's go check out this pool
sexy music
look how nice these are oh i'll sit there thank you very much now for sunbathing perfect
it's a little bit cold i think that's because it's just so hot here in dubai
just look at that view
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oh look at that view so we're now back in the pool bar by where we were having our drinks earlier
and just look at all these skyscrapers all lit up now
it's just so cool to be in such a busy city at night all these buildings light up and they look
awesome we've just ordered a shisha when in rome and a couple of drinks and a meze board
i haven't had shisha for about 15 years it feels like no that that would make me way too young
anyway it's been a long time it's really nice it just feels like the vibe here you know we've got
huge meze board it's a sharing platter and it's definitely going to be enough for the two of us
for dinner that's for sure glass of rose bottle of beer in the mix platter we've got like halloumi
olives hummus loads of delicious looking things it's a veg platter so it doesn't have any meat
which is very nice for me so lovely for dylan that he could just share this one with me instead
it's actually quite empty here by the pool bar is really vibey i imagine most people
just take a stroll into actual downtown dubai as opposed to staying in the hotel
but it's such a nice place it's very vivacious to stay here and
we essentially got the place to ourselves which is not too bad especially not when you have hummus
oh yeah
even though we're quite full from this huge meze spread
there's always room for dessert so let's head back to the room and get some room service
so our room service dessert has just arrived look how beautiful that is ah it is a orange
labneh cheesecake but it's like deconstructed cheesecake so there's also pistachio crumble and
honey glazed apricots on there i think i remembered all of it
smells and looks perfect look at that try it i can't wait
good yeah oh that's nice
good morning
it's so bright
after a great night's sleep what better way to start the day than at the gym
overlooking dubai creek this gym was even better than we expected brand new equipment enough weights
to get a solid workout in and this quirky looking treadmill now all we need is some breakfast
so we've just come down for breakfast now in the open sesame restaurant and it's a really
very awesome very big restaurant down on the ground floor and as soon as we sat down they asked
us what kind of coffee we wanted but we actually had brought some of our instant coffees but we
didn't have to do that because they have a full coffee station here where they made proper lattes
with the whole latte arts and everything and then by the time we sat down they already brought our
egg dish that we already ordered so i've gone for a egg benedict that looks awesome and you've got
a i got smashed avocado with two poached eggs and some cheese and oh i can see by the way that the
eggs wobble like they're definitely done perfectly so i'm gonna have to cut them open behind me
it's one of the dessert stations so they've got little donuts and waffles french toast
loads of different sauces chocolate chips children would love this corner i love this corner i'm glad
we're sat right next to it but over on the other side there's loads of fruits there's a whole
fridge section with a variety of cheeses including vegan cheeses which is pretty epic yoghurts
literally all the hot meals that you could imagine anything that you'd want at breakfast
i is here this is such a good spread i would say this is top three of all hotel breakfasts we've
ever been to in our lives but we've not tried it yet so that could change but i probably won't
oh yeah
oh it's like creamy yay the um the guy who served us even asked us how do you want your
poached eggs done and i don't like when the white is too runny so i asked for like
in between hard and soft so let's see our mine are
that is just how i like them actually perfect
nice awesome that's really good that's really good
okay so was it worth it coming in at only 120 for a five-star hotel in this area of dubai our
answer is a resounding yes amazing facilities one of the best hotel breakfasts we've ever had and a
pool that ticked every single one of our boxes if you've enjoyed this video then make sure to check
out the video on the screen next where we see what you can get in dubai for only 100 us dollars