Stayed 4 nights and barely scratched the surface. Lovely room with splendid views of beach, Burj al Arab and turtle sanctuary directly below. A few snags with aircon but swiftly sorted once we complained. Fantastic Friday brunch. Stunning array of restaurants: PierChic and Zheng He's being my favourites. Also tried The Agency wine bar in the Souk Madinat which was great. Sadly no time to give the gym or spa a whirl (though did visit the stunning spa at the nearby Burj al Arab) but managed to have a very gorgeous and romantic stay in a gigantic resort, which is saying something. Loved the little boats that trundle you around the resort. Great service especially the room service (although the grand gesture of bringing a Dualit to the room when one orders toast is slightly wasted as they also bring crustless white sliced bread that gets stuck in the toaster). Wonderful swimming pool near the Al Qas'r.

Have just returned from a fantastic week at the Mina a Salem, our third visit to Madinat Jumeirah and second to the Mina. After reading some recent reports we were a bit worried that standards had dropped but this if not the case, everything was just as wonderful as last year. The staff were all extremely friendly and helpful - we were even given the same room as last year. The hotel was very busy especially with Russian guests but breakfasts never appeared to be too crowded or rushed and the choice and quality of food was excellent.
The only small complaint we had, and this is not the fault of the hotel, was that you had to be on the beach really early to get a sun bed, beds were being reserved often as early as 7am!!
All the restaurants we used were very good, our particular favourite was the Persian one next to the Meat Company, the spicy lamb stew was out of this world.
The Mina a Salem is still our favourite hotel, the bed must be the most comfortable we have ever slept in and we cannot wait to return, prices are expensive but you certainly get what you pay for.

This hotel has the lot. Excellent service. Brilliant location. Just book it (be aware though that F&B costs are very high). But, then it is Dubai and its what its all about.
We booked Premium Leisure and found that very useful (afternnon tea and evening canapes and cocktails with nice quiet, private breakfasts).
Enjoy. We did.

we have just returned from the mina a salam and oh my god what an hotel it is fab we arrived about seven in the morning the staff were brilliant very freindly and attentative we were given a ticket for complimentary drinks as our room wasnt ready we got our room at about eleven we were shown to room 007 the james bond room we were told it was really beautiful everything you needed with lovely little touches .the whole complex was out of this world we went to the beach and a lad from sri lanka who was in the booth came out and explained things to us he was really nice and friendly the bars restuarants and the souk are brilliant all in all we had a fantastic stay and would go back tomorrow p.s thank you to the concierge who did everything he could to locate my husbands mobile phone that he had lost he went out of his way to help us