I arrived on Dec 7,2007 spent couple nights at the hotel, then moved to the apartment building which is connected to its hotel. I stayed her for a month,thou.

The hotel pool is great. I mostly spent time at the gym before the pool. Unlike other Marriott, this hotel has no a suana or steamroom. They should have some, cos they have plenty of room to add these on.

Food is good, and reasonable price. The lobby area always serve a nice sandwitches and coffee. In addition, there is a shop and restaurants , grocery store, Bank, ATM, Laundry shop or internet shop at the shopping strip area. It is very convenient for those who doesn't have cars or no need to drive.

However, there is one hotel receiptionist always keep smiling, but i felt it isn't quite genuine. Well! I have to look over it since he didn't do anything wrong.

The hotel bar on the 2nd floor - seems so so.. I wouldn't recommend much since the staff aren't professional enough in making drinks. it takes 30 mins to get a drink (Cosmopolitan) served on New Year's Eve. And it sucks big time. I planned to get drinks for myself 300-400 dirums but ended up 30 dirums and I walked back to my room.

The Hotel apartment at the back seems nicer than the hotel itself.
The room is nicer with a kitchen area where you can cook with fully equiped kitchenware, and nice view indeed. You will feel like home if you pick the apartment, rather than the hotel room.

The price seems abit expensive, but if it is not, I probably dont have a place to stay since all people will come to stay here. I think the long rent should give more special rate to client - like me. LOL

Location is not a problem from me to work, but its traffic is a big issue. Particularly, the annoying roundabout that I need to travel to work or even my colleague tried to pick me up, seems very unpleasant.
People get tired of this traffic. Some taxi driver even denied to give me a ride because I am staying at this hotel. I ended up walking back to the hotel from the big roundabouts while rainy all that evening. This is unacceptable aweful i ever had in my life. The best receiptionist at the Hotel Apartment i even known, is ROBIN..He is the best. His friendship and service are touched. He does has a genuine smile!.

I will recommend people stay here! if you dont want to see many construction around Dubai..Then choose this hotel! you can enjoy your days or weekends in the park.

Thank ROBIN! you are superb!

Very nice hotel. Service was excellent. When i arrived on my first night the hotel was overbooked and i had to stay in another Marriott hotel. However, i was taken the next day to the Courtyard and given a voucher for a free dinner.

The Courtyard rooms are very nice, the gym is well equipped and the pool area is extremely nice.

The location of the hotel is poor. The Green Community seems to be a new area which like most of Dubai is still under construction. There is a horrible large roundabout nearby which is a nightmare to navigate. There is a free shuttle at certain times to the Mall of the Emirates.

The restaurants are good and the quality of the food and service was high.

hotel lovely if a bit pricey........but be warned it is quite a distance from the centre and you'll need to take a taxi everywhere (taxis are cheap though)
Sunday brunch not good value for money....unlike the Marriott in the centre of Dubai which was excellent.
Staff lovely..........

This was my second visit to this hotel and like some of the other reviews mention it is quite a drive (40 mins) from Dubai airport, but so are some of the beach hotels.
It is probably more suited to business visitors than holidaymakers as it is not located on the beach, but the hotel will organize a shuttle to a nearby beach club.
The hotel staff is excellent and very friendly. The restaurants are good, the rooms on a par with a lot of other hotels in the area, there is a small but fully stocked gym and the swimming pool area is great, backing onto the lake. Unlike other reviews I have not had a problem obtaining a sun-bed, rather the opposite, being the only one out by the pool, but then my first visit was during Ramadan and my second during the heat of August.
The rooms are spacious and very, very clean with a good sized bathroom. The usual fridge, iron and tea making facilities are standard. In fact I have absolutely no complaints.
Next to the hotel is a large shopping mall with plenty of fast food restaurants and a big supermarket.
What really sets the hotel apart is the staff, who cannot do enough to help.
I have stayed at a Courtyard by Marriott in the US before and was not impressed. This hotel is definitely on a different level. Why it has not been branded higher I cannot understand