Our experience was not as good as others... When we arrived early in the morning, returning to Europe from Shanghai, no room was available. The only "help" that was offered was to book an additionnal night :-(((. Finaly we had to wait in the breakfast area for three more hours.

Before noon, no possibility to have a drink in the lounge. If you want to be an "international" hotel, I think you can have your clients have a drink at 11.30...

The answer was : well , you can have a drink in your room. Not what we expected...

The location is nice, but the restaurants simply overpriced compared to quality. We ate much better for less in Shanghai for example.

Staff was kind, but not " exceeding expectations".

The overall experience was " bofff..."

We will try another hotel next time we will stay in Dubai.

We stayed at the Mina for 3 nights en route to the Maldives and having been to Dubai many times just wanted to try out another hotel for our collection!!

We booked Premium Leisure and although we are not big drinkers it was lovely to have a glass of Moet before going out to our evening meal, did not eat all the bits as we did not want to spoil our appetites but our daughter 9 loved the chicken nuggets (they do a childrens area of hors douevres too). It is nice being able to come out of the sun at 3-4 o'clock and have a cup of tea and a cake.

The pool we knew was quite small but as you can use the Al Qasr which is huge is not a problem. We also used the Jumeirah Beach pool, it just stops the kids getting bored. Very small children would be fine here all day.

The staff were great, our room kept clean and we loved the reception with the water display covered in fresh rose petals everyday.

It is great being able to hop on a buggy and go throughout the Madinat area to restaurants and shops. There were lots of repeat guests and I can understand why they love it although personally I would not return here for my longer break as we prefer trying other hotels in the area.

We choose to stay at the Mina A'Salam for our honeymoon after a recommendation from our travel agent and the outstanding reviews from Trip Advisor and it was the best decision we ever made.
We stayed at the Mina A'Salam from September/ October for 12 nights in total. (29th Sept - 12th Oct '07)

We arrived early in the morning at 1am and the staff were so friendly even at that hour. When we arrived to the room, rose petals were done in the shape of a heart on our bed and two swans made from towels. So romantic!! Every other evening, gifts would be left on your bed. The room was amazing and very spacious. The beds are the most comfortable beds in the world!!! The staff at this hotel are amazing - genuinely friendly and helpful. You need not leave the Madinat Jumeriah complex - the Madinat Souk has coffee shops, bars, restaurants and a pharmacy all under one roof.

The pool area in the Mina was excellent, well serviced and any amount of sun loungers, fresh towels laid down for you as you arrive. Through out the day, cold aromatherapy facecloths were provided to cool you down, ice lollies, ice buckets were provided for your drinks and cucumber for your eyes. Pool staff were very nice and we got to know them very well.

We went down to Al Qasar pool and found this to be extremely busy and very big, Mina pool much nicer. The beach was immaculate and again towels were provided for your sun loungers and with the Burj Al Arab in front of you, just heaven.

Health Club was excellent and my husband use it a number of times. They offered you the changing rooms for the full day after we checked out as our flight wasn't until midnight.

The breakfast, Wow what can I say, I have never seen a breakfast like it. The wide selection they had to offer and every type of food was provided.

I would definitely return to the Mina in the future for pure luxury and top class service.
It’s well worth every penny.

Just got back from the Mina A Salam and everything they say is true. We went for the Club Exec rooms with complimentary transfers, breakfast, afternoon tea and evening drinks and canapes and we were well impressed. The canapes are plentiful and you can get warm food including satay, samozas, bhajis etc. The drinks are all free with the package including champagne so you don't need to buy a bottle of wine with your evening meal later.

I recommend the Wharf restaurant for fish lovers. Shimmers is a great location on the beach with a view of the Burj al Arab. The food is ok but not as good as the Wharf. You can get into the Burj al Arab if you stay at the Mina A Salam. All you do is take a buggy form the buggy station by the beach and show your room keycard at the entrance to the road up to the hotel. The lobby and lift are free so if you don't want to spend your money on a drinks/tea package this is a cheap way of seeing the place.

We found the staff at Mina amazingly friendly and helpful and whilst there are plenty of children around, the place didn't seem overrun - in fact the hotel seemed very quite even though it was full. We'll be back