

A few daily offers on the drinks providing you can put up with the smell of cigarettes. On average £13 for a pint of lager or glass of wine. Saying that the drinks are super expensive in the hotel & around Dubai. We would've had a few drinks in the bars but the stench of cigarettes put us off. Only negatives are that the hotel allows smoking in their bars, which I find crazy considering Dubai is such a modern all singing & dancing tourist destination. Courtesy daily minibus to JBR & the Dubai Marina Mall. Room was modern & spacious with marina view. Courteous & friendly staff throughout the hotel including the reception team, doormen, pool attendants, cleaning staff, food & beverage staff, nothing was too much trouble. I've attached the view from the bedroom window from the 26th floor marine view and the lounge area in our suite.…įirst time visit to Dubai with my partner, & the Stella di Mare lived up to expectation. Always a lift available as they have about 6 which is good. I struggle to sleep and at about midnight there was always a strong smell of food coming through from some where, I guessed the air conditioning vents I thought maybe the hotel cooked a lot of the food during the night with the weather being so hot during the day, which I don't blame them, I'm really funny about cooking smells especially in the bedroom but my husband cdnt smell anything and it was always very late on so perhaps won't bother most! Not much noise from other rooms either side or above and below so that was good. I'm not sure I would rate it a 5* more of a 4* in my eyes this being down to the bedroom really, we stayed in a suit on the 26th floor, although the suite was large and spacious, it didn't quit have that 5* luxury feel you'd expect from a hotel suite, but I think I'm a bit of a hotel snob. Our heart goes out to the people who did lose their business,” he said.The staff were great at the hotel, very organised and the place seemed very clean, we only ate dinner on the one evening but the food was really nice, I was pleasantly surprised.

“We do feel lucky and blessed that our building is intact and we’re able to open. “The quicker you can return to normalcy the better for everyone.” “It’s been a long long journey to get back to this, but I think it’s good not just for us but for everyone,” Tafuri said. That restaurant - located in the First Avenue pavilion and closed due to hurricane damage - is scheduled to reopen Feburary 1, said Tafuri. Tafuri is also the general manager of Cubacan Restaurant on the boardwalk, which is owned by the same group as Stella Marina. and dinner all day Sunday from 12:30 to 9:30 p.m. during the week, Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. The restaurant was also able to retain 85 percent of its staff, he said. “We wanted it exactly as before,” said Tafuri. The interior has been restored to how it looked before the storm. “The city was really great in helping us to get open as quickly as we could.” “I was excited and relieved when we finally got to that point when we could allow customers back into our place,” said general manager Dennis Tafuri.

The restaurant will reopen on Friday at 11:30 a.m. Stella Marina Bar and Restaurant began serving customers on Thursday night at 5 p.m.

Another key business on the Asbury Park boardwalk has reopened after suffering damage from Hurricane Sandy.
