World's highest restaurant comes with equally steep prices

Posted by: ELENA Wednesday, 26 January 2011 4:11 PM[UAE] - Russia

I returned from Dubai two weeks ago, unfortunately At.mosphere wasn't open for guests. I'm sure this restaurant will be a success as the location is great, a lot of tourists and citizens visit Burj Khalifa every day, a great number of guests admire the fountains, without any doubt the restaurant will have a lot of clients until the new attraction opens.

Posted by: Liz English Monday, 24 January 2011 5:35 PM[UAE] - UAE

Tourists will still go to it though even if residents don't (which we won't). It's the same in the overpriced and not very good restaurants in the Souk al Bahar, 90% tourists, residents have had enough of indifferent service, indifferent food and high drink prices. We vote with our feet.

Posted by: Telcoguy Thursday, 27 January 2011 12:21 PM[UAE] - Uae

Some followup, I could not book my friends as the place is fully booked until fen 5th.
About restaurants for tourist vs restaurants for locals, that is a fact of life on every city that has large tourists influx. Locals avoid tourist traps, tourists are usually clueless about best places to eat, nothing special here.
There are good restaurants in Dubai, both in absolute and in value for money terms. There are also plenty of places serving below average food, with poor service and inflated prices. Like in every other touristic destination.

Posted by: R Hulley MBSME Wednesday, 26 January 2011 10:21 AM[UAE] - United Kingdom

Do you not think that having all of these restaurants within your area is a good thing for tourism, trade and supplying jobs within your grasp. Surely it is a good thing to have tourism rather than no tourism, yes i take your point that 'residents' in your words may not visit it for whatever reason, however, to have tourists coming to Dubai is better than no visitors.

The Souk al Bahar has 20+ restaurants, cafes and lounges, are you saying that they are all overpriced and not very good? I can understand that you may not agree with the high number of restaurants within Dubai, but surely the expansion of Dubai that has taken place since in 1970's is a credit to where Dubai is today. I for one, would gladly want to live in Dubai to enable me the choice of where to live, eat and get a job.

Emaar has been instrumental in giving Dubai the freedom of choice in luxury hotels, restaurants and other amenities, which is a major improvement on having no choice at all.

Posted by: Telcoguy Tuesday, 25 January 2011 3:56 PM[UAE] - UAE

True, actually i will be making a reservation for a couple who is visiting here. Of course you have to wonder how many tourists will be arriving to Dubai who have that kind of disposable income, but making it small i think it was a smart move.

Posted by: DERRAZ Monday, 24 January 2011 5:33 PM[UAE] - UAE

What would be even more interesting and newsworthy if the owners of this great tower should also ensure that a operational mosque is created and present in this truly iconic tower.

Posted by: CS Tuesday, 25 January 2011 10:57 AM[UAE] - UK

Yes, that would be very nice; an operational mosque on the same floor as the resturant - then we can say the Highest Mosque in th World, and those praying there would surely be much closer to God

Posted by: Harry Barracuda Monday, 24 January 2011 1:46 PM[UAE] - Bahrain

I'm sure this novelty restaurant will get away with charging these prices, it costs as much to go up Centrepoint tower in Sydney just to look around.

But this is hardly Dubai "back in business".

Posted by: sonnydubai Monday, 24 January 2011 1:45 PM[UAE] - uae

You may be fully booked for the 1st night but let's see what happens after a few weeks when the novelty wears off.