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Latest post on 15 January 2013 - 21:39

I have been tasked with organising a baby shower with a week to go. Eeeeek! The original plan was afternoon tea at The Address in the Marina but the mum-to-be said she'd like people to be able to have a drink if they want to, and they won't serve booze during afternoon tea :(. Is there anywhere we can go and have both?!

Any suggestions gratefully received as I need to get official invites out ASAP!

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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 16:31

You should contact the H, they do afternoon tea with alcohol - very reasonably, about 200 each I think it was....

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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 13:40

Al Qasr, Mina A Salam and The Westin all have vouchers in the family entertainer books for afternoon tea, maybe there are others too. If everyone pays for themselves you could use the maximum four vouchers and use this saving to purchase some alcohol for the group? You are welcome to my vouchers if you need them.

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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 13:32

Dubaicat i went to a lovely baby shower at Ritz Carlton and they served alcohol. we also all paid for our own ;) Was it the Ritz Carlton in Jumeirah? I'll check out all the suggestions, thanks :).

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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 13:21

The One and Only Royal Mirage do really reasonably priced and really good afternoon teas. I am sure you can order some bottles of wine/champagne to be served too - just ask them they're usually very flexible there and it's lovely.

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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 13:20

Dubaicat i went to a lovely baby shower at Ritz Carlton and they served alcohol. we also all paid for our own ;)

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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 13:17

The mum-to-be wanted to have it at a house and the original organiser arranged the afternoon tea :(. My main problem with this is that the girl whose house we'd have it at can't do the original date as she didn't get the emails! Oh dear.

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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 10:03

Right...any bachelorette party or baby shower I've been to..someone hosts it at their home for the lady of the hour, and the guests chip in. If we go out, the attendees pull together to pay. Always been that way in my experience!

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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 09:54

the ritz does a lovely afternoon tea as does the palace hotel in downtown. i'm pretty sure you can order a bottle of wine to go with it. just to add: i thought baby showers fell into the same category as hen do's - attendees pay for themselves?! I've always paid for myself when I've been to one!

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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 09:24

Burj Al Arab offers champagne option with their high tea. You could check out the Park Hyatt - I am not sure if they offer champagne with their high tea or not but their high tea is really lovely and not as expensive as the others - but just as good. I often take my guests there and sometimes my 8 year old DD and I enjoy an afternoon out together there for high tea - even she enjoys it. I would imagine that the Mum to Be (or her friend organizing the afternoon) would be paying for her guests - surely .............. Who would expect their guests to pay for anything?

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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 08:52

Agree with Pamya and AnonDubai... I'd be more than a little weirded out if I was invited to a baby shower but expected to pay for it AND bring a gift. Sounds like the original organizer was feeling a bit lazy in the "organizing" department and didn't want to have to think of making/ordering food, drinks etc. I would still go with a party at someone's home, then you can also theme the food if you like and decorate it (for a boy or girl or anything you want really) to make it more personal. If it was my baby shower, I'd much prefer that over an afternoon tea which you can have at any time...

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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 08:43

I was going to say the same thing as Pamya. Your friend's plan seems a bit tactless and you might want to tell her gently that she might alienate her friends if she expects them to pay for the privilege of attending her shower plus having to bring a gift.

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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 08:16

Thanks. But eeeek, it's 360dhs with one glass of bubbly at Burj Khalifa and I dread to think how much it is at the Burj Al Arab! Are they really the only two options? I'm sorry, I should have said nothing too expensive because the mum-to-be is already worried about asking people to pay. Thanks so much for taking the time to reply :). The original organiser was the one who said afternoon tea instead of having it at someone's house and now I'm stuck trying to sort it! :( Ritz Carlton, Atlantis, Al Qar or Mina Salam. Not to be rude, but isn't it quite weird to ask the guest to pay, especially if she expects presents too...I might just have missunderstood the situation. I had a friend in Dubai that used to invite friends for her birthdays at restaurants and then expect everyone to pick up their own bills and because it was her birthday there were always someone that thought we should take hers too...and most of us used to bring a gift, I stopped going to her celebrations...If the budget is tight, it might be better to go back to the original plan and have it at someones house and everyone bring something with them for the party...

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Latest post on 15 January 2013 - 22:34

The Lounge in the Park Hyatt on the Creek, and I believe they actually promote it for Baby Showers too. Serves champagne until 16:00. Comes with one pot of tea, one coffee drink and glass of bubbly. Think its around AED220 per COUPLE. Have been there several times.

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Latest post on 15 January 2013 - 22:20

Thanks. But eeeek, it's 360dhs with one glass of bubbly at Burj Khalifa and I dread to think how much it is at the Burj Al Arab! Are they really the only two options? I'm sorry, I should have said nothing too expensive because the mum-to-be is already worried about asking people to pay. Thanks so much for taking the time to reply :). The original organiser was the one who said afternoon tea instead of having it at someone's house and now I'm stuck trying to sort it! :(

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