United Arab Emirates
19 ranked
hotels in Dubai
13 MICHELIN Keys · 13 Forbes Five Star · 2 World's 50 Best placings
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Nineteen ranked hotels along a manufactured, exacting coastline
Dubai has 19 hotels ranked in the finehotels.world index. The Lana - Dorchester Collection leads on prestige score at 6.58 out of 10, followed by Bvlgari Resort Dubai and Jumeirah Burj Al Arab. Of those, 11 hold MICHELIN Keys, 13 hold a Forbes Five Star rating, 2 have placed in The World's 50 Best Hotels, 5 are rated by La Liste.
Dubai's hotel scene is young, and it has been built at speed and at scale. Nineteen properties in this index carry recognition, with 13 holding Forbes Five Star status, the largest Forbes concentration of any destination in this batch, and five appearing in La Liste's restaurant rankings, a sign of how central dining has become to the city's hospitality economy.
The Lana on Marasi Bay brought Dorchester Collection to the Business Bay canal, while Bvlgari Resort Dubai occupies its own island off Jumeira. Jumeirah Burj Al Arab remains the emblem of the 1990s beach boom; Armani Hotel Dubai sits inside the Burj Khalifa itself. Newer arrivals such as Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab and The St. Regis Dubai The Palm extend the pattern outward along reclaimed shore.
| Hotel | Prestige | Distinctions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lana - Dorchester Collection1 Key · 50 Best · 225 rooms | 6.58 | 1 MICHELIN Key; World's 50 Best No. 23 in 2024, No. 35 in 2025 |
| 2 | Bvlgari Resort Dubai2 Keys · Forbes · La Liste · 101 rooms | 6.51 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star; La Liste 98.0 |
| 3 | Jumeirah Burj Al Arab2 Keys · Forbes · 202 rooms | 6.38 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star |
| 4 | Address Beach Resort1 Key · Forbes · La Liste · 217 rooms | 5.66 | 1 MICHELIN Key; Forbes Five Star; La Liste 97.5 |
| 5 | Armani Hotel Dubai1 Key · Forbes · 160 rooms | 5.59 | 1 MICHELIN Key; Forbes Five Star |
| 6 | Mandarin Oriental Jumeira1 Key · Forbes · 251 rooms | 5.59 | 1 MICHELIN Key; Forbes Five Star |
| 7 | The St. Regis Dubai The Palm1 Key · Forbes · 290 rooms | 5.59 | 1 MICHELIN Key; Forbes Five Star |
| 8 | Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab50 Best | 5.46 | World's 50 Best No. 20 in 2025 |
| 9 | Al Maha, A Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa1 Key · 42 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 10 | Bab Al Shams, A Rare Finds Desert Resort, Dubai1 Key · 115 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 11 | Jumeirah Al NaseemForbes · La Liste | 5.20 | Forbes Five Star; La Liste 98.0 |
| 12 | ME Dubai1 Key · 93 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 13 | The St. Regis Downtown Dubai1 Key · 298 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 14 | Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah BeachForbes · La Liste | 5.13 | Forbes Five Star; La Liste 97.5 |
| 15 | One&Only Royal Mirage - The ResidenceForbes · La Liste | 5.13 | Forbes Five Star; La Liste 97.5 |
| 16 | Four Seasons Hotel Dubai International Financial CentreForbes | 5.07 | Forbes Five Star |
| 17 | Grosvenor House, a Luxury Collection Hotel, DubaiForbes | 5.07 | Forbes Five Star |
| 18 | The Ritz-Carlton, DubaiForbes | 5.07 | Forbes Five Star |
| 19 | Waldorf Astoria Dubai International Financial CentreForbes | 5.07 | Forbes Five Star |
Prestige score is shown out of 10. Sources: MICHELIN Guide hotel selection, Forbes Travel Guide 2026 Star Awards, The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2023 to 2025, La Liste Top 1000 Hotels.
Beach hotels line Jumeirah and Umm Suqeim, with Palm Jumeirah's crescent holding the densest resort strip; Downtown and Business Bay serve visitors who want the Dubai Mall, the Burj Khalifa and the canal, and DIFC suits shorter working stays. Old Dubai around Al Fahidi and the Creek offers a small number of low-rise conversions.
November to March is high season, when daytime heat is mild and the New Year and spring holidays fill the hotels; July and August humidity leaves the same rooms widely available.
By prestige score, the three highest ranked hotels in Dubai are The Lana - Dorchester Collection, Bvlgari Resort Dubai, Jumeirah Burj Al Arab. The score is a composite of MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five Star ratings, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025, and La Liste's hotel ratings. finehotels.world tracks 19 award holding hotels in Dubai in total.
Dubai has 11 hotels holding MICHELIN Keys in this index and 2 hold two Keys.
Each hotel is scored on a fixed formula built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. Nothing a hotel supplies about itself enters the score, and the full formula is published on the methodology page so any figure in the table can be reproduced from the awards beside it.
November to March is high season, when daytime heat is mild and the New Year and spring holidays fill the hotels; July and August humidity leaves the same rooms widely available.
Beach hotels line Jumeirah and Umm Suqeim, with Palm Jumeirah's crescent holding the densest resort strip; Downtown and Business Bay serve visitors who want the Dubai Mall, the Burj Khalifa and the canal, and DIFC suits shorter working stays. Old Dubai around Al Fahidi and the Creek offers a small number of low-rise conversions.