very nice hotel. very good location at walking distance from the city center shopping mall and near to the airport ( which is important due to the horrible traffic in dubai )
swimming pool and spa are very nice.We were upgraded to a suite - free of charge .
The staff were very helpfull and the hotel earns the 4stars rating and the money you pay for ( good offers through the hotel website).
the only drawback is the small restaurant breakfast area, the airplane noises during the night ( however it is not unbearable ) and the long time necessary to hail a taxi ( this is a commun problem in dubai )
i would stay there again

This hotel is very conveniently located just steps away from the Deira City Center shopping mall, and minutes away from the Dubai International Airport. It has a great rooftop pool that is always heated (which is sometimes necessary, even in Dubai), a nice fitness center including sauna and steam room, and friendly service. The rooms are generally clean and quite comfortable, although if you're like me and cannot tolerate cigarette smoke, you must insist on a non-smoking room. You can often find good deals for this hotel on the Rotana website, Travelocity, Orbitz, etc. About the only drawback to this hotel is the restaurant, which is small and often smoky. The breakfast is good, but pricy, and unless it is included in your room rate, you'd be better off going to one of the restaurants in the City Center.

Less than 10 minutes from airport but not on the flight path, from the swimming pool you can see the planes take off, but not who is in them. Deira City Centre, a large shopping mall is just 5 minutes walk away, it is the second largest shopping centre in Dubai.

The hotel is good as a city centre venue, cause you want to explore, only the one restaurant, which is well air conditioned, a jumper is needed in the evening if eating there, but with so many fine hotels in the area, you will always eat at other hotels (cheap compared to UK), to one of the beach hotels costs 60dhs (£10) about a half hour taxi ride.

Swimming pool is heated even when it is 40 degrees, plenty of staff all very helpful the hotel is more business people so being on holiday means you miss the breakfast rush. The hotel babysitting service is by far one of the better I have encountered, they like to meet the children the day before, and have a chat just to reassure you every thing will be OK, reasonable rates. Sorry no photos but rooms are modern clean and spacious, the smallest rooms have: sofa, VHS video, TV, small kitchen with microwave, washing machine with complimentary powder King size bed. AC as standard, all controlled by you.

As with all of Dubai, construction is going on all the time. there are two vacant plots of land by the hotel which have permission for hotels, but rooms are triple glazed and we heard nothing from outside not even police cars and ambulances which you normally hear anywhere in the world.