Arabaian courtyard is a good hotel in the centre of dubai close to the dubai musem and the bur dubai souqs and water taxis (abras).

A comfortable hotel with all the amenties -. the only draw back as others have mentioned is the small pool (and noisey children in the day we went) and the crappy house wine at the pool bar.

the rooms were comfortable and the shower was great. good hotel facilities, 2 water bottles per day and a paper. We had breakfast include which was a bonus! buffet breakfast each day had enough variety to get you through to lunch.

A good comfortable hotel that i would recommend in the heart of the Bur dubai region.

This hotel is by no means luxurious but it is adequate comfortable and clean.All the staff were friendly and helpful.Our room wasn't ready when we arrived early in the morning so we decided to upgrade to an executive room on the 7th floor and were able to get in straight away.The executive rooms have their own lounge where you are able to have free soft drinks and tea or coffee during the day and alcohol in the evening,although these are limited to three per person which is understandable.
The rooms are spacious and we had water and fruit every day.
You are offered a free ten minute massage at the spa which unfortunately we didn't get time to have.
The pool area is very small as previous reviewers have mentioned but we did spend a couple of afternoons relaxing on the loungers.
The location is excellent for discovering the old city.The souks are all nearby as is the creek and the abras(water taxi) are fun.
The sherlock holmes pub is pleasant and the bar staff friendly and eager to please.
The hotel runs a courtesy bus to the beach which should be taken advantage of.So, a good budget hotel for exploring the city and perhaps a first time stay.

I stayed in this hotel for 5 nights recently in March 2008. Check in was very quick. We were in a room on the 1st floor looking out at the Dubai Museum. The room is really spacious – the bathroom is very small then in comparison but we were very impressed with it. The only complaint I would have was the noise from the air con – even when it wasn’t on! Nothing ear plugs at night doesn’t block out! The road outside is also busy so I would also recommend ear plugs for this reason. We went to the Sherlocks Holmes pub for a bite to eat as it was a long flight and late in the night. Breakfast in the hotel is fabulous – there is a big buffet of eggs, cereals, meats, cheese and crackers, breads, cakes, pastries, yoghurts, juice etc. Set us up nicely for the day.

I loved the location of the hotel in Bur Dubai. You are a short stroll away from the Bur Dubai Textile Souq and also the creek and the abra’s which cross the creek over to the Spice and Gold Souqs. Taxi’s are reasonable enough to get around to the other sights in Jumeriah and the malls.

The staff in the hotel were very friendly – we were made to feel at home.

We ate in the Indian restaurant in the hotel, Sherlock Holmes pub and the Tex Mex – we would recommend them all. The Ahlan Lounge is open 24 hours and does gorgeous cakes if you get the midnight munchies!!

There is a pool on the 1st floor of the hotel also – there was some building works going on when we were there so it was no relaxing but it was a nice surprise. There is a gym and also a spa. You get a free 10 min massage coupon when checking in and it was great.

All in all I would highly recommend this hotel for its friendliness, location in Old Dubai if you want the culture and its value for money.

Ugh, thank God we stayed in this hotel for only one night! Thanks to other people's positive comments, travel brochure's praises and categorization of four stars I had a high hopes for Arabian Courtyard.
At first I noticed nice location near Dubai Creek, yeah. But the first disappoiment came immediately in the reception. We had just stay few nights in Fujairah, hotel Le Meridien Al Aqah, and falled in love with the amazingly friendly staff. So we thought that most arabians are helpful and nice. But this hotel changed our views. Woman at the reception was rude, at first she said that there was a quiet weekend in the hotel, so most of the rooms were empty. But when we asked can we keep our room for four extra hours because of our flight, she looked at us very surprised and said that we must pay 400 dirham extra "This is a popular hotel and we can't say ´no, we don't have any rooms` because of you" . That was a quite weird but finally we promised to pay 400 dirham. And then she started to claim that the total sum was 800 dirham. So we gave up and went to our room.
Room was an arabian-stylished which was okay, but the bathroom was sooooo small! And the view from our window was depressing. The worst thing was the awful smell: like a mix of cigarette, mould and wet dog! Horrible. Our room was somehow exclusive - And I don't want even know what the standard room was like.
We didn't want to eat in any of the hotel's restaurants after our visit in the cafe/bar/or something on the seventh floor. We read in some information paper that there would have been served cookies. We waited for those biscuits for about half an hour and what we got: three ridiculous tiny cookies! And when we went to the same bar in the evening, there was still something more terrible. Bar was full of people who were tired and impatient and the bartender was.. Can't find words to describe him. For example, he made one drink for fifteen minutes. Still today I can't understand why the hotel took him to work here - I think it would suit him better to work in an old people's home.
I don't recommed this hotel to anyone and I think it's overrated.