No need to go completely dry in this desert, dear – there are yet untapped liquid resources to be found… if you know where to look.
Parched after a long day in Dubai, be it from biz meetings or a retail marathon? Then zip quicksticks up 27 floors to the top of the oh-so-opulent Oberoi Hotel in the Business Bay, and you will be handsomely rewarded with plush, slink-a-dink drinker Iris, a Beirut native that has shimmied east to seduce local stylistas beneath a twinkling Arabian sky.
The in/outdoor restaurant and lounge offers simply unparalleled views of the Burj Khalifa and the bright lights city beyond, but is best scoped during sunset hour with a tipple in hand. In the early evening relaxed house tunes and a menu of international favourites set the scene, while later the live band and resident DJ keep the party jumping until well after midnight.
So what are you waiting for? Slip on into your best Choos, and bottoms up!
Iris, 27/F The Oberoi, Al Amal St, Dubai. +971 4 444 1444, oberoihotels.com
