A good rest for a reasonable price. If you are going for fur coats, be careful!!! see below

Written: 5 april 2015
Travel time: 24 march — 4 april 2015
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 6.0
The hotel met us upon arrival in the evening with a cool grape juice and instant check-in to room 243. City view room, but really with a view not so much of the city as of the hotel parking lot)). What is good about this room - it is a corner one and the neighbors were only on one side - this is sooooo pleased, since the soundproofing in the hotel is simply zero. The room is small but very clean and quite comfortable. I’ll make a reservation right away - there is no kettle or coffee-tea in the room, so a metal mug with a Soviet boiler helped us out a lot (they brewed tea-coffee, porridge for a child, etc. ) They clean the room very carefully, wash the floor, all dust particles are wiped, the bathroom is rubbed to a shine - very nice. Tipping is not begging. If you leave a couple of dirhams on the bed, they will take it, if you don’t leave it, they will remove it just as carefully. Cleaners, you see, are often given chocolate instead of tips, so they distribute them right and left to vacationing children. Our child got a chocolate bar called "Kazakhstan" (there are a lot of guests from this country in the hotel). True, it tasted like sweet plasticine and the child was sprinkled with allergies, although they gave her daughter only 3 squares from her. (((So you can not stock up on "sweet" tips - they are not in price there. Soaps, shampoos, gels were given out every day, but everything was jelly-like, it did not foam well. So everyone washed their hair with baby shampoo, taken with them for their daughter. But maybe it just didn’t suit us, I don’t know. The shower is fixed in the bathroom, not very convenient for washing a child, but here again a metal mug brought with you came to the rescue. Pay special attention to the contents of the minibar: check it with the cleaner immediately upon check-in (we were missing a few drinks). The hotel employee immediately crossed them off the list so that we would not pay upon check-out. Then, it turned out that this is often practiced by them, and the one who did not check the mini-bar upon check-in, paid for the missing cola, water, etc. (each drink is around $ 3. There is no free water in the room. We bought 5 liter eggplants in CAREFOUR supermarkets (they are in every shopping center, where buses take hotel guests every day for free in the morning, afternoon and evening. There are also currency exchange offices with a favorable rate). In the same supermarkets, everything is sold - from milk to sunscreen). The sandy beach is good, sunbeds, umbrellas enough for everyone. Towels are issued on special cards. A fence separates from other beaches, but there are gaps in it and strangers “leaked” freely to us. This is the story that happened to the guests of the hotel from Russia during our vacation. On the beach, a woman aged 45 came up to the couple and talked to them. She, they say, is also from the former USSR (in appearance, from its Asian part), has been living in the UAE for a long time, takes tourists to fur boutiques, and trades mink coats there for almost 500-700 USD. e. In general, these unfortunates agreed to use her services and on the same day she took them to some fur shop. There they were seated on a sofa and offered coffee. The husband and wife did not refuse a free coffee, and here the most interesting thing began: after drinking coffee, fittings began. . . What was added to the coffee is unknown, but according to the stories of these poor fellows, they were drugged, as if in some kind of comatose. They were handed some kind of sheepskin coat, they paid a huge amount for it, named by the seller, without haggling. (they never said how much they "got stuck", apparently they were embarrassed). They were put into a taxi and sent home. In the hotel, in the evening, when they moved away from this state (by the way, my wife was more pierced, she was not well the next day, dizzy, overcome weakness) and examined the purchased product, they were horrified. A tattered cat, they said, it looks more beautiful. The next day, they ran along the beach in the hope of meeting the woman who took them to the store, but in vain. Naturally, she didn't show up. And they did not know the address of the store, no business cards, no name. . . In general, they hit a tidy sum, they were terribly upset. . . Therefore, do not be fooled by any "helpers" if you decide to make expensive purchases, go to trusted places and do not drink anything - eat there from what is offered just in case. Now for the pleasant: not far from the hotel (15 minutes walk) there is a good oceanarium. The price is 25 dirhams for adults, 15 for children (1 $ = 3.65 dirhams). Also not far from the hotel (8dirham one way by taxi) is an amusement park with a huge Ferris wheel and a lot of cafes. Children's ticket 10-15 dirhams. Adult-30 for each attraction. Shops-cafes within walking distance of the hotel are few and biting prices. So it's better to order food in the room or eat in shopping centers where free buses are taken from the hotel. A free bus also takes you to Dubai daily. Victoria will guide you on excursions (sitting near the reception. Animations at the hotel are zero. Entertain yourself))) There is a decent gym, sauna, jacuzzi. Everything is free. Food is average. We took breakfast. Oatmeal, cereals, cheeses, sausages, eggs, cucumber-tomatoes, sliced ​ ​ watermelon-melon-pineapple. I hope the review is helpful to you. If you have questions, write, I will answer.
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