The St. Regis Dubai The Palm
Our own footage from this stay. The walkthrough plays without sound. Filmed in November 2025 in a one-bedroom suite, before the 2026 refurbishment, so the room may look different when the hotel reopens.
The short versionGuests rate it 4.6 out of 5 across 2,585 Google and Tripadvisor reviews, evenly across every category. The least you'll pay in the next six months is AED 1,328 (about $362), on 1 Nov 2026. The cheapest points night is 63,000 points on 1 Nov 2026, worth 0.46¢ a point, below par for Marriott Bonvoy.
What guests like
- Attentive, warm staff
- Direct mall access and the Palm trunk location, near AURA SkyPool and The View
- Clean, spacious, elegant rooms with views
- Butler service, including WhatsApp requests and celebration touches
- Breakfast at Cordelia
What guests flag
- No beach of its own: the KYMA beach club is off site, adults only and needs a reservation
- Uneven service: pool lounger policing, slow breakfast later in a stay, a late concierge
- Crowds and traffic from the mall, the Gardens and the SkyPool; a chaotic driveway
- Check-in errors: notes not read, key cards failing, mix-ups
- Housekeeping or room slips, and a standard king that feels small for a Dubai luxury hotel
What comes up most in recent Google and Tripadvisor reviews (about 20 Tripadvisor stay reviews from Dec 2025 to Aug 2026, dining-only reviews left out; none after mid-April, when the hotel closed for refurbishment).
The stay
- Traveled as
- Couple
- Paid
- Cash
Flexible Rate, Deluxe Room: Bonvoy member rate, room only, free cancellation until 30 Oct. AED 1,068 before tax, 1,328 all-in, and the same on 2 Nov. The next lowest is AED 1,117 before tax on 7 to 16 Dec. The public rate on 1 Nov is AED 1,090 before tax. No suite is bookable online after the reopening yet
- Room
- 4.8
- Bed and sleep
- 4.8
- Value
- 4.6
- Service
- 4.7
- Cleanliness
- 4.8
- Location
- 4.8
- Star rating
- 5-star the hotel's own claim
- Michelin Keys
- 1 Key
- Forbes Travel Guide
- Five Star
- Last renovated
- 2026: Closed for refurbishment from 12 Apr 2026, reopening 1 Nov 2026; the scope is not published
Rates move. The figure above is the cheapest night we found on marriott.com, reading every night in the window on 4 Oct 2026. The conditions and taxes are under the rate. Points are the cheapest award night in the next 6 months on the program's own site. Cents per point is worked out on the room rate before tax, because an award stay still pays taxes and fees. Compared against the refundable room-only rate, because an award night can be cancelled. Points were read on a weekly sample of the rate list (the points calendar would not load): 63,000 on 1 and 2 Nov, 65,000 to 82,000 on the other nights checked.
