Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach

The Four Seasons on Jumeirah Beach serves the pastry lover’s afternoon tea of Dubai in the Shai Salon, a lounge with a view of the Gulf and a tier that changes with the season.

The beach resort on Jumeirah Beach Road opened in 2014 as the calm alternative to the towers: low buildings, gardens, a beach and the Shai Salon, a lounge under a painted ceiling where afternoon tea is served every day with a view of the sea. The tea is the one Dubai’s pastry people talk about: a French-school tier with Middle Eastern flavours, scones with date jam and clotted cream, and a seasonal menu that changes every few months.

The hotel’s pastry kitchen supplies the restaurants and the Mercury Lounge on the roof; the Shai Salon remains the place, and it can be booked online for the same week.