DIFC, Dubai
The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre
A 14-storey hotel with a French limestone façade inside the Dubai International Financial Centre, off Sheikh Zayed Road, with executive residences alongside. Art Deco interiors with Arabic accents, a sunken garden and a ten-storey waterfall facing the lobby.
Marriott STARS
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- Advice from our own stay, in December 2024
- Preferred-partner benefits through Marriott STARS: a room upgrade, daily breakfast, a US$100 credit and early check-in and late checkout
- Industry insight on rates, seasons and timing
- One contact before, during and after the stay
About the property
- Opened
- 2011
- Rooms
- 261
- Suites
- 80
- Developer
- Union Properties
- Architecture
- Gensler
From our stays
We stayed in December 2024
Rooms and suites
Deluxe Room
42 sq m · city or courtyard view · floor-to-ceiling windows · 145 rooms
Premier Room
42 sq m · city or courtyard view · higher floors · 78 rooms
Club Room
42 sq m · city or courtyard view · high floors, Club Lounge access · 38 rooms
Suites
Junior Suite
59 sq m · city or courtyard view · sitting area, Club Lounge access · 20 suites
Executive Suite
87 sq m · city or courtyard view · separate living and dining area, powder room · 20 suites
Club Suite
87 sq m · city or courtyard view · separate living and dining area, Club Lounge access · 26 suites
Ambassador Suite
122 sq m · city or courtyard view · separate living and dining rooms, large balcony overlooking DIFC · 12 suites
Royal Suite
220 sq m · city view · separate living and dining rooms, kitchen with its own entrance · two suites
Dining and wellness
- Birch
- tasting-menu restaurant
- Café Belge
- Belgian brasserie
- Mitsu-Ya
- Japanese omakase and izakaya
- Cara
- breakfast buffet restaurant · breakfast
- Wayfarer
- all-day café · breakfast and lunch
- The Sunken Garden
- open-air garden lounge
- Lobby Lounge & Terrace
- lobby lounge · afternoon tea
- The Hidden Room
- cigar lounge
- Cake
- coffee house
- Wellness
- The Ritz-Carlton Spa, an indoor pool, a heated rooftop pool and a 24-hour fitness centre.
Where it is
- Financial Centre metro station
- 5 min on foot
- Emirates Towers metro station
- 6 min on foot
- Dubai International Airport
- 32 min by car
DIFC, off Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai
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Club Rooms are on the high floors and come with the Club Lounge on Level 13, which serves breakfast, light lunch and evening hors d'oeuvres; for outdoor space, the Ambassador Suites have a large balcony overlooking DIFC.
Deluxe Room (42 sq m), Premier Room (42 sq m) and Club Room (42 sq m). Suites: Junior Suite (59 sq m), Executive Suite (87 sq m), Club Suite (87 sq m), Ambassador Suite (122 sq m) and Royal Suite (220 sq m).
We book The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre through Marriott STARS, so you get a room upgrade on arrival when one is available, daily breakfast for two, a US$100 hotel credit each stay and early check-in and late checkout when available, at no extra cost to you. On the hotel's flexible public rate.
Birch, chef-owned tasting menu by Arslan Berdiev, shaped by his Turkmen heritage with European, Asian and Middle Eastern influences (One MICHELIN star (2026)); Café Belge, belgian brasserie: moules frites, live entertainment and a year-round terrace; Mitsu-Ya, japanese, with an omakase chef's bar and an izakaya; Cara, breakfast buffet with an outdoor terrace; Wayfarer, all-day café: breakfasts, lunches and comfort food; The Sunken Garden, open-air garden lounge with Arabic light bites and shisha; Lobby Lounge & Terrace, lounge for afternoon tea and coffee overlooking the porte-cochère and the waterfall; The Hidden Room, cigar lounge with a humidor and Cake, coffee house.
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, an indoor pool, a heated rooftop pool and a 24-hour fitness centre.
In the Dubai International Financial Centre off Sheikh Zayed Road, with a direct walkway to The Gate; Financial Centre and Emirates Towers metro stations are nearby, and the Museum of the Future, Dubai Mall, Burj Khalifa and the World Trade Centre are a few minutes by car.
Dubai International Airport is 15 km away; the hotel's limousine transfer costs AED 415 one way.
The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre opened in 2011.
Designed by Gensler to fit the low-rise master plan of the financial district, with a French limestone façade, Art Deco interiors, 180 Art Deco chandeliers, a colonnade, a sunken garden, a three-storey lobby and a ten-storey outdoor waterfall falling into the courtyard. It opened on 12 January 2011 as the second Ritz-Carlton in Dubai.
