Great staff – arrived at 8am, they let us check in early to a deluxe room when we had only booked a standard, we were expecting to move later that day but we ended up staying all 3 nights in a deluxe room with no extra charge.

The buffet breakfast is what others have described, toast, one type of spread, one type of cereal and fruits. The rest is mostly Indian and middle eastern food but its fine for a light breakfast – especially as its free with the room.

As also mentioned before, there is a nightclub on level one and we could hardly hear it on level three – I would still suggest you ask to be put on level 3 or higher though just incase.

The only downside to staying here was being right outside a mosque, so 5 times a day you are greeted by loud prayers coming out of several megaphones on top of the mosque for about 20minutes. The only time its really disturbing is the one that wakes you up at 5am!


We found the staff to be very helpful, and overall this is a good cheap hotel for travelers on a budget.

stayed at the hotel for 2 weeks in November, not a pleasant stay at all, on arrival I though what have I got my self into, looking at the build it looks very old and dirty and is facing a bus station, going into the main entrance the staff are friendly people, I didn’t like the rooms that much as they looked very dull, air con was not working well toilet facials could have been better, also the wall in the room are built like cardboard, u can hear next door, even so they have a nightclub/disco which is on from 8pm till 3am, we where on the 2nd floor and u could hear the music, personally I would not go there again, avoid this place if you are looking for a nice clean quiet Dubai experience

I stayed here for 2 weeks in March. It was one of the cheaper hotels that I could find. Hence I was not expecting the Taj mahal! I was a single woman travelling alone and often returning to the hotel past 11.00pm. I was never hasselled or harrassed by anyone.

It is located near the Dubai Creek and textile souk. Some great local restaurants nearby. My room was not dirty as described by some reviwers. It was cleaned on a daily basis and the whole hotel was being refurbished while I was there. Re painted, new matresses and it sound like new carpets too.

Heeding the advice of previous reviews I asked for a room on the third floor or above and was given one on the 5th floor. I slept soundly. No sounds of night life or prayer time.

Breakfast was a mix of indian or western. Fruit, eggs of some description, yoghurt, I always found something that appealed. Not cordon bleu but adequate. I was staying in a budget hotel.

The hot water was a learning experience. I experienced luke warm water for the first few days. Then I enquired at the reception desk if there was anything that they could do to fix this problem. "Certainly madam". The hotel staff showed me the hot water switch directly outside the bathroom door that I need to turn on 5 minutes before having a shower each day! Plenty of hot showers after that.

If you are looking for a 5 star hotel at 3 star prices, this is not the hotel for you. If you're looking for the westerner hotel in a middle eastern country, this is not the hotel for you, If you're looking for a 3 star hotel at 3 star prices in vibtant quarter of Dubai, with the spice souk, gold souk and prefume souk just a short abra ride acorss the Dubai creek then I would recomend you book in! I found the hotel fine.

i stayed there for 2 weeks and it did not have half the stuff there that they put in the review, ie.. no radio, the air con is no good, no trouser press or hair dryer and they do not cater for the english in any way, theres no cold water and it is so dirty, the only people how done a great job was the room cleaners, so my final thought is stay away.