The food is monotonous, but you can eat. We didn't starve. There is no balcony. One window in the room is small, dark and stuffy. You can open it, but the hotel is on the road - it's noisy at night.
Rooftop pool: no umbrellas. It was hot during the day.
But it's ten minutes to the sea and the hotel is not expensive.
The repair is tired, you need to take water at lunch in a cooler.
In general, it is normal if you are not picky.
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511207 Ссс
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December 15, 2024
I liked the Al Bustan 4* hotel in general. The room stock is old, of course, in need of repair. Beds-mattresses-pillows – comfortable. The plumbing is old, but everything worked properly, the water was always hot. Cleaning was carried out daily, quite efficiently. Water, shampoos, soap, toilet paper, shower gels, tea-coffee-sugar were left daily. Towels were changed daily. The bed linen was changed after 3 days. The reception staff is very polite and pleasant, everyone understands Russian or English. The breakfasts were quite hearty, tea-coffee-juice. It was a 3-5-minute walk to the beach, beach towels were provided at the reception and you could take an umbrella from the sun. The beach is free, gorgeous, the open sea is as desired.
In early November, I was in Sharjah at the Al Bustan hotel, I liked everything very much, many thanks to the staff, I would like to express a special thanks to the tour.opperator Karim, many thanks to everyone!!!
In principle, it is clean enough, they clean every day, but everything is simple, old furniture and appliances. There is a Russian-speaking staff at the reception. Monotonous food, but you won't stay hungry.
It was 13-22.12.23. Budget city hotel. The sea is 7 minutes away. across the road with safety islands in the middle. The beach is paid, for hotel guests free of charge with a voucher. White clean sand, within a radius of 200 m. toilet, shower, further Playground. Towels and umbrellas are provided at the hotel. Next to it there are cafes, a shop, an aquarium, and in 40 minutes you can walk to interesting places in the center. I walked around the Caricature map. The hotel has a large cozy lobby with a dedicated dining area. The 2nd beautifully decorated floor is for Arabs, there is also a kitchen. The 3rd and 4th floors are for tourists, mostly Russian-speaking. There is a swimming pool on the roof (cold water) with sun loungers, there is a sauna. The rooms are huge. Bathrobes, slippers, and foot towels are available on request. There is a Russian-speaking Egyptian woman at the reception who helps solve problems. You can take a Cartoon card in Russian. Rooms are cleaned irregularly, sometimes you have to look for cleaners to get water, tea, bathroom accessories. The food is of high quality (there were no poisoning), but very monotonous. For breakfast, thin porridge, scrambled eggs, sausages with side dish, soft cottage cheese, tea, instant coffee. For lunch, salads, mashed soup, 2 side dishes, meat, chicken, fish, watermelon. We changed dinner for lunch, because there was no fruit in the evening. The advantage of the hotel: daily water in the room, and for lunch and dinner - tea, coffee, drink (this is not in all hotels). Free buses run from the hotel to shopping malls. Tour company guides, including the hotel guide, often give inaccurate information about the places of visit to lure tourists on excursions (for example, they promise 5 objects, but they take them only to three). Overall, the hotel left a good impression. Suggestions: to put table lamps (sconces), because the room is very dark due to small windows and dim overhead lighting; to give fruits also for dinner; to cook a variety of hot dishes (there were national dishes three times during our check-in)
A good hotel for your money, clean, good rooms, adequate staff. The main advantage is the sea and a cool beach 300 m away. The beach is paid, but admission is free for hotel guests. The food is a buffet, do not expect variety as in Turkey, but everything is high-quality and delicious, you will not stay hungry.
Good value for money, if you don't find fault. A great place to travel with a small budget, the sea is nearby, the food is delicious, they will take you to the shops for free, there is a travel agency for Russian speakers nearby, well, what else is needed, for modest money it's great!
A nice foursome with spacious rooms. The food is simple, but we were not hungry. There was a problem with beach towels sometimes) in general, you can take them because of the proximity to the sea
The hotel is near a beautiful beach. 5 minutes on foot. You can buy fruit on the way. Which helped us out a lot since we only took breakfast and dinner. I was surprised by a huge room consisting of two rooms (living room and bedroom). 2 bathrooms and 2 refrigerators. Safe deposit. A table with a kettle and tea bags. Towels were changed every day and 2 bottles of water were given. Dinner is not varied with dishes, but very tasty. Breakfast is standard. I recommend it!
The beach is nearby, which is of course a plus. The food is monotonous, the rooms are tired, if comfort is the main thing for you, choose another hotel. The room service did not disappoint, they bring water and change towels every day.
The main advantage is the proximity to a good city beach, and admission is free for hotel guests. The hotel itself is more like three stars, the food is monotonous, but cooked well
The hotel is between 3-4*
Pros: change the linen, towel, put water on every day. The beach is free within walking distance, beach towels, an umbrella, an adapter to an outlet are provided) ; a rooftop pool, but cold, there is a gym, very dusty, if desired, you can work out; large rooms, good beds, refrigerator, kettle, iron, board in the rooms
Cons: there are animals in the rooms, in the form of cockroaches🙈
The breakfasts are monotonous, omelette, sausages, beans, greens, instant coffee.
There is no view from the room, the windows are tiny.
The air conditioner works fine, it does not work for heating.
We rested for 7 days. The hotel is good, there is not enough check-in from the sky, but it has no terrible flaws.
Positive aspects:
1. Infrastructure
- near the beach. 5 minutes on foot and you are on the beach, the beach is free for the hotel (you need to show a voucher for the tour, you can take a photo). An umbrella was kindly provided to us at the reception.
- nearby supermarkets and cafes. There are several cafes nearby, a good coffee shop opposite, a supermarket on the way to the beach and a large hypermarket 10 minutes walk to the center. Candy and mango shop (5drx per kg) at the Carlton Hotel, 5 minutes.
- you can walk to the embankment. 20 minutes or by taxi 14-17 dirhams (depends on traffic jams).
- there is a small aquarium nearby for 5 minutes.
- water park, 15-20 minutes on foot.
2. Nutrition
We had full board
There is always a choice, even if you come 10 minutes before the end of the meal.
Breakfast: standard boiled eggs and omelette, fried sausages, vegetables, salted cheese (such as feta), pasta, porridge (liquid), something else, tea bags, instant coffee, chilled water, hot milk and juice (something between upi and packaged), honey, jam, bread, flatbread. You can make toast.
Lunch: vegetables, salads, soup, meat of 3 types (chicken, fish and beef), rice every day, potatoes/pasta, dessert of 2 types, fruit (either picked or orange with apples). Bread, flatbread. Drinks are standard.
Dinner: vegetables, salads, rice, pasta/potatoes, chicken, often as a side dish, 2 desserts.
The food is not spicy, sometimes something is cooked a little sharper, but it is not noticeable and it will be 1 dish.
3. Staff
There is a receptionist at the reception-a woman speaks Russian. The rest of the staff understands something, something can be explained on the fingers, something with a translator on the phone. They do the cleaning, but they didn't see the wet one, the floors are swept, towels were changed, 2 bottles of water every day. It can be replenished in the eating area. Shampoos, gels, toothpastes, razors - if you ask additionally give. Everything is present in the room upon check-in.
Negative aspects:
1. The road
Near the seaport, the hotel is on the road and a lot of noise goes through the windows. There are not much sidewalks - if you have a baby carriage, you will have to jump a little, but we are fine - we are used to it. You have to go for a walk either to the embankment or turn into local neighborhoods - it's quiet and peaceful there.
2. There is no hood in the bathrooms
, as I understand it. Therefore, there may be foreign odors.
The worst place, cockroaches walk, there is no food, only + a good beach
The whole impression of the UAE is ruined
If you just need to register, then you can
During the entire vacation (10 days), we did not receive towels to the beach once, - you can talk endlessly
I've been to the Arab 27 times, I know every bush here! We had a rest in December 2023! And it was the worst vacation ever!!! The food is terrible, the dishes are minimal, everything is tasteless and relocated. For breakfast, they pressed a rotten salad from dinner, fruit at the very minimum, no porridge, no milk. No juices, some kind of carbonated drink for three kopecks. The room is teeming with huge cockroaches, I even found one in my suitcase, I was very afraid to bring it to Moscow. There were BEDBUGS on the next floor and the whole child was bitten. The beach is urban, very close, it was not bad. The hotel has a cafe and a small shop nearby, where we bought milk. Comrades, do not believe anyone-this hotel is exactly 2 stars and you will greatly overpay
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saffarri
Level 5 Local Expert
December 3, 2024
the hotel itself is for two. Maybe when he was promised 4 stars, but now he is far from it.
Of the advantages:nice 1st floor, everything is nice and clean, Russian is spoken at the reception.
While reading the bed, towels and personal hygiene products (shampoo, shower gel) are changed daily.
Across the street is a McDonald's, on the left at a KFC gas station. There is a great and cheap Nesto supermarket within a 15-minute walk, which I highly recommend.
It is close to the beach, but there are no pedestrian crossings at all))
You can change dinner for lunch or on the contrary, if you only have two meals a day.
There is a beautiful woman Natalia, from whom you can book a cheap tour (on the same 1st floor).
And now let's move on to the cons:The bathroom is terrible. The bathroom is leaking, the water from under it flows to the floor, a rag is not provided for this situation. Icy or hot water flows from the shower, you have to wait a very long time. The floor is all scuffed, the drain is located incorrectly on it, and the water does not go away.
Be sure to take your own shampoo, because the one that is given at the hotel foams worse than shower gel, it is unrealistic to wash your hair with it.
Several times after cleaning, they forgot to put towels on, they had to look for cleaners to give them clean ones.
When the air conditioner is turned on, it stinks of smoking, how to get rid of it has not been figured out.
The beds are creaking, made of a material not intended for her.
A separate conversation is the rooftop pool. I have not seen anything scarier) the lamps are broken, there is no water in one of the 3 pools, only fragments of tiles. The sun beds are broken, the windows are broken, the pipes are in tattered covering. The floor is very dirty, literally 3 steps and your feet are black. You can see a room in which there is junk, namely different chairs, a once-working refrigerator and a broken tennis table.
The food is monotonous. Breakfast is always the same. Children will definitely not eat this. For lunch, they give a watermelon, which is quickly disassembled, and the staff does not always bring a new one. At dinner, fish and meat, as well as sweets for tea. But, in general, the food is not bad, although it is annoying.
Things don't dry at all, they hung a thread on the wall to help somehow. You can take a chance and hang swimsuits out of the window (which, by the way, is blowing).
Towels are given out torn, or they may not be given out at all, because there are not enough of them, so it's better to take at least one from home.
There is a big lack of a small lamp in the room, there is only the main light, but it's not too scary.
The hotel clearly requires cosmetic repairs, many things are worn out, for example, furniture in the rooms or the pool, but in general the sea will go 5 min. the city is also close, the food is like in all local hotels
There is not enough time to describe the disadvantages, one plus is the location to the beach, but there are many other hotels in the vicinity. In short, I do not recommend this hotel to be considered for recreation. Ruin your vacation.
The hotel is not new, they put us in the wrong rooms that we booked, for a long time they pretended that they did not understand us. But in the end, they settled down where they needed to. The pool is open until 19:00 and the entrance is closed. In general, everything is fine.
The hotel is normal, not wow, but if you go for a short time and only sleep there, then it will do. The sea is 7-10 minutes away at a calm pace. The beach is paid, but if there is a voucher from the hotel, then the passage is free. Rent a sunbed for 10 dirhams. For breakfast, eggs, porridge, rice, cereals, always something oriental like beans, sausages. There are always pastries, toast bread, honey, jam. Also olives, vegetables, soft cheese. Tea bags, instant coffee. For dinner, there is almost always 1 type of meat, 1 type of fish, 1 type of chicken, rice and another side dish, potatoes or pasta. Salads and pastries too. In general, it was always possible to choose something.
Linen and towels were changed every day, but the cleaning leaves much to be desired. The staff is friendly. Beach towels are provided. There are free buses to some shopping centers, the schedule is available in the lobby of the hotel.
The stated 4 stars are of course too much. We had a rest in 22 in the three-piece Citimax Ras el Khaimah, so it's much better there. The room stock is tired, I have not seen the renovation, the staff is smiling and friendly as everywhere else in the UAE., this always pleases in this country, unlike the aggressively intrusive Turkey and Egypt. The sea is close, the Windows are on the road, there is no sound insulation in the windows, so you sleep like on the road. I was surprised by the situation with the restaurant, it simply does not exist, it is converted as they say in us for weddings, corporate parties, anniversaries and funerals, that is, it is not available for guests. Guests have a corner right at the entrance to the hotel on the ground floor in the lobby next to the reception. This is the first time I've seen this in 18 years of traveling around the world. The food is very poor, very! Breakfast: scrambled eggs, lettuce, toast, jam, beans, sliced sausages. Dinner: lettuce leaves, pasta, rice, fried potatoes, chicken in batter inedible from dryness, and something like beef goulash. There are no fruits and vegetables ever !! And no!! In general!! This is the first time I've seen this in a southern country. The hotel has clearly decided to keep the guests' meals to a minimum. Therefore , I put a three with a minus .
Pros:
location. Near the beach
Spacious rooms. Free shuttle service to Sharjah shopping malls
Minuses:
1. Meager breakfasts lunches and dinners
2. Tired rooms, plumbing killed
3. What 4-star hotel gives only 1 towel??!! It's like this here
4. A room with one "under-window" has nowhere to dry clothes.
5. Sometimes there are no towels for the beach in the morning
Very friendly staff! Room cleaning is daily (but the floor was not always washed all over the room, I don't know the reason ... maybe they thought it was clean, but we had a little dusty from the open windows). Clean towels were brought every day, bed linen was changed. They asked for a towel for their feet, they gave it without any problems. The road is noisy, so it is impossible to sleep with the windows fully open. Especially when a motorcyclist rides at night. The food is delicious, the main breakfast menu is repeated almost every other day, but we were delighted because it was very tasty. Porridges are really not very good, they are not used to eating liquid ones.
The woman at the reception speaks a little Russian.
Nearby cafes and restaurants with overpriced prices. On the contrary, the prices in the cafeteria are reasonable and also delicious. And the girl who works there, Nimmi, is just a kind-hearted little man)) will always help and tell you.
There are many small shops and cafes across the street and behind the nearest cafeteria. We ate there in an inconspicuous place once, we didn't go the second time. We were sitting outside, cats were climbing up to you, the toilet was all dirty and neglected. Although the hosts are friendly.
The grocery store is also much cheaper on this side than on the hotel side.
Near the grand hotel, on the way to the beach, there are shops at the hotel (thanks to the same comment, we went there). We collected chocolates with dates inside for 15d and mangoes already for 6d. This seller is not really bargaining, but they speak Russian) we understand each other well. The neighbor has a large selection of souvenirs, but we don't get carried away with such souvenirs and didn't buy anything. And to the right of the hotel, a girl and a guy are selling women's clothes and fur coats. Very friendly comrades! A large assortment of things, if you lack something, you can safely go here.
The beach is close, but to reach it you need to cross the road three times. And be prepared for roads without pedestrian crossings😄we were not ready))
In general, there is not much entertainment in the vicinity. The transfer from the hotel goes free of charge to Dubai Shopping Center and Sharjah. I'll attach a photo. We took a taxi to Sharjah city center a couple of times, it went out on 15-17d in one direction.
And there is also a heated pool on the roof, but at 28 degrees outside we boldly swam. A very friendly man works there. You can ask for umbrellas from him. Umbrellas and towels are also provided to the beach at the reception.
We are not picky and we really enjoyed the rest!
The hotel was patched up, repairs were done but very cheap workers without tools, the seams on the tile were smeared with fingers... But it's clean, the linen is changed every day. Food : breakfast is monotonous and meager, but the products are high-quality, lunch and dinner are very tasty, although not a large selection. The beach is a 3-minute walk away, you can take an umbrella and a towel at the reception. Transfers to malls every day.
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Marika
Level 6 Local Expert
November 2, 2024
We drove with fear, having read negative reviews.
Briefly and as a result - there are no cockroaches and bedbugs, the staff is friendly. The three of us were settled into a two-room room.
The room itself is tired, but everything was fine with us - clean and comfortable.
The food is amazing, it was so delicious that they ate with additives. Yes, the choice is small, but for lunch and dinner there was always amazing beef, vegetables and occasionally fish.
The only thing that was missing was coffee. It was soluble, but we had prepared for this in advance and bought filter bags with us.
The sea is 10 minutes on foot, you have to run across the road, BECAUSE there is no pedestrian crossing, however, as on most roads.
There is excellent work of rescuers at sea and clear control.
The beach is white sand, not particularly clean thanks to the piglets who shit where they lie.
There are two excellent shops within walking distance, one grocery, the other souvenirs. The prices are affordable, because the shops are aimed at the local population.
A good hotel for a beach holiday . The food is decent, the rooms are large, the beach is across the street, a large supermarket is nearby, cleaning with making beds daily.
The hotel is near a very active road. Very active. Movement until 2 a.m. and from 5 a.m. Even in rooms far from the road, it is impossible to sleep without earplugs. As it is, it is a very good hotel. The food is good. The rooms are not bad. The Internet is fast. The beach is nearby and free of charge. The beach is nice with toilets and showers. The supermarket is a 15-minute walk away. Who is at breakfast, there are two cafes nearby and a shawarma shop across the street. There are grocery stores behind the shawarma. There is a card payment.
For three, there are advantages to a birthday cake baked delicious, there are disadvantages - something does not work, a hair dryer or TV, the food is monotonous, there are no balconies
There is enough food, but monotonous from the word at all. The rooms are huge, nice, but the cleaning is a problem) the location is excellent, 3 minutes to the beach, 3 minutes to supermarkets with exchangers. I was resting alone, so everything was fine with me.
We visited this hotel in November.The hotel is 4 stars, but in fact I would put 3.Before choosing a hotel, I read reviews that say the cons and pros of the hotel.Upholstered furniture is old, which has not seen dry cleaning for a long time.Plumbing in the rooms : the water stagnates in the sink, the toilet button sinks.The bathroom is slippery and you can fall.There are cockroaches running around in the room, there is mold.The cleaning was good, although for some reason the towels were large, but they did not put small ones for the face.The condition of the towels is snow-white, the bed linen is also snow-white.The man cleaning the room always refreshed it with fragrances.The kitchen is monotonous, sometimes there were not enough pies and watermelon if you come late for dinner or lunch.The staff at the reception does not speak Russian.., but the guide Faud knows our language perfectly.The waiters were great, but sometimes they didn't have time to bring the plates.In general, the reviews are objective, but the shortcomings are not eliminated.
So those who want to take a break from everyday problems may be disappointed.
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Василиса Сергеевна
Level 6 Local Expert
December 12, 2024
The hotel is for unassuming tourists. monotonous food every day, minimal amount of fruit....But you won't be hungry...
we got a 2-room 301 room. The sea is nearby, the cafe is close, the supermarket is nearby) in general, everything suited us👌
The hotel is old.The rooms need to be renovated.The plumbing is leaking.There is always a huge puddle on the floor from the air conditioner.We had breakfast and dinner.Everything is quite edible.but monotonous.The only joy is the sea.It takes 5-7 minutes to reach it at a calm pace.
Shops, cafes nearby.It is a 15-minute walk to a large supermarket.As you leave the hotel, immediately turn left to the bridge.If you want to shorten the road, you can run under the bridge (on the grass) In general, the rest was a success.It's a decent hotel for that kind of money.
The food is delicious, the sea is within walking distance of 5 minutes, the rooms are cleaned every day, everything is clean, that's just a minus in the rooms there are no windows, they have nowhere to dry clothes in iron bars.
I am writing a review online, we are currently resting from 11.11.23. In previous reviews, they write that the hotel is "tired", but it is "dead". The only plus is that they are settled immediately upon arrival and the proximity of the bay (but this is not the merit of the hotel). Everything is very old and dirty. From linoleum!on the floor to the furniture. In the bathroom there is an eternal puddle on the floor: it is damp, slippery. The light in the room is dim as in a dungeon, there are almost no windows (narrow slits) . Daily cleaning does not change anything: the puddle in the bathroom immediately returns. A towel for the legs was barely begged, and for the face only for 3 days. The staff is no: my yours does not understand. The only lady who speaks Russian only pretends to be trying to help. Regarding the infrastructure: it is 40 minutes on foot. I was pleased with the sea and the beach. I do not recommend the hotel.
The food is meager, and if you decide to eat by the end of breakfast, you won't have anything at all.
The rooms are old, the windows are like in a prison. There is no entertainment at all. The beach is great, it's the only plus
Very attentive staff, ready to help at any time and with any question. The food is simple, but enough to not be hungry. The rooms are cozy, with minor flaws. And the main advantage is that the beach is a 5-minute walk away.
I was here on vacation. I am satisfied with the hotel. The beach is a 10-minute walk away. The staff is excellent. The service is good. I took meals: breakfast, dinner. At the same time, dinner can be replaced with lunch, which is quite convenient. For a trip to the beach, a towel and an umbrella can be taken at the reception
The hotel is nice, clean. There were 9 nights, every day they clean, put gels, shampoo, balm, toothbrushes with paste, razors with balm, everything is disposable. Towels are changed every day and two bottles of water of 0.5 liters are put. Tea bags and sugar, kettle. We had three meals a day - the food was of the same type without frills, chicken, vegetables, potatoes, fruits were only at lunch. The beach is a 10-minute walk away. Locker room, toilet and shower, everything is very civil!!! We liked it 🥰 The only negative is the lack of a balcony, so the problem is drying clothes! Near the Nesto hypermarket.
Great hotel!
I liked everything very much. Discussion, the room is large, cleaning every day. Tea and coffee in the room. One bottle of water per person, every day. We took full board meals. The lunches are delicious. There is always something to choose. Salads, soup, meat and fish every day. The juices are delicious. The beach is excellent within walking distance. Transfer to the shopping center and to Dubai. The staff is polite. If possible, we will do it again.
On New Year's Eve, we were covered smartly on the roof of the hotel.
Nice hotel. If you like to walk, then you can walk to the steam trains and the fish market (where you can choose fish or shrimp, give it to clean and give it to another window-cook). They mostly traveled by taxi, even for beer (which you can drink quietly at the hotel, but drunk without leaving the hotel). There is a beach nearby within walking distance and a little further
Clear. The food is quite edible. Sometimes it's even very tasty). It's very good for your money. The view from the window is mediocre. It's close to the sea, the beach is wonderful