# 8 of 135 hotels in Abu Dhabi

Hotel Intercontinental Abu Dhabi(5 stars)

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  • Great holiday (15)
    "Great holiday" found in 41 reviews
    • " Great holiday " 
      5.102777777777778
      May 2012
    • " Good value for money, we can recommend the hotel . In the area is built much, noise was not noticeable. Only the optics is through the ... " 
      5.102777777777778
      May 2012
    • " Great hotel - complex in construction " 
      5.883333333333333
      June 2012
    • " For family with teenagers a very good hotel . Very friendly staff. Great service! Very good we found the daily available posts from mineral ... " 
      5.166666666666667
      June 2012
    • " We are very satisfied and can recommend this hotel, itself families with children... Really nice helpful staff... " 
      5.541666666666667
      April 2012
    • " We are very satisfied and can recommend this hotel , itself families with children... Really nice helpful staff... Great complex... And so on. :-) ... " 
      5.541666666666667
      April 2012
    • " We are very satisfied and can recommend this hotel, itself families with children... Really nice helpful staff... Great complex ... And so on. :-) Smokers must go unfortunately out, what however not a problem the ... " 
      5.541666666666667
      April 2012
    • " We are very satisfied ! The food in the restaurant is very good and diverse. Hotel staff are very friendly! The beach ... " 
      5.805555555555556
      March 2012
    • " We had the intercontinental as last stop on our Asien/ Arabienrundreise elected. We came with the rental car from the Liwawüste. Big hotel from the 70. Years, (concrete block ), however newly renovated and furnished to a very high. ... " 
      4.75
      July 2012
    • " We had the intercontinental as last stop on our Asien/ Arabienrundreise elected. We came with the rental car from the Liwawüste. Big hotel from the 70. Years, (concrete block ), however newly renovated and furnished to a very high. Really appealed to us. Lies within sight from the Emirates ... " 
      4.75
      July 2012
    • " A older five star hotel with charm. Who is sensitive, the mind certainly the rather low construction noises and the ... " 
      5.197222222222222
      May 2012
    • " A older five star hotel with charm. Who is sensitive, the mind certainly the rather low construction noises and the general construction around the hotel. We felt very much at ease and would book there again. " 
      5.197222222222222
      May 2012
    • " Good five star hotel with small drawbacks " 
      4.816666666666666
      January 2012
    • " Of course the intercontinental is Abu Dhabi getting a bit old, nevertheless it is a really recommendable hotel , as you be comfortable can. In addition especially the varied entertainment possibilities in ... " 
      4.638888888888888
      April 2012
    • " Very well-suited hotel for Abu Dhabi to visit " 
      5.15
      April 2012
  • Very friendly staff (14)
    "Very friendly staff" found in 14 reviews
    • " For family with teenagers a very good hotel. Very friendly staff . Great service! Very good we found the daily available posts from mineral water in the room ... " 
      5.166666666666667
      June 2012
    • " For family with teenagers a very good hotel. Very friendly staff. Great service ! Very good we found the daily available posts from mineral water in the room and at the pool ... " 
      5.166666666666667
      June 2012
    • " We are very satisfied and can recommend this hotel, itself families with children... Really nice helpful staff ... Great complex... And so on. :-) Smokers must go unfortunately out, what however not a ... " 
      5.541666666666667
      April 2012
    • " Very friendly staff ! " 
      5.805555555555556
      March 2012
    • " We are very satisfied! The food in the restaurant is very good and diverse. Hotel staff are very friendly ! The beach is good and clean, unfortunately directly a building site... But nothing special ... " 
      5.805555555555556
      March 2012
    • " ... have no balcony, the you couldn't open the window, which we found to be very bad, the fresh air is very important... If we had known, we would have not booked... Otherwise, the food is very good, the staff very friendly , and the construction noise one complaint our opinion not, that is in Abu Dhabi or Dubai just ... " 
      4.816666666666666
      January 2012
    • " ... sites are, also at the hotel, it didn't bother us. Would love to go back again, but at a other season. Was very warm, and the in September. Hotel can only be recommended. Great room and also the service was very good . Beach and sea were very clean. " 
      5.847222222222222
      September 2012
    • " ... Pool was super clean, enough beach chairs were available with two towels and two bottles of Wasserzum drink. The beach was clean, but due to construction site to construction noise all day. The staff was very friendly . " 
      4.952777777777778
      December 2011
    • " Pleasant hotel with good mixed crowd. The impact of construction (artificial island accretion in front of the beach) we have avoided by stay on the pool level. Very friendly staff and excellent price/performance ratio. " 
      5.513888888888889
      November 2011
    • " ... also. There is a construction site in about one hundred meters distance to the other Side of the beach where the morning and afternoon being worked on, which is not true, unless you want it. The staff were very friendly and accommodating . The dishes changed on buffets daily, both in the morning, as well as evenings. The osterbrunch ... " 
      5.677777777777777
      April 2012
    • " an old hotel with flair. The old lady still thrives. In the evening a great many Emiratis and lots of business people. A very interesting guests. Few Tourists. Good food and very nice friendly staff . Only the photo of the hotel beach, all tour operator, is not true. The hotel is recommended, ... " 
      4.8805555555555555
      September 2011
    • " ... of the open sea, but on an offshore sandbank. This is in Abu Dhabi but everywhere and the beach is very nice, clean and there is also no crowd to the good places. The service is very good, the staff was very friendly (ex cept for the lady in the kiosk, which we didn't bother buying the food). As the hotel is on a ... " 
      5.566666666666666
      June 2011
    • " You can only recommend this hotel. It was our honeymoon, and it couldn't have been better. Clean hotel and extremely friendly staff , exactly room and cleanliness. " 
      5.3694444444444445
      August 2012
    • " If you by the pool is located, you get not only towels, but also a cooler mít two bottles of water- great service ! Beds were very comfortable. Here there were no noise from the construction. " 
      5.5
      November 2011
  • The rooms are huge (6)
    "The rooms are huge" found in 6 reviews
    • " ... better. The staff partly unmotivated, unmotivated, not attentive, and as a guest you feel actually not very comfortable. As Badeurlauberhotel I would the intercontinental as a suitably describe. The rooms are huge , modern furnished and everything is available. Our room was on the 12 floor with a view of the ... " 
      4.75
      July 2012
    • " It is an older hotel in Abu Dhabi, we were very pleased, on arrival, we were told by the front desk this is a good room , what we got was a strong smoky room, we called the front desk and got a new room, but what we ... " 
      4.816666666666666
      January 2012
    • " It is an older hotel in Abu Dhabi, we were very pleased, on arrival, we were told by the front desk this is a good room, what we got was a strong smoky room, we called the front desk and got a new room , but what we found negative is the you if you have no balcony, the you couldn't open the ... " 
      4.816666666666666
      January 2012
    • " ... Emirateverhältnisse rather bad. For business travelers or visitors the maximum 3-4 days but still great. The hotel is more than years old 30. Everywhere there is clear signs of usage; However, the rooms are renovated the best. Popular with local businessmen. For us, the hotel had flair. We'll be back. Our ... " 
      4.622222222222222
      June 2011
    • " very good room service. Daily fresh drinking water in bottles. German does not belong to the preferred foreign ... " 
      4.5
      January 2012
    • " the rooms were very spacious , huge comfortable bed. mini bar available. cleaning was very good and every day you got per ... " 
      5.5
      November 2011

Hotel review overview

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Rating by categories

  • Hotel in general
    5.2
  • Room
    5.4
  • Service
    5.5
  • Location
    4.8
  • Gastronomy
    5.4
  • Sport
    4.8

Rating breakdown

  • Excellent
    97
  • Very Good
    26
  • Acceptable
    5
  • Poor
    2
  • Terrible
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Summary of guest reviews by categories

  • " Great holiday "  Read more
    5.102777777777778
    May 2012
  • " Good value for money, we can recommend the hotel. In the area is built much, noise was not noticeable. Only the optics is through the ... "  Read more
    5.102777777777778
    May 2012
  • " Great hotel - complex in construction "  Read more
    5.883333333333333
    June 2012
  • " For family with teenagers a very good hotel. Very friendly staff. Great service! Very good we found the daily available posts from mineral ... "  Read more
    5.166666666666667
    June 2012
  • " We are very satisfied and can recommend this hotel, itself families with children... Really nice helpful staff... "  Read more
    5.541666666666667
    April 2012
  • " We are very satisfied and can recommend this hotel, itself families with children... Really nice helpful staff... Great complex... And so on. :-) ... "  Read more
    5.541666666666667
    April 2012
  • " We are very satisfied and can recommend this hotel, itself families with children... Really nice helpful staff... Great complex... And so on. :-) Smokers must go unfortunately out, what however not a problem the ... "  Read more
    5.541666666666667
    April 2012
  • " We are very satisfied! The food in the restaurant is very good and diverse. Hotel staff are very friendly! The beach ... "  Read more
    5.805555555555556
    March 2012
  • " We had the intercontinental as last stop on our Asien/ Arabienrundreise elected. We came with the rental car from the Liwawüste. Big hotel from the 70. Years, (concrete block ), however newly renovated and furnished to a very high. ... "  Read more
    4.75
    July 2012
  • " We had the intercontinental as last stop on our Asien/ Arabienrundreise elected. We came with the rental car from the Liwawüste. Big hotel from the 70. Years, (concrete block ), however newly renovated and furnished to a very high. Really appealed to us. Lies within sight from the Emirates ... "  Read more
    4.75
    July 2012
  • " A older five star hotel with charm. Who is sensitive, the mind certainly the rather low construction noises and the ... "  Read more
    5.197222222222222
    May 2012
  • " A older five star hotel with charm. Who is sensitive, the mind certainly the rather low construction noises and the general construction around the hotel. We felt very much at ease and would book there again. "  Read more
    5.197222222222222
    May 2012
  • " Good five star hotel with small drawbacks "  Read more
    4.816666666666666
    January 2012
  • " Of course the intercontinental is Abu Dhabi getting a bit old, nevertheless it is a really recommendable hotel, as you be comfortable can. In addition especially the varied entertainment possibilities in ... "  Read more
    4.638888888888888
    April 2012
  • " Very well-suited hotel for Abu Dhabi to visit "  Read more
    5.15
    April 2012
  • " Good value for money, we can recommend the hotel. In the area is built much, noise was not noticeable. Only the ... "  Read more
    5.102777777777778
    May 2012
  • " We had all inclusive for Abu Dhabi very reasonable price for a five star hotel booked. The hotel is older, you can tell in comparison to the other hotels only interior fittings the lobby, the wellness ... "  Read more
    5.541666666666667
    February 2012
  • " Central location: would gladly come again "  Read more
    5.6
    May 2011
  • " the hotel lies at the end the Corniche and from here was by taxi (very cheap) everything within easy reach. shuttle bus the Marina mall was hourly and was free. the location is very good-unfortunately cloudy currently some construction The idyll. however is the noise nuisance not ... "  Read more
    5.5
    November 2011
  • " ... cold... Could you. The hotel is very spacious, tennis court, Fitness studio, many floors (I think 19). At the top of the 18 a very good view of Abu Dhabi. I stayed in the 10 floor (there was a very beautiful view of the Emirates Palace and the Marina mall, as well as Skyline). My friends stayed in the 9 ... "  Read more
    6
    December 2011
  • " ' high in the club lounge, 18 floor, with outdoor terrace- great view. -one-rental on the Corniche use. - revolving panoramic restaurant (125 meters) Marina mall to ... "  Read more
    5.5
    February 2012
  • " Excellent! Good and competent staff, multi-lingual and always friendly and service oriented. "  Read more
    5.5
    February 2012
  • " For family with teenagers a very good hotel. Very friendly staff. Great service! Very good we found the daily available posts from mineral water in the room ... "  Read more
    5.166666666666667
    June 2012
  • " For family with teenagers a very good hotel. Very friendly staff. Great service! Very good we found the daily available posts from mineral water in the room and at the pool ... "  Read more
    5.166666666666667
    June 2012
  • " We are very satisfied and can recommend this hotel, itself families with children... Really nice helpful staff... Great complex... And so on. :-) Smokers must go unfortunately out, what however not a ... "  Read more
    5.541666666666667
    April 2012
  • " Very friendly staff! "  Read more
    5.805555555555556
    March 2012
  • " We are very satisfied! The food in the restaurant is very good and diverse. Hotel staff are very friendly! The beach is good and clean, unfortunately directly a building site... But nothing special ... "  Read more
    5.805555555555556
    March 2012
  • " ... have no balcony, the you couldn't open the window, which we found to be very bad, the fresh air is very important... If we had known, we would have not booked... Otherwise, the food is very good, the staff very friendly, and the construction noise one complaint our opinion not, that is in Abu Dhabi or Dubai just ... "  Read more
    4.816666666666666
    January 2012
  • " ... sites are, also at the hotel, it didn't bother us. Would love to go back again, but at a other season. Was very warm, and the in September. Hotel can only be recommended. Great room and also the service was very good. Beach and sea were very clean. "  Read more
    5.847222222222222
    September 2012
  • " ... Pool was super clean, enough beach chairs were available with two towels and two bottles of Wasserzum drink. The beach was clean, but due to construction site to construction noise all day. The staff was very friendly. "  Read more
    4.952777777777778
    December 2011
  • " Pleasant hotel with good mixed crowd. The impact of construction (artificial island accretion in front of the beach) we have avoided by stay on the pool level. Very friendly staff and excellent price/performance ratio. "  Read more
    5.513888888888889
    November 2011
  • " ... also. There is a construction site in about one hundred meters distance to the other Side of the beach where the morning and afternoon being worked on, which is not true, unless you want it. The staff were very friendly and accommodating. The dishes changed on buffets daily, both in the morning, as well as evenings. The osterbrunch ... "  Read more
    5.677777777777777
    April 2012
  • " an old hotel with flair. The old lady still thrives. In the evening a great many Emiratis and lots of business people. A very interesting guests. Few Tourists. Good food and very nice friendly staff. Only the photo of the hotel beach, all tour operator, is not true. The hotel is recommended, ... "  Read more
    4.8805555555555555
    September 2011
  • " ... of the open sea, but on an offshore sandbank. This is in Abu Dhabi but everywhere and the beach is very nice, clean and there is also no crowd to the good places. The service is very good, the staff was very friendly (except for the lady in the kiosk, which we didn't bother buying the food). As the hotel is on a ... "  Read more
    5.566666666666666
    June 2011
  • " You can only recommend this hotel. It was our honeymoon, and it couldn't have been better. Clean hotel and extremely friendly staff, exactly room and cleanliness. "  Read more
    5.3694444444444445
    August 2012
  • " If you by the pool is located, you get not only towels, but also a cooler mít two bottles of water- great service! Beds were very comfortable. Here there were no noise from the construction. "  Read more
    5.5
    November 2011
  • " We are very satisfied! The food in the restaurant is very good and diverse. Hotel staff are very friendly! The beach is good and clean, unfortunately directly ... "  Read more
    5.805555555555556
    March 2012
  • " ... is the you if you have no balcony, the you couldn't open the window, which we found to be very bad, the fresh air is very important... If we had known, we would have not booked... Otherwise, the food is very good, the staff very friendly, and the construction noise one complaint our opinion not, that is in ... "  Read more
    4.816666666666666
    January 2012
  • " an old hotel with flair. The old lady still thrives. In the evening a great many Emiratis and lots of business people. A very interesting guests. Few Tourists. Good food and very nice friendly staff. Only the photo of the hotel beach, all tour operator, is not ... "  Read more
    4.8805555555555555
    September 2011
  • " ... for money. We had half board booked and lunch from and appetite. However one paid at the bar for fries and a mini burger almost 7 euros... Much too much. Below at the beach it was a bit cheaper. the food was very tasty but for a week it could have done can be changed more often. Repeated it a little. On Christmas ... "  Read more
    6
    December 2011
  • " Entirely we were satisfied, because the weather and the food was good. Disturbing was mainly the construction noise at the beach and the overall impression of the ... "  Read more
    4.5
    January 2012
  • " ... made island to a Bay decayed. In current ratios brackish water flow from the marina in the bay. The sand was very fine. Beach chairs and umbrellas, as well as towels are OK. And free of charge. A small beach bar offers drinks. The right adjoining fish market (restaurant) offers plentiful food with fish. ... "  Read more
    4.5
    January 2012
  • " ... all sides. the beach was clean, however the water is rather artificial to comparisons... No sea. Outside there is currently a building site, which definitely not disturbing is. You can to the well kept pool beach chairs. Very very cleanno entertainment. Luckily! Light Background music. The bar( ... "  Read more
    6
    December 2011
  • " ... better. The staff partly unmotivated, unmotivated, not attentive, and as a guest you feel actually not very comfortable. As Badeurlauberhotel I would the intercontinental as a suitably describe. The rooms are huge, modern furnished and everything is available. Our room was on the 12 floor with a view of the ... "  Read more
    4.75
    July 2012
  • " It is an older hotel in Abu Dhabi, we were very pleased, on arrival, we were told by the front desk this is a good room, what we got was a strong smoky room, we called the front desk and got a new room, but what we ... "  Read more
    4.816666666666666
    January 2012
  • " It is an older hotel in Abu Dhabi, we were very pleased, on arrival, we were told by the front desk this is a good room, what we got was a strong smoky room, we called the front desk and got a new room, but what we found negative is the you if you have no balcony, the you couldn't open the ... "  Read more
    4.816666666666666
    January 2012
  • " ... Emirateverhältnisse rather bad. For business travelers or visitors the maximum 3-4 days but still great. The hotel is more than years old 30. Everywhere there is clear signs of usage; However, the rooms are renovated the best. Popular with local businessmen. For us, the hotel had flair. We'll be back. Our ... "  Read more
    4.622222222222222
    June 2011
  • " very good room service. Daily fresh drinking water in bottles. German does not belong to the preferred foreign ... "  Read more
    4.5
    January 2012
  • " the rooms were very spacious, huge comfortable bed. mini bar available. cleaning was very good and every day you got per ... "  Read more
    5.5
    November 2011
Chris
Germany
  • Couple
  • Age 19-25
6 Other hotel reviews
3.6
Rated:  
  • 1 week
  • Beach
  • Hotel not recommended
Friendliness and atention of the staff basically very good. Good service also by the pool. (among other things. Complimentary drinking water in small cooler) Room cleaning and dealing with complaints in our case unfortunately rather mixed. The shower in the bathroom there was leaky and water for the shower in the entire bathroom run. A first complaint at the front desk ran unsuccessfully-you said, that the problem of establishment, but nothing happened. (apart from the complaint on the next day in the system than done deposited.) With the 2. complaint on the next day at the front desk was therefore assured, that 'right' someone would … read more
Haluk
Germany
  • Couple
  • Age 41-45
1 Other hotel reviews
5.0
Rated:  
  • 1 week
  • Beach
  • Hotel recommended
The hotel isn't the newest, but it is a secret, so all as expected - offers to other (newer) hotels great value for money in this category. … read more
Mark
Germany
  • Couple
  • Age 41-45
1 Other hotel reviews
4.5
Rated:  
  • 1 week
  • Beach
  • Hotel not recommended
The friendliness, we have very different experience. During the meal times in the restaurant one can only say, class and very accommodating. In contrast the pool area. Here you will not be served and need to wait. An order which surely not was cheap, comes rather disturbing the service of, unbelievable! In the reception area was very properly discussed and they were always helpful, good sunday The cleaning of the rooms was so la la. So for a 5 star hotel it shouldn't happen, the forgotten water tissues or the bed edges on tore clean wiped. In the hotel english … read more
Tim
Germany
  • Couple
  • Age 51-55
2 Other hotel reviews
5.7
Rated:  
  • 1 week
  • City trip
  • Hotel recommended
The hotel 'interkontinental' shines through his central location, its outstanding and professional Service, with a varied and tasty kitchen, rooms with a fantastic view Skyline views and the sea and is therefore certainly, that we absolutely nothing was missing. … read more
Michael
Germany
  • Couple
  • Age 56-60
42 Other hotel reviews
5.1
Rated:  
  • 1 week
  • City trip
  • Hotel recommended
The hotel lies at a Marina with berths for about 100 boats. At the Marina includes a beach section, from the you with a approximately 150 meters broad estuary views of an artificial island with man made sand piles has. Under beach holiday with a view of the sea we understand something else, using our photographs can everyone as there own picture of the hog. Currently there is still under construction, there will be a pool area, restaurants, and a new beach bar. The construction is through high wooden walls optically tucked away, but the heavy equipment you can hear but. Another … read more
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Hotel description *

  • Location
    The hotel enjoys a prime location on the shores of the Arabian Gulf, 7 minutes from the city centre, 10 minutes from Abu Dhabi international exhibition centre and a 30-minute drive from Abu Dhabi International Airport.
  • Facilities
    Guests at the hotel have access to the largest lounge in Abu Dhabi, located on the hotel's top floor. Renovated in 2006, the property comprises a total of 390 guest rooms. Facilities on offer include an entrance hall with 24-hour reception, a hotel safe, a currency exchange facility, an on-site hairdressing salon, 3 restaurants, conference facilities, WLAN Internet access and a laundry service. The hotel provides ample parking for those arriving by car.
  • Rooms
    All rooms offer breathtaking views over the city skyline or the Arabian Gulf. The en suite bathrooms are designed to offer maximum privacy and space. All rooms have the latest in-room technology and a high-speed Internet connection. A hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, a satellite television, a minibar, tea and coffee making facilities, individually adjustable air conditioning and a safe also come as standard.
  • Sports/Entertainment
    The activities and facilities available at the leisure club include a 24-hour gym, a hot tub, a sauna, a steam room, a plunge pool, a massage service, an outdoor swimming pool and tennis and squash courts.
  • Meals
    The hotel offers a choice of trendy international restaurants; Thai, Brazilian, and Italian to name but a few. They are in a variety of exciting settings and also provide entertainment.
  • Misc.
    There is a private check in and check out service.
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Hotel amenities

  • Luggage room
  • Meeting/Banquet Facilities
  • Non-smoking room
  • Rooms with disabled access
  • Family room
  • Shops in the hotel
  • Hairdressers/Beauty salon
  • Business centre
  • Play rooms
  • Hotel safe
  • Internet
  • Lift
  • Air conditioning
  • Free parking
  • Car park

Room amenities

  • Writing bureau
  • Additional childrens' bed
  • CD Player
  • Cable TV
  • Satellite TV
  • Pay as you watch TV
  • Minibar
  • Safe
  • Coffee and tea
  • Balcony
  • Terrace
  • Bathroom
  • Bath tub
  • Shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Electronic room keys
  • Wake up call/Alarm clock
  • Pets allowed
  • Fire alarm

Gastronomy

  • Full board
  • Restaurant
  • Hotel bar
  • Breakfast buffet

A choice of sports

  • Fitness centre
  • Outdoor pool
  • Tennis court
  • Volleyball

Spa offers

  • Spa centre
  • Beauty treatments
  • Sauna
  • Steam room/ turkish bath

Other hotel information

  • Rehabilitation centre
  • City hotel
  • 24 hour reception
  • Evening programs and entertainment
  • Babysitting/Child services
  • Express check in and check out
  • City
  • Eurocard/Mastercard
  • Diners' Club
  • Car hire
  • Information desk
  • Currency exchange
  • Children welcome
  • All public and private areas are no smoking zones
  • Wifi
  • Newspaper
  • Laundry service
  • Shoe shine service
  • Dry cleaning
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