Azizi Riviera 
Living here
Azizi Riviera, block by block
Azizi Riviera is a long run of low-rise blocks along the Dubai Water Canal in MBR City, with shops and cafés on the ground floor of many of them. Which stretch of the promenade you're on matters more here than which building you're in — so that's how this site is organised.
Events
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Day to day
Coffee
Which blocks you can walk to a decent coffee from.
Food
Where to eat tonight, and the supermarket for the rest of the week.
Pools
Your building's pool is the one you get — there's no shared one.
Water
The canal is for walking. The nearest real swim is a drive.
Money
Changing cash nearby, and what paying in crypto actually involves.
News
All news
Al Asayel to 80, Al Mustaqbal to 70
The RTA raises the limit on Al Asayel Street between Oud Metha and Al Meydan Street from 60 to 80 km/h on 1 November 2026, and on Al Mustaqbal Street from Sheikh Rashid Road to Al Meydan Street from 60 to 70: the two roads most Azizi Riviera residents take to the office. Three other roads change the same day, two of them downwards.
Buses to Global Village
The RTA runs four bus routes to Global Village for the season that opened on 14 October: 102 from Al Rashidiya, 103 from Union, 104 from Al Ghubaiba and 106 from Mall of the Emirates, with two electric abras inside the park. None starts in MBR City, and the nearest pick-up for Azizi Riviera is a Metro ride away.
The Abu Dhabi train opens
Etihad Rail's passenger service reaches Dubai on 30 September at Al Yalayis, roughly 57 minutes from Abu Dhabi — and about 40 kilometres from Meydan, where Azizi Riviera sits.
What's built out and what isn't
Blocks run from studios to three-bedrooms, each facing either the canal or an internal courtyard. Several have shops on the ground floor — cafés, a few restaurants, a supermarket, the everyday things — so most small errands here are a walk rather than a drive, which is not true of a comparable tower elsewhere in Dubai.
How much of that you actually get depends on when your block opened rather than where it sits on the map: the earliest phases have the fullest run of shops, the later ones are still filling theirs in. Worth checking the stretch you're looking at, not the development as a whole. And the water in every listing photo is a boat canal, not a beach — the nearest real swim is a short drive.
Rent
Renting in Riviera specifically?
Tell us what matters — canal view, quiet courtyard, how far from the promenade — and get a shortlist of blocks that fit.