Prior to my FlyDubai Boeing 737 MAX business class flight to Belgrade, I had the chance to check out the Marhaba Lounge (marhaba means ”hello” in Arabic). While I spent most of my time in the Emirates Business Class Lounge, I was curious to see what the Priority Pass option was like as well.
Continue reading: Review: Marhaba Lounge Dubai Terminal 3 (DXB)
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You are lucky you visited here off-peak. It is an absolute zoo during the midnight and morning banks. Every second credit card in the UAE offers Marhaba Lounge access so it gets very crowded very quickly.
Extra lucky you didn't have to fly FlyDubai out of terminal 2. That place in an absolute s**hole and the lounge is a pit.
Agreed... the T2 lounge was quite possibly the worst lounge I have ever been to. Packed, loud, hot, and dirty.
So the first grouping of grey seats has a view of…a settee overlooking…a slatted wooden wall? How pretty and how inspired!
Absolutely agree.
It is impossibly crowded between 9pm-8am, so much so that it is almost a meme amongst UAE residents.
You are bound to bump into someone you know!
We need a list of the top ten worst lounges Ben has visited.
My vote is China eastern in Shanghai
Ben - Didn't go for the Ahlan Cadiz lounge instead on T3-B or have you reviewed that before? Curious if you've experienced both and have a recommendation. Was in DXB in March and did the Biz lounge on the way back, but had a split ticket connecting on economy on the way out so had to make use of my PP lounge access and chose Ahlan over Marhaba. It was a cool setup as it's inside a tapas wine bar, but can be a bit tight when busy. Nonetheless, good food at the buffet, nice service at the bar, massage chairs and free access to the showers at the airport hotel. Didn't hurt that I could watch my departing gate from the lounge so I knew when to head downstairs into the crowded gate area. Marhaba seems nice but maybe nothing overly special/memorable about it based on your review?
I hold a MasterCard and was under the impression that lounge access was free. It is not. I got charged USD32 by Lounge Key for 4 hour access.
I went to Marhaba lounge when I travel from terminal 3 it was 11:00pm the food was very poor and it looks like balance from lunch and all vegetarian no beef or chicken. It was really bad experience for me.
They should look to quality of food and different type not only vegetarian Indian food
food was very poor and it looks like balance from lunch and all vegetarian no beef or chicken. It was really bad experience for me.
They should look to quality of food and different type not only vegetarian Indian food
They should look to quality of food and different type not only vegetarian Indian food
I had a very bad experience when I went to on arrival visa counter on 27th morning .I came 12.09 in counter to get my on arrival visa and wait for 30 minutes to some one come to the seat
Terminal 2
Just got back from a trip to Dubai. Sad to say the Marhaba lounge at Terminal 3 Concourse C was disappointing to say the least. We waited almost an hour to get in, it was overcrowded and even then there were no seats available and staff were unhelpful to the point of being rude. I won't be going there again!