On arrival you are greeted by friendly staff but English, although commonly spoken in the Middle east is not as good as it could be, especially considering this is a Hotel!

The reception, corridors, open spaces and rooms are all clean. My bathroom was not the best, reminding more of a cheap Spanish resort rather than an incredily wealthy oil state! However the wireless internet in reception was fast and efficient and easy to log on too with lots of plugs for recharging your laptop! Unlike Dubai, they didnt charge for the access which made a nice change. The food in the restaurnt here was aimed at the Arab and Indian pallets but this was not a problem for me.

Check out was a bit of a nightmare as the staff decided to not take my companies card which the booking was made with and charge me cash instead. I would send an email in advance and get this straight before you make a booking!

The Hotel is very close to a huge supermarket, literally a 2 minute walk... more