Just returned from our 1st trip to Dubai staying at the Mina A Salam and cannot give it enough praise

We were upgared to a creek/sea view room(140) whic was a tad far from the lifts but other than t/pihan we could not fault a thing

The room was stunning and spacious with huge bathroom and imamculate. We were taken to the room by a concierge greeter who explained the resort to us and that we had acees to all the hotels including certain times at the Burj !!!!!!!!!!!

We used the Mina's smaller pool and never had a problem finding a bed. The attendents cant do enough. The towel guys made up the beds and the waiters came round regularly with fruit. ice lollys, face towels and even cleaned your glasses. LUXURY

The large pool at the AL QASR looked a bit busier but if you have kids they are well catered for.

Nothing was evet a problem in the MINA & staff awalwys greeted you with a smile.

BUFFET BREAKFAST WAS SUPERB AND WE TRIED THE EVENING BUFFET ONCE HICH WAS EVEN BETTER !

ONE TIP - I WOULD RECOMMEND BOKING YOUR RESTURANTS BY EMAIL FROM HOME. ITS ALWAYS SO BUSY AND HARD TO GET TABLES IN MOST PLACES.

WE WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND ZHENG HEES IN THE MINA, SUPERB CHINESE IN A GREAT SETTING AND WE HAD TO TRY THE AL MAHARA AQUARIUM RETURANT AND THE SKY BAR (EVEN NEED TO BOOK FOR THAT!) IN THE BURJ (BOTH PRICEY!)

DUBAI IS A SURREAL PLACE WHICH SEEMS LIKE LAS VEGAS MEETS MANHATTAN AND THE GLITZ IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. IF YOUR INTO HISTORY AND CULTURE THIS IS NOT FOR YOU BUT IF YOU LIKE "R & R" IN STYLE THEN YOU HAVE TO GO.

THE NEST COMPLIMENT....WE CANT WAIT TO GO BACK !!!

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.