After reading an unfavourable review inwards Time Out I wasn't expecting much from Saffron; exactly Carl fancied a buffet too nosotros had a voucher... Plus, it is e'er entertaining to receive got a look within this tourist-magnet hotel. The Atlantis is situated on the crescent surrounding the man-made isle Palm Jumeirah. You tin run across the famous pinkish pinnacled ediface too keyhole archway at the caput of the body every bit y'all stimulate upwardly the Palm. Just earlier y'all instruct to it the route dips downward into a tunnel nether the body of body of water too thus pops upwardly i time to a greater extent than on the crescent island. Thus the aerial sentiment shows a perfect palm shaped island with the crescent extending roughly it completely cutting off past times the sea. How extravagant is that! 
Surrounded past times palm trees the Atlantis is a spectacular sight too at that spot is e'er a throng of tourists parked along the crescent taking photos too having a facial expression around. We like to accept visitors inwards the early eventide thus they tin see the beautiful sunset over the gulf. It is typical of Dubai's practiced fortune that it should receive got a west-facing coastline!
The entrance to the hotel is monstrous too gives a practiced indication of what y'all volition run across inside. It is impressive - exactly inwards a grotesque variety of way! The opulent, under-the-sea topic is means over the top exactly thus I suppose anything less would live a disappointment. |
| ornate domes inwards the ceiling |
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| The reception surface area of Atlantis |
We were quite happy amongst our buffet inwards Saffron. It was a Sat too thus 'Asia, Asia' night. The huge buffet stations covered Thai, Chinese too Indian starters too chief courses, too amongst the add-on of Standard Arabic mezze, seafood, sushi, dim sum, terrines too cheeses, and the enormous dessert section, this is in all probability i of the nearly varied buffets I receive got been to. There was plenty of 'new food' for me to try. There was a option of delicious Thai nibbles, shanklish (ugh! I won't live trying that again) too for the brave at that spot are a lot of eastern-style desserts. I stuck to the to a greater extent than familiar desserts exactly they besides seemed to live largely to an eastern palate. Never mind, at that spot is plenty of fruit, ice-cream, the obligatory chocolate fountain, sweets too other delights thus no remove to worry if halva isn't your thing.
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| desserts don't e'er gustation quite every bit practiced every bit they look |
After our repast nosotros had a wander roughly the hotel taking inwards the vacation atmosphere. Even during this depression flavour the hotel was bustling. Before heading back we visited the huge aquarium which forms purpose of the hotel's attached topic park.
And, lastly nosotros collected our machine from the valet at the forepart of the hotel.
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Just a petty PS. As nosotros entered the tunnel on the means abode nosotros were overtaken past times a real noisy speeding Ferrari. However, nosotros passed it on the body every bit it struggled over the huge traffic humps. I disabled the flash on my photographic television camera thus that nosotros could instruct a pic when it came past times again. Unfortunately...we weren't able to instruct piece of cake plenty for it to choose handgrip of us up. Ha!