Avani Ibn Battuta Dubai Hotel

Very Good
Traveller Type: review category business travellers

Very Good
Traveller Type: review category business travellers
  : The hotel's location in Dubai might not be perfect (you're staring at a powerplant) but the area is filled with important facilities and accesses - the Ibn Battuta Mall is literally next door and the metro station as well.We used the gym, the pool, and the restaurant and could not find a fault in any - even though we inadvertently found ourselves in a pool party during dinner.The staff is helpful and attentive and the rooms are nice enough.
  : A couple of minor issues:- the valet parking is a hit-and-miss experience - I once had to wait 15 minutes to get someone at the desk to get my car back. However, there is more than enough parking around so I just stopped using it.- the drain in my bathroom shower was probably partially clogged as, starting on our 2nd day, the shower would overfill and flood the entire bathroom. I did not bother reporting it to the staff though, as we started using the bathtub.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Good location for metro, comfortable bed. Cleaning/ housekeeping team are very good. Peter is very friendly and helpful.
  : The pool area is a constant party. Very loud music every day and at weekends it goes on past midnight which can be heard everywhere, even in rooms on opposite side of hotel. The pool cushions are stained with drinks and cigarette burns. The staff at the pool bar are only interested in serving day/pool party guests and completely blanked us. We were looking to purchase drinks but they just kept ignoring us. Which is a shame as they could make good money if they gave the hotel guests as much attention. At breakfast the staff have no interaction with guests, it is all self service. No one is around to enforce the mask rule so many didn’t bother. You have to queue at the bar to get hot drinks causing a big queue down the middle of the restaurant which is something that should be avoided especially when COVID is still around. They do not offer dairy free milks which are widely on offer across Dubai at other hotels and restaurants. They also have no allergen signs and no staff were around to ask.The rooms are modern but worn, the bath had chips of paint missing, there are no hooks to hang towels or bath robes, no suitcase stand. Overall there are much better resorts which give you better value for money in terms of service. Lastly do not use their PCR testing service, the company they use turned out to be unprofessional and unreliable.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: family with young children

Good
Traveller Type: young couple
  : proximity to Metro and large mall, clean room
  : pillows with 3 layers of cover that made them very hard; car parking attendants moved seats and changed most of the controls for radio, A/C etc and then we were firmly told to move on while trying to put everything right before leaving which did not make us very happy

Very Poor
Traveller Type: young couple
  : nothing at all it was noisy and dirty
  : the loud noise of the bar I couldn’t sleep till 3 am

Very Good
Traveller Type: review category business travellers
  : Everything except call responses from the receiptionists as they don't usually pick up the phone and I kept ringing more than 3 times until they respond
  : aside from the response time of the receptionists, I really did not like the location of music band, it is located in the pool floor which is an outdoor and the loud music which stays up to late hours didn't make feel I can sleep easily, if the location can't be changed I suggest reducing the volume especially when they have singing band