Daytime air temperature in the UAE is slowly but surely approaching winter limits. Night is just beginning to climb up. The winter season of night life of the sample 2009-2010 promises to be hot: promoters go out of their way to lure a crisis-tight audience to their wallet, which, moreover, has become more selective in their tastes and passions. In anticipation of winter, the team of "RE" raided Dubai nightclubs. After dancing to the pain in my ankles and “walking” all the dresses and jeans that were in the wardrobe, we made a list of the most interesting nightlife venues to which an honest audience should go.
400
Good old club "400" at the Fairmont Hotel on the highway
them. Sheikh Zayed continues to be among the favorites among those who cannot live without universal attention. The Arabic-style club, which seats exactly 400 guests, lives off at the expense of fans of window dressing: the most expensive drinks are bought here so that everyone knows who is the richest here.
With all the "show-offs" the club is very cozy and nice. The audience is expensive and elegant. Prices are the highest. There is almost no music. "400" is a showcase, not a dance floor. The main joy of spending time here is not to move the body, but to bring to light the new creation of plastic surgeons and the thick wallet attached to it. Therefore, there is almost no attention to music. Even her style is difficult to determine.
Location - Fairmont Hotel, im. Sheikh Zayed
Prices - *****
Time from 22.00 to 3.00 (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday)
Communication - 04-332 4900
Cavalli club
With great fanfare, the club opened this year under the Cavalli brand, treats night ones with a big stretch. Rather, it is a "club" club, but it is necessary to mention it, because now it is here that the most "cream" is collected. So in many clubs they don’t dance, so there is nothing surprising in this.
The club, which was rumored to cost $ 30 million to investors, looks like sets for fairy tales for adults: black quartz floors, heavy curtains, crystals wherever possible. From the sparkle of Swarovski and the Cavalli 'RC' logo, you cannot hide even in luxurious toilets.
Even the vodka here is from Cavalli (1,350 dirhams per bottle) and the wine is also (from the plantations of the son of Roberto Tammaso, a winemaker from Tuscany). You can enjoy sushi and Italian dishes. You need to dress beautifully, you can even pretentiously beautiful. Take more money with you, and be prepared for an idle pastime surrounded by those with tight wallets, despite all the crises.
Location - Fairmont Hotel, im. Sheikh Zayed
Prices - ***** +
Time from 17.00 to 2.00
Communication - 04-332 5555
Atelier lounge
A nightclub that positions itself as a "party place for Dubai fashionistas." And also - as the most glamorous club in Dubai. Due to its location at Madinat Jumeirah, it attracts those who go on weekends to dine in its many restaurants. But despite the active propaganda from the club’s management, while fashionistas and fashionistas prefer to relax somewhere else. Even despite the fact that the entrance here is possible almost exclusively by guest lists.
In principle, the club has good potential. The whole space is divided into 6 zones: the main bar, the main hall, the hall for the "house", the hall for R&B, a lounge for VIP-clients and a lounge for smokers. The club has enough sponsors, DJs invite good ones. Recently opened a terrace. In principle, the place for dancing is not bad.
Location - Madinat Jumeirah, Mina A'Salam
Prices - ****
Time from 23.00 to 3.00 (Friday)
Contact [email protected]
Sanctuary
Like everything that is in the Atlantis hotel, the Sanctuary club is good, but it lacks something - it is not entirely clear what exactly, but the feeling remains ambivalent. On the one hand, Sanctuary is a typical Dubai club. Pontovo, expensive and not very interesting.
On the other hand, the active involvement of DJs makes the musical component very worthy. Light is one of the best, if not the best in Dubai. The audience is decent and glamorous. That is - it’s worth going. Moreover, DJ sessions and theme nights, which take place here almost daily.
Location - Hotel Atlantis, The Palm
Prices - ****
Time from 21.00 to 3.00 (Friday)
Communication - 04-426 0561
The apartment
Since its opening in 2005, the nightclub, housed in stylized one-bedroom apartments, has been firmly on the list of Dubai favorites thanks to its good music policy, no less good atmosphere and high-quality theme nights. On Tuesdays, they dance salsa, on Thursday they play electronic music, on Fridays - hip-hop, R&B and soul. By the way, on Fridays there is no crowding.
The guards at the entrance are not unfriendly, but too capricious: the presence of a girl in the group is almost a guarantee of the right to enter the club.
Location - Hotel Jumeirah Beach Hotel
Prices - ****
Time from 21.00 to 3.00 (from Tuesday to Saturday inclusive)
Communication - 04-406 8000
Alpha
One of Dubai’s most successful new clubs, Alpha continues to build its reputation as a hot spot for nightlife. Although the club itself is somewhat strange, and it’s easy to get lost in it, not even for the first time, good music is played here, and the audience here is corresponding - club.
Located in the former restaurant of Greek cuisine, Alpha inherited from it marble floors, a hall with a dome, colonnades and similar to real Greek statues. A large bar room provides ample space for the public.
The sound here is perhaps the best in the city. The music, for the most part, is electronic, but there are soul parties, and DJs are decent. Music policy is very wise and progressive.
A good theme of the club is brunch on Fridays, smoothly flowing into parties.
Location - Le Meridien Dubai, Garhoud,
Prices - ***
Time from 18.00 to 3.00 (Tuesday to Friday), from 16.00 to 3.00 (Friday)
Communication - 04-702 2640 
Chi @ Lodge
Once a gray spot on the body of Dubai's nightlife, Chi @ Lodge in 2007 broke into the undisputed leaders. The spacious club room, which includes 4 lounges, is decorated with an idea: what does a completely white lobby for hip-hop cost and a pleasant living room for VIP clients in all respects. Invariably popular in the cool months and the local giant garden, so reminiscent of the landscapes of Ibiza.
Many Dubai club characters consider Chi @ Lodge the best club in town. The fact that the club is superior to its competitors in terms of basic parameters is undoubted. Maybe a rather conservative music policy is a bit lame, and there are almost no complaints.
Location - Ud Metha Highway, Al Nasr Leisureland Center
Prices - ***
Time from 20.00 to 3.0
Plan b
Noted for the organization of Russian parties, the Plan B club did a good job of promoting among the Russian-speaking audience. The management of the club declares it "one of the most exclusive clubs in the city", which only partially corresponds to reality. Although management is doing everything in its power to improve and improve things.
The music here is sometimes very good. The sound is also good. Theme nights are interesting, especially when they give free champagne to girls - it can be a lot of fun. Retro parties are on Saturdays, and guest DJs play on Sunday.
Location - Ud Metha
Prices - ****
Time from 21.00 to 3.00
Communication - 04-324 4777
Zinc
After major changes in all areas, including design, the Zinc club is trying its best to fix the once earned bad reputation. I must say that if you do not think about the past, today the club can get excellent marks on many parameters of quality "curling".
Local DJs play good music here, and the prices at the bar are not as high as everywhere else. Thematic parties can now be arranged by anyone - from the good old club retro, to the performances of comedians from Laughter Factory.
It is commendable that Zinc strives to be the best. This is only at hand for us, as is the fact that discounts and special offers here are commonplace.
Location - Hotel Crowne Plaza Sheikh Zayed, highway them. Sheikh Zayed
Prices - ***
Time from 22.00 to 3.00
Communication - 04-331 1111
Elegante
The relatively new Dubai club Elegante, no more no less - a giant room. Its main dance floor can accommodate up to 1300 people dancing at the same time! The club is located on two levels, which are crowned by high ceilings and border the mirrored walls. The club is intended for a large number of "swirling" guests, of all sexes, stripes and affluence. This is not to say that the desire to increase the quantity does not affect quality. It also cannot be said that Elegante is a bad club, and the crowd here is nothing. Rather, everything is normal at Elegante. And music, and the audience, and sound, and design, and prices.
Location - Hotel Royal Ascot,
Prices - ***
Time from 21.00 to 3.00
Communication - 04-352 0900
