VIDEO REVIEW.

Written: 21 june 2015
Travel time: 5 — 15 april 2015
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
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Rested at the hotel 05 - 15 April 2015. Tour operator Voyage Tours (UAE), flight - a / c Fly Dubai (UAE). Aircraft new Boeing 737-800 NG. They flew there on board A6-FET - 3 months old, back - A6-FEB - 2.5 years. Travel time - 5 hours flew by unnoticed.
Transfer a / p Dubai - hotel individual ($ 90 - round trip) less than an hour. We were at the hotel at 23:30. They immediately gave me a room and offered to have dinner (the restaurant is open until 24.00).
Unlike hotels in Dubai, where since 2014 a tourist tax has been introduced on each room (for example, for a 4-star hotel 15 dirhams per night), there is no such tax in Ajman.

Room 102 - DELUXE SEA VIEW - DBL + EXB for smokers, although in advance on the Top Hotels website they made an application for a non-smoking room and higher. They received a polite refusal, settled in, but on the third day they had what they wanted - room 905 on the ninth floor.
This is our third trip to Dubai (2 previous times were in Al Barsha), so I’ll say right away that the hotel was chosen exclusively as a good beach, but economical option. Chose between Sharjah and Ajman. A good offer with HB meals, its own beach across the road and daily transfers to Dubai and Deira determined our choice - the Ramada Beach Hotel Ajman.
We thoroughly studied all the reviews about the hotel at Top Hotels and understood well where we were going.
GET WHAT YOU EXPECTED. NOT MORE AND NOT LESS. I am writing this because there were some fears and they were justified (mostly it concerned the noisy road near the hotel), but all the positive reviews about the hotel also came true.

BEACH, SEA, WEATHER.
The "sea" of the Persian Gulf in Ajman is known to be "walking". During the day - four waves of ebbs and flows. The arrival time of the maximum wave and its height changes all the time and can be more than 1.5 meters.
We had the first week: in the morning - the sea is shallow, in the afternoon - deep, then - vice versa. How it will be for you - you can see on the website - prilivy. com.
For lovers of fishing on the same site there is a biting forecast. In the evening, and especially on weekends, the whole of Ajman goes fishing on the breakwater to the right of the hotel (see video).
So, when the sea turns into a "paddling pool", lovers of swimming have the opportunity to do this by going beyond the fenced area of ​ ​ the beach to the right or left. And enjoy swimming already at a depth and without buoys and lifeguard whistles. On the right, in fact, the area for swimming is prohibited and is used by locals for riding scooters. To the left is a public swimming beach.
In April you can swim without restrictions: in the morning the water feels like 25-26 degrees, in the afternoon - “fresh milk”.
The weather in early April is very comfortable: during the day - 30-35, in the evening - 27-28. Fresh breeze.

In the evening there is no closeness, but there is very high humidity - for two days all the windows of the hotel were "fogged" in the morning and in the evening. Compared to Dubai (at that time our hotel was far from the sea near the Metro station), the weather in Ajman seemed to us MUCH more comfortable.
The sandstorm was this year on April 2-3 and on April 3 the tourists had to sit in the hotel all day and the beach was closed. But in this case, the hotel has a small indoor pool with a sauna and a gym. In 2013, we got into a storm on April 7-8. It's fun too : )
BEACH has its own "strictness":
- entrance by appointment (last name, number, signature)
- one towel per hand
- one towel per day (fight for the environment)
- alcohol is prohibited on the beach
- it is forbidden to talk on Skype and download files (care for others, since the Internet on the beach is very weak)
This does not mean at all that you cannot get several towels in one hand - you just need to make 2-3 entries.
It is welcome to leave towels on the sunbed for the whole day.
Tourists are brought to the hotel beach from the hotel of the same chain - Ramada Suite - the first two buses at 7.30 and at 9.30 - departure from the hotel, travel time - 10 minutes. Based on this, you can calculate the time to occupy your favorite places on the beach.
Locals are allowed to enter the hotel beach, but for a fee - 50 dirhams per adult and 35 dirhams from 12 to 18 years old. This price includes an umbrella, a sunbed, a mattress, a towel plus a discount for a bar and a barbecue.
And, of course, they want to receive ALL paid services. But sometimes there are not enough places under umbrellas, and then the beach boy gives them the places already occupied by “ours”, but still absent at 11.00 tourists (for breakfast). And then, after half an hour, “ours” are pulled up ...
Once we witnessed such “showdowns”, in high tones, on the entire beach, both locals and ours, and everyone had “his own truth” ...
To avoid such moments, leave at least some of your personal belongings on the sunbed - they will definitely not be lost, but they will save you from trouble.

The beach is white fine sand, clear water. But ! Several times from somewhere the sea brought dirt and debris (possibly sewer discharges) and it becomes impossible to swim. Fortunately, the sea is self-cleaning and the next day the water is crystal clear. By the way, the same story was on the beaches of Dubai (Jumeirah area).
Conclusion: before you go to the beach, look at the purity of the sea from your balcony.

HOTEL, ROOMS, TOWERS.
The hotel has two towers (first or main - left and second - right). In the first tower - reception, restaurant (G-floor), swimming pool, sauna (M-floor).
Transition from one tower to another from the M-floor. Rooms are located on floors 1-12. Additionally 2-storey penthouse in the second tower.
Since 2012, the hotel has changed its owner and the hotel has been renovated, so the old (until 2013) reviews have lost their relevance.
ROOMS STANDARD.
- have basically one small room except for a few rooms in the main tower with a hall and a bedroom and overlooking the city
- do not have a balcony
- located in both towers
- have a view of the city (main tower) and have a view of the sea and the city (second tower)
- in the second tower there are Standard corner rooms with a small triangular balcony and a side sea view
DELUXE ROOMS.
- only available in the main tower and all rooms have a large room (more than 50m2), large balcony and direct sea view
The One Bedroom Siut and Two Bedroom Siut rooms have one hall and 1-2 bedrooms, respectively, there are one-sided and 2-sided. One Bedroom Siut rooms (numbers in the main tower ending in 06 or 07) are not desirable. All windows of these rooms overlook the end of the building overlooking the mosque. Getting up at 5 am with the beginning of prayer is guaranteed for everyone.
Although, as it turned out, many women really like the pleasant voice and melodious pronunciation of the words of the muezzin.
The rooms have furniture and plumbing in good condition, carpet on the floor. Add. bed, as elsewhere, not for people with a lot of weight. Everything is free in the room - Wi-Fi (they give out a code at the reception for 7 days), a safe, a refrigerator, a microwave oven, tea, coffee, water (0.5 l per day).
On request - slippers, iron and ironing board, shaving accessories, toothbrush and paste, baby cot, etc.

And much more you can get right in your room - check out the brochures that are on the table in the room.
TV - a large panel, but only one very sad channel in Russian - Russia 24. On vacation, I somehow don’t want to watch it, but entertainment or music. a channel (although it is on the list) would not hurt.
Mostly watched Arabic music. channel and National Geographic about animals.

THE ROAD UNDER THE WINDOWS OF THE HOTEL.
Six lanes (three there, three back). Few cars in the morning and afternoon. In the evening - a lot.
Plus, in the evening and until the very night, the "nightlife" of bikers begins, who demonstrate their "cool" 2- and 3-wheeled bikes, defiling back and forth along the embankment. They are mainly the source of harsh sounds from which you can wake up in rooms with a sea view, even with the balcony doors closed. Earplugs help. Plus, the habit still takes its toll and by the third day you don’t notice the noise.
People with a weak psyche - do not build any illusions about this noise. Save yourself in the rooms on the floor above and in the Standard rooms with a city view. There is complete silence.
Rooms in the main tower on the 12th top floor - noisy from air conditioners installed on the roof.
SEA VIEW FROM THE BALCONY.
And yet, with some shortcomings of the hotel rooms overlooking the sea, it is VERY PLEASANT to sit on the balcony with a beautiful view of the sea, with a bottle of cold beer from the local alcohol market and salted fish, prudently taken from home.

ALKOMARKET.

We leave the hotel, immediately cross the street, then to the right along the embankment to the Ajman Palace hotel, then past the still under construction Fairmont hotel (opening on May 1) in a circle ...and in front of you is a one-story white building without any signs - this is Alcomarket. Has two entrances. The first - three windows and a list of all alcohol without prices. The second - on the side of the building through the glass doors is the entrance to the Market, where the entire range of alcohol and prices are displayed on the windows. There is everything. They took Heineken beer at 66 dirhams for 12 bottles (0.33 liters). There are cheaper beers. The Ajman Beach Hotel is located right next to the Alcomarket, but it is currently under renovation.
Since three windows do not have prices, Heineken beer turned out to be a little more expensive here than in the Market : )

HOTELS NEARBY.
If you go further, behind the Ajman Beach Hotel is the new (2014) Ajman Saray Hotel, then the Kempinski Hotel. All hotels are 5 stars. We went to all the hotels without any problems, walked around the territory, took pictures. The hotels are very beautiful, but the territory is best at Kempinski - a large beach, a disco in the evening, fun, a lot of young people, you can buy any alcohol, but it's expensive.

TRANSFERS TO DUBAI AND DAIRA.
Daily. You will receive a printed schedule before checking into your room. Probably it can change, but we had - Dubai Mall (Sunday, Tue, Friday), the rest of the days - Deira City Center.
Departure from the hotel: 14.45, return - 21.00. Travel time: 45min. - 1 hour. There are no traffic jams.
Attention ! Departure of the bus exactly at the appointed time. The driver does not wait for a minute.
Nervousness during landing is present. Registration - when boarding the bus.

FOOD AT THE HOTEL.
The hotel has two adjacent restaurant halls.
In the first hall - breakfast, in the second (called Kings Grill) - lunch and dinner. When eating HB, you can change lunch and dinner as desired. Very comfortably. Opening hours: breakfast - from 6 am, dinner - until 24 hours. Have time for dinner after transfer to Dubai and Deira without any problems. The return time from the city is about 22 hours.
For lunch and dinner (the cost is 65 dirhams), locals come and all the tables by the window are booked for them, which does not affect the hotel guests at all - there are enough places, including in the first hall.
Buffet, the menu does not shine with variety, mostly grilled dishes (of course, based on the name of the restaurant). Good soups. From the hall, you can observe the process of preparing gratar dishes in the kitchen through the glass. Lots of spicy dishes so had to choose carefully with pre-tasting : ).

Do not "attack" partridges - they are very sharp : ) As many write, you will not stay hungry and I would add that I would prefer the hotel restaurant to other establishments that are located next to it.
By the way, we went to neighboring establishments only to smoke a hookah (exit the hotel without crossing the road to the left, 100 meters away is a 2-storey restaurant with a terrace - there is a hookah from 20 dirhams).
For breakfast - juice, fruits - in abundance, and further down the list ...
The restaurant is perfect cleanliness and service.
Good supermarket to the right of the hotel 200 m (called Almaya). Here, right after the mosque, there is a small cafe where freshly squeezed juices are available for 6 dirhams. We were in Lu-Lu, but it doesn’t make much sense - we went once and looked, plus visited many outlets in the area of ​ ​ u200bu200bthe Lu-Lu supermarket.

CLEANING IN THE ROOM.
Daily. Young guys do. Very carefully . If you don't tell them, they will change all the towels every day, and every other day bed linen.
Tipping was given only by hand. Cleaning is also supervised by the manager.
Since the hotel is located on the seashore and the humidity is very high, there is a slight smell of dampness in the corridors and in the rooms. This is not related to the pool at all, as many wrote in the reviews below. I think that this smell comes from the carpet, since there is no carpet in the second building and there is no smell of damp either. Ventilation of the room eliminates the smell well.
We did not use the air conditioner, at night we even froze a little under the covers even without air conditioning. By the way, you can order extra. a blanket.
Cockroaches in the hotel (which were written about in reviews earlier) and their traces were not seen anywhere and never during the entire stay. Although they looked closely : ) after reading the reviews ...

FINDINGS.
- the hotel is decent, it is clear that the new owner keeps everything in the hotel under control. It is felt that the hotel has order in everything.

- the organization of recreation for hotel guests is thought out very carefully, based primarily on the fact that it is convenient for the guests, and not in the way that is convenient and profitable for the hotel (both in terms of meal times and daily transfers, the beach, etc. , ) .
- I recommend the hotel for tourists who are not the first time in Dubai, for a beach holiday, especially for families with children - for them there is expanse on the beach. For those who are in Dubai for the first time and will be loaded with excursions, this option is also suitable, except that much more time will be spent on the road. All the sights of Dubai, basically, are located on the other side and in other emirates - Dubai, Abu Dhabi.

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WRITTEN BY MY OWN WITH A PEN AND INK FROM THE FEELINGS OF MY SOUL : )

P. S. I mainly write reviews for myself, as a way to escape from 2-3 days of longing after returning home. Therefore, I ask for forgiveness from those who do not like long and boring reviews.
Don't read what I wrote, just watch my movie : )
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