Photo Review: Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residences

 

Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residences

Trip to Doha and Riyadh

Date of stay: May 3-4, 2023
Address: 6623 Al Shohadaa Eastern Ring Road, Riyadh 13241-2892 SA
Nightly Rate: 480 SAR
Room: Booked Twin Guest Room, upgraded to Twin Executive Room
Getting to the hotel: From Riyadh Airport, best is to take a taxi to the hotel. (212)

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Hotel Exterior & Entrance

Hotel exterior

Hotel entrance

Reception

Reception

Arabic coffee and water

Elevators & Corridor

Elevators

The highest floor is 19th floor

Corridor

Executive Twin Room, 1545

Twin beds, chair and table

TV, console, luggage rack

Bottles of water, coffee, tea

Nespresso machine

Minibar

Alarm clock, minibar

Working desk

Closet

Prayer rug, safe

Bathroom with a bathtub and walk-in shower

As usual, the toiletries were in reusable containers from Crabtree & Evelyn.

Orientation map

View

In the evening, we could see the tallest building in Riyadh, the Kingdom Tower 👍

Executive Lounge, UGF

This has got to be the best Executive Lounge when it comes to food offering as the snacks they serve from 11am to 6pm is so generous it could be considered a real lunch, thus making a stay felt like an all-inclusive hotel 👍

Executive Lounge opening hours

Reception and business center

Seating

Communal table

Business center

Seating, dining area

Snacks, 11am to 6pm

Cookies, soya drinks, tea, coffee

Salad

Sausage pie, Cheese quiche, Labneh Manakish

Zaatar manakish, Cheese puffs, Chicken fatayer

Fruits

Evening Reception (6:30pm to 8:30pm)

Sandwiches, cheese

Salad

Lentil soup

Chicken

Beef lasagne

Shrimp curry

Lamb ouzi biryani

Cheese, dried fruits

Sliced fruits

Desserts

Breakfast (6:30-10:30am)

Dried fruits, muffins

Croissants

Jams, honey comb

Fresh laban, yogurt

Ful Medames, Salad

Cold cuts, smoked salmon, cheese

Mini pizza, falafel, cheese sambusa

Fried rice, hash brown potato

Sliced fruits, whole fruits, pomegranate

Juices, soya drinks, coffee, tea

Breakfast Restaurant, Teatro Restaurant (1st Floor)

There is a plethora of food be it salads, hot items and desserts that we were really impressed 👍

Entrance

Seating

Below are some photos from the buffet:

Arabic coffee and dates

Mohalabia (Lebanese milky pudding), sugar-free cookies

Croissant, English cake, donuts, etc.

Gouda, parmesan, hummus

Cold cuts, smoked salmon

Home made granola, oatmeal, sahlab (hot milk drink)

Made to order eggs

Hash brown, scrambled eggs, boiled eggs

Baked tomato

Beef bacon

Beef sausage

Fried rice, vegetable curry, chicken mugalgal, beef mugalgal (Saudi Arabian dish with chopped tomato, onions & pepper)

Foul station


Foul Medames

Falafel

Fresh baked fatayer (Middle Eastern pies) cheese manakish, labneh manakish, Zatar manakish and regular pizza

Cheese shawarma and Dates shawarma 😋

Waffles, pancakes, dried fruits, Nutella

Honeycomb, salads

Maamoul (date-filled cookie)

Sliced fruits

Fruits

Yogurt

Actimel, fresh milk

Pineapple, pomegranate and orange juice

Espresso machine (Julius Meinl), soya drinks, water

Coffee, tea

Amenities & Outlets

Fitness, 1st floor

eforea Spa, 1st floor

Male prayer room

Anar (Shisha lounge)

Ambar Lounge

Ambar Lounge 

The other outlets are Lotus (Asian restaurant) and Mayrig specializing in Armenian cuisine.

Exploring the Area

Granada Mall is just steps away.

Diriyah, about 20-minute ride by Uber from the hotel

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