Sounds funny - pay by the hour for a hotel. But this is what all airports shuld have and it offers an excellent respite between flights... Excellent room, in the terminal, so no need to go through customs. Take ear plugs, as you can hear all the flight announcements and then the call to prayer starts early!

I have used this hotel twice in the last year as a place to spend a five hour stopover. I booked it directly at ([--]).
It is worth booking in advance as it is often full. The cost is slightly less than you would pay for a full overnight stay in a Dubai 5 star hotel.

The facilities are great with rooms stocked with toiletries to pamper yourself in your private bathroom during your stay. Dubai Airport is so overcrowded these days its the only way you can be sure of getting a decent sleep. Deposit your bags in the room and go for a stroll round duty free and then back for a sleep. Pop out after your sleep for a coffee and then back for a shower and straight on to your connecting flight.

We were returning from Bangkok to Malta and had a 8 hour stop over in Bangkok. So we decided last minute to use the hotel and just walked in to enquire about a room.

The hotel is situated right in the terminal and you do not have to leave the airport.

Check-in seemed slow but took no more than 10 mins including waiting time but it seemed longer as we were tired.

We had flown business class on the new emirates plane and had the fully flat reclining bed but we were still eager for a real bed and a good sleep before the next factor.

The hotel was very expensive around USD$290 for 6 hours for a twin room. That equates to $1200 per room per night.

I think it is best to look at booking this hotel ahead especially if you want to use it more than just a couple of hours.

We were shown up to the room by a porter and were very pleased to find that our room was totally soundproofed. Quite large hotel room, very large bathroom, bathrobes, slippers, lots of products and towels in the bathroom and a big LCD TV.

We simply showered got into bed and slept for around 5 hours. My partner woke 30 mins earlier than I did to use the hotel pool and do a few laps.

I woke up made some coffee which is supplied free as well as a fruit basked, showered again and then dressed to leave.

We walked outside and remembered where we were right in the terminal and saw all of the people trying to sleep on benches and the floor and suddenly the money we had spent did not look that extravagant.

I would not bother with it for just a couple of hours but it is good for when you have longer stopovers and if you can afford it!

actually I was a walk in customer, the hotel is very conveniently located (3rd floor of the transit terminal, 2nd fl are the departure gates and 1st floor duty free)

paid about US$40 per hour (this was during the low usage hours already) and stayed for 3

the check in desk was quite inefficient for the price they charge, they had 3 behind the desk and it took over 5 minutes for someone to help me even though there was only one other couple in line ahead of myself

I did feel sorry for the girl behind the desk when she told me that she was finally going home for a holiday and has not seen her family for two days.

the rooms are clean and mine had a view over one of the airport restaurants, the basket of fruits looked tempting but I conked out immediately for a few precious hours of sleep in a real bed

in sum, not a bad place if you have a long transit, beats wandering the shops or passing out on a chair elsewhere in the terminal

p.s. the Dubai airport is very modern but also very very busy, this was my 2nd time there and I have a feeling they are running out of capacity coz there are other pockets of inefficiencies unexpected of an airport like Dubai's