Great hotel for high luxury. Close to the airport. if you stay in the Royal Club they will send a Mercedes to pick you up from the airport and check you in at your room, and drive you back when you check out. There is a club room with free breakfast, snacks and happy hour. Great looking pool.

I ate one meal in one of the lobby restaurants (sushi) which was excellent. I also had room service one night, they were very accommodating when I just told them what I wanted (without ordering off the menu). Other meals I was out of the hotel.

The room was extremely well outfitted as you would expect from a hotel of this caliber. Large flat panel screen, marble bathroom, etc.

Behind the hotel there is a restaurant complex with a range of restaurants from gourmet food of every style through an Irish Pub.

All in all you can't go wrong with this hotel. Recommended.

I've been a regular guest at Le Meridien Royal Club for the past few years. About one year ago there were many staff changes, and quality seemed to suffer, something I had hoped was the result only of new staff settling in.

Initially, there were only very minor changes - an apparent reluctance to serve drinks refills during Royal Club "Happy Hour", less generous canapés, and detail such as no drizzle of mango syrup on to the mango yoghort at breakfast.

Further visits in July and September last year showed no improvement. Unusually, I then did not visit for seven months, and I now see a definite reduction in value for money.

Specific to the Royal Club:
- free Internet in rooms no longer available (now AED 90 / day)
- one complimentary bottle of house wine / stay no longer offered
- Hermes toiletries replaced with house brand
- evening savoury snack delivered only 1 of 4 days
- evening nightcap delivered only 3 of 4 days
- "Happy Hour" - less canapés; more generous but lower quality wine
- room prices significantly higher / less available discount on rack rates

General to Le Meridien:
- laundry / dry cleaning prices up
- "Terrace" restaurant buffet food and wine quality down

Le Meridien Royal Club has been a wonderful retreat for me, but I am now seriously thinking about a change of hotel in Dubai.

I am heading back to the UK for a wedding from Australia and have booked this hotel for a 3 day stop over for some much needed R&R. I now realize this was a poor choice. I have visited Dubai several times and normally stay elsewhere but being a Starwood card holder thought I would get some points on my card. So, having booked a Royal Club room I emailed reservations to 1) Confirm a car transfer as my arrival is early 2) to confirm my Starwood account number so I get my points and 3) to ask for an early check in as I arrive at 5.30am. Simple! You would think. After sending 2 emails and getting no reply I called reservations to be told 1) A car 'should' be there 2) they are part of the Starwood group but don't accept their loyalty card and 3) If I want to check in early I must pay for an extra night! So I am just about to check the availability at Jumeirah Beach Hotel - my usual choice. It's more expensive but the service is superb - so sorry I am not even willing to give this 'hotel' a go!

Stayed here for 5 nights and was very impressed.

Thanks to reading earlier reports I emailed thier reservations
before arriving and kindly asked them for a room with a terrace overlooking the pool as the majority of the rooms dont have a terrace etc my room was 1138. I was told that this would cost me extra but on arrival they arranged it for me for free. The hotel is very large with many pools and many restaurants. They have a area called the Le meridien villiage where they have various restaurants bars indoors and outdoors with live music etc most nights. Dubliners irish bar is great to watch any football.

The room was standard size as to most 4 star hotels but was very clean and modern. Our luggage was taken to the room on arrival and fresh fruit and water and ice was delivered every day complimentary. The afternoon turndown service was good especially after a little afternoon snooze.

The best thing of all with this hotel is that you can use the facilities at the Royal meridien on Jumeriah beach for about £14 per person which includes the transfer there and back and use of changing rooms lockers and towels. This only applies on certain days of the week.

The business centre is great. Raplh sorted us out with our tours and got us on the guest list for one of dubai's best clubs Budoir.

The restuarants are excellent with great service and great food. There are so many to choose from all with specials throughout the week.

So near to the airport but you do not notice you are so close. Plus on departure you dont have to travel far in all the traffic.

Would definatley stay here again.