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#99 highest hotel rooms in the world · Shangri-La
Shangri-La Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · completed 2003
Highest room
625 ft
about 191 m above the street
Top room floor
41st
hotel floors 1–43
Building height
656 ft
200 m · 43 floors
Typical rate
$200
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #108 by building height · #129 by top floor
How high is Shangri-La Dubai?
Shangri-La Dubai is a Shangri-La hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its highest guest rooms are on the 41st floor, roughly 625 ft (191 m) above the street: about 20 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle.
The hotel fills a 43-floor tower that rises 656 ft (200 m) and was completed in 2003. Guest rooms stop at floor 41, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #99 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #108 by building height and #129 by top room floor. In Dubai it ranks #15 of 17; Gevora Hotel has the highest rooms there, at 1,140 ft. Among the 8 Shangri-La hotels we track, it ranks #5.
A standard room typically costs around $200 a night, below the $250 median across the tall hotels we track. Rates swing a lot by season, so check live prices before you book.
About the hotel
Shangri-La Dubai occupies a tower on Sheikh Zayed Road completed in 2003, a few minutes from Dubai Mall and Downtown Dubai. It has 302 rooms and suites plus 126 serviced apartments, and was refurbished in 2016 in a project reported at US$19 million. Dining leans towards Asia, with the Chinese restaurant Shang Palace and the Vietnamese Hoi An alongside the all-day Dunes Café, and the rooftop ikandy ultralounge sits beside a pool with views of the Burj Khalifa.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Shangri-La Dubai and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
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#99Shangri-La DubaiDubai
#100Conrad OsakaOsaka
#101Banyan Tree BangkokBangkok
#102The Palazzo at The VenetianLas VegasMore tall hotels in Dubai
Other Dubai hotels on our list, by highest room.
Gevora Hotel
🇦🇪 Dubai · rooms to 1,140 ft
Floor 73 · 1,169 ft tower
Ciel Dubai Marina
🇦🇪 Dubai · rooms to 1,130 ft
Floor 75 · 1,237 ft tower
Rose Rayhaan by Rotana
🇦🇪 Dubai · rooms to 1,065 ft
Floor 70 · 1,093 ft tower
JW Marriott Marquis Dubai
🇦🇪 Dubai · rooms to 995 ft
Floor 70 · 1,165 ft tower
SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences
🇦🇪 Dubai · rooms to 950 ft
Floor 67 · 1,066 ft tower
The Tower Plaza Hotel
🇦🇪 Dubai · rooms to 855 ft
Floor 63 · 965 ft tower
Other tall Shangri-La hotels
Questions about Shangri-La Dubai
What floor are the highest rooms at Shangri-La Dubai?
The highest guest rooms at Shangri-La Dubai are on the 41st floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–43 of the 43-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Shangri-La Dubai?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 625 ft (191 m) above street level, about 20 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is the Shangri-La Dubai building?
The building is 656 ft (200 m) tall, with 43 floors, and was completed in 2003.
Is Shangri-La Dubai the tallest hotel in Dubai?
Not by highest room. Gevora Hotel has higher rooms (1,140 ft vs 625 ft), and Shangri-La Dubai ranks #15 of the 17 Dubai hotels on our list.
How much does a night at Shangri-La Dubai cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $200 per night, though rates vary a lot by date and season.
Heights come from CTBUH, Wikipedia and the hotels themselves. The highest-room figure is the top room floor multiplied by the building's average floor height, so treat it as accurate to within a few floors. How we measure.