I stayed at the Metropolitan a few years ago and decided to give it another go. The hotel's location is convenient for business and the facilities are excellent. The guest rooms are spacious and well equipped, with tea/coffee making facilities and a selection of toiletries. The staff were friendly and helpful.

The hotel has a great selection of restaurants. The breakfast buffet offers a vast choice or cooked or cold dishes, lovely fresh fruits, and a whole table full of pastries and breads. The tea was not that great, but they do a nice cafe latte.

The big downside for me as a woman travelling alone on business is the prostitutes. They are not "in your face" and families/couples staying at the hotel might not really be aware of them as they mainly patronise the Rattlesnake where the expats hang out, and occasionally the Red Lion. I have been propositioned by ignorant middle aged English guys when dining alone dressed in conservative business attire. It is not all that pleasant eating alone anyway, but knowing that people are speculating about you and even coming over to hassle you makes dining alone very uncomfortable.

Fortunately the staff at Don Corleone were lovely and made me feel very comfortable. I like this restaurant as you can dine outside, making the most of the warm evenings that we rarely get in the UK! When two dubious Eastern European "ladies" did enter the restaurant (one of whom disappeared for well over half an hour just as her main course arrived) it was clear that the staff were not happy.

I am a bit surprised that the hotel management doesn't address this issue of the prostitutes. This is the only thing that put me off this hotel on my previous visit. This time I gave it another try as the room rate was good value, but I feel more comfortable at the Dusit or the Novotel.

I've stayed at the Metropolitan Hotel in Sheikh Zayed Road twice, last year 2007 I didn't get the chance to know the hotel because it was my first time in Dubai so pretty much a was out of the hotel all the time, if you want visit the city the location is very good, you are close to souqs, malls, airport, etc.

The Metropolitan has two big softball fields so it is perfect for softball players to stay there, my husband arrived a couple of days early and booked a private transportation with the front desk service to pick me up from the airport, they charged him 90 dirhams and the driver never showed up, not even apologize! In any case, I took the normal shuttle and got in the hotel.

The hotel is nice, average compared with other places in Dubai, with more research and time you can find a better place to stay for the same or maybe a little bit more money but it will be worth to do it, the rooms are quite small and dark, the swimming pool area is very nice, not sun after 2.00pm because of the location but still nice, they have a couple of restaurants there with good food but I will suggest to eat out, drinks are also quite cheap.

There are also some bars at the hotel, I agree with other reviews about the prostitution it is really heavy there, they don't respect anything and approach everybody even if they are in couples, if you are bothered about things like that avoid going there.

Finally, at the moment to pay our bill the hotel was charging us an extra 1300 dirhams (that is more than US$250), it was a mistake in the room rate and there was an extra day, we have to spend an hour explaining this to the lady because she refuse to change the invoice, I hear things like that happen very often so make sure to review your bill before charging the cost on your credit card.

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.