Know Your Neighbourhood: Jumeirah Beach Residence

by Vaishnavi Venkataraman
Know Your Neighbourhood: Jumeirah Beach Residence

Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR) is a chic waterfront community that offers a high-end living experience to its residents. A hit amongst the tourists for its varied shop, dine and relax options as well as the ultimate community experience, JBR is one of the older tourist spots of Dubai. Fill in your shopping bags with the latest collection at The Walk, calm your hunger pangs at one of the eateries and relax in absorbing the Jumeirah sunset at The Beach. JBR has got it all!

How To Get There?

JBR is easily accessible via bus, cab and metro. However, the easiest public transport route is to directly take a Red Line metro to the UAE exchange metro station and walk down to JBR The Walk. You can also take a Tram from Dubai Marina M1 to Jumeirah Beach Residence 2.

Where To Stay?

Want to reside in JBR permanently? You can look for an apartment in one of the 6 main clusters housing 35 residential buildings that form the ‘Residence’ of Jumeirah Beach Residence. Take your pick from a range of studio apartments as well as luxury penthouses and lofts offering 6 bedroom spaces. Rents for studio apartments start from 70 K per annum as you get to mingle with the Western expat community of Dubai as well as locals too.

For our tourists and visitors, JBR also has luxury hotels that provide easy access to the beaches at JBR as well as the comfort of shopping at ease in The Walk. Sofitel Dubai Jumeirah Beach (rooms starting from 350 AED per night) and JA Ocean View Hotel (starting from 440 AED) are the two best luxury hotels in this area.

Where To Pick Your Groceries From?

If you are the kind of person who does monthly/ weekly grocery shopping then Waitrose in Marina Mall is perfect for its wide range of supplies including fresh bakes as well as British imports.

Waitrose
Address: P Floor,Dubai Marina Mall,Shiekh Zayed Rd, Dubai Marina – Dubai
Hours: 8 AM – 11 PM
Phone: 04 434 2626

However, there are other multiple quick pick stores like All Day JBR and Zoom that provide 24 x 7 service and have multiple branches spread throughout the neighbourhood.

Café Fix

If you are one of the coffee enthusiasts who love their caffeine fix for the day, then fret not! JBR has a plethora of Café options available to you. Pappa Roti is an affordable café overlooking the serene Beach waters of Jumeirah where you can sip on your Cappuccino while digging into their famous buns starting from 27.25 AED.

Pappa Roti
Address:
The Beach, Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR), Dubai
Cost for two: AED 75
Timings: 8am – 1am (Mon-Sun)
Contact: 04 4200690

Restaurants

Wondering where to head to after a long day? There is no cuisine that you will not find in JBR. From Asian to Arabic, seafood to fast food; there is something to satiate every kind of taste at JBR. So walk down to The Beach with its varied range of International as well as local restaurants for your supper. We recommend P.F. Chang’s Dynamite Shrimps priced at 54.6 AED.

P.F. Chang’s
Address:
The Beach, Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR), Dubai
Cuisines: Asian, Chinese, Japanese
Cost For Two: AED 280
Hours: 11 am – 1 am (Weekdays), 11 am – 2 am (Weekends)

Fitness & Retreat

For the fitness fiend, JBR does fitness with a difference. Work out in the gym as you gaze at the sea or check out The Warehouse Gym’s two-story indoor facility. Try out Eleiko weightlifting platforms and bars, as well as Hammer Strength machines and free weights.

The Warehouse Gym
Address: The Beach Mall, JBR
Membership: Starting from 525 AED per month
Hours : 06:00 AM-10:00 PM
Contact: +971 43684080

There is nothing more relaxing like a spa retreat after a long week of work. JBR has a decent array of spas and salons available for you to check out! Situated on The Walk, in Jumeirah Beach Residence, Belle Femme Beauty Boutique & Spa is a relaxing haven. Their spa treatments start from 265 AED.

Belle Femme Beauty Boutique & Spa
Address: The Walk, in Jumeirah Beach Residence
Hours : Everyday 10:00am To 09:30pm
Contact: +971 4 4370207

Shopping Complex

JBR’s in house mall is a quirky complex located next to the Jumeirah beach offering a wide range of International as well as local brands along with dining, water sports as well as a cinema theatre- The Roxy Cinemas. The beach’s boulevard is lined with luxury boutiques, designer stores, cafés, kiosks and restaurants.

This article has been contributed to Curly Tales by Syeda Saniya Fatima. If you wish to contribute your travel story, please drop an email here