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Review of Holiday Inn down town dubai

The location was pretty safe contrary to what some...

The location was pretty safe contrary to what some of my local friends claims that the area is not safe, I felt safe walking even at night time. The Al Rigga metro station is just a few minutes away which is very convenient you don t need to use taxi every time.
As usual being the lower grade brand of IHG - the size is smaller and it is a little bit run down Holiday Inn property- an upgrade/renovation is much needed.
The property has a sauna & a tiny gym for both male & female which is great but for female guests the sauna is uncomfortable to use as men (male guests/staff) can come in anytime. The worst let down of this property are the staff - clearly they are not properly trained on how to deal with guests and situations not just junior staffs but the managers too.
Breakfast food choices are basic for Nutella lovers they have Nutella available. You can have your basic eggs: boiled; omelette; scrambled;sunny side up; fried SORRY to disappoint egg Benedict lovers like me - the waiter doesn t have any clue what is an egg Benedict.
This is the cheapest holiday inn in Dubai so if you will be out most of the time and want to save some buck stay here but don t expect too much.
Expect the receptionist to remind you how awful you look though after your long haul flight that s what happened to me and do not expect a cake if you arrived a few days after your birthday but if you do arrived on the day of your birthday DO NOT expect your fruit basket as instead of your welcome fruit basket you will only get your cake in exchange if you are celebrating something on your trip very unusual IHG operation, I tell you.
Below is how the sauna bucket look like and wooden floors