Ramada by Wyndham Downtown Dubai

Well located for tower, mall and fountain; with the mall being a 20 minute stroll away. There is also a handy mini-supermarket next door. Nicely sized rooms for two people, we had a fountain view/balcony room, which has a separate dining area and kitchen. We actually ate on the balcony whenever we had evening meals in and of course, there’s the view of the fountains in the evenings. I did think of booking the tower view rooms, but without an outside space I don’t think you’d be able to hear the fountain music? There is free valet parking. For information: there is construction everywhere in Dubai, but also next to the hotel. It didn’t bother us (we where in the 20th floor) but it goes on all night midweek and may spoil the scenic outlook if that’s a consideration.

The accommodation felt a little in need of an update and refresh. The kitchen and bathrooms both felt a bit last decade, and the elevators just seemed to take an age to arrive, with no indication of which floor they were on. Housekeeping was a bit hit and miss. Sometimes they didn’t turn up or came in the evening, or didn’t replenish tea/coffee items. One day they had taken all the towels and we had to phone reception for replacements to be brought up. The kitchen isn’t well kitted out. There is a large fridge/freezer, oven and microwave, but the pots n pans are a bit limited, with only very large pans available. And I’ve always had basic cleaning equipment when stopping in similar places. But there’s no cloths, tea towels or washing up liquid. So presume that people (and housekeeping) just rinse things in the sink? We bought some from the place next door, but imagine most don’t bother. I thought the porter person to be a bit to pushy and ‘gobby’ when angling for a tip... so I didn’t. Most others seemed fine, if a bit slow (the valet parkers were efficient though). I’d stop here again, but with slightly lower expectations.

Reception staff great mr Ibraheem support & all the staff great

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