This hotel is absoultely amazing!!! All the staff are fantastic, and extremely helpful!!!! The rooms are beautiful, comfortable and clean, with welcoming cosy interiors. The hotel's beach front is also stunning, and has lots of water sports to offer!!! There is also a huge range of resturants to pick from within the hotel, and along it's beach promenade. Internet connection is also available for all you computer-buffs!!! The breakfast buffet was one of my favourite things about this hotel!!! There is just so much to choose from, and everything tastes great!!! If you like swimming, there is a huge pool outside the hotel, and you can also swim in the sea because the hotel has it's own beach stretch. Since Dubai is a very developing and urban country there is a lot of construction going on so you will rely on taxis to get to attractions, as walking to them is near impossible!!! You will not find this to be a problem however as cabs are plentiful, efficient and cheap, and the wonderful valet outside the hotel are ALWAYS outside to call you a cab when you need one!!! Overall, this hotel was wonderful, with the best staff you could hope for, homely rooms and plentiful lesuire and facilities!!!!!!!

I stayed here for 7 nights in July. It is a stunning hotel located on Jumierah beach.We upgraded to a superior sea view room where we had stunning views of the beach, the palm and Dubai marina.

We arrived at 1am and was still greeted by a friendly man who gave us ice cold towels, fruitjuice and a chocolate.
We did half board which meant we had breakfast then could either eat at lunch or dinner (a great idea if you want to eat out in the evenings). Food was varied and lots of choice for all nationalities, desserts were very pretty & tasteful too.
The hotel has an infinity pool, its a great place to cool down after a hard days sunbathing, there is also a poolbar called Horizon and the staff there were great they were always friendly and everyday they remembered our drinks we liked and bought them to us. The food at the poolbar was lovely too, we had pizza, fries and a delicious salad. Again the prices were pretty reasonable too.

Around the beach/pool area the hotel guys would bring us ice cold towels and water spray, it was great and always needed in this kind of heat! Also if u wanted any food or drink you could order it and they would bring it over to you.

The room in the hotel was immaculate and clean, everyday you got clean towels and complimentary bottles of water. The mini bar was filled too. In the evenings they did the turndown service and left chocolates on your pillow and a temperature guide. Plus free bottles of water again.
There is a piano bar too which is relaxing in the evenings for a quiet drink. There was another bar outside but it was far too humid to sit out there.
Last year we stayed at the Oasis Beach hotel which is 4 star, the le meridien mina seyahi is 5 star. Although i enjoyed the le meridien i still preferred the Oasis Beach purely because there is much more choice at the lunch and dinner buffet and also the Oasis has another bar which we really enjoyed. Its a shame it is getting knocked down soon.

All in all though i would highly recommend the Le Meridien as the staff were fantastic and the quality of the hotel was excellent. Also the rooms were great too with plenty of facilities.

I stayed at this hotel July 08 for 7 nights and as a travel agent I can whole heartedly recommend it.

Rooms were clean and very spacious, had a lovely balcony overlooking the pool, beach, marina and palm island, not that we spent any time out there as it was too hot!

Couldnt believe how hot and humid Dubai is in July, the sea is like a bath, but the pool is cool and they bring you cold towels as you're baking and ice buckets for the water.

We were half board and the food was excellent, we also ate out at Spice Emporium in the Westin and the food there was amazing. Jeep Safari, Emirates Mall and Mudinah at Mina A Salam are all musts.

Will definately be coming back, just maybe not in July or August!!!!

We stayed for 7 nights at the end of June 2008 and had a wonderful time in Dubai, and at the Le Meridien Mina. This was our first time in Dubai, and the city exceeded all expectations. The hotel was fabulous and the staff were very friendly from the moment we arrived to the second we left. No-one could do enough for you. We stayed in a non sea view room and looked over the road below, and all the plush new buildings behind this. We did not intend to use our room that much so didn't mind, and actually to see the buildings all lit up made it seem like a city stay even though we were on the beach. Please be aware that if you have a sea view room you no longer just have the arabian sea to view but the palm island as well. Brochure pictures are out of date.There are more cranes to be seen on the palm then on the land side, as there is still building work on the palm trunk.

We were half board and used the waves restuarant. The food was excellent with a different theme each night. We also ate at the popular Barasti bar, and the food was excellent. Please note if you intend to eat here at night, it gets extremely busy especially at weekends (friday and saturday in Dubai). This bar is one of the main hang out places in Dubai, but the music is not especially aloud. We also ate at the Hard Rock cafe which was good fun. This is a 2 min taxi ride away. Taxi journeys are very cheap in Dubai.

The rooms at the hotel were comfortable, and in my view didn't need alot of work done to them. The beach is also fantastic as well, and the hotel is ideally located close to the palm and next to the Marine club. The hotel is small by Dubai standards, but this made our experience with the staff more personal. The Westin hotel next door is now open. We had a look inside and it was very smart, but I think would lack the personal touch. It is more modern, but there didn't seem to be many people around.

It was very hot when we went. Around 40c each day, and it gets hotter in August apparently and more humid. We went on a city tour which was short but fun, and also on a desert safari. This is a must, it is a bit nerve ending during the dune bashing, but great fun, followed by a lovely BBQ dinner. We really enjoyed our stay at Mina, and would be glad to go back there soon. We flew with Virgin, and their flight arrives around 6.30 in the morning. There is no longer the fast track option, but as so early we got through passport control in 5 mins. Virgin also produce a guide to Dubai which is handy if you haven't got a guide book.