we stayed there for 5 nights. Good location in Deira with easy access to several restaurants and shopping places. Staff were helpful to make your stay comfortable and tried their best to meet your requests. Room was spacious, clean, modern and well equipped. the only disadvantage is the noise of the planes while the hotel is almost under the air take off route, which not much residents or hotels can avoid.

Over all, it was a good and pleasant stay there.

This hotel is very miss leading, as from the photographs on the internet it looks very modern, however, looks in this case are certainly deceptive. We booked a Polo Club room, which in fairness the bedroom was large and the beds were very very comfortable, but the bathroom really let the room down. The bath was very small (i am only 5'2) and very scratched and dirty, with mould around the seals, the handrail on the wall was nearly hanging off as was the soap dish, all things really that could be put right with a little elbow grease and a screwdriver.
Also our room on 3 days out of 4 was not serviced until after 3.30 each day not a lot of good when you have been out all day and want to rest in the afternoon.

The food we had on the whole was very good, and the staff were friendly and helpful.

The Polo Club lounge serves complimentary drinks from 6 pm until 8 pm but there is no atmosphere in the place, and no canapés or nibbles (other than dates and nuts) cheese and biscuits, sandwiches, or anything in fact are offered, which i am sure if this was rectified more people would use the facility

We would however not really choose to stay in Deira again as it looks very old and dated compared to other areas of Dubai, and if we are honest we wouldn't stay at The Marco Polo again either.

This was our first visit to Dubai and we were not disappointed.
We were initially a bit wary as we had heard a lot of stories about the place and what you could and couldn’t do, but providing you are sensible there shouldn’t be any problems and we certainly didn’t encounter any.
The hotel Marco Polo was modern, very comfortable and reasonably close to the airport although directly under the flight path. Having said that the planes did not cause any problem with noise etc. Rooms were well appointed with Kettle (tea & coffee etc supplied), hairdryer, safe (free), Internet access, mini bar and electric window blinds ! (Fun to play with !)
Within the hotel are several eating places, including a so called English style pub (Food and service here were excellent), Indian, Chinese, Filipino and Mexican restaurants also. There is also a Disco/nightclub on the premises but we didn’t use it. We were there on a Bed & breakfast basis and found the breakfast to be excellent with plenty of choice.
All the hotel staff were very attentive, helpful and polite.
Getting around was reasonably easy. There are plenty of taxi’s (Government owned so all taxi’s are metered and reasonably priced) and there is also a Metro system although we didn’t try it. Buses are also frequent and the Hotel Marco Polo runs a courtesy bus several times a day to limited locations.
Would we go to Dubai again and stay at the Marco Polo hotel ? – Most definitely !!

We got a warm welcome with a refreshing drink. We got a free upgrade of our room and the room was available early in the morning. We were 10 nights at this hotel in November 2011.
All the staff is very friendly and helpfull. The breakfast buffet was very good.
We were disapointed about the swimming pool, you have no view, only high walls and just a little bit of sun.
The hotel is located near to the new metro and taxi is always available.
Free shuttle bus to Deira City Centre and to the beach (with towels).