Stayed here during a conference. I was at the hotel for 11 days. The room was nice, the bed was terrible (hard as a rock). Hotel restaurants are not that great, but actually room service was quite good. Hotel is attached to the World Trade Conference Center, and several other restaurants, including an Asian and Indian one, were excellent. Pool is nicely maintained, and fitness area is average. As with the rest of Dubai, meals are usually moderate but alcohol is expensive. Hotel is really not near anything so a modest cab ride gets you to either downtown or Mall of The Emirates. Nothing to write home about, but it was clean and the staff was friendly.

I stayed in Novotel with my partner in July 2007. The hotel is situated in the city centre, just off Sheik Zayed Road. It is very convenient, as you can easily catch a cab to almost everywhere. The beach is 10 min by taxi and Mall f the Emirates - the biggest shopping centre - is also about 10 min by cab. Rooms in the hotel are clean and staff very nice and polite. Breakfasts are delicious. Everyone will find something for themselves. Big variety of everything. The swimming pool is quite small but having beach only 10 min away you don't want to waste time at the pool, especially that beach is gorgeous. White sand and very very hot water. Which is nice. Before we went to Dubai everyone was telling us nit to go in July as it is too hot. It is hot indeed but you can get used to it very quick. There is air condition everywhere you go and you cannot feel the heat at the beach as there is a small breeze. Overall, if I was going back to Dubai I would recommend Novotel but for the price I think there are more beautiful hotels to stay in.

My Husband, daughter and I spent 3 nights here at the beginning of April on our return from Australia. We arrived very early (7.00 am) but we had 2 rooms available within the hour. Reception staff were helpful. We ate both breakfast and evening meals here and had a lunch time bar snack. All were good quality. Meals were buffet style with an excellent choice. We thought it was good value with wine deal. Rooms were modern and simply but attractively furnished. Swimming pool was good and staff pleasant Despite reported issues with taxis we found it easy to get about and taxis readily available. Courtesy bus to malls was good but it took a long time and stopped at many other hotels. (I would take a taxi in future.)

The Novotel is a great option for the business traveller. Though the rooms are relatively basic, they are comfortable and the hotel has a nice environment. A stone's throw off Sheikh Zayed road makes it an excellent location and a 1/3 of the price of the hotels on the main road. One tip: internet servce is horrendously expensive, best to go to French Connection cafe on Sheikh Zayed road, grab a coffee for a few dollors and enjoy complimentary internet access for 2 hours. When thats up, grab another coffee!

A great hotel very clean, staff very helpful, and great restaurant, really reasonable price compared to other dubai accomodation and location was good for a business traveller also taxis are so cheap in dubai even if I wasn't on business would stay here again