Dubai - Hotel Information

[RedBaron2]

cheers to all,

based on previous info, i booked there and here is the outcome.

totally girl friendly, no surcharge. most of the time the lady was asked for a copy of her passport copy, just a formality as sometime the copy was in a very bad shape. funnily, one night the clerk made a new copy for the lady.
sometimes i also entered without being stopped.

the rooms are large, with a kitchenette, clean and well equipped. sun terrace and small pool on the roof. free airport shuttle.
high speed internet available. this site is blocked even using jap or ultrasurf. it seems that proxify.com works, but did not try.
the hotel is located in bur dubai, rolla street, at walking distance from the main venues.
rather cheap, as i paid 250 dhs plus taxes booking far in advance on www.starwoodhotels.com

drawbacks: small lobby, difficult not to be seen if somebody you know stays there.
no alcohol, take it from the entry duty free. traffic noise in the lower floors.

recommended. no, i do not have shares of the hotel ;-)

red

[Bell End]

Anyone been there any good or all cleaned up?

Please help.

[Badboy9613]

Was there in November. I brought a WG back all 3 nights and had no problems at all. Security and front desk personnel did not even blink when we walked straight for the elevator even at the odd 2-3am.

[11Bravo]

Things to learn - newbie mistakes

We ALL make them, even YEARS later...

"Go with you?" It was easy to understand. "What do you want for coming?" "You decide, it is up to you".

Some prefer the spontaneous "let's get out of here and let nature take its course". For myself, I like things known up front - me, how much I'll pay; she - how much she'll get. Perhaps not so "romantic" but beats "disagreements and scenes" down the road.

Left together in cab to the Emirates Towers.

Sorry, LOL. Nothing like hitting that BRICK wall at 2:30 am.

Wanted original passport and 300 surcharge for the guest.

Useful info for others. Girls don't ever carry their original passport. The prc's have them, just carefully stashed. The CIS... God only knows.

I finally gave up, brought her to the taxi with 100 UAD cab money and she left.

You are a gentleman, and I salute you.

Question: would I have done better going to her place? Would it be safe to come with her?

1. Safe - pretty much for certain. Not saying there would NEVER be roving fingers, but I've found they are pretty honest (at least the PRC's - the majority of my experience).

2. Her place can range from nice, if spartan, to GRIM. The "more popular" girls will share a place with a few others, so might have their own bedroom (or bed). I've known a few who had their own place. Others... if living barracks style, most will know a place to go, a ST room that someone rents out of their apt. Or a girlfriend's place. There IS always the Dallas Hotel (which I can say I've used, YEARS ago), but just make sure you bring your shower (flip-flop) sandals. Not only for the shower - that carpet has seem better days. Still laugh when the receptionist asked how many DAYS I would be staying (HOURS the accurate specification), with 2 PRC's with me. Given my passport was at my non-GF hotel (didn't know about this forum), used my US driver's license. Ah, those were the days...

A few might offer you LT at their place, especially if they have their own bedroom, but more the rule that it's ST. And the places I've visited, even the nice ones... I've always preferred to depart back to the COMFORT of my own hotel.

Nice to see a new name with SOMETHING to say. Hopefully, you'll have a 2nd post sooner rather than later.

Lessen 2: Read the hotel forum before visiting Dubai

Salute #2. You POSTED your experience.

How many times do you read:

• What's a girl friendly hotel?
  
• Is hotel xyz girl friendly

Yes, there is a hotel list, but it's a FRACTION of the hotels here. How do hotels get added? By MEMBERs' posts. Most residents don't stay that much in hotels (well, I certainly don't, not at THOSE prices), so we really don't know.

Maybe you get an answer. Maybe no response (and posting SAME question AGAIN really NOT the way to get any answers - we might be senior, but most of us can remember where we left off reading). Or maybe you get slammed with a UTFSE (most likely from myself) response.

But one thing that REALLY irks me is the "Is Hotel XYZ" girl friendly question (where xyz is not a "known" hotel) ... then nothing.

OK, maybe you didn't get a response, or the response you got was not what you wanted. But how about giving something BACK?!? Maybe a few trips get cancelled, but I'd venture to say most do come, do stay at Hotel XYZ, then never report the experience for the benefit of others. Someone's got to be first.

Even if it's at a known hotel (like Emirates Towers), nice to have updated reports (and in the proper thread so EASY to search and parse for the hotel list update). Doesn't take any more time to write "Hotel XYZ no problem" or "Hotel XYZ big problem" as it does to write the original question.

Plus, besides just being nice, it can also help your "validity" score. "Members" who post nothing but questions, few reports, I certainly tend to classify them as clutter.

[Dbfan]

Things to learn - newbie mistakes

Arrived in Dubai last week. No glue at all.

Stopped by Rattlesnake Wednesday night with a colleague. Band was playing and we had a beer listening to the music.

When scanning around there was that cute PRC. On eye contact she and her friend came by - very bad English but very nice.

"Go with you?" It was easy to understand. "What do you want for coming?" "You decide, it is up to you".

Sounded promising. Left together in cab to the Emirates Towers. Was 2.30 am and the lobby was empty. Guard did not let us to my room and sent us t reception. Wanted original passport and 300 surcharge for the guest.

She had only a passport copy with her, the receptionist was unbreakable.

I finally gave up, brought her to the taxi with 100 UAD cab money and she left. She left with a promising hug and my dream disappeared on the drive way.

Went to bed alone.

Lesson 1: avoid Emerates Towers
Lessen 2: Read the hotel forum before visiting Dubai
Lesson 3: Probably ask for the price before you take her with you.

Question: would I have done better going to her place? Would it be safe to come with her?

Hope for more luck next time.

Dbfan

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[11Bravo]

Do they hang just in clubs or on the streets like some Russian and Africans?

Sporadic/Disappointed: why the hostility? The boy is merely looking for some dates.

I see them all the time on the street, hanging from the date palms. But usually they have mesh bags over them - I don't know whether as a collection tool, or to prevent guys like Mazo99 from harvesting them on the sly.

Best I can say is, try it and see, but with all that auto exhaust, I'd think they'd be pretty polluted.

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I stand corrected, and am not too proud to admit a mistake. Seems Mazo99 posed the SAME question on the dxb thread, but when he didn't get an answer within 24 hours, guess he felt he needed to post it in the hotel section. Guess some salaries will be docked; an unsatisfied customer whose question was not answered in the required period.

01-24-07, 20:33 Dubai - Hotel Information Posted By Mazo99
01-23-07, 22:10 Dubai Reports Posted By Mazo99

So Sporadic, add a #6: double post of the same question

[RedBaron2]

Guys,

I am going to be staying at Delmon Hotel. Is there a nightclub or bar there where i can meet some filipina girls for some "fun"?

It seems they can be found at the Seaview and Imperial Suites (Staying Alive bar). Go to General Information for maps.
Let us know if your hotel is Girl Friendly.

[Christina22]

Guys,

I am going to be staying at Delmon Hotel. Is there a nightclub or bar there where i can meet some filipina girls for some "fun"?

[Christina22]

Guys,

I am going to be staying at Delmon Hotel. Is there a nightclub or bar there where I can meet some filipina girls for some "fun"?

[Piper1]

[QUOTE=My Kapitan]

Hope they perform better in the sack than they do on the planes!

Probably depends if you pay "business class" or "restricted economy"

[My Kapitan]

[QUOTE=Funfor Females]

The three Metropolitan Hotels on the list are correctly named.

"I often stay in the Metropolitan Hotel in Diera. "

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Yes, the Metroploitan in Deira is where the 'Air-Astana' cabin crew (From Kazakhstan) stay when they are in town and they are definetely worth an occassional flutter. They often turn up in the places of entertainment Deira side and are great fun and often keen to supplement their aviation incomes.

Hope they perform better in the sack than they do on the planes!

[Funfor Females]

[QUOTE=Mike De H]The three Metropolitan Hotels on the list are correctly named.

"I often stay in the Metropolitan Hotel in Diera. "

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Yes, the Metroploitan in Deira is where the 'Air-Astana' cabin crew (From Kazakhstan) stay when they are in town and they are definetely worth an occassional flutter. They often turn up in the places of entertainment Deira side and are great fun and often keen to supplement their aviation incomes.

[Mike De H]

I can't verify the accuracy on hotel names - there were reports on the Metropolitan Hotel, Deira (green) AND the Metropolitan Palace Hotel, Diera (yellow). Same place, or different places? I have no idea, relying on comments to correct any mis-information.

The three Metropolitan Hotels on the list are correctly named.

I often stay in the Metropolitan Hotel in Diera. The other one just round the corner is the Metropolitan palace Hotel and this is the one the taxi drivers also mistakenly take you to. Both are near the clock tower but one is on the main road to Sharja. The other, the older and cheaper one, with no qualifiers in the name, just "Metropolitan Hotel" is very resonably priced and is green, sometimes asking for a copy passport and sometimes not.

[Jimmy K II]

Remember where you are; this is not western europe, america, thailand. Here, it is ILLEGAL to have sex outside of marriage, to say nothing of with a wg. Certainly, law is rarely enforced, but it COULD be. Thus, the hotel could be guilty of "aiding and abetting" a crime. One of those "how far do we go to not interfere with the customer without running afoul of the local authorities..."

I have no problems with the hotel taking a passport/visa copy of the girl's documents. Demanding ORIGINAL documents - no. As for "additional" charges... guess it comes down to how the room was booked, single or double.

You're right, we are in a muslim country.

And like so often, it's always a question of behaviour, means how the gentleman behaves himself in the public.

When I start deep french kissing in the lobby i don't have to wonder, when i get in trouble.

Behave yourself in a discreet and modest way, and you won't have too many problems.

So long, have fun!

Jimmyk

[11Bravo]

But when i'm just coming back with the WG as i'd come home with my wife or girl friend, nobody will be discussed or disturbed.

Remember where you are; this is not western europe, america, thailand. Here, it is ILLEGAL to have sex outside of marriage, to say nothing of with a wg. Certainly, law is rarely enforced, but it COULD be. Thus, the hotel could be guilty of "aiding and abetting" a crime. One of those "how far do we go to not interfere with the customer without running afoul of the local authorities..."

I have no problems with the hotel taking a passport/visa copy of the girl's documents. Demanding ORIGINAL documents - no. As for "additional" charges... guess it comes down to how the room was booked, single or double.