Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
7.0
Service:
7.0
Cleanliness:
8.0
Food:
7.0
Amenities:
7.0
Our room did not have a balcony. Perhaps there are several rooms with balconies - but you have to pay extra for them.
Gotcha No. 737 for smokers (even though we don't smoke). But there was no smell. Asked for a higher room - thought it would be a beautiful view from the window. We came to see the room - and there are milky windows with a "mosaic-pattern" type - you can't see anything at all. I thought it was like this in all rooms. That's why they agreed. But it turned out that the opaque windows were only on our side.
When we settled in, we saw that 25 cm of the top of the window were transparent. We climbed onto a chair to look - the windows overlook the CEMETERY!! ! Christian cemetery. And to the desert construction site with the road. In the right corner of the window, you can barely see the Burj Khalifa. Moved to this hotel for 3 days from Sharzha. Therefore, there was no time and energy to search for a new number and resettlement.
Conclusion: if the view from the window is important to you, then it is probably better to take rooms that are above the entrance to the hotel, well, or with a view of the pool. And probably more convenient on the 2nd floor, since free wi-fi is only in the lobby on the second floor. Internet is terrible! Slow and often disappears altogether! Especially if in the evening half of the hotel gathers in one place to use it (the Internet). Often there is nowhere to sit. We had free wired internet in our room in Sharjah. Here - 70dir per day!! ! Rednecks.
The rooms are poorly soundproofed - you can hear the noise from the road and from the corridor of the hotel. But the air conditioner works completely silently and properly, although quite old.
The hotel and the room are new and stylish, BUT! Somehow in the rooms everything is poorly thought out to the smallest detail: the door is inconveniently located in front of the refrigerator and the drawer in the table - it constantly touched one after the other; hair dryer for some reason in the same drawer in the table and not in the bathroom; the taps in the bathroom are antediluvian double instead of single; the washbasin panel is marble, but BLACK - you can see all the drops. But we spent little time at the hotel - so life was not particularly annoying.
Nutrition. Compared to our three-ruble note in Sharjah, it's even worse. Coffee and tea (poured out of a common kettle for everyone and not for everyone packaged) - and no taste! Poor driven waiters, in addition to removing a lot of dishes, also keep an eye on who to top up with tea and coffee. Instead of putting the machines. Again, greed.
Wasn that the choice of fruit more was.
Basically, you won't leave hungry.
Here someone wrote in the reviews that fresh juices were given for breakfast. Bullshit! Of the 3 types of "juice" only one was juice from the packages, the other 2 were some kind of nectars. Fresh and did not smell.
Transfer. It is very inconvenient that they take you to the beach for 5 hours. Already at 8:30 there and at 13:30 back. And "slaughter" in front of the bus for seats. Although everyone will be taken away anyway - there will be 2 or 3 buses. Our people are just awful!
Convenient transfer to the Burj Khalifa, to the museum and to the waffle center (often). We drove to Khalifa and from there we traveled by metro and buses. We returned to the last bus to the hotel from Vafi at 23-15. There is a metro station near Wafi.
ADVICE. On the first day, travel by hotel bus everywhere to understand where you will be picked up from and orient yourself on the ground. Buy a subway card and take the card there.
Beach. We only spent 2 days on the beach. On the 1st day on Thursday we took our bus to Jumeirah Park. And from there we went by city bus to the beach near Parus. It's free there. There are dressing rooms and a washroom (closer to Parus). Back - back to our transfer bus at 13-30 and in it to the hotel.
On Friday we decided to look at our beach in the park. Entrance 5 dir. If you lie under the palm trees - there are midges, ants and screaming birds. But under the palm trees it is somehow more comfortable. Where there are no palm trees - a lot !! ! people and the sun bakes (it's more than 4 hours to stick there). Umbrella - 20dir for hire (in my opinion). There are toilets, dressing rooms and washrooms. I liked the beach near the sail more - it is cleaner and the view is more beautiful. In fact, there are still public beaches in Dubai. Worth a trip to see everything - we just didn't have enough time.
Behind the reception desk is a table at which a girl (Russian-speaking) offers excursions. You can ask her for a map to Big Bass. It makes it easier to navigate the area.
The location of the hotel. At first it seems that you were brought into the desert. But when you find out where Vafi is, you will understand that it is really possible to get from there even on foot, or by bus 44 to the turn in front of the hotel - and then on foot. Near the hotel there is a bus stop (bus C4; ), from where you can get to the metro (but not the station near Vafi) on your own. But the bus runs every 30 minutes. and goes in circles. At bus stops there are maps with routes and intervals.
Near the hotel there is a metro station - but it is not working yet. Although with the pace of construction in Dubai, I would not be surprised if it is launched in a month. Then there will be even fewer problems with getting.
That's all about the hotel. Now a few tips for independent movement in the city, which I did not find in the reviews of tourists.
In the metro, buy a silver card for 20 dir. - 14 on the account. It applies to both metro and bus. IMPORTANT (we did not know this and we were charged a larger amount) - when you get on the bus, you put the card on the scoreboard and when you GET OUT, you put it in the same way. Otherwise, they will withdraw money for the entire bus route. After taking the metro, you can travel by bus for free for 30 minutes. Although when you exit the bus if 30 minutes have passed, the money will be removed
And it's also important to know. MORE THAN 14 dir!! ! does not take you off in a day. Get off at every station and go wherever you want. CHECKED!
Isn't it cheaper than a taxi?
We did not buy excursions - we went everywhere on our own. Much cheaper.
We went to the mosque in Abu Dhabi ourselves, though from Sharjah. From Dubai it will be even cheaper. Dubai-Abu Dhabi - 25 dir, Abu Dhabi - Dubai -15 dir. Plus 2 dir in Abu Dhabi to the mosque and from the mosque.
I hope my review will be useful to someone. There will be questions - write.
Gotcha No. 737 for smokers (even though we don't smoke). But there was no smell. Asked for a higher room - thought it would be a beautiful view from the window. We came to see the room - and there are milky windows with a "mosaic-pattern" type - you can't see anything at all. I thought it was like this in all rooms. That's why they agreed. But it turned out that the opaque windows were only on our side.
When we settled in, we saw that 25 cm of the top of the window were transparent. We climbed onto a chair to look - the windows overlook the CEMETERY!! ! Christian cemetery. And to the desert construction site with the road. In the right corner of the window, you can barely see the Burj Khalifa. Moved to this hotel for 3 days from Sharzha. Therefore, there was no time and energy to search for a new number and resettlement.
Conclusion: if the view from the window is important to you, then it is probably better to take rooms that are above the entrance to the hotel, well, or with a view of the pool. And probably more convenient on the 2nd floor, since free wi-fi is only in the lobby on the second floor. Internet is terrible! Slow and often disappears altogether! Especially if in the evening half of the hotel gathers in one place to use it (the Internet). Often there is nowhere to sit. We had free wired internet in our room in Sharjah. Here - 70dir per day!! ! Rednecks.
The rooms are poorly soundproofed - you can hear the noise from the road and from the corridor of the hotel. But the air conditioner works completely silently and properly, although quite old.
The hotel and the room are new and stylish, BUT! Somehow in the rooms everything is poorly thought out to the smallest detail: the door is inconveniently located in front of the refrigerator and the drawer in the table - it constantly touched one after the other; hair dryer for some reason in the same drawer in the table and not in the bathroom; the taps in the bathroom are antediluvian double instead of single; the washbasin panel is marble, but BLACK - you can see all the drops. But we spent little time at the hotel - so life was not particularly annoying.
Nutrition. Compared to our three-ruble note in Sharjah, it's even worse. Coffee and tea (poured out of a common kettle for everyone and not for everyone packaged) - and no taste! Poor driven waiters, in addition to removing a lot of dishes, also keep an eye on who to top up with tea and coffee. Instead of putting the machines. Again, greed.
Wasn that the choice of fruit more was.
Basically, you won't leave hungry.
Here someone wrote in the reviews that fresh juices were given for breakfast. Bullshit! Of the 3 types of "juice" only one was juice from the packages, the other 2 were some kind of nectars. Fresh and did not smell.
Transfer. It is very inconvenient that they take you to the beach for 5 hours. Already at 8:30 there and at 13:30 back. And "slaughter" in front of the bus for seats. Although everyone will be taken away anyway - there will be 2 or 3 buses. Our people are just awful!
Convenient transfer to the Burj Khalifa, to the museum and to the waffle center (often). We drove to Khalifa and from there we traveled by metro and buses. We returned to the last bus to the hotel from Vafi at 23-15. There is a metro station near Wafi.
ADVICE. On the first day, travel by hotel bus everywhere to understand where you will be picked up from and orient yourself on the ground. Buy a subway card and take the card there.
Beach. We only spent 2 days on the beach. On the 1st day on Thursday we took our bus to Jumeirah Park. And from there we went by city bus to the beach near Parus. It's free there. There are dressing rooms and a washroom (closer to Parus). Back - back to our transfer bus at 13-30 and in it to the hotel.
On Friday we decided to look at our beach in the park. Entrance 5 dir. If you lie under the palm trees - there are midges, ants and screaming birds. But under the palm trees it is somehow more comfortable. Where there are no palm trees - a lot !! ! people and the sun bakes (it's more than 4 hours to stick there). Umbrella - 20dir for hire (in my opinion). There are toilets, dressing rooms and washrooms. I liked the beach near the sail more - it is cleaner and the view is more beautiful. In fact, there are still public beaches in Dubai. Worth a trip to see everything - we just didn't have enough time.
Behind the reception desk is a table at which a girl (Russian-speaking) offers excursions. You can ask her for a map to Big Bass. It makes it easier to navigate the area.
The location of the hotel. At first it seems that you were brought into the desert. But when you find out where Vafi is, you will understand that it is really possible to get from there even on foot, or by bus 44 to the turn in front of the hotel - and then on foot. Near the hotel there is a bus stop (bus C4; ), from where you can get to the metro (but not the station near Vafi) on your own. But the bus runs every 30 minutes. and goes in circles. At bus stops there are maps with routes and intervals.
Near the hotel there is a metro station - but it is not working yet. Although with the pace of construction in Dubai, I would not be surprised if it is launched in a month. Then there will be even fewer problems with getting.
That's all about the hotel. Now a few tips for independent movement in the city, which I did not find in the reviews of tourists.
In the metro, buy a silver card for 20 dir. - 14 on the account. It applies to both metro and bus. IMPORTANT (we did not know this and we were charged a larger amount) - when you get on the bus, you put the card on the scoreboard and when you GET OUT, you put it in the same way. Otherwise, they will withdraw money for the entire bus route. After taking the metro, you can travel by bus for free for 30 minutes. Although when you exit the bus if 30 minutes have passed, the money will be removed
And it's also important to know. MORE THAN 14 dir!! ! does not take you off in a day. Get off at every station and go wherever you want. CHECKED!
Isn't it cheaper than a taxi?
We did not buy excursions - we went everywhere on our own. Much cheaper.
We went to the mosque in Abu Dhabi ourselves, though from Sharjah. From Dubai it will be even cheaper. Dubai-Abu Dhabi - 25 dir, Abu Dhabi - Dubai -15 dir. Plus 2 dir in Abu Dhabi to the mosque and from the mosque.
I hope my review will be useful to someone. There will be questions - write.
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