I had a super week in Dubai staying at the Sheraton Jumeirah Beach Resort. The facilities and spa were excellent and the pool, although smaller than some hotel pools was beautifully clean & never crowded. The building work around the hotel did not detract or spoil my stay at all & I hardly ever heard any noise because the main construction is all but finished.
I cannot fault the staff for service or friendliness. The rooms are a good size and well fitted & the beds very comfortable. The food in the Palm restaurant was exquisite, so much so that I didn't eat out of the hotel (bar one desert trip) any evening for fear of missing yet another different buffet feast! The gardens are lovely & the beach clean with soft sand and clean seas. The garden / beach staff are very attentive & helpful, setting up your sunbed every morning in the exact spot you want......what more could you want?...Shopping / sight-seeing / desert safaris / all manner of entertainment all easily accessible & a short car / taxi / bus ride away.

First of all, the "Sheraton Jumeirah Beach" is neither remotely near Jumeirah nor does it have a beach anymore. The hotel's dirty little secret is that the construction of The Palm offshore has changed the waves and completely eroded their beach. As for location--head past Jumeirah, to the Marina, go to the far end of the marina next to the construction sites and the oil refineries, and *that* is where this hotel is.

The staff were nice and our room was clean if dated (very 1980s). I caught food poisoning one night from the outdoor buffet but I suppose that could happen anywhere.

The location really got annoying--because you're so far from everything, you have to take a taxi, but two nights in a row we gave up on even trying to head out for dinner etc because the taxi queue downstairs was over an hour long.

I'm a Starwood fanatic and that's really the only reason we stayed here; I would save your points, or stay in the Sheraton Dubai Creek (which I've stayed in and is better), or best still--wait for the Westin to open, which looks like it's going to be very nice.

The Sheraton Jumeirah beach resort is a poor quality Sheraton I feel, if compared to some others like Singapore. The location is in the very middle of a major contruction site, and the smallish hotel is already absolutely dwarfed by its surroundings.

Taxi's have a difficult time finding the hotel entrance due to constructions going on; the hotel beach is quite sad strip of sand which nobody has bothered to landscape; the rooms are on the small side; the pool is tiny and much of the staff is not very friendly or well up to their tasks.

The front desk staff in particular deserve a notice for being rather unpleasant on occasion (obviously depending on who is on duty). Also upon departure the agreed room rate was hiked up and the staff member failed to put through my SPG (Starwood) points, so now I have to separately request them.

Out of all the hotels in Dubai one can find a much better place to stay than this one.

My mum used to work in Dubai and had suggested this hotel, we were not disappointed it was fantastic.

Rooms were huge, all of the facilities were great. I really can not find a fault, the staff and service were very attentive nothing was too much. The pool area and beach front were beautiful again the service was first class. You are out of the way from alot of the action but thats the choice when you stay at the beach. I would def ask for a sea view room these are glorious.

All of the restautrants were excellent and I truly felt chilled and relaxed. The hotel was busy but never felt crowded. I know there are loads of beach hotels but the more popular Jummeirah Beach and Burj Al Arab ( I have stayed in both ) are very busy with many tourists visiting to see the actual hotel. The Sheraton is beautifully set in plush grounds and there are non guests there but you would really need to go out of your way or make a point to visit. I loved it for the privacy and relaxation.