it is conveniently located in the deira area (actually it's the naif area to be specific). it takes about 15 minutes to walk to the metro (union #19)--another closer metro station (less than 10 minutes to walk there) is currently under construction and should be completed in a couple of months. you can walk to the supermarket in less than 10 minutes and to the gold souk in about 25 minutes (other souks, like the naif market and abaya/clothing stores are much closer)--there are shops all around and along the way.
I suppose for a male who is a heavy sleeper and don't mind the noise/want "entertainment", it may be an acceptable choice--but personally I wouldn't stay here again mostly because I wasn't able to sleep.
if you want to save some money, try sleeping with noise-cancelling headphones... or take naps during the day.... yeah. It was reasonably priced at 160 AED per night (plus an additional 20% service charge/tax), but I would not recommend this place for solo female travellers. even though it did not feel unsafe, this area is probably not the best place to hang around alone as a woman.
one of the nights the club was closed and I finally was able to sleep, but the front desk called me at 3:20am to tell me my laundry's done (I asked about it around 10pm the night before then went to bed like a normal person). I didn't realize it was 3 in the morning when I answered the phone since I was sleeping and the guy said good morning--when I asked the delivery guy why front desk called me at 3 am, he looked at his watch and seemed confused as to why I was sleeping then. He seemed helpful and really wanted to come in and hang up the 2 pieces of laundry, but it was 3 am so i thought that was kind of bizarre/slightly creepy.
also they insisted on holding my passport--I later read online that it's not legal for them to do that. when I checked out I was so tired because I couldn't sleep well for the 3 nights i spent there--i didn't realize they "forgot" to give me my passport back!!! I left on a taxi and when I returned 10 minutes later, the guy just grinned and handed over my passport as if he was not planning to return it back to me if I hadn't gone back!! He did not call the number I left when I checked in to tell me he "forgot" to give me my passport. I was appalled.
internet is 10 dirhams per hour or 40 for the day--it works but the connection is slow at times
