Flora Grand Hotel - Dubai, United Arab Emirates 

Loved The Grand Flora
Posted: Fri, May 16 2008
We have just stayed on a 2 night stopover and found it to be comfortable, clean, excellent value for money and with staff who could not have been more helpful. Breakfast was included and very good, transfers to the airport free, and a very early check in provided (much appreciated after a 15 hour flight from Austalia). All for just under ?100 per room per night - a great deal in Dubai. Would recommend to anyone and definitely use again!

nice for price
Posted: Thu, Apr 17 2008
we stopped in dubai for a 3 night layover enroute to kenya and were not looking to spend a fortune. this hotel is an affordable option to see the sights in dubai which can easily be done in a day or two. dubai has two main areas, the downtown area bordering the creek and the area near jumereih beach. they are seperated by a 45 minute traffic jam. all of the hotels in dubai are over priced and we personaly found dubai over-rated. floragrand is in the downtown deira area and the area itself is not very nice but the hotel offered a car service that we rented for $20 an hour and in four hours we saw all the sites. the rooms at the flora were nice and the service good. the buffet food at the breakfast was not very good but we did not find any of the food spectacular in dubai. jumereih beach hotels are nice but similar are offered at many places in the world at a much better price. the burg is interesting from the outside but is really tacky inside. in general dubai is good for a stop-over on a long flight, but 2-3 days is plenty.

disappointing
Posted: Wed, Apr 02 2008
I have just returned from 6 nights in this hotel on half board basis.Food is all buffet style whether you have lunch or dinner and is SO BORING. Had I known I would not have booked this as there are plenty of local eateries.There is no info to tell you of this however. All the information both in the hotel itself and website states that there are 12 executive rooms with lounge and we upgraded our room on this understanding - wrong! There are 30 rooms and no lounge. Staff totally disinterested when questioned and nothing could be done . The pool is small with no shallow area however it is well maintained with a life guard in attendance. The hotel is clean and spacious. Taxis are a nightmare to get - upto an hour at times - so book if you need to get anywhere on time. The Flora Grand is adequate as our room was lovely but the buffet style food is too monotonous and reception staff bored and disinterested. Overall not a great place to stay.