With a good friend returning back to Dubai for a few days we ventured back to the tried and trusted Observatory at the Mariott Hotel in Dubai Marina. This location offers amazing views over the Marina and the Palm from its elevated position 52 floors up. What's more, it offers both a trendy yet relaxing bar and a separate restaurant providing good quality and yet reasonably priced food, all with a view. And it gets better still when you enjoy the happy hour drink prices, daily from 5pm, and bring either your Entertainer ( fine dining book ) vouchers or Timeout City card.
Having asked the cheeky question on several occasions I'm pleased to inform that The Observatory will allow you to buy a few extra bottles of wine during the happy hour deal at the bar and have them brought through to the restaurant to enjoy with your meal.
The Timeout City card does offer one of the best discounts for restaurants in Dubai. A full 25% off on both food and beverages. Of course, you wont be getting 25% further discount off the happy hour prices, but when happy hour comes to a close I say keep the fun going!
Unfortunately, they wont let you combine both Entertainer vouchers for the main courses with a Timeout City card for any other extras or beverages you order whilst in the restaurant. Now, if you want to go for deal maximization you could sneak back to the bar, order and pay for your extra drinks using the Timeout card and walk them back through into the restaurant, but some might say that's taking things too far, but I wont be telling!
For those of us who enjoy a good bit of pork from time to time, they have some amazing ribs at a very fair 80 Dhs, made irresistible on an Entertainer buy one get one free deal. Or why not go the whole hog ( pun intended ) and lobster it up with the 250 Dhs Surf and Turf - afterall, if you're going to use that Entertainer voucher you might as well get your money's worth!
Here's some links to find out more...
http://www.timeoutdubai.com/citycard/details/1699-the-observatory
http://www.observatory.dubaimarriottharbourhotel.com/restaurant/hotels/hotel-information/travel/dxbhr-the-observatory-dubai-marriott-harbour-hotel/Happy-Hour-41.html
