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A total of 353 en-suite rooms and suites comprise the luxurious accommodation offered at the hotel. Contemporary with Arabesque influences, each guest room ensures the utmost in comfort and privacy. A host of in-room amenities are offered, from complimentary WiFi access, tea and coffee making facilities, electronic safes, mini bar, to many other comforts that enhance your sense of well-being.
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The Southern Sun Abu Dhabi hotel is lauded for its spacious and well-furnished rooms, which offer luxurious bathrooms and striking views, although a handful of guests have noted some amenities could use an update. Its location is highly regarded for being close to beaches and city attractions, despite not being the most walkable area. The hotel's atmosphere is celebrated as relaxing and stylish, contributing to the overall welcoming environment. Guests find the value excellent, with affordable services and competitive pricing.
Cleanliness at the hotel is consistently praised, with particular commendation for the housekeeping staff. The amenity offerings, including the rooftop pool and the well-stocked breakfast, receive high marks, despite occasional concerns about renovations. Finally, the service at the hotel is frequently described as professional, friendly, and attentive, enhancing the guest experience.
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Welcoming
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Spacious
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Affordable
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Spotless
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Attentive
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Well-appointed
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Beautiful hotel with all amenities, about 30 minutes from the airport and with taxis always available in the parking lot (all officially licensed and you can take them with peace of mind). The room is spacious with a beautiful bathroom consisting of a walk-in shower and a separate bathtub, toilet and bidet (basic!). The room is extremely clean, despite being quite fixated on hygiene I felt like showering without slippers. Breakfast is a spectacular and incredibly rich buffet, with salty and sweet. Making a list of things present is impossible, there is something for everyone! On the third floor there is a bar with 6 televisions and sofas, where you can relax eating a pizza (no big deal) or a hamburger watching a game of one of the many sports available. On the 27th floor there is a lounge bar, with alcohol available, and a nice outdoor pool. A special mention to the staff, welcoming and kind, at all times we felt treated with gloves. At the reception we were perfectly organized a visit to Dubai assigning us a driver who from morning to late evening was Cicero making us see and visit the most famous places in the city. For this I explicitly thank Sreekanth for organizing it for us, further enriching our stay. One tip I give is to rely on the reception for their trips, prices are absolutely competitive and thanks to the expertise of the staff it is difficult to find better externally. The staff is the added value of this hotel, which itself is great, which has always been able to put us at ease during our stay in Abu Dhabi.
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Date of stay: June 2024Trip type: Traveled with family
Room Tip:Taxi sempre disponibili e con prezzi decisamente bassi rispetto all'Italia, sono il mezzo...
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The hotel is very modern and in the city center, has spacious and well furnished rooms, and is located near the Corniche. The swimming pool is located on the top floor (27th), as well as a bar, sauna and steam room, and a magnificent gym with several machines. At the reception a commendation deserves the dark-skinned girl (Ugandan) who welcomed us at check-in. He spoke very well in English, unlike the majority of staff who speak English that is difficult to understand. She was very professional and comprehensive in the information she gave us. Breakfast on the first floor is excellent: for a 4-star hotel, finding tables prepared with cloth napkin and a full mise en place, is not common. Various types of croissants and croissants, jams, as well as cheeses, various cereals, cold cuts and more smoked salmon, and orange juice and fresh strawberry juice. Due to issues with room staff service we conferred with the Front Desk Manager, Mr. Yazid, who was very kind, helpful and professional, and to apologize made us find in the room a tray of fruit and cheese that has greatly gratified us for the shortcomings. He too confirmed how difficult it is to find professional staff, and apologized several times for these defaillances. In general however the stay although 2 nights was very positive.
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Date of stay: February 2025
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Trip type: Traveled with friends
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Nice hotel 🏨 in Abu Dhabi its really nice Place... My room was Wella clean by house keeping team .. mr lakmal he visit my room and ask how was my stay... Really feel like home . I Will come back for sure... Bed linen are fresh as well as towels are fresh over roll cleaning was ferfect
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Date of stay: January 2024
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Response from Pierre Delfau, General Manager at Southern Sun Abu Dhabi
Responded Feb 19, 2024
Dear Andreas, Thank you for deciding to stay with us and for posting this great review. I appreciate the full marks given based on your experience and that we made you feel as if you were at home. The Team and I look forward to seeing you back soon. Kind regards, Pierre Delfau General Manager
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Great The bar staff were very friendly. Both the one who was on duty on 02/14 at night and the one who was on duty during the day on 02/15.
The employees on the half bedroom floor were super attentive when cleaning it. Mr Stone Rooma is Mr Akash Suers.
I recommend.
It has a great swimming pool on the roof top.
Everyone is incredible.
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Date of stay: February 2024Trip type: Traveled solo
Room Tip:Perto da praia e 30 m do grande Mosteiro e a cerca de 35m do aeroporto
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Our first stay in AD probed to be very pleasant indeed and our accommodation was here at the SSH, which had everything we needed for a great holiday. It’s location is around a 25mm drive from the airport and it’s conveniently close by to many sights including the fabulous Galleria Shopping Mall (to be reviewed separately) local taxi fare approx 80AED e/w taxis are very reasonable in AD we used them on many occasions due to their cheapness compared to UK / other European cities. Let’s start with the hotel staff, who were all extremely polite throughout our stay, especially Yesu Babu who cleaned our room! Rooms are large and spacious with very high ceilings, which puzzles me and bathroom and room amenities had everything required. If I could add some constructive criticism it would be have more practical draw space as the drawers available were as useful as a lighthouse in the AD desert! I would have also expected more plug sockets located where you need them at bedside for example. Another slight niggle was the fact we had no hairdryer in our room along with a single bathrobe. Granted, housekeeping did rectify the situation but within a day we were back down to a single bathrobe again and I couldn’t be bothered asking for it again. The TV was a Smart type which previous reviews had said wasn’t and there was good choice, however I never like to leave my holiday viewing to chance and bring along my laptop and fav Netflix channel! Breakfast was more than adequate with plenty of choices including eggs / omelette cooked to order, however some chef did struggle with our poached eggs. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to UAE country’s ‘beef or turkey bacon’ but I managed without my cured pork fix for a week no problem, first world problems eh. Only minor gripe was that the coffee on offer was not good, often cool and not to my taste and they just cannot boil that water properly for our cup’ o tea now can they. We tried 3 other dining options during our stay 2 were very acceptable (both based on M3 floor) BUT beware eating on the pool floor 27! Worst meal all holiday, and maybe we just picked a bad time as we had just come from the airport around 9:30pm. Our order consisted of pizza (v poorly undercooked) two types chips both barely luke warm and a extremely thick n ignorant wrap sandwich Mrs Lowe couldn’t eat. We did tell the waiter who served us and after mentioning it twice he gave Mrs Lowe a free glass of wine, which felt a little miserly as those that have eaten in AD will know the prices are far from cheap. I’ll put this one down to a bad day at the office for the SSH as the rest was great. Always helpful each day getting us taxis, putting golf clubs into cars etc so I would highly recommend this hotel
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Date of stay: January 2023Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip:Ubers taxis appear more expensive than local cabs so if possible always use local cabs and they...
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Response from Pierre Delfau, General Manager at Southern Sun Abu Dhabi
Responded Jan 10, 2023
Dear davidmlowe, Thank you for being with us recently and for taking the time to post this very detailed review about your stay at Southern Sun hotel. I see that you had a good time with us and I also really value the feedback given about areas where we need to improve as this will really help us. I hope these were not too much of a disappointment and I am delighted to see that you will recommend our hotel. The Team and I look forward to welcoming you back soon, the next time you visit Abu Dhabi. Kind regards, Pierre Delfau General Manager
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We stayed for 2 nights in a very posh room with a partial seeview and city view on the 25th floor. There are 6 super fast elevators, so you can get from top to bottom in about 10-15 seconds. The gym is well equipped and open 0-24, the staff was very kind and helpful - especially Muzaffar who directed us to take bus 94 to get to the Grand Mosque that google maps did not offer and saved us from walking a large distance. The pool area was clean never crowded, there are convenient sofas and sunbeds, lounge music is played, however it was a bit windy (maybe it's because we stayed here in March). We had the smallest room available but still it was very nicely furnished, spacious, clean, the beds are super comfy. Overall the hotel provides a lot especially for the price we booked, so I would definotely recommend this place for both shorter or longer stayes.
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Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Pierre Delfau, General Manager at Southern Sun Abu Dhabi
Responded Mar 27, 2023
Dear Getaway, Thank you for spending a couple of days with us and for this very detailed review you took the time to write and post on this website. I see from your comments that you really had good time at Southern Sun and we all look forward to welcoming you back soon. Kind regards, Pierre Delfau General Manager
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Excellent service with very friendly staff from the reception to the management. Rooms are cleaned thoroughly every day, Entrance to the Hotel gives you a fresh and cool breeze. Breakfast is fresh everyday, Thanks to Aye who was there to help all and was very clear, helping and informative. I recommend Southern Sun Hotel 100%
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Date of stay: July 2024
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Response from Pierre Delfau, General Manager at Southern Sun Abu Dhabi
Responded Jul 28, 2024
Dear Umarior, Thank you for taking the time to post this great review and also, for giving us full marks. I am delighted that you had a good time and hope to see you back soon. Kind regards, Pierre Delfau General Manager
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The stay was amazing, hotel was perfect. Especially the housekeeping staff who did a great job everyday, shoutout to Durga who did really well. I appreciate the hardwork she put in. Thanks again. I had four schools staying and they were provided with their floors separately and the hotel staff was very accommodating.
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Date of stay: January 2025
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Trip type: Traveled on business
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Response from Pierre Delfau, General Manager at Southern Sun Abu Dhabi
Responded Feb 3, 2025
Dear Guest, Thank you so much for this great review and for giving us top marks, based on your recent experience at Southern Sun Abu Dhabi. I hope that based on this recent visit, we will have the pleasure of seeing you back soon. Kind regards, Pierre Delfau General Manager
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I recommend it to relax and get away from the hustle and bustle of the city. It is very quiet and the level of cleanliness and attention to small details is very high. The staff are helpful and friendly. The location of the pool at the top of the hotel with a distinctive view of the Corniche is an experience that will definitely be repeated❤
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Date of stay: November 2023
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The Southern Sun Abu Dhabi stands out for its prime location, often celebrated by guests for its easy access to beaches and city highlights. Its cleanliness and array of amenities, including a rooftop pool and diverse dining options, havThe Southern Sun Abu Dhabi stands out for its prime location, often celebrated by guests for its easy access to beaches and city highlights. Its cleanliness and array of amenities, including a rooftop pool and diverse dining options, hav
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Date of stay: June 2024
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Trip type: Traveled solo
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Response from Pierre Delfau, General Manager at Southern Sun Abu Dhabi
Responded Aug 4, 2024
Dear Olamides, Thank you for taking the time to post this review and also, for giving us your valued comments about your stay. I see that you had a good time with us and we look forward to seeing you back. Kind regards, Pierre Delfau General Manager
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I can’t be as accurate on the amount as possible as it’s been 4 months since I last visited the Southern Sun hotel but i remember it was 50 dirhams more for the buffet breakfast that’s if you choose not to pay a complete fee for bed a breakfast at once.
Hi Clair, I'm not sure about Gala Dinner, but you can easily email the hotel and ask them.
For the fire works, yes there is fire works at the city but I doubt that you can see it from the hotel location, depends on your room view.
Hope this answer you questions.
There are more places to choose from in the Abu Dhabi area.
PRICE RANGE
$79 - $123 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
United Arab EmiratesEmirate of Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi
NUMBER OF ROOMS
353
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