The building itself is old and does not seem to know the word renovation from the very beginning. The rooms, despite the good area, are in a deplorable state - all the furniture is shabby, the walls and ceilings are stained, the plumbing is kept on parole.
However, these are trifles... on the very first day, the employee of the "restaurant" (in my opinion, the Soviet catering is 100 times cooler) showed me the family, which, according to him, stole the entire supply of dates and cheese. Obviously seeing me as a pleasant conversationalist, the next day he led me to an elderly woman, took her bag and said that here she was, trying to pull off two packages of cheese. I had to explain to the guardian of capitalist property that he should first of all be an assistant and friend to tourists. the next room was undergoing renovations and the workers did not care about the inconvenience for the guests. On the last day, after breakfast, the manager called us quite emotionally - it turns out that we have exhausted the limit on this lean meal and demanded payment. after long squabbles, they finally figured out that we hadn’t overate, I once again said that it’s not customary to treat tourists like that, the manager explained to me that this hotel will always be bad for Russians. well if in general:
1. the rooms are old and dirty. our room was not cleaned for two days and probably would not have been cleaned at all without inviting the cleaner personally.
2. food - for lunch you will be given one type of meat and it will be chicken, maximum two side dishes. and do not try to pull off something larger than a toothpick.
3. staff - this is a hotel for those who like to have their feet wiped on them.
4. there is no bus to the beach, instead of a pool - only an aquarium.
5. as a plus - a convenient location, but I'd better take a walk next time. another plus is the practice of English, no one will talk to you in Russian, well, they don’t like Russian speakers.
1. Price.
2. Near the Union metro station.
3. Tasty cooked rice.
Disadvantages:
1. Coldness. The staff doesn't even greet you.
2. On the second floor there is a brothel.
3. For breakfast, muffins, toast and vegetables are edible.
4. At dinners, fish or meat is edible, for which there was a constant "fight".
5. Lack of a pool, restaurant, cafe. . .
6. Bathrooms are just dead.
7. Cockroaches, few, but there are.
8. Windows in the rooms do not open.
9. Transver to only one beach.
I appreciated the food for the sake of formality - I ate only on the day of arrival (lunch), Rigga is full of restaurants, so why choke?
Oh, and one more thing, they take your passport at the reception - they give it back when you check out, for me - it's so uncivil!! ! All normal hotels make a deposit (they take bucks or block a certain amount on a bank card). Maybe free 100 dollars is more important for you, but without a passport you feel like some kind of guest worker (by the way, you don’t need to carry it with you, you can have a copy - sometimes ID is asked at the entrance to a nightclub).
P. S. Prior to this visit, I stayed at the Jumeirah Rotana, Towers Rotana and Emirates Grand Hotel. The latter is highly recommended (newly built, rooms are awesome studios, located on Sheikh Zayed Road next to the metro), and unlike my dearly beloved Rotan is much cheaper. The choice of hotel is up to you, but my advice to you is to overpay and find something more decent (it's worth it). Have a nice holiday!