We stayed here for a few days at the end of a trip and really liked this attractive hotel. The buildings and grounds are lovely, with low-rise white-washed and blue-domed buildings surrounding quiet, fountain-filled courtyards and a strong Middle-Eastern theme. There's a prettily-located swimming pool, shaded by plenty of palm trees and quite family-friendly with a lifeguard on duty til 10pm.

The rooms were very spacious and comfortable, with an open-plan style bathroom including his and hers sinks, a two-person standalone bathtub and a decent rainfall-style shower. It also had a balcony looking out over the marina. The spa was very good, too - the staff were exceptionally friendly, the treatment I had was excellent and I really enjoyed the outdoor shower!

The hotel is right next door to the enormous Deira City Centre shopping mall; about a fifteen-to-twenty minute taxi trip to the gold souq and around a twenty-five minute trip to the Burj Dubai. When we visited (July) it was unfortunately far too hot to do much outdoor sightseeing, though.

All in all we really enjoyed staying here; the hotel feels quiet and luxurious, the rooms are lovely and the hotel's setting is extremely pretty.

Stayed here for the last 4 nights of our honeymoon and I can't think of a better way we could have ended it.
The property is amazing with big, beautifully appointed rooms that look out over the marina and creek, also capturing the city in the background.
The restaurants are brilliant - we had both the best buffet lunch (Traituer) and Thai (The Thai Kitchen) of our lives, neither of which are accolades I give out lightly!
There are many other great feaures I could go on about - lovely pool area, beautifully manicured gardens and the elegant candle-lit marble hallways at night are just some of them.
To compliment the property, the service was excellent. No problems at all and we felt like royalty the entire time we were there.
To top it all off a great location close to shopping and the airport.

First of all, here are the positives:

The building is lovely, as are the grounds and the low rise (4 floors maximum) is a nice change from the skyscrapers everywhere else in Dubai. All of the rooms have a view over the creek and are very comfortable - great beds and very spacious with plenty of storage and designer bathroom - really liked the walk in 'wet-room' style shower.

The quality and selection of the food at breakfast was excellent and we also used the gym every morning which was well equipped, spotlessly clean (the attendant would wipe down every machine straight after someone had finished using it) and the fans on the treadmills did help!

The staff were all excellent - we certainly got 5 star service ranging from anyone we met walking round the hotel greeting us with smiles and very polite 'good mornings' through to getting a escort on our first afternoon when we were wandering round looking a bit lost from an Australian manager (didn't get his name but he was very friendly) who took us personally to the gym.

The downsides:
It's not a cheap place to stay - i don't think anywhere is in Dubai - but this is supposed to be a 5 star hotel and it costs an awful lot more than the 5 star hotels I've experienced in most other parts of the world. But it didn't stop there - the internet access in the business centre cost AED35 (£7) for 15 minutes, and the one night we ate in the hotel (at Traiteur) cost AED550 (£80) for just two main courses and a bottle of wine - we were not quite picking the cheapest things on the menu, but the quality was certainly only average and it just wasn't value for money - the whole feeling was that the hotel was aimed at the business expense account visitors.

Other niggles included the fact that on one morning we couldn't go straight into breakfast as they didn't have any tables spare, and had to sit and wait in the lounge with several other couples and families. This wouldn't have been a problem except for the fact that we were there 1/2 hour before breakfast was supposed to finish, but we were waiting 20 minutes, and then when we did sit down we had to rush as they came round at the usual time telling us they were closing down the service (no problems on the mornings we got there early). And for any other British customers, note that all the sports channels are American so they were showing womens college basketball instead of Champions League football!!!

Overall, it is a pleasant hotel, in a quiet part of the city, but it is a business oriented hotel.

I loved this hotel. The ambience, the bedroom, the arabian rose massage. The only thing that would have improved it would have been my husband. Sadly I was there for business but had a great time at the gold souk!

The property is enormous so be prepared to take taxi's everywhere (very cheap)

it is ideal if you are honeymooning big bed, big bath, big shower, double massage tables etc

great restaurants

loved it loved it loved it!