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Members' reviews on NINE7ONE RESTAURANT
4.1/5
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Thank u shraddha
During my recent stay at room no 1214,Anantara down town dubai, I misplaced a valuable gold Rudraksha chain. Despite reaching out to both the reception and housekeeping teams for assistance, I was disappointed by the lack of help in locating it.
The staff was amazing and friendly, breakfast was very good and a great thanks to Michael and Su! all others.
This used to be my favorite hotel when it was a part of the Oberoi group. It is unfortunate that Anantara took over the chain 2 years ago - the differences in management across these hotel chains are strikingly visible in each and every aspect of the stay - e.g., guest welcome experience, breakfast, service, staff courtesy, quality of toiletries, concierge services, and even making complimentary room arrangements for special occasions.
This difference was acknowledged by the hotel staff themselves, who blame it on management policies which seems stingy with an excessive focus on cost control, resulting in poor value for money for a discerning customer.
Let's do a comparison of my experience when it was a part of the Oberoi chain, and now a part of Anantara.
At Oberoi, the guest welcome experience was king size and check in was done in the room itself - the GM personally welcomed guests staying in suite category rooms.
At Anantara, the staff at the reception curtly tells you 'Wait at the lobby sir; I am busy with a guest now'. The experience is sloppy - I got a welcome drink and my wife did not get a welcome drink for a long time and got one upon request.
At Oberoi, the breakfast was supreme quality and service was topnotch. There was a personal level of service in everything.
At Anantara, they could not even do a basic masala omlette properly. As per their definition of a masala omlette, it has only onions and no salt or masalas. Seriously ? Which cooking school did they learn that from ? I asked for a fluffy moist-inside masala omlette folded restaurant style and I got a tasteless omlette without salt two times repeatedly. Why will I come to a 5 star hotel and have this mockery of an omlette ? Upon repeated requests, the sous chef finally prepared an omlette for me to my liking. The third time is always a charm at Anantara, but you have to ask for it. The fattet hummus had dangling bread in the hummus. The chef was courteous to send a properly prepared one to my room but my hunger had died by that time. There were parathas but no accompaniments like chana etc. The indian food section was very basic and screaming for more variety. There was chicken dimsum but no veg dimsum. What is the idea here ? Upon request, they prepared it but it was mushy to the core. What a horrible breakfast. Guests stay at hotels for the breakfast experience - and this was worse than pathetic.
At Oberoi, due to the magnanimity of management, special occasions for guests like anniversaries etc. are celebrated in style , with lovely decorations, souvenirs, cake etc.
At Anantara, there were six balloons worth 4 AED placed on the bed with a few rose petals - 6 small petals to be precise, along with the swan towel art which was flimsy and not tasteful.
All this comes at a very high price point with no value for money whatsoever. It is very disheartening to see a favorite place where I built memories with my family turn into a dump.
Many thanks to Lhamu (from the reception) also to Miyo and to Aman, Alena, Zayyah, Sabita, Michael and Puspa. You all made our stay unforgettable.
The welcome crew, receptionists, the dining experience all of it made us feel at home. Will definitely return. The kindness and attention of the staff was very heart warming.
Vielen Dank an die Crew Aman, Michale, Su und Myu ihr habt uns wirklich einen tollen Aufenthalt ermöglicht. ☺️