The Movenpick is not on the beach, but is in a great location to access all parts of the city - business, shopping malls, beaches etc. Staff are friendly and helpful - and they have special rooms for families! Accommodation is not cheap in Dubai, but this hotel is great value. And you have to try the Friday Brunch - they have a craft market, stalls with superb food and dessert to die for. Plus a kids room with bouncy castle, colouring, kids food, and supervision so mums and dads eat in peace ( a glass of bubbly is included in the great value price!)

we loved it, and will be back in the summer using the special summer promotion offers, during the Dubai Summer Surprises. Yes, itis hot, but great shopping deals and activities for the kids all over the city.

PLEASE IGNORE the negative reviews about this hotel!!!

Both my girlfriend and I had the pleasure of staying in the Movenpick Bur Dubai for two weeks and enjoyed every minute there.

The staff, from the front desk to the room attendants could not have been more friendly in their approach to make our stay as enjoyable as possible.

The actual hotel itself is stunning and there were always taxis on hand to ferry us around at a very affordable price.

All in all - we strongly recommend the Movenpick Hotel Bur Dubai and look forward to our return.

Me and my wife visited Dubai during the peak season between 24th April to 31st March 2005. Due to the Dubai Gold cup and Easter holidays all hotels were fully booked. We were able to get an executive floor room at Movenpick Hotel.Being our first time in Dubai we needed all the help we could get to enjoy our stay. One of the concierge SHAHSI was excellent, he has a wonderful knowledge of Dubai, and he adds a lot of personal touch and efficiency to his work,He was able to get us to dine in all the top restaurants in Dubai, Pepper Crab at Grand hayyat, Yatch Club, Spectrum at the Fairmonth, Marakesh at the Taj, Tokyo at Emirate Towers, at the La Parilla , top floor of The Jumeirah Baech hotel with an excellent view of The Burj. The service on the Executive floor was good and the spread at the happy hour is vey good.
The location of the hotel though far from the beach (there is a bus shuttle to the beach and the Big shopping Malls) is very good and quite.
I will recommend this hotel ****. We will definately stay in this hotel next time we are in Dubai
Mr. Mallam, London, Uk

I stayed there once, and never again! Looks very nice but service is terrible. For example, when you check out they ask "did you use the minibar?" and when you say "no", they keep stalling until they send someone to actually check whether you are lying!! This could take up to 10 minutes!!!!
When I insisted to talk to the manager about this, he came out, gave me an insincere smile and simply said "we will certainly take your comments into consideration". Yeah right. Your loss, sir!