Dubai - Hotel Information

[Shostakovich]

1. The One & Only Royal Mirage Palace

just a short info about the hotel.

The hotel is 100 % girl friendly, no problems it all, and for me the main advantage - no walk of shame thru the reception area.

On the right side next to the main entrance is a second door!

All girls I have taken from York or Cyclone are not asking for higher prices because of the area. But gentlemen like you should pay a taxi far of 50 DH.

Only problem is that 2 of 3 girls where afraid of using official taxi in front of the hotel because of some discriminations and loosing all money to the driver since hookers are out of law for them.

They were really afraid of this and did not want to leave the room until next morning 9 a.m.!!!

Learned the all girls have own private taxi they call in order to save money or feel secured but most of the drivers were 5 a.m. not available.

This I mentioned in case girls will argue with the long distance to Jumeira Beach and asking for a higher price at the meat market.

After one week staying in this hotel I can proof that the disco club is definitely no pick up place.

Maybe there are hookers but all of them booked in advance from the Saudi people which coming in groups to spend the Weekend there.

The disco club itself is a very nice place with (in depend from the day) many nice girls but mainly local people or Saudi’s and some tourists from the hotel.

Especially on Wednesday's and Thursday's a very nice party is starting there. Monday it's closed!!!

2. Intercontinental Creek

Would somebody provide with info about the Intercontinental Creek Hotel (girl friendly + walk of shame???). Since I have been twice in a restaurant there, found almost a lot of action in the lobby in front of the disco and the pup as well.
Saw many CIS girls coming in at around 11 p.m.

By the way I recommend the fish market restaurant in the second floor.

Shostakovich

P.S.

Thanks to JustSumFun for the support and hope next time we can hook up for a beer.

[Albalad]

Dear all,

Time we had another update. What about lower priced hotels, in and around York (but not York). Name the best 5 girl friendly places?

[El Mujerista]

hotel report: jw marriott, dubai

coordinates:
abu baker al siddique road, adjacent to the hamarain shopping center
(very close to the airport; you'll likely see planes taking off directly overhead)
phone: +971-4-262-4444 fax: +971-4-262-6264
international toll-free: +1-800-228-9290
web page: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage.mi?marshacode=dxbae

comments:
nice place, extremely girl-friendly. no one batted an eye on the three occasions i brought in "guests," in fact the staff was quite cordial about everything. it's not exactly close to the action, though, and while it's easy enough to get to the vital spots like bur dubai and cyclone, i also noticed that taxi fares in dubai have risen a bit over the past year. in fact, a general rise in prices in the uae -- especially dubai -- seemed quite a conversation matter among the locals.

an earlier report mentioned there is a separate entrance to the left of the main entrance, leading to another wing of the hotel between the main section and the hamarain shopping center. there is an entrance there, but it appeared to be closed not only at night but perhaps always, as i saw it blocked off as i left about 08:30 one morning. little matter, since as noted above one need not worry about bringing in company (as long as everyone remains discreet, of course).

the hotel has great high-speed internet access, though some adult sites are blocked (fortunately, www.wsgforum.com is not!). this is available in variable packages, from 75 aed for 24 hours, 45 aed for 12 hours, and (i think) 30 aed for four hours or so.

a fine place. my favourite remains the ramada dubai (though high-speed internet there is quirky, as noted in another post), but if business demands you stay at the jw marriott, you should have a good time.

happy hunting,

em

[El Mujerista]

faisal and cool nomad,

i've recommended the ramada bur dubai earlier and stand by that. i recently completed another trip to dubai which included this hotel, and i'm pleased to report it remains very girl-friendly. the location is great, as it's within easy walking distance of the imperial palace, rockafellas and york. (there were also loads of streetwalkers on the corner across from york and the regent plaza, though nothing i would touch.)

i've also done well at the rumours night club there, which is frequented by cis and on my last trip was heavy with kyrgistanis. this can be especially handy if you arrive on one of the later flights into dxb, as it's open to 03:00 and there's no cover if you're a hotel guest.

also, the hotel now has high speed internet. there's a catch, though -- you can only use a browser. it will not give you a direct tcp/ip link for outlook or other client. it's supposed to cost 50 aed/day, though they forgot to charge me.

also, the network jack was far away from the desk, though the hotel will provide a sufficiently long cable on request. it didn't matter to me as i normally travel with a small belkin wi-fi access point (since i've run into this sort of thing before).

as far as best rates, you can book a reasonable price on the internet at travelnow.com, but i've always just called the hotel to make a reservation directly. you can get their number on their website at www.ramadadubai.com.

happy hunting,

em

[Cool Nomad]

Faisal:

This is in reference to Ramada Burdubai where I had a number of pleseant experiences before. I don't know where you are travelling from, but if you are flying emirates they have good rates on Ramada Burdubai on "Dubai stopovers". Try emirates.com and happy hunting!

[Jack S]

I have used asiatravel.com before and I have a few mates who have as well. They are very professional and quick. Everything is done by net and e-mail. I have checked their prices against other sites and the hotel sites themselves and they are great value for the money. The only thing I will say is that if you are looking for a specific type of room you may not have much luck with them, as I am sure that they have a set allotment of a type of room which gets discounted and is prepaid (by you). That being said, they normally offer some great deals with very good service. I will definitely use them again.

[Al2]

Faisal,

Try these links for hotels:

http://www.southtravels.com/middleeast/uae/ramadahoteldubai/index.html

http://www.asiatravel.com/uae/uae.html

It is summer now so you will find hotels with very low price.

[Faisal]

Hi,

I am planning visit Dubai in mid July and would appreciate if you could let us know of a travelling agent who would get us the best rates at Ramada Bur Dubai.

Faisal

[Irish Lad]

Hi,

Spent a week at the Al Bustan Rotana hotel near the airport. No problems here. The usual passport/visa photocopy stuff along with a call to the girls mobile for confirmation for guest security. All being done with an apology for the delay.

I tipped the "head of security" 160 Dirhams as I left at 5am Sunday morning.

5 visits during the week, 1 of which was a double.

Irish Lad

[Bono]

The York is extremely girl unfriendly.Mongers have been warning on this board about this. Its owned by Indians who keep an eye on every girl and every penny they make. I am American of East Indian descent so I was able to sneak in a girl by bribing the guy 20 dirhams and asking him in broken Urdu to let me slide. I always stay at the Le Merieden fairway not to be confused with the main Le Meridien . The one I am talking about is by the Chillis' restaurant and the car dealers. This is a fairly new hotel and a lot of cab drivers dont know about it. It is extremely girl freindly and as a matter of fact one of their staffers escorted a girl who was coming in to meet me right up to my room.That was probably because he knew me and that was nice of him

[Sporadic]

Sofitel City Centre remains friendly, however, I did see two "fill-in-the-blank-istans" being given the passport business when I was returning around midnight. Two independent confirmations from ladies show this trend. After midnight, expect a minimal passport-copy hassle.

They also reported several 5 star hotels asking for the 120 Dh. "guest" payment and registration, including the Meridian Airport hotel.

IMHO, slipping 100 Dhs. to the Concierge would probably obviate the need for any formalities at all, for the entire duration of your stay.

[Neel Down]

I had some feedback about the Metropolitan from other members. They said that as long as you tip the security guy's 10AED your are OK. Don't talk to them just say hi and shake their hand with a 10ARD bill

[Rad11]

Hi,

I stayed at York last year and they were very bad not freindly at all, but if you have unfinshed business you can go to Rush Inn across the street. They have very good rates and they are very freindly.

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[JustSumFun]

Eric-Emp

Lork is not a Guest Friendly Hotel.

Yesterday I was not allowed to take the lady to my room.

I guess you mean the York. Well mate if you go back in the archives you will see that a lot of guys, including myself, have mentioned that the York was not Guest friendly. Sorry to hear that you could not take a lady up to your room. But that was to be expected at the York.

Hope to see you tomorrow at the York club at the time we fixed up.

Justfun

[Neel Down]

WLMAN,

I was at this place 2 weeks ago and it was not Guest friendly then. I bought a girl back at around 1an and they would not let her in! Really pissed me off. I had to pay her for the night (Mug that I am) and go home ALONE.

Next time I will stay somewhere else.

I suggest you check before you book