Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star, 2026
The St. Regis Abu Dhabi stands in the Nation Towers on the Corniche, beside the Nation Galleria mall, with its own beach club across the road.
Our team recommends
The hotel fills the Nation Towers on Corniche Road, joined to the Nation Galleria mall below. Qasr Al Watan is about five minutes by car, Emirates Palace and Al Bateen about ten, and the airport about 30.
The lobby is grand, all marble and tall pillars under a bespoke chandelier, with a staircase sweeping up to the Crystal Lounge. At check-in we met our butler, who was on call day and night and brought French-press coffee to the room at six in the morning.
We stayed in a suite on the top floor, one of the largest in the hotel, with marble throughout, a dining table for ten and views of the Gulf on two sides. Even the entry rooms have floor-to-ceiling windows over the city or the sea.
Breakfast at The Terrace on the Corniche is a vast buffet of Western and local dishes, with tables outside looking over the water. Up the grand staircase, the Crystal Lounge serves afternoon tea and hosts the evening sabering of Champagne.
A tunnel under the road leads to the Nation Riviera Beach Club, with a temperature-controlled infinity pool, a swim-up bar and 200 metres of private white-sand beach. We spent a whole afternoon there.
From our guests
Our team recommends
Our team found it right for a stay that mixes the city with the beach, and for anyone who loves the old-world style of St. Regis and its butlers.
From our guests
Our guests usually take a Superior room or a room with two double beds facing the city, and now and then a suite.
Our team recommends
For more room, the Grand Deluxe Suite has a seating area with corner views of the city and the sea, set apart from the bedroom by a partial wall.
For a separate living room, choose The St. Regis Suite, with a dining area and a walk-in closet. Families of three fit in a Superior Partial Sea View room with two double beds, and some rooms connect. For a milestone, the Abu Dhabi Suite spans the gap between the two towers on the 48th floor, with three bedrooms, a double-height majlis and its own spa and cinema.
With every stay
What the program adds to your stay.
Tell us your dates and who’s coming, and we take it from there. Within one business day we confirm your room, the program’s benefits and your requests with the hotel.
For a room facing the sea, a cabana at the Nation Riviera Beach Club or a table at Villa Toscana, just let us know and we’ll arrange it before you arrive.
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