Cheap fish - bad fish

Written: 29 february 2012
Travel time: 20 — 27 january 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
3.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 4.0
Service: 3.0
Cleanliness: 3.0
Food: 2.0
Amenities: 2.0
Went with a friend to a shopping festival. Initially, we chose an inexpensive hotel, because we were only going to spend the night there. We got into this one by accident, because other hotels in the area refused us.
PLANE - a standard pindurik with a paid zhrachka on board.
AIRPORT - flew to the second airport, which greatly saved us the time of passing the retinal scan and passport control. By the way, in the dutik, it is at this airport, for some reason, smells are very expensive. In December, at the airport of Sri Lanka, I bought with a difference of $ 20.

HOTEL - drive from the airport for about 15 minutes. Personally, I was quite satisfied with the location of the hotel. In a quiet street, but close to shopping centers, Nasser Square and Riga Rose, full of grocery stores, McDonald's, a lot of cafes. The hotel itself is small. Four floors. It's not true that they don't speak Russian at the reception. They say. The hotel is full of Arabs and Indians. There are two nightclubs on the second floor. And this is complete piz... ets. Because it is impossible to sleep even on the fourth floor. True, I found a way out. I inserted headphones from the player into my ears. And it at least somehow reduced the sound. Morning prayers are not heard, but from about 8 in the morning there is a loud construction site outside the window.
ROOM - the size of a bath room. Approximately 10m. There are 2 beds, a table, a wardrobe, a TV set and a refrigerator, which was very surprising. The toilet is meter by meter including the shower (I'm serious). After buying, you will swim in the toilet room. The water doesn't go anywhere. Windows don't open. I read on other sites about the presence of cockroaches in this hotel. I confirm - the purest truth. Prussians are full, they walk on tables, bedside tables and in the toilet.
FOOD is very loud. We only took breakfast. Edible there was bread, eggs and juice. Coffee and tea are shit, and the two dishes that were still given, I could not even determine what it was. In short, I personally bought a zhrachka in a store and went with her to the canteen, because only there was boiling water for coffee.
EXCURSIONS - take from Aladdin, much cheaper.
BEACH - carries a free bus, but the beach itself costs 5 dirhams. Sunbeds are also paid. There is a free beach, but the bus does not take you there.
METRO - everywhere we went by metro, it turns out cheaper than a taxi. Taxis in Dubai are very expensive. In the subway, so as not to eat your brains: go to the ticket office, ask for a ticket (say where) and back. You will be given a one-time cardboard card. Pass with it through the turnstile, do not throw it away. With it, you return back to the station from which you arrived. You can throw everything away.
SHOPPING - I went for branded items. Discounts are everywhere. The most normal Dubai Mall, Emeratos and City Center. It's basically an expensive brand. But as a rule, in these malls on the 1st floor there are shops like Zara, Max Mara, etc. Therefore, you can skimp and cheaper. All other malls are terrible cooperative shit. Nasser Square is also shit, but there you can safely buy mobile phones, tablets, etc.

FUR COATS - do not waste your time visiting many shops. Immediately go to Nasser Square to the largest fur coat center (I guess 9 floors). If you bargain, they will drop about 20% of the initial price, but no more. There is no freebie anywhere. In the UAE, the choice is simply better.
In short, as for the UAE itself, having been there once, I want to come again. As for the hotel, this hotel is WELL HIM. You can pay $100-150 and live in more comfortable conditions.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original