Al Sahel Desert Islands Resort and Spa by Anantara

Ashwath Vikram

Exceeded expectations. Island had three properties Desert Island: It's hotel format, has a phenomenal pool and crystal sand beach (the best beach among all of them) Sahel Villas: Located near wildlife modeled around a jungle lodge Al Yamm: Villas by the beach with private plunge pools. Highly recommend Notable mention: The food is amazing, especially for a resort so far out. Call out to the pastry chef for his creations with minimum sugar which bring out the flavors in the food

Eric

The area and number of animals on this island exceeded my expectations. The hotel is also very luxurious, and the taste of Italian and African restaurants has exceeded my expectations as well. The restaurant service is also very good, and I would like to give special praise to Samra. Anyway, this was a very satisfying trip

x AK x

I haven’t given it 5 stars just because of the lack of privacy and transportation, however, the service is a 5 stars service, specially IRADA who kept in contact with us till we solved our issue and coordinated with different teams to insure our needs to be met!! Santosh, sayeed and khalid were amazing too. The place was amazing and the activities were very nice. The privacy however is lacking specially to Muslims who want to swim with their wife’s wearing bikini in their private pool which they cannot since the private pool is not very private. The transportation was nice however you dont feel free to roam and have to wait for a pick up to come, it’s understandable that it is for the safety of both animals and customers, however, a small scooter or a bike would be harmless and more enjoyable. And the ferry seemed very cheap and crowded which was not comfortable. Prices were a rip off in general.

Fatima Alkhoori

This is my second time to this resort because of its amazing location - However, I have two comments that made us very disappointed this time. The boat that took us to the island was without AC and it was very old and smelly and it created severe discomfort and during summer times this should not be acceptable at all. Also, the quality and taste of food is very very very very bad.. We tried the italian restaurant olio and the room service dining and the african restuarant and all were tasteless. The staff are very friendly though and the service is usually very quick. I hope that you pay attention to the boat and food quality. I tried filling out this survey in the link shared by the resort instead of posting it here but it shows that the link is expired although we’ve checked out just now today. So I had to post here. Thanks!

Omar Farhat

The place is very nice , the people working here are genuinely amazing. Great activities. The food needs enhancement, especially breakfast.