The hotel was fine, however there were 4 nightclubs IN the hotel and you can hear the music all night - which seemingly gets louder closer to 1am. We actually found it helped us sleep as we were so tired but would imagine it would be annoying if we weren't. We were on the second floor and the ground was still shaking from the beats on ground level. There is also a mosque outside, again very interesting to watch the call to prayer and hundreds of men fill the streets multiple times a day, but there is a PA system from the mosque that will wake you up if you are planning to sleep past about 8am. Not ideal if you are resting in between flights. Good location in Deira where you can get a feel of "real Dubai". Would definitely recommend the 20min walk to the Gold Souq, then walk back along the Dubai Creek past hundreds of carved wooden boats. The hotel itself had a few restaurants inside but they were pricey. The meal came with a hair in the curry, which the waiter tried to palm off as "garlic clover". The entire building smelled strongly of cigarette smoke, but I don't think people are allowed to smoke inside the hotel foyer any more. We got over the smell pretty quickly. It is close to a few shopping centres and restaurants so we enjoyed ourselves and made the most of our two night stop over in Dubai. Overall the staff were brilliant, the location was good and our room had a great view. I would stay in a similar area but a different hotel next time.