Excellent hotel in great location......jazz lovers will find the real cherry on the top going first to the PALM GRILL restaurant, where the piano solo / singer Sarah Booth will perform amazing fine jazz standards until late....and after going to the jazz club on the top roof (with amazing view on the Creek): Nisha and Nathan will keep you there until the very last jam session..........if you enjoy music and drinks you definitely will not need to go anywhere else......

An outstanding hotel - terrific value for money and in a great area. We stayed here for a week around the Dubai World Cup this year and could not have found the hotel more accommodating or well-maintained. The staff catered to our every request and made sure we felt like real VIPs. The hotel provides easy geographic access to the airport, City Center mall, the souks of Deira (walkable as other posters suggest, but also a >$4 cab ride away), and to all of Bur Dubai (just a 1 dirham ride on an abra from the station just down the creek from the hotel). Although this is not a beach hotel, access to the beaches of Jumeirah can be easily had through other hotels, and the staff here is happy to help with that.

The restaurant scene at the Radisson is exceptional; I particularly recommend the Iranian restaurant (actually, there are two, and we ate in the more formal one). Also, staying on one of the club floors is well worth the expense as the breakfast, tea, and happy hours provide very nice light meals for free.

One tip is that construction south of the creek has made it harder (although not impossible) to get cabs in the Deira area at certain times. We often hired a driver to make mid- to long-range trips, and the hotel can arrange this for you - they have excellent relationships with livery companies. Having an air conditioned car waiting for you can make a huge difference in how your day goes - and at roughly $25-30 an hour for waiting time, having the car stay while you visit a mall or do other activities can be quite reasonable.

The gym and pool facilities are also top rate, with a large pool bar, lots of cardio and weights equipment, and everything very clean and well-kept.

Last, don't miss the lounge act in the principal lobby bar - the act, from the Philippines, provides raucous loud fun (and are actually great musicians) and can cover an enormous songbook - just write your request on a slip and hand it over!

We have just come back from a 5 night stay at the Radisson Deira. We had room 329 overlooking the pool and creek. Balcony was small but furnished nicely (was absolutely fine for 2 people). Room was a good size, furnished nicely with a comfy bed.
We had bought some duty free from the airport so we had the minibar emptied for us and we stored our own alcohol in there.

Good location - a few minutes from City Centre mall in a taxi. A few minutes walk around the corner to a 24 hour supermarket.

We had room service once - prompt, good price and nice food. We also ate in the 24hr restaurant once for lunch. Apart from that we got a couple of cakes from the cake shop and had a drink in the Pub. Most evenings we headed down to the Century/Irish Village for food/drinks - this was approx. 10-15 dirhams in a taxi

just back from this hotel and it was good.

The hotel is a business hotel and expensive,the rooms are small and the bathroom is very very small as are the balconies,there are 2 bars and some good food being served in the pub bar,good staff also

i wud recommend this hotel for business only and not a holiday