Complete Guide to Dubai Festival City Mall: Shopping, Dining, and Exciting Activities
Located alongside Dubai Creek, The Dubai Festival City Mall offers an unparalleled shopping experience featuring exquisite waterfront dining, whole-family leisure and entertainment activities, and stunning scenery. Dubai residents as well as tourists will find something unique and special at Dubai Festival City Mall. Let’s Explore.
Shopping Dubai Festival City Mall
The Dubai Festival City Mall boasts a collection of **over 400 unique stores**, catering to a range of interests, styles, and budgets. Here is a selection of International Fashion:
- Zara
- H&M
- Marks & Spencer
- Nike
- Guess
- Coach
If you want something truly exclusive visit Robinsons, it is well known for featuring high-end fashion brands and beauty products.
Location and Its Importance
With respect to location, the mall is strategically positioned few minutes off Dubai International Airport and is directly accessible from many roads; Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Rebat Street are among the roads leading to the mall. Its central position means visitors can make use of public transport as well as water taxis.
The mall provides its customers with ample parking space, valet services, and a well-coordinated public transport system.
Cafés and Restaurants: A One-of-a-Kind Dining Experience
The Peppermill Restaurant is also a great example of waterfront dining because of its stunning views at the Festival Bay. Whether its fast food or gourmet cuisine, there’s something for everyone:
- Texas Roadhouse – American steakhouse with hearty portions - serves American dishes and has bold portion sizes.
- Eataly – Authentic Italian fare with artisanal groceries - not only do they sell Italian food, but also Italian specialty groceries.
- Café Bateel – Mediterranean cuisine and specialty coffee - Not only do they serve coffee, but Mediterranean food too!
While eating, you can also enjoy the view of the IMAGINE show which happens to be a record-breaking free light and fire show publicly available to everyone.
Tourism and Entertainment
Dubai Festival City Mall has a range of activities for all ages:
- IMAGINE Show In awe inspiring fashion, Dubai Festival City's award winning attraction does it all with laser light shows, fire, and fountains at the same time. The stunning view is available every day at no charge.
- Novo Cinemas Anyone looking to see the latest blockbusters should try out Novo cinemas. Their luxurious lounges are equipped with supreme quality sound systems and gourmet snacks.
- Fabyland & Bounce-X An indoor amusement park branded Fabyland that is accessible to anyone and everyone or the world's first freestyle terrain park that combines trampolines, parlour, and ninja courses aptly named Bounce-X.
Events and Observance Activities
Live performances and cultural celebrations are part of seasonal markets, which are hosted at the Dubai Festival City Mall. As with many shopping locations around Dubai, the mall adapts to different festivities and does special displays, such as the Christmas displays or the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) deals. One can always find something that picks their interest.
These hotels are connected to the mall which allows shopping and entertainment to be right at one’s doorstep.
Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City
InterContinental Dubai Festival City
Holiday Inn Dubai Festival City
If one plans for a longer stay, they can always choose from these luxurious hotels.
And this is the newest trend that is arising: Rather than being confined to a conventional definition of a mall, Dubai Festival City Mall enabled and encouraged the blending of the shopping mall with other multipurpose facilities and spaces, turning it into a vibrant destination.