Oasis Star, Dubai Silicon Oasis
Nine storeys of studios and one- and two-bedroom apartments make up this building in Dubai Silicon Oasis, usually shortened to DSO. The three sizes decide who it suits. One person on a short trip takes a studio, a couple settling in for a week takes a one-bedroom, and two friends or a small family planning a longer stay take a two-bedroom. DSO is built as a 15-minute city, with homes sitting close to shops and offices, so the building rewards a stay you plan around the district rather than around a beach.
Storeys
9
Unit types
Studio, 1BR, 2BR
On this page
- A weekend, then a week, then a month
- Studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, room by room
- The play area and the front desk
- If you own here
- One leg in from DXB
- The queue at the gates
- Buses and the Red Line
- A clinic and a hospital next door
- Campus town
- Lake paths and park courts
- Monday: the small shop and the big shop
- Friday afternoon at the mall
- What to weigh before you book
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
A weekend, then a week, then a month
For a long weekend, the swimming pool inside the building is half the plan. You swim before breakfast and walk back to your flat in a few minutes. That is the kind of short trip a studio handles well, because a bed and the pool are most of what two or three nights ask for. Arrive late on a Thursday and the pool comes first on Friday morning, before the day heats up. Two nights fit it well.
Stay a week and the gym in the building starts to matter. A training routine survives when it needs no taxi and no booking. A one-bedroom gives a couple a door between the bed and the laptop, so one of you can work while the other trains. Indoors, you still have the pool and the gym for the week without leaving the building.
Stay a month and two things become the facts you notice. Parking comes with the building, and in DSO that counts for more than it sounds, since many buildings give residents reserved spaces while public parking is usually paid. Maintenance services are provided on site too, so a dripping tap during week three is a short message rather than a long search. A two-bedroom is the size that makes a month comfortable for a family, with the play area for the children on days when nobody wants to go out.
Studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, room by room
A studio is one room, so it works as a base for someone who spends the day elsewhere. The two-bedroom is the one to pick for two friends or a small family, because nobody sleeps in the living room and each adult gets a door to close. With nine floors in the building, the lifts stay short and so do the corridors, and a family with a pushchair or a stack of luggage notices that. It suits you less if you want a high floor and a skyline. A building of this height does not offer one.
The play area and the front desk
A children's play area sits inside the building. On a summer afternoon that matters, because the heat pushes families indoors, and Silicon Central Mall keeps Fabyland and Total Ninja running year-round for the days the play area is not enough. A reception desk serves the building, so you have a place to ask when you arrive with a question. Security and CCTV cover the premises, which a family arriving with a sleeping child at midnight will appreciate.
If you own here
Dubai requires a DET holiday home permit for each unit before it is listed, and every apartment needs its own permit. Royale Stays manages homes for owners at a management fee from 15%. The service covers furnishing and photography. It also covers pricing and check-in, plus guest communications and maintenance coordination. guide to managing a Dubai home has its own guide.
One leg in from DXB
Arriving from Dubai International (DXB) is a one-leg job. A taxi or a ride-hailing car takes you to the building without a change. DSO has no metro station of its own, so taxis and ride-hailing cars are the usual ways in and out, along with your own car. Access to the district is from Dubai Al Ain Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, and most residents drive.
The queue at the gates
Traffic builds at the main entrances and exits in the morning and evening peaks, on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road and the Dubai Al Ain Road. Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street is the further route when those two clog.
Buses and the Red Line
Bus 320 does the last leg from Centrepoint on the Red Line. It is the usual metro-to-DSO link. Rashidiya is the second Red Line option. Bus 365 covers the onward ride. If you are coming from Karama, you can ride the Red Line to ADCB station and change to the X25 bus, which ends in DSO. A bus works when you are travelling light. With luggage, a taxi saves the wait at Centrepoint.
A clinic and a hospital next door
Symbiosis Medical Centre covers family medicine and paediatrics, plus dentistry. For a full hospital you go next door to Fakeeh University Hospital in Academic City. It is open 24 hours.
Campus town
The Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus, known as Dtec, is the start-up hub of DSO. Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai opened here in 2008 with undergraduate and graduate programmes, so the cafes and buses keep student hours. A short stay reads as ordinary life, which suits you if you want a base more than a holiday backdrop.
Lake paths and park courts
DSO Lake Ecological Park, on 57 Street, is open 24 hours and has a lake with paved paths for walking and jogging. The 24-hour opening means a late arrival can still stretch its legs after the flight. Central Park, on 101 Street, never closes either. It has cycling routes and children's playgrounds. DSO North Park, by IT Plaza, adds a football court and a running track, and Silicon Park has sports courts and open green space. Swap one for another through the week and none of them goes stale.
Monday: the small shop and the big shop
Monday starts small. Milk and bread come from the small supermarkets. Al Maya is in Silicon Gates 1, and Green Belt Supermarket is in the IT Plaza building. The weekly shop belongs in Silicon Central Mall, where a Lulu hypermarket covers a full trolley. For a family on a longer stay, that one weekly trip does the work of several small ones. Coffee is easy too, with Costa Coffee and Starbucks in the shopping centres and a second Starbucks at Souq Extra.
Friday afternoon at the mall
Silicon Central Mall has more than 150 stores, with Lulu Hypermarket and Brands For Less as anchor tenants. It is the one place in DSO where a Friday plan can fit under a single roof, with the shops and the anchor tenants inside the same doors.
What to weigh before you book
Public transport and nightlife are the weak points. DSO has no metro and limited nightlife, so if you want a metro stop at the end of the road or a late street scene, a different district will serve you better. If you want to stay put, with a mall and a hospital close by and a lake path inside one community, this one fits. Silicon Heights II and Mas Tower are two more buildings in DSO with their own guides, if you want to compare layouts before you decide. Nine floors with a pool and a gym make this a quiet, practical base rather than a resort. Book a weekday arrival and bring a car or a taxi app for the rest.
Sources
Sources: betterhomes, Bayut, Property Finder blog, Bayut area guide, Property Finder area insights, Wikipedia, Houst.
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