Marina BestView

Fair
Traveller Type: review category business travellers
  : The room had the best view of the Marina.
  : The room were not Clean. There were Dusts on some places and that made us uncomfortable.

Great
Traveller Type: group
  : The owner of the apartment was very good at responding to messages. There was lots of mirrors and good lighting. The swing chair was nice to sit on but it was a bit old looking as it had cellotape all on the base of it. There’s no other chairs on the balcony Wifi is really good. Supermarket and pizza places extremely close by. On a main road so taxis very easy to flag down. A/C was good and easy to use. Drinking water tap. Reception staff are helpful and friendly. They are employees of the building and not a reception like in a hotel.
  : Everything felt dirty and dusty. I didn’t use anything that I hadn’t washed first which is not something you want to do on holiday. I found a tablet on the floor under the table so i know it wasn’t swept sufficiently. Curtains are worn with holes and you can see the light shining through. The noise from the traffic is loud in the bedroom (if you have a street view room). The apartment is on a low floor so it’s close to the road. Couldn’t work out how to use the tv. The safe had no instructions, but I could have asked for some from the owner. We saw 3 cockroaches 1 was on arrival which was wasn’t a nice welcome. One was in the cutlery drawer! The toilet seat hadn’t been cleaned properly as there was a dark stain on it and we had to use boiling water to clean it. No towels on arrival. As we arrived in the early hours nothing could be done to fix this until the next day. The landlord responded first thing next day and someone delivered some. There was only 1 bath size towel per person. As a woman it would be nice to have a hand size towel for drying my hair as well. Dirty sheets for the sofa bed - these were stored inside the bed and had some nasty stains on.what looked like dried chocolate among many others. The 3 pillows had obviously been used. The bedding in the bedroom was fine. This was rectified when the towels were brought. There were marks and scrapes all over the walls. The tiles in the bathroom were really old, stained and cracked so it looked dirty. Leaking water every time we washed the dishes. Reception staff are helpful and friendly. They are employees of the building and not a reception like in a hotel. As it’s not a hotel, There is no luggage room to store your cases if you have a late flight. We were recommended to go to the Emirates Mall where there are free lockers. I wasn’t happy about that on last day.

Avg Good
Traveller Type: family with young children

Very Nice
Traveller Type: family with young children
  : 1- The apartment was so dirty and not clean at all. The sheets was full of chocolate and dirt that you really could remove it with your nails. 2- The bathroom wasn’t clean at all and we couldn’t even take a shower.3- It was raining that night and we were all full of water and we came to the apt to switch off the AC but we couldn’t at all. 4- I complained to the guy and he told me I shouldn’t complain and I don’t have the right to complain because I came late, and I shouldn’t stay in the apartment if I came late, like where do you want me to go when it’s raining like crazy and all roads are closed and it’s already 1 am. And the second thing I already informed him that I’m going to be late and he told me all fine and you can come whenever you want but when I came he start to argue with me and gave me hard time. By the end of it he tried to help by changing to a new apt which was a different building so he made us all, 4 of us with the kids to go in the heavy rain and made all our sleeping cloths wet to go to a next apartment but exactly the same dirt and not clean at all. The host told me that he will refund if I don't like the second apartment. After all this drama with the first apartment, when I woke up in the morning I wanted to iron my shirts but this wasn't possible as the iron cable was damaged (I tried to plug it in as the power was off but I got shocked) he didn't refund anything to me even tho he said he will if I don't like the room. We couldn’t wait to just wake up and leave next day early morning and never come back again. I could get a good hotel with the same price I paid through booking.com. I wouldn’t even recommend this host or their apartments at all. Not clean and it’s super cold and no way even to warm up and no extra blankets.