This is one of the best places i have stayed. staff are great and always eager to help the apartments are fantastic with every thing you could want in them. house keeping service rooms daily we cooked they came and washed uo afterwards, we had a one bed apartment with large living room with sofa bed for the kidz dining area kitchen bedroom ensuite and guest wc and balcony. theres a lovely pool with terrace to relax in the evenings. a shopping mall opposite with a 24 hour supermarket. water bottles are left daily with news paper. jumeira beach is 20 mins away but theres a mamzar beach park closer and its great i would stay here every time i visit dubai it really is a home away from home!

Stayed in a one bedroom suite, very impressive huge living room with sofa bed for the 2 teenagers, again huge bedroom en suite bathroom with tub and shower attachment, plus a seperate guest toilet and a sizeable kitchen.
Very impressive quality and decor for the price, we paid around £80 a night, perhaps because it was a late booking, list price is around £200 a night. Definately a 4 star hotel with all hotel facilities, just that rooms happen to have kitchens to make them self contained living spaces, all staff helpful and friendly, lovely pool and reasonable sized fitness centre, all very quiet, just what the doctor ordered.
Only gripe is wifi access is around £3/hour, there is an internet cafe across the road in the Reef Mall at £1/hour, shame the hotel is milking this so much. Also the standard for the hotel is 3 guests per room, fourth charged extra, however when I booked via Expedia I booked for 4, when we checked in the Desk clerk asked me to pay extra, but when I pointed out I had booked for 4 he agreed so no charge.
This is a city hotel, so if you want beaches then Jumeirah beach park is around 30-40 minutes by taxi, the Gold souk and the Abra station around 25 minutes walk, can be done in 40 degrees C, but you will be a bit sweaty.
Definately recomend the hotel, 2 supermarkets now, a Carrefour express to the left and another local brand across the road at the bottom of the Reef Mall. Always direct taxi drivers to the Reef Mall they may not know the hotel, although some did.
Al Ghafari City Mall is across the road and past the Reef Mall on the right hand side, you will spot Nandos through the next road to your right, if you reach Burger King you have passed it, there is a cinema and resturaunts (Pizza Hut, Nandos, Burger King), not very exotic, but nice places to eat none the less.
As I said very nice hotel/apartment building, the front is closed due to metro works, but did not disturb us at all, using the back for taxi access and front for pedestrian was not a problem, we were on the 2nd floor with a huge balcony, great for wathcing the world pass by at the Mall across the road. Didn't use the hotel dining facilities but looked nice with an in house Starbucks if you need it.

i loved it...very spacious aparment..after stayign at the movenpick in bahrain and the grand tulip in muscat, i was fearing the same at the star boutique..but walked in the room and it was such a relief..huge living room, kitchen with dish washer, washer and dryer, 1.5 bath...

The Family stayed 15-18th August 2008. Beautiful apartments, with large kitchen area, microwave and washing machine. Only downside was no balcony but having said that it was 46 degrees in the daytime and 40 at night time so it was a bit hot to sit out for too long. Pool nice and clean and because it was so hot we had it pretty much to ourselves. Beach towels supplied for you and there was a sauna and steam room to. (we did not use it as we were having our own sauna outside). Some taxi drivers did not really know where the apartments were, because I think it is quite new, but asked to be dropped off outside Reef Mall and it is right across the road. There were some road works outside which were 24hrs a day but you honestly could not hear them and because of this if the taxi drivers could find it you had to go round the back, but not a problem, the back of the hotel was quite nice after you had walked thru a few parking spaces there were chairs and tables to sit at. All staff very pleasant and polite. We did not use the restaurant for breakfast as we were never up in time but there are plenty of coffee shops all over. Would definately stay here again. One word of warning. DO NOT take travellers cheques to Dubai as the hotels not keen on changing them, neither are banks or money changers. Much easier to take sterling and change it as you need it.