Booked a sea view room. They settled in a small room with a view of the construction site, motivating that at the moment there were no free ones. Feel free to demand what you ordered. After 2 days we were moved to the room we had booked. This was the only inconvenience encountered in this hotel during the entire stay. The rooms are small but good, the furniture is normal, there is a safe, a fridge-bar, a hairdryer, an iron with an ironing board, bathrobes, slippers, a kettle with a set of tea, coffee, cream. Tea/coffee and water replenished daily. The standard is 0.5 water per person. We decided that this would not be enough for us and dragged 2 large bottles of 5 liters from the supermarket. Room service saw and started to put us 2 bottles of 0.5 water per person)))). If you need more, feel free to say, put more without problems. Care products are replenished every day - shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, body lotion. Room service works "on call" and instantly, quickly brought an ashtray and matches, a small glass table and 2 soft chairs with curly curves to the balcony, chairs with gilding, where without it))).
The hotel has 7 or 10 restaurants, took half board - breakfast dinner (in the main restaurant), this was quite enough. The food is excellent, everything is always fresh and tasty. Several types of cheese, including 2-3 types with mold, jamon, cuts of sausage, meat, an assortment of sushi, red salted fish, smoked mackerel, tuna, king prawns every day for dinner, mussels, some other clams, octopus, squid, fish, beef, poultry, mutton and lamb of various types of cooking, salads, various types of side dishes, some dishes of Arabic, Indian and other oriental cuisines. Served 2 lobsters. Fruits - watermelon, melon, papaya, kiwi, oranges, grapefruits, apples, plums, strawberries, lychee, dragon fruit (with a white center, not with a red one), canned peaches, apples, an abundance of dried fruits, nuts, fruit salad. Confectionery from the category is not much and horrible, but everything is very thoughtful and tasteful - a separate table with oriental sweets, beautiful and tasty cakes, cakes, rolls, tarts, jellies, various desserts, mousses and creams with fruits and berries, delicious cookies, chocolate bars and much more.
On Thursday afternoon, local and Gulf Arabs begin to drop in for the weekend (Friday and Saturday are their days off), the hotel becomes crowded, book by tel. a table for dinner, so as not to stand and wait until it is free.
The public of the hotel is also decent among foreigners (the majority are Germans, British, Americans, a few French, Ukrainians, and among Arabs.
Beautiful hotel lobby, in the evenings they play the piano and violin. In the afternoon - use for business meetings.
The hotel area is small but well maintained. The beach is small but very clean and cozy. Part of the sunbeds on the green grass, part on the sand. There are swimming pools for adults and children.
Regarding the channel of the bay, many first line hotels have the same channels for the beach, due to the fact that part of the city is built on the islands. The water in the channel is greenish, but not because it is a "swamp", but by analogy with the Mediterranean Sea (for example, in Tunisia it is also green). In fact, the water is clean and transparent. There is a small pier, but only kayaks sailed from it, and once a day someone decided on a jet ski. Entry into the water - 2-4 m from the shore, a gradual deepening, then comes the depth. Swimming is very comfortable, there are no waves.
From the side of the Prego Restaurant and Spa Center there is a direct transition from the hotel to the Abu Dhabi Mall. There is also a currency exchange, cafes, and on the lower floor - a supermarket. The mall has the same brands as we do - Tiffany (prices are higher than in the USA), Cors, Cartier, Villeroy, H&M, Massimo Dutti, Pull & Bear, Reserved, Levi's - prices for everything are higher than ours, as well as for perfumery and in malls and deutiks - much more expensive. The same is true for Marina Mall (Abu Dhabi) and Dubai Mall (Dubai).
2 p went to the night bar in the hotel (like Viks is called how to go from the main restaurant to the elevators of the main old building). The bar has live music, mostly in the Latin American style, and Latin dances are also danced here, I don’t know if there were invited dancers or amateurs and craftsmen just drop in, hang out among the general public and don’t look like animation, they danced chic, there was something to see. Cocktails - 13 dollars Mojito, 15 dollars Tai Mai + 19% tax is added to the bill, it comes out 15 dollars and 18 dollars. Not cheap. The bar in the room is even more expensive, if I remember correctly, a bottle of 0.2 ml of dry white Spanish wine - 60 dirhams = 16.5 dollars (such in a dutik when departing from Kyiv - 2 euros). Somewhere not far from the hotel in the depths of the streets there is an alcohol shop (it seems to be kept by Indians), everything is there and at very divine prices, as compatriots said (beer package for 4 bottles - like 7 dirhams = 2 dollars).
The hotel is good, comfortable in many aspects, the staff is well-trained, they respond to any request or question instantly. I recommend the hotel.
there is a swimming pool (not on the roof) for children and adults with a canopy.
Each room has a balcony.
There is an Indian restaurant, a German restaurant (there are 7 types of beer), there is a nightclub open until half 2.
Internet paid (90 dirhams per day)
. Entrance mall without leaving the hotel.
Pros:
1. Convenient location on the bay in the center of the capital of the Emirates
2. Great rooms, beautifully furnished and clean))
3. Great service, nice staff
4. Food varied and tasty
5. The presence of a direct transition to the shopping center
6. Sufficient number of Russian-speaking staff
Cons (I would call them micro-cons)))):
1. The bay is not always perfectly clean
2. The beach is not very big, but cozy
3. Rooms in the coastal wing are small, with a small balcony
4. No huge territory
Bottom line: a good hotel for a solid 5 *! Good infrastructure outside the hotel. We left with a desire to return!