The interior of the hotel is adequate but the pool only gets sunshine in the morning, from lunch onwards the whole area is in the shade. The hotel is located on a main road but in the middle of nowhere. There is a shuttle bus to Wafi shopping centre and another to the beach but the one to the beach only goes 3 times a day so I ended up taking taxi's. The food in the retaurant was good but the bar was small, dark and had no atmosphere and no entertainment over the 5 nights I stayed. The majority of the staff are lovely but I did have 2 issues which were not dealt with very efficiently

Stayed at this hotel from 17th-20th April, arriving late on the 17th and leaving early 20th.

Chose hotel for price given the length of our stay.

Located near the airport and in the Jafad area. It is in an area where a lot of development is about to happen and to get around you will rely on taxi's or the hotel bus. Near the airport and Wafi City.

Reminded me of a travel lodge when you got to the rooms. Ours was a standard, quite small but fit for purpose. Each floor also has a lounge area where you can relax and good for extra space. Rooms etc kept clean and tidy and foudn the staff helpful.

On the gorund floor you also have the bar and restaurant and shop.

Breakfast was a buffet style and good value. Swimming Pool is a good size and again clean.

If you want the beach in easy reach you are better booking somewhere else. The shuttle bus runs 3 times a day to Jumeriah Beach Park but can be busy and takes 20mins or so to get there. At the beach park entry is 5AED but you can also walk further up the street and use the free public beach.

Taxi's are also cheap with a public taxi from Mall of the Emirates to the Hotel about 45AED. The hotels own taxi serivce was slightly more at 55-60AED, still very good value given the distance 15-20km.

Airport taxis are more expensive as they have 20AED surcharge before you start.

All in all a good hotel for our purpose and if you are just looking for a base, recommend it

In April 2008 I had an international congress in Dubai. Among the official hotels of organizer was also the Arabian Park hotel. It is located outside from the center of the city, so you have a nice view of Dubai.The hotel has 7 floors. You can chose a smoking or non-smoking room. In all room a high speed internet (both wired and wireless) is available but it is charged. You can take a 24 hour or an hour or 30 min access. The room is not so big and the bed was very comfortable. All rooms are have air-condition which you can not switch off. The voltage is 220V but they are using an UK type connector so an adapter is essential.The access to the room is by a magnetic card which is very convenient so you do not need to give and ask for a key at the reception desk. I stayed for a six nights and at the morning the buffet breakfast was always the same. Even the ambient music was always the same like they would have a 5 hour CD repeating it all the time.
What I need to mention is that the hotel provides a free of charge small bus transport from and to the airport as well as to the WAFi shopping center and also to the public beach.
The hotel room was clean only the windows were dusty from outside because of the sand storms. You can not open the windows.In a room i had free water with the option to prepare a tee. Also a hairdryer is in each room. The hotel has a pool but the water temperature is around 30°C.
In overall the hotel is worth for its price and is a good choice to stay but just for a few days

Had booked this 4 day break to celebrate silver wedding. Also had 2 children 13 and 15 with us.Despite having the paperwork from Virgin confirming our booking with reference numbers, the hotel apparently had no knowledge. It took them over 1.5 hours to sort it out ( computer error) Having agreed that we should be staying there, they then proceeded to make up the rooms! Another 40 minute wait . Meanwhile, the children were asleep in the lobby!
Food ok - the type of evening meal depends on the number of guests booked in for half board. If there aren't many, you eat off the normal menu. If there are about 10, you get a fixed menu - 2 choices per course which didn't suit one of the children at all. If there are more than a dozen, they put on a buffet.
I agree that the breakfasts are excellent. If there is a next time, I would NOT book half board.
Overall the hotel offers reasonable value for money, but in common with several other reviwers, I feel that the management and reception need to improve quite dramatically. my husband has travelled extensively in the Middle East, and commented that he has never experienced such apathy at a reception desk.