Why you select a place like Dubai to travel is for shopping & enjoy the Desert Safari or Dhow Cruise or both. In the new Dubai you will not get a taxi or cab easily, you have to wait for hours in the roadside but still you may not get it. Because of that I always stay in Astoria to... more

This Hotel is first on my list of hotels not to stay in future! And you will decide this the minute you enter it the hotel. Poorly lit lobby with worn out interiors welcomed us. The room was just average, which appeared like a jail, with bars on windows. The beds were worn out, with very average room service. The... more

This hotel is u're basic seedy prostitute pick up point. Although on their site they've advertised Sur Sangam as live indian entertainment club, its nothing but vulgar dance shows and money hungry managers coaxing you into throwing your money away. The Three stars should actually stand for Third class. more

i have stayed at Hotel Astoria Dubai, more than 10 times for diferent business trip. i have enjoyed in stay includes all the facilities Hotel provided.\ Me still prefer to stay at Astoria any time to Dubai.\\ S.John more

Basically put, don't even go to the restaraunt on the first floor unless you enjoy being solicited for sex. The place is called TGIT (Thank Goodness It's Thursday). I hadn't even reached the bar when an eastern European girl approached me and introduced herself. Not knowing the nature of this place, I thought that maybe I'd just found someone to... more

We visited the Astoria on the recommendation of a well-known travel guide and decided to eat lunch in the TGI Thursday's American bar/diner on the ground floor. Big mistake. We naively wondered why there were so many attractive (and less attractive) unattached young (and not so young) women loitering around the bar and restaurant. We then realised that they were... more