One&Only One Za'abeel
When you book One&Only One Za'abeel in Dubai, UAE, through our Virtuoso partnership, your stay includes daily full breakfast for up to two guests and a $100 USD food and beverage credit. You also receive early check-in and late check-out when available. No premium credit card or membership needed: request a quote and our advisor books it at the same rate as booking direct.
Exclusive Booking Perks
These perks are included with your stay at the same rate as booking direct with the hotel.
- Upgrade on arrival, subject to availability (not applicable towards or within Royal Suite and Villa One)
- Daily Full breakfast for up to two guests per bedroom, served in the restaurant
- $100 USD equivalent Food & Beverage credit to be utilized during stay (Not combinable, not valid on room rate, no cash value if not redeemed in full)
- Bookings in our Suites will receive an additional $100 Resort or Hotel credit (for a total of $200 during stay)
- Early check-in / Late check-out, subject to availability
Guest feedback
9.4/10 from 57 guest reviews
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Guests liked
- Stunning views
- Professional staff
- Luxurious room
Points to consider
- Limited dining options
- Check-in delay
- Occasional odors
Location
One&Only brings its signature approach to ultra-luxury and low guest density to Dubai, a city where the improbable becomes architecture. The property rises in Al Kifaf, western Bur Dubai, where Sheikh Zayed Road's gleaming corridor meets the green expanse of Zabeel Park. This is Dubai at its most assertive: a skyline of superlatives, a trading hub that turned desert coastline into a global crossroads in barely two generations.
The neighbourhood hums with the particular energy of a place built on ambition. Trade Centre Road forms the western edge, lined with towers including Etisalat Tower 2. To the north, Al Jafilia and Al Karama; to the south, the broader Zabeel district. The air smells faintly of cardamom and car exhaust, the soundscape a blend of construction cranes and call to prayer.
Dubai International Airport lies eight kilometres east, a swift drive along multi-lane highways that define the city's tempo. This is a metropolis that rewards those who seek spectacle without apology.
Il Ristorante-Niko Romito, a two-Michelin-starred Italian address nearly six kilometres south within the Bulgari Resort, delivers precision-tuned cuisine in a sleek, intimate setting where the Italian service team treats every course as theatre. Further afield, Trèsind Studio and FZN by Björn Frantzén, both three-starred and around twenty kilometres northwest, represent the apex of Dubai's culinary ambition: the former explores India's regional diversity through a surprise tasting menu, while the latter conjures modern European refinement behind an unmarked door. Book months ahead for either.
Zabeel Park anchors the neighbourhood with walking paths and lake views, a rare green lung in a city that prizes verticality. Karama Market rewards early risers with bolts of silk, tailoring stalls, and the aroma of cardamom-spiked chai. The Spice Souk, four and a half kilometres north along the Creek, remains a living souk where frankincense and saffron are weighed in brass scales. La Mer Beach, three kilometres east, offers white sand and beach clubs where the Gulf shimmers turquoise. For a glimpse of Dubai's ecological quieter side, drive five kilometres southeast to Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, where flamingos wade in tidal flats visible from viewing hides.
Winter, November through March, is Dubai's season of grace. Temperatures settle between the mid-twenties and low thirties, the humidity lifts, and the city exhales. Evenings cool to the high teens, perfect for terrace dining under crystalline skies. This is when Europeans flee grey skies and when the social calendar intensifies.
Spring arrives abruptly in April, heat climbing past 33 degrees, a preview of what's ahead. Summer, May through September, is merciless: temperatures soar into the low forties, the air thick and shimmering, the streets quieter as life retreats indoors to air-conditioned refuge. October marks the slow descent, heat easing but still formidable.
Visit between November and March when the Gulf breeze feels like a gift and the city's outdoor ambitions make sense.
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