Hiya, I used to live in Dubai 14 years ago and over the years have stayed in most of the upmarket Dubai beach hotels. For the beach I love Royal Meridien or Mina Seyahi, however these days very expensive but worth it! As we have 4 kids we booked 2 rooms interconnecting at this great Marriot, arrived early of f the night flight and was given 2 lovely interconnecting rooms overlooking the lake and pool. The food and staff in the hotel were superb, also its attached to a complete small shopping mall with good restaurants if our feeding 6 every night, Le Ble and the Oriental were good value. good takeaway and sit in Pizza in Pastamania, theres a Nail bar, Hairdressers, everything you need.Nearby is the Ibn Battuta mall which is superb, and mall of the Emirates with a free shuttle. Beach in the morning, skiing in the afternoon on real snow!!!
The hotel has there own transport and were really good about arranging taxis etc....
Yes the hotel is a long way from the airport/city centre , but if your on business, and you need to be in town stay Shangri La or Fairmont. But if you want a great hotel near sports city, and the Dubai autodrome for go karting (100 dhms 15 minutes, great fun), and a shuttle to the fantastic beach and facilities at Jebel Ali beach resort, and to be closer to Abu Dhabi and Jebel Ali freezone, you cant beat this hotel, we will be back.Dubai really is la la land......and we love it!
By the way traffic is bad in Dubai but this hotel is just off the Emirates road, we went all the way to Ras Al Khaimah to look at property, and made it back in 45 minutes on the Emirates road.

I have stayed at this hotel twice on business in the past month, the second time with my partner, and on both occasions it has been a delight!

The rates are very reasonable with the rooms being very clean and well laid out. Whilst it is not a big hotel it has all the facilities you will need including dining, swimming pool and gym.

The best feature though is the staff, who are extremely friendly, attentive and give the impression that they enjoy working and having you there, all a refreshing change from when I stay at hotels back home in the UK.

The hotel is a little isolated and a fair distance from the airport, and the vagaries of Dubai's traffic lights will add to the journey time at certain times of the day, but if you are looking for an "oasis" away from the hustle and bustle of the city I would throughly recommend it!

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.