Where to actually take her in the UAE

The Emirates are hotel countries: licensing puts almost all social life inside hotels, and the best of them are genuinely world class. Dubai has the density, Abu Dhabi the calm, and Ras Al Khaimah has become the quiet weekend alternative. Between June and September nothing at all happens outdoors.

Hotels that do not make it awkward

The single most common way an evening goes wrong in the UAE is the front desk. Some houses charge a visitor fee, some ask for her passport, some simply do not allow a second person in the room after midnight. The houses below are the ones worth booking in this city - and because policies change with the season and the manager, the one question worth asking at reservation is whether a registered guest may come up to the room.

• Bulgari Resort Dubai Dubaiproper suites, not a box with a bed · quiet enough to talk · discreet entrance, front desk asks nothing
• Emirates Palace Abu Dhabiproper suites, not a box with a bed · quiet enough to talk · a view worth the first ten minutes
• Address Downtown Dubaia view worth the first ten minutes · walkable to everything · hotel bar - she can arrive without crossing a lobby
• Waldorf Astoria RAK Ras Al Khaimahquiet enough to talk · a view worth the first ten minutes · discreet entrance, front desk asks nothing

Bars for the first drink

Forty minutes in a bar before anything else is not a formality - it is how two adults find out whether the evening is worth having. Pick somewhere you can hear each other.

• Zuma Dubai DIFCbusy and loud after midnight · dress properly or you will feel it · open late
• Ray's Bar Abu Dhabia view worth the first ten minutes · quiet enough to talk · dress properly or you will feel it
• CÉ LA VI Dubaia view worth the first ten minutes · open late · dress properly or you will feel it
• Bar du Port Dubai Marinabusy and loud after midnight · a view worth the first ten minutes · open late

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The areas, honestly

Every city has a district everyone names and a district where things actually happen. In the UAE they are not always the same place.

• Downtown Dubai Dubaiwalkable to everything · tourist-priced, watch the bill
• Dubai Marina Dubaithe nightlife spine of the city · busy and loud after midnight
• Corniche Abu Dhabiquiet enough to talk · a view worth the first ten minutes
• Yas Island Abu Dhabithe nightlife spine of the city · tourist-priced, watch the bill

Three things that cost nothing

• Be where you said you would be, at the time you said it. Punctuality reads as respect, and it is the cheapest respect there is.
• Settle the practical part at the start, once, and never bring it up again.
• Book the room in your own name and go up first. Never ask her to check in for you.

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