I recommend the Jebel Ali hotel to everyone going to Dubai... Girls or boys time, couple and family.
This hotel is exclusive, a 35 minutes drive from the airport, located just on the outskirt of Dubai in an area call Jebel Ali.
Private beach with plenty of sunloungers, towels given to you when going to the swimming-pool or to the beach, order for cocktails or all sort of drinks taken while you are baking on your sunlounger. The thing that amazed me the most is the customer service: as soon as you lift a finger, someone from the staff comes to you straight away with all kind of politeness... It feels ackward sometimes for people like me who are not used to be served. The rooms are extremely clean, with hairdryer in each room, housekeeper coming every evening to open your bed and put a bottle of water on your beside table. There is always a cab ready to take you to the Dubai centre, however even if the cab from the hotel are more expensive than the meter cab in town, I recommend you to get the car from the hotel as it is a propre high standard chauffeur driven service for 90 dirhams instead of 65 Dirhams with a sometimes stinky cab driven by a guy who thinks is Ayrton Sena!!!
The food is absolutely delicious, presented on a massive buffet, they cook your eggs in front of you in the morning and you can choose your ganish, all sorts of food is available: continental, eEnglish, fruits, cheese... For dinner there are many choices for starters, hot dish, meat, veggy!!! And it looks so healthy that you don't even feel guilty to get up for another round.
There are daytime bar-snacks, shisha tent and also restaurants other than the main restaurant where they serve the buffet.
There is an ATM machine in the resort, a shooting club that I recommend to people who love police series where cops have revolver, their helmet on and someone comes to talk to them...Starsky & Hutch... it can be book through the concierge service and it cost 60 dirhams only. Then you take your target with you as a souvenir and the guy can take a picture of you in the end.
The only tiny disappointment is that there is no good atmosphere bar or club in the resort, the bar that closes at 1am or 2am is pretty dead with relaxing music only. They need a club as it is far away from Dubai and some night you might just want to stay in the resort but still partying...

Enjoy your stay

myself and partner stayed at the jebel ali for a week starting the 8th june, on a half board basis.
On arrival at dubai airport (12.30 am) we picked up a taxi and headed for the hotel, the journey took approx 40 mins and cost 140 dirhams (£20) (add extra time if travelling through the day as the roads get very congested).
On arrival we were greeted by the friendly staff and showed to our room, the rooms are a bit dated but this is one of the oldest hotels in dubai, but they have everything you need.
That morning we headed for breakfast and was very happy with he selection on offer, everything from fruit to fry ups.
We started to explore the hotel grounds, 3 pools, excellently kept gardens, several pool bars and beach bars, beach front location, gym with squash, tennis badminton, sauna ,steam room, weights and the golf course which was immaculate.
The hotel spa is a great way to relax with one of there many treatments, we both had massages and were very impressed.
There is a very impressive marina with millions of pounds worth of yatchs,even a waterplane if you want to see dubai from a different angle.
We settled down by one of the pools and again greeted by the staff who rolled out our towels onto our beds and offered there services from the bar.
For evening meals there are several options depending on your stay basis, again we were more than happy with the quality of the food and the selection.
The hotel has it's own private beach which is perfect for relaxing on, with plenty of sunbeds to go round.
Night times the bars are open until 2 am, several of the bars have happy hours which if you judge it right you can hop from one happy hour to the next saving your pocket a few pennies, drinks in dubai are expensive where ever you go and on average you will pay 30 dirhams (£4-5) for a bottle of lager and more for a spirit.
There is a free shuttle bus from the hotel to dubai city, it picks you up from the door and drops off at several places in the city, which is a great way to see the city.
I would recommend this hotel for those who want peace and quiet but also the opportunity to sample the hustle and bustle of the city life.

Only slight concern was on checkout we were informed that 2000 dirhams (£300) had been debited from my account re hotel policy, they did say i would be fully refunded within 7 days, this was not mentioned when booking in at the start of our holiday when we handed over our credit card.

I have sat down to write this before, but was in two minds as to what I thought. We had originally planned to go to Dubai at the beginning of April, and then again for the end of May. We ended up travelling at the beginning of May, which was probably about the right time.

My partner and myself are not the most demanding of people, she is content to sit on the beach or by the pool, I on the other hand am content to either play golf or just wander off and do my own thing.

From this point of view, the Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa ticked all the right boxes, with the exception of the body holiday, this place is one of the most relaxed places I have been.

True it is a little way out of the main town, but they do run a coach service periodicly, and the taxis are very reasonably priced. The location suited us, as I am involved in the construction industry, we didn't want this to become a "busman's" holiday and the remoteness was just about right. The Jebel Ali palm was under construction at the time of our visit, and on one day the dust from this work was a major problem.

I had read some of the reveiws posted on this site prior to travelling, and I have to say that without exception, they give a fairly decent overview of the resort, trying not to be negative, our room was in need of an update, and some of the fixtures and fittings were a little jaded, but is this a function of the higher expectations we have of Dubai?

In summary, a good place to stay, the staff are very attentive, the only problem we had was at check in, they assigned us a smoking room, but this was very quickly rectified, if you have breakfast at the hotel, try the scrambled eggs, and for dinner the pasta dishes are superb. Better still, treat yourselves to the Bateaux Dubai, a fabulous night out with top class service and astonishing food.

Would we go again? to Dubai definitely, to the Jebel Ali, probably

We stayed at the Jebel Ali Hotel at the end of April and this was our second visit. The hotel albeit looking a bit old fashioned is still of a very high quality inside. Our room was spotlessly clean and a perfectly good size.

The real bonus for the JAH is it's location and the terrific beach front. You can always find a sun lounger away from the crowds. The hotel pamapering continues on the beach with the attendants running to spread towels, clean sunglasses and put up umbrellas. The building work on the Palm is not instrusive and if a sado like me even interesting to watch. The new seaplanes based at JAH add more interest, but are quite pricey £100 approx for 30 min trip.

We found the restaurants a bit mixed, but that probably more down to our preferences. We used a few restaurants in the shopping malls when we wanted a change. Top tip is the Butchers Shop and Gril in Mall of the Emirates, but veggies beware!

We had an invite to the Manager's cocktail party, most Monday nights. Well worth going, lots of free drink food, plus a nice atmosphere.

Final thing to note if planning to visit. The hotel are obviously making a real push to maximise occupancy and are running a few marketing campaings selling weekend packages to the locals (weekend is Thurs - Sat). This made the hotel and beach areas busier than normal, plus as we arrived early on a Sat morning we had to wait until mid-day for our room.

We will be going back next year!