Alizeé

About Alizeé

October through April is the window here, the stretch when Dubai's heat eases enough to spend a full day on a daybed without negotiating with the sun. Doors open at 8am every day and stay open until midnight, so a morning swim, a long lunch and a sundowner can all happen without moving. The kitchen works between French and Middle Eastern, with private dining available for groups who want a table away from the water, and bottle and table service running to the beds. Music stays in the background rather than the foreground — deep house, lounge-leaning grooves, familiar hits as the afternoon stretches on. Fridays and Saturdays fill up with a mix of Bluewaters Island visitors, Dubai residents and European guests, mostly in the 25-to-45 range; beachwear is the code, $$$ the spend, and valet handles the arrival. Reviews sit at 4.8, which tracks.