Beach Rotana - All Suites

Great hotel stay

The big pro was that you are allowed to use the private hotel beach and pool, which was a 5 minutes walk away. As the temperatures where very moderate in Feb, this was very comfortable to do. Otherwise you can use the small golf car shuttle they have. The Abu Dhabi mall being directly attached to it was a nice detail for us as well. We were using it for some breakfast and dinner options as well as some short notice shopping. The negative part was the really noise construction site next door. We were not made aware of this during the booking process. They seem to have a special permission and are working through the night every night, which includes hammering steel. This was very sleep depriving. Also at the beach you heard the constant noise of the contruction site, as well as the relitively noisy machines of the aircon of the mall. Our room was directly facing the contruction site. In case you have a room towards the other side of the corridor, it might be another thing. If some constant background noise doesn´t bother you, it really is a super nice place - the appartment and location itself was really nice. However if you hope to find some peace and quiet you are (currently) not finding it here. bus stop in front is helpfull if you want to use public transportation which was working well for us.

I highly do not recommend this hotel. Upon check-in, the receptionist was not only unfriendly but also failed to explain any of the hotel's features. The other staff members didn’t even greet us when we entered the hotel. That was disappointing enough, but what really upset us was that for a considerable amount of money, we were given a room with a view of the roof and another building! To make matters worse, we had to listen to loud banging and drilling from the neighboring room all night long, and it continued during the day as well! The breakfast was so poor that it’s hard to describe. This experience has truly ruined our vacation thanks to Rotana.