Stayed in JA Oasis Beach Towers Dec 14-21 with 2 adults and 2 teenagers 14 and 16 years old.
POSITIVE:
- location is great, on JBR street, surrounded by hotels, restaurants, shops...everything
- apartments are incredible: huge in size, fully equipped, everything works fine and if it does not you have immediate repair service, great views
- staff is extremely friendly and helpful, very professional, hotel is very well managed
- shuttle bus to Jebel Ali beach Resort works fine
- super market in basement is open every day til midnight and sells everything (except the detergent-tablets for the dishwasher which is strange)
NEGATIVE:
- the pool area: the building is positioned in such a way that it "catches and accelerates" the wind that comes from the sea, the wind enters the pool area, has nowhere to go and creates strong rotating winds between the towers that surround the pool. At the pool area you have the feeling that you are sitting inside a Dyson vacuum cleaner: even when there is little or no wind outside on the beach or street, there seems to be a hurricane in the pool area. On top of that the pool area is almost always in the shade, so that means that it was always dark windy and cold, so I hardly saw anybody at the pool, which is a pity. In the summer the shade might be an advantage, but in December it is definitely a let-down.
- to escape the pool you can walk to the public beach but you have to cross a rather uninspiring huge parking lot, beach area is not too bad taking into account it is public.
- a second escape is the free shuttle bus to the beautiful JA beach resort, which works well.
- there is a huge construction site between Oasis Beach Towers and the beach. The site did not disturb us too much but still it not really beautiful to look at. It seems to be another skyscraper....maybe when it is ready it will stop the hurricane-winds around the pool, but i fear it will become even more sun-deprived and dark.
- the hotel and the rooms are HUGE, the lobby is tiny....you do not have a " grand hotel lobby feeling", which is a small detail but could be an issue for some
- You can smoke in the bar of the Thyme restaurant...come on guys, this is the 21st century!
CONCLUSION:
great apartments, great location, fantastic staff, but if you are looking for a lazy lay-by-the-pool-and-do-nothing stay you should look for another resort unless you are ok taking the shuttle bus to the JA beach resort every day.