My First time to Dubai and i selected this hotel based on reviews and i was not disapointed at all. Actually i had booked a twine room for me and my friend but when we reached the hotel we were surprised to get 2 rooms for the price of one room as we had paid for the hotel in advance. may be it was a lucky day for me but i did not complain and just took it. The stay was very good and its not far from the city by taxi or they have there own buses certain times of the day which takes you and picks you up from the city. they have a bus service to the beach as well. would definetly recommend this hotel.

This hotel was adequate for our 5 day stay in Dubai. We arrived early last monday was told our room wouldnt be available for another 2 hours so ordered tea and waited in the lobby, within 45 mins the receptionist said our room was ready. The room was fine, no problem, clean, comfortable, great sat TV, mini bar fully stocked etc. The staff were friendly at all times. The restaurants were great. We used the courtesy bus for the sister hotel, which was 25 min ride but at least on the beach right next to the Palm developement (recommend the 25th floor restaurant for food and views). All in all the Metro Dubai is an ok hotel you get what you pay for and it exceeds expectations in that case.

My mother (60) and I (27) have just returned from a week staying in the Metropolitan. We booked the hotel because it was slightly older and not a high rise tower block - which we didn't want. We wanted a relaxing holiday equidistant from the beach and the main shops. However it is right next to the main road and necessary to taxi everywhere.

All the front of house staff were very helpful, cheery and imformative.

The buffet style breakfast catered for everyone - a chef making omelettes to order, cereal including porridge, cooked breakfast catering for Brits and Arabs, fresh fruit (whole and cut), cheese, yoghurts and not forgetting the bakery table! The tea was not great but I do recommend the mint tea.

The restaurants seem to be really busy with non residents too - we ate at the Italian (Don Corlease) which was fine (not great) and the Fish Bazaar - absolutely fantastic. The staff very attentive, the decor interesting. You choose the fish you want and then the sauce over it - so good we went back again!
Also in the evenings, it was very nice to sit in the lobby and listen to the piano singer.

The pool was adequate although lacked the afternoon sun. Quite far from the main hotel. Instead we went to the other hotel by the sea - great look at the Palm but difficult to sun bath and relax when all you can hear is the monster trucks on the Palm. However the rest of the hotel is very plush.

Very enjoyable stay and will go back again.

I was charged 1440AED per night! when you enter the hotel you will see a sign indicating that it is a 5 star hotel! in the room when you turn ON the A/C you will get a weird noisy!

in the morning there are no taxis that you can take! you need a minimum of 15 minutes to get a taxi. in the evening it is even worst you will have a long queue just to get a taxi.

the internet was expensive with a bad policy! when you apply for 6 hours for example, the connection will expire after 6 hours from registration even if you didn't use it at all. in other hotels (like Rotana Towers) when you apply for 6 hours, it will be a 6 hours of usage. Meaning it can be used on several days.

also, the internet was really really slow. when i called them and complain they told me that there are couple of other rooms using the internet and they only have a 256kbps for the whole hotel. so i told them to cancel my registration and to get my money back and they agreed. when i wanted to check out it was in the bill! so after along discussion they removed it from the bill.

the worst part is which made really frustrated was after 2 weeks from checking out i can see that they took 14.7$ more for no reason!! I am trying to contact them now to know the reason for that! i really hated the place and how they want trick people for money!