Time Out reviews anonymously and pays for Music & Nightlife all drinks. BAR OF THE WEEK Music & Nightlife The Penthouse The chic rooftop bar Palm Jumeirah – and all of New Dubai – has been waiting for City View Lounge open daily in your tracks and rob you of It may only something fancy, 11am-1am, Marina View the ability to form coherent be 16 floors up, though doesn’t sting Bar Terrace open Sun-Wed sentences (related to literally but with nothing you too much for 4pm-2am, Thu-Sat 4pm-3am. anything other than the venue) overheard and the indulgence. FIVE Palm Jumeirah Dubai, for a good 60 seconds. no towering You’ll feel as That said, ladies Golden Mile, Palm Jumeirah It’s split into two sections: skyscrapers who head down on (052 900 4868). the City View Lounge Terrace, leaning in from though you a Tuesday between which hosts the day club and neighbouring 6pm and 9.30pm f you think you’ve seen all pools, all looking out to the plots, you’ll feel could touch get three free drinks the spectacular views this Burj Al Arab and beyond; and as though you the clouds – just be prepared city has to offer, and yet still the Marina View Bar Terrace could reach out for roughly half the Ihaven’t visited new day-to- (pictured above). Each seriously and touch the clouds above. (You population of Dubai having the night spot The Penthouse, you spacious and surrounded by may also feel a little vertigo – this same excellent idea as you. should jolly well think again. unobstructed glass panelling, is not for those who get wobbly Because it really is excellent. Welcome to the top of the there are few better outdoor knees on mall escalators.) You may have been to a million al world. Kind of. vantages anywhere in town, and Service and mixed drinks are fresco bars in Dubai, but you’ve Set on the roof of FIVE Palm none offering such superb views as slick as the venue itself – never been to one like this. Jumeirah Dubai, stepping out of the Marina, Ain Dubai and and really, this is the kind of onto this terrace will stop you Bluewaters Island. place that implores you to order THE BOTTOM LINE A knockout. 48 March 7 – 13 2018 timeoutdubai.com.