A different view of the Gulf can be savoured from Bab Al Yam - the sea's door - which is located adjacent to the private outdoor swimming pool and sundeck. The café restaurant serves healthy foods and snacks throughout the day and diners have a choice of eating indoors or relaxing outside by the pool bar. An ideal location to watch the sun slowly setting over the Arabian Gulf is the intimate Juna - eye of the sun. With its warm russet and gold tones and torch lighting, it is a cosy hideaway tucked away on the mezzanine floor. Iuna offers an impressive range of the finest Havana cigars.

The perfect place to enjoy all the hotel's comings and goings is Sahn Eddar - the atrium lounge. Warm and welcoming with its blue, yellow and flame-red furniture on mosaic and marble flooring, it provides the perfect backdrop for guests wishing to linger over morning coffee or afternoon tea. Other restaurants include the aptly named and suitably stunning Amphitheater Lounge at the Assawan Spa and Health Club, and Diwania, the meeting-place, again at the Spa, where guests and club members can relax in the well-stocked library and enjoy a game of snooker on one of Burj Al Arab's five custom-made tables.