Мои НЕволшебные каникулы My NOT Magical Vacation

Don't be intimidated by the title, it's not that bad. I will try to describe the hotel in more detail, so that you can make your informed choice. Just as a theater begins with a hanger, so a hotel must begin with a parking lot and a reception. BUT: the Ramada does not have a platform, the entrance to the reception is through a communal underground parking (which has a more beautiful painted part that belongs to the hotel itself). Of course, not a great start. Actually, as it turned out later, the ramada is one of 7 roughly identical high-rise buildings in the block, there is a huge parking lot under the whole block. Of the 7 buildings, 2 are hotel buildings: the Ramada and the second building of the Hilton. I was very glad that we did not take the Hilton, because. it would be $2.000 thrown away. Then we get to a small reception desk of a ramada for 2 employees. The guys work quickly and well, there are practically no queues for settlement. But only one Kazakh girl speaks a powerful language, the rest are Chinese and other nations do not speak Russian, communication is only in English. They asked for a deposit of more than 100 dollars, but then they lowered it to 300 dirhams (I realized that this is the minimum for a room). We did not ask not to pay a deposit, because. We arrived at the hotel only at 23-00, very tired because of the delay of the plane. The check-out deposit is returned quickly, except for the one you used (everything in the minibar is quite expensive). I advise those who drink alcohol to take with them from the duty free, alcoholic cocktails in the hotel are more expensive than $ 10. Elevators 3, not long to wait, but once they all stopped for 20 minutes. We went down from the 9th floor on foot, and who is on the 30th floor ? Rooms: Our brother's room is mostly low. Maybe higher priced rooms are located, I don't know. Our 2 families settled on the 8th and 9th floors. Then I saw how the Russians were settled on the 1st floor. During the conversation during the settlement, we asked for rooms with a view of the marina. I had a larger room (2 adults + 1 child a separate place), friends for two had a smaller room and no balcony. The reception did not pay extra for the rooms. I advise you to pretend to smoke, then they will give a room with a balcony. I don’t smoke, but I like to drink coffee, read a book (and just go out for a breath of air) on the balcony, so it was important for me. The view of the marina is not oh what, but the view "on the plaza" is a view of several neighboring houses and the roof of the store located below (that is, no one at all, the sea is not visible). What is very bad with a view of the marina is a rather busy street located under the windows. And since former camel drivers prefer tuned supercars and motorbikes (read - screaming "straight lines" without pampering like a silencer), it's impossible to sleep with an open window. Even my house is quieter. Yes, and some repairs are underway on this street, but for all the time the equipment made noise only 1 time. In the rooms we had kettles, stocks of coffee, tea, min. water (replenished daily), an ironing board with an iron (that is, you don’t need to carry stocks of things). But there is nothing to dry things, we have adapted a suitcase stand. The rooms are new, clean, no defects.
Next: breakfast. Breakfast from 6.30 to 10.30, at peak time 8.30-9.30 there is a queue for providing tables for up to 15-20 minutes. Breakfast itself, I would say "very poor". The assortment is like in city hotels, not resort hotels. I took daily scrambled eggs, sausages, coffee. But they didn't go hungry. I don’t see any reason to take dinner, because. Expensive, and there are plenty of cafes and restaurants around. I’ll write right away that restaurants on the seashore and on the marina are about the same price, cheap cafes on the 2nd floor of the marina mall. In any case, it will not be more expensive than in a hotel. There is a market and a Starbuck cafe next to the hotel building. The market has everything you need (except alcohol, of course), they take dollars. The hotel has no territory at all, a common courtyard with neighboring residential buildings. The hotel's swimming pool is located on the roof of the market. I would rather say, a "paddling pool" with a depth of 0.9 to 1.2 m, a length of 15 meters. There are about 40 sun loungers and 8 chairs near the pool (and this is on 42 floors of the hotel). Naturally, at 8.30 everything is already taken. By 13 sunbeds are slowly released. Mostly children flounder in the pool, as an adult cannot swim in it (the pool is small and shallow). Water temperature 27-30 gr. celsius. Towels can be taken directly from the pool.
Next is the sea. Towels are taken from the hotel. Walking to the sea through a huge dusty parking lot - I don’t understand such pleasure (probably, only in summer with a heat of +40 it makes sense). We liked the walk over the Hilton bridge and then down the elevator. Distance to the sea 5-10 minutes, depending on your speed data. The beach is large and sandy. The sea is clean and warm. There is some rubbish on the beach (public, but what can you do). There are only dressing rooms. There are NO toilets or sheds. If you plan to go to the beach every day, do not skimp on a hotel umbrella 60 AED. (payment once for the entire period of residence), otherwise you will burn 100%. There is a volleyball net, take your ball.

The promenade along the embankment is banal, so once was enough for us. We walked more along the marina, it was somehow calmer there. The marina is 5 minutes walk.
To the metro (37th station) walk 10-15 minutes. But, since there were five of us, there was no point in the metro for us, we moved by taxi. Hotel taxis for 10-15 AED. They will cost more than municipal ones, the comfort is about the same.
There is NO entertainment in the hotel (animation, etc. ). There is a gym on the 1st floor, in which there are 2 tiny saunas (M and F separately). There is a cafe on the 35th floor. That's like everything.
Summing up, I can quote our guide: “Ramada is a city hotel that happened to be next to the sea. ”
PS: I forgot to mention the staff. All of the hotel employees were kind, smiling and accommodating people. Honestly, not a single bad moment, only positive emotions.
I wish you all a good holiday!