Bikes, cars, and #guestcommentswednesday

Jumeirah Lakes Towers is fast becoming quite the happening place! It doesn’t just have the Bonnington and McGettigan’s at its heart, but there are more & more events taking place in the local area.

On our Facebook page, we recently reported that JLT now has a weekly farmers’ market. You can find out more about that here.

This coming Friday, another new event is taking place in JLT:

Meanwhile, at the hotel and McGettigan’s, we’re gearing up for St. Patrick’s Day 2013.

You can find out what McGettigan’s offers by checking out their blog “St. Patrick’s Day in Dubai” – here at the Bonnington, we’ve already raised the flags and the menu for our special St. Patrick’s Day dinner is ready, too:

Our Golden Book had a busy time, too, recently, and here are some of our latest guest comments. Don’t forget – you can follow this on Twitter with hashtag #guestcommentswednesday:

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A #guestcommentswednesday & some public service announcements

Welcome to February! You survived the January sales and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Naturally, we’ve got a special dinner offer, which you can find out more about on the Cavendish Restaurant’s Facebook page. If you want to stay overnight, we also have a special room offer, which you can find here.

Time for some public service announcements:

We’ve recently made some changes to our airport transportation and we no longer offer shuttle busses to/from the airport. If you are holding a confirmed booking for shuttle transportation, you will receive a complimentary upgrade to limousine pick-up & drop-off.

Limousine pick-up or drop-off to/from Dubai International Airport, terminals 1 & 3 is now available for AED 225/way. Please contact us for rates for terminal 2.

We can also arrange transportation to/from Abu Dhabi Airport at AED 450/way and Sharjah Airport at AED 400/way.

Please also note that our local authority, DMCC, recently installed & activated access control barriers in our cluster. Hotel guests or visitors to our restaurants & bars arriving with their own cars should proceed up the ramp and drop the car with our valet parkers for complimentary valet parking. Guests booked in one of our serviced residences will benefit from having an allocated parking space for self-parking. Upon arrival, Reception will advise you of your parking place number & issue you with an access card.

There is also a new public parking, which is currently free, on the left of our cluster.

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2013′s first #guestcommentswednesday. Plus, some outstanding dinners!

We’ve got the first guest comments in 2013 for you today, plus details of two very special dinners…

We’re calling all our Scottish friends in Dubai and guests who’ll be with us over Burns Night: Come and join us for the very first Burns Night dinner in our Cavendish Restaurant on 25th January:

Our second dinner is for all romantics out there! Yes, Valentine’s Day is coming and where better to spend it in Dubai than our Cavendish Restaurant with gourmet food & fine wines?

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Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year! Plus, the last #guestcommentswednesday of 2012!

A very merry Christmas and a happy New Year from all of us here at the Bonnington Jumeirah Lakes Towers! We’d like to thank you for your support in 2012 and are looking forward to an exciting 2013!

Our Christmas Day lunch was a sell-out as every year, but we still have a few seats available for our New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner in our Cavendish Restaurant. Here’s the menu:

Whether you’re joining us for dinner on New Year’s Eve or not, our Healey’s Bar & Terrace is ready to welcome you at any time throughout the evening. There’s no cover charge and you’re welcome to brings friends:

We’re also closing our Golden Book for 2012 and bring you a few more guest comments we received over the recent weeks.

We always like to hear from our guests, whether through messages on Facebook or Twitter, comments in our Golden Book, or on our comment cards.

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More guest feedback & some special offers!

Welcome to another post with guest feedback from our Golden Book! The past few weeks have been very busy here in JLT with the Eid festivities, various conferences and events, and of course the Atelier Festival.

We’re preparing for the upcoming festive season and hope to see you around over Christmas & the New Year.

Did you see that our monthly gourmet wine dinners were recently reviewed by two high-profile food bloggers?

Read what they had to say here or here.

Our next wine dinner in the Cavendish Restaurant is on Tuesday, 11th December 2012, and we’ll reveal the theme a little closer to the date on the Cavendish’s Facebook & Google+ pages. The last event was quite busy, so it’s worthwhile booking in advance.

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Our first #guestcommentswednesday in October!

As always, our Golden Book has been busy during the last few weeks, and we’re happy to bring you another #guestcommentswednesday with excerpts from our comment book at reception.

Are you planning to attend this year’s Formula One races in Abu Dhabi? Why not stay at the luxurious and conveniently located 5 star Bonnington hotel in Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai? Our hotel is a mere 40 minutes drive from Yas Island giving you the opportunity to experience all the city of Dubai has to offer during your stay!
We are offering a special room package which includes deluxe accommodation, breakfast for 2 in the Cavendish restaurant and private transportation to and from the Yas Island race track, all this starting from AED 949 per night! For more information, check out our website.

Have you already heard about our Interconnecting Rooms promotion? A great way for extended families to enjoy privacy and space with an endless range of facilities to make your stay more comfortable. Enjoy two interconnecting Deluxe Double Rooms (can also be set up as Twin Rooms). One price. Twice as nice.

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A September #guestcommentswednesday, cupcakes, and the What’s On Awards 2012!

September’s here and we hope you had a great Summer, Ramadan and Eid.

We’re gearing up for a busy autumn here at the Bonnington and we’re already looking ahead & planning for the festive season, too.

In case you haven’t seen it yet: We’ve added a beautiful virtual flipbook to our website – have a look here.

Do keep you diary free or our next gourmet wine dinner experience, too. The event is taking place on Tuesday, 9th October 2012, in our Cavendish Restaurant and October’s theme is “Feathered Game” – more details will be released closer to the date.

Currently, we’re also looking for Dubai’s best cupcake chef! You can find out more about this competition here.

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A Ramadan #guestcommentswednesday

It’s Ramadan and in between iftars and suhours, we thought we’d bring you a few more excerpts from our Golden Book:

Don’t forget, our early bird offer for August’s grape dinner expires tomorrow!

For pictures of last month’s dinner, please see here or here.

Due to Ramadan, August’s dinner starts a little later (8 p.m.), but everything else remains the same: Fabulous food paired with expertly selected grape. You can select between 5 courses for AED 345 or 3 courses for AED 295 (prices inclusive of tax & service charge).

This event requires pre-booking. To book, call 04 356 0573 or email us via fbadmin@bonningtontower.com

EARLY BIRD OFFER: Book by 9th August and get a discount! Call or email for details!

Click here to view and download a copy of the menu.

Are you looking to stay with us in the coming weeks? We’ve extended our Summer just for you! Click on the picture and check out our extended Summer promotion:

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Our last #guestcommentswednesday before Ramadan!

Just a couple more days until the start of Ramadan and while we’re busy preparing the hotel for the Holy Month, here’s another selection of guest comments from our Golden Book:

During Ramadan, our Healey’s Bar & Terrace will remain closed, but our Leisure Deck will be open daily from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. and the theme for our breezy hang-out over the Jumeirah Lakes is “apple” in August. Look forward to apple smoothies, apple sorbets, and apple infused mocktails.

Our Cavendish Restaurant will operate as usual and will also offer gourmet iftars every evening. Our Family Friday Brunch, though, will take a break during Ramadan and will be back after Eid.

Also in August, our Cavendish Restaurant will offer you a special gourmet dinner experience on Tuesday, 14th. The theme is “lamb”, so if that tickles your taste buds, keep an eye on our blog or our Facebook page for further details.

The Authors’ Lounge will also open daily from 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. and we have a couple of nice offers lined up for you there, too.

Our McGettigan’s Pub will be open daily from sunset until late, although there won’t be any live entertainment and our weekly pub quiz will not run during Ramadan.

Check out “St. Patrick’s Day in Dubai” – the McGettigan’s blog!

Talking about guest comments and guest service… Our Assistant Chief Concierge, Ali, and his team were featured in the news the other day when they attended the monthly Golden Keys concierge meeting in Dubai:

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#guestcommentswednesday! The latest guest comments from our Golden Book!

A warm welcome to another #guestcommentswednesday on our blog! We’ve been through the recent entries in our Golden Book again and are happy to bring you the latest guest comments.

If you’re looking forward to this year’s Ramadan already, why not be an early bird and make your iftar booking in our Cavendish Restaurant now? We’ve got a special early bird promotion on our Facebook Page at the moment, check it out here.

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