Club Rotana - Al Ghurair Reyhaan by Rotana

[caption id="attachment_1647" align="aligncenter" width="705"] Enjoying my view in my suite at Al Ghurair Reyhaan[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1648" align="aligncenter" width="705"] View from my window facing the Deira palm and r.h.s is the airport (notice a plane in the sky)[/caption]

Happy new year to all! Wishing you all more success, joy and peace in 2014. Anyone has a clue of where I am? This is my stay I had won for my blog review :) and so I thought it's important to share my experience with all you wonderful viewers. After all I won this treat with some of your votes ;) I had actually won a room but then I upgraded it to a suite which made the experience even more wonderful. The suites are located in the 19th, 20th floors only for that wonderful view of Dubai from the top.

[caption id="attachment_1631" align="aligncenter" width="705"] Welcome gesture on our table[/caption]

Above is what we exactly saw when we entered our luxury suite. Of course then you know, everyone surrounded the arabic sweets and it was all over in a minute :D. The Sofa and the living space was wonderful. We had 2 televisions in our suite. One for the bedroom and the other for the living room. By the way, all their televisions were from Sony and good ones ;). This hotel is just one year old hence the furniture is still as good as new.

[caption id="attachment_1645" align="aligncenter" width="705"] Kids having a fantastic time[/caption]

There was this photography competition by the hotel to share a moment in their hotel and win prizes. So here I took them in action and enrolled this photo for their Perfect Moment competition. I did get some decent vote so i am now just waiting for the results. The grand winner get air tickets to Europe :d

[caption id="attachment_1646" align="aligncenter" width="705"] I now weigh 75kgs. Gained 5 kilos in 2013[/caption]

The best room in the suite was their bathroom. It was the biggest room and mind blowing design. But I didn't take any picture of it :( It had all that you needed. So that's where i met the weighing machine. I noticed I gained 5 kilos this year. To my height I am supposed to be only 70kgs. The weighing machine says 75.9 where 0.9 is the weight of my camera.

[caption id="attachment_1644" align="aligncenter" width="705"] Lucky to see a rainbow the next morning[/caption]

How lucky can we get. The next day we wake up and it's a rainbow just as we open our curtains. By the way, Our view was facing the Deira palm and on the right was the airport. So you could see planes every 3 mins flying by in the sky. Children really enjoyed the view from our window. We could also see the sharjah high rise buildings. Overall it was the best view you could have asked for and in the night with all street lights below, the view is special.

[caption id="attachment_1643" align="aligncenter" width="705"] Workspace - blogging through my vacation[/caption]

So you see. Even though i was having a great time I did think of all of you and ensured that I took my gadgets so I continue with my blog work and let my vacation not be a delay for the next post. You know it's really easy to go to a restaurant and eat your tummy full but then there's lot of work after that for a food blogger like me :p

[caption id="attachment_1628" align="aligncenter" width="705"] Mango cheese cake[/caption]

So I forgot to start with what's important. What is Club Rotana and where is it. Club rotana is located on 18th floor of Al Ghurair Reyhaan and it is a privileged access to those who've rented a suite at Al Ghurair Reyhaan. If i had a guest that day I could take the guest into Club Rotana for Dhs 35 per head exclusive of drinks.

Club Rotana is open from 06:00am upto 11:00pm and what you get also has it's timings.

[caption id="attachment_1635" align="aligncenter" width="705"] Blueberry cheesecake[/caption]

From 03:00 to 04:30pm available is the afternoon tea buffett
From 06:00 to 08:00 is the evening snacks which I think is good enough for dinner.

[caption id="attachment_1634" align="aligncenter" width="705"] My plate of afternoon tea goodies[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1633" align="aligncenter" width="705"] fruit scones[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1632" align="aligncenter" width="705"] Raisin scones[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1630" align="aligncenter" width="705"] clotted cream, jam and powdered sugar[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1629" align="aligncenter" width="705"] Date cake and behind it was my favourite[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1637" align="aligncenter" width="705"] cold appetizers[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1642" align="aligncenter" width="705"] My plate in the evening at club rotana[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1641" align="aligncenter" width="705"] The grills[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1640" align="aligncenter" width="705"] Different types of cheese[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1639" align="aligncenter" width="705"] crackers and fun[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1638" align="aligncenter" width="705"] sushi[/caption]