Stayed here for one night - it was ok, nothing special though. Rooms were a good size, apartment was clean. Wouldn't not stay here again, but we would look around for something the same price but higher quality -and I think we would be able to find it.

We should have been elsewher but due to a mix up we were booked into the MiNC apartments in Al Barsha for a month while we flat hunted, my husband having been relocated from elsewhere in the Middle East a few days before Christmas. The rooms are fairly spacious so at first glance the apartment seemed reasonable but gradually we found it was all superficial:

Cleanliness was poor. The curtains especially the nets are grubby, almost black at the top and have obviously never been cleaned. The kitchen and bathroom are regularly mopped but no one ever removes the dirt collecting in the corners.
Kitchen badly equipped. The knives are blunt, no mugs or bowls for cereal or soup only tiny rice bowls, desert spooons are the size of table spoons and only one saucepan was of a size to cook for 2 - 4 people the others were huge. As with other reviews we noticed the single cleaning cloth so ensured we always did our own washing up in hot water (had to buy cloths and washing up liquid).
No washer drier only a washer and had to ask for a replacement airer as the one supplied was rusty.
Noisy. This is no place if you are a light sleeper with the drone of external aircon fans all night and construction noise from 7am.The windows did not insulate against any outside noise at all. Also noise travels inside the building we could hear furniture being moved on the tiled floors overhead, a baby crying and muffled voices from the flats either side of us.
Smelly. The garbage shute created sickening smells in the corridors leading to excessive use of air freshener by the staff. I dread to think what it would be liek in the heat of a UAE summer. And in the lobby and garage the smell of burning charcoal & BBQd meat was overpowering from the new restaurant in the lobby. OK at meal times perhaps but too much most of the time.
On the plus side sheets and towels were changed everyday (what ever happened to eco friendliness?) and the frinedly staff happily converted the twin beds into another double when we asked.

All in all I was glad we quickly found a flat so could leave.

I am just back from a 5 day stay in Dubai at the Al Barsha Minc Apartments. We were a group of 4 families with teenagers. Each family had a 125 square meters apartment with 2 bedrooms , 3 bathrooms, one well equipped kitchen and a large livingroom.
All the apartments were perfectly clean, well kept and personnel was always ready to clean the apartments at any time we requested it. We were given spare towels to use to the beach when we asked.
Receptionists and concierges in the lobby were the most helpful and kind people i have ever met. They helped us out in all kind of occasions, even printing out our airline boarding passes from their computer.
Prices are very good and location is a plus: 1 minute from the metro station (where there also is an ATM machine), 5 minutes (on foot) from the Mall of the Emirates where there are lots of restaurants, shops, ATMs and the famous Ski "resort", and 15 minutes drive from the Jumeirah Park Beach.
From our living room and main bedroom windows we had a wonderful view of the Burj Al Arab.
We were very satisfied with our choice and would recommend it to anybody.

It was the worst stay in my life. The rooms were horrible, smelly, dirty and sad. The staff were not at all helpful, even the hotel manager was totally unfriendly and not helpful (you would normally expect a hotel manager to assist)

No food options, no security al all. The entire night was without a security, if something happens, there is no one to assist, the management has not thought of anything on this.

There are plenty of hotel apartments around the place, and many of them are new and much better. My recommendation, stay at the others and be away from Minc. The mall of emirates was a good 15 minutes walk. Other hotel apartments are located just across the mall, so it would make more sense to stay at them.