Top hotel. The location is good; its in Bur Dubai and very close to the creek. You can catch a taxi very quickly from outside; and well; the porter will do it for you. The lobby is very welcoming and the staff are very friendly. The highlight is the room! excellent design, rooms are decently sized; very clean and the bathroom is good too. . .has the most loaded toiletry i've seen. As for the negatives; my friends claimed the swimming pool is too small; and the tv isn't loaded with premium cable package.

Superb location, right across the street from the Dubai Museum and just a few blocks from the Grand Mosque and the Bur Dubai Souk area. Near a water taxi stand, too, so easy to get from the hotel across Dubai Creek to the Gold and Spice Souks!

Enjoyed the Middle Eastern charm at the hotel from the room decor to the lobby decor to the great doorman who looked like he just stepped out of Arabian Nights! See the photo I've attached.

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.