We stayed at this hotel for a week. My family ranging from a 5 year old through to a 70 year old thought everything was absolutely perfect from the rooms right through to the poolside. If you want a luxury hotel - stretching for hundreds and hundreds of metres along the beach - travel either by abra (water taxi) on the hotels seawater canals or by buggy through the beautifully manicured gradens, with attentive staff waiting to do your every bidding. There is a terrific range of restaurants in the hotel itself and also in the adjoining Mina A Salam. In the hotels own souk, as well as every conceivable shop, there are also more eating places. If you want to know anything whilst you are there just speak to the conceirge and he will arrange everything from extra pillows in your room to booking you on a sundowner desert safari with dinner. I cannot praise all the staff too highly - they were wonderful.

My experience started with the pickup at the airport by the hotel in a beautiful car. Check-in was seamless, with cold towels and coffee offered while waiting for the paperwork to be completed. We were treated with unbelievable kindness and courtesy throughout our 4 day stay. Service is impeccable, and there iwas no end of ways to entertain myself, be it the souk (shops have a no money back policy) or at the beach, or just touring the place by boat. Between this hotel and the Jumeirah Beach Hotel there are 40 restaurants!
The room (Exec. side 203) was lovely. Bathroom amenities are lavish and even include laundry soap. Bed is wonderful, with all manner of pillows. Every night there was a new amenity, such as water bottles with wrist bands attached, or leather boxes of candy.
The shower doors DO leak, so be prepared. Of course there is turn down service, but most of the service people are unseen. All employees smiled and said hello as if they really were glad to see me! I could have stayed HERE for several more days!

My boyfriend and I are just back from 8 nights at Al Qasr and just loved it - one of the best hotels we have ever stayed in.

We arrived quite late at night to a warm welcome and showed directly to our room which was amazing - we had a standard room which was more than big enough for the two of us. They add a lot of personal touches for example towels in the shape of animals, massage oils etc.

The pool area is very big and the beach was lovely too, again lots of personal touches with cold towels being offered during the day and pineapple of sticks given out to guests.

Eating in the hotel is quite expensive but the food was lovely - I recommend the tapas restaurant downstairs, very good food. We also had breakfast included in our room rate which was worth it, everything you can imagine from full cooked breakfast, cereal, fruit and cakes.

The hotel is very close to the Madinat with lots of nice restaurants, shops and bars. I do not recommend the Lebanese restaurant there, food was poor and service even worse. Noodle House was good for a quick lunch. Traders Vicks is a good bar to go to with live bands and a good atmosphere - be there early for a seat outside as it does get very busy.

From the pool/beach you can see the Burj and buggies take you from Al Qasr to Mina Salam & the Burg so it’s very easy to get about. Water Taxis is another method of getting about. Burg is worth a visit but I wouldn’t spend too much time there, we went for high tea (around £65) and I wouldn’t go back in a hurry.

We also went to Wild Wadi Water Park and did Dune Bashing in 4x4's with Net Tours, both highly recommended.

Mall of Emirates is great for shopping and the indoor ski centre is great to see.

All in all Dubai is a must holiday destination - Al Qasr is a fantastic hotel which I would highly recommend and in my opinion one of the best hotels in Dubai.

We stayed at the Al Qasr for our honeymoon last August. The whole experience was out of this world from the moment we were picked up in our own car from the airport (little tip: when the driver offers you his hand he's not just being friendly - he wants a tip!).

It is hard to describe just how amazing the complex is. Everything is so big and luxrious we couldn't complain about anything, except maybe having to wait a few hours for our room after a tiring flight, but even then we were given free food and drink and use of a room we could change in so that we could get to the pool.

The service at Al Qasr was superb, we were treated like royalty by everyone from security to pool attendants. Everybody says hello and has a smile even if they are working outside in the 100 degree heat!
We looked forward to returning to our room every night to see what treats had been left by housekeeping - anything from chocolates to an Elephant made out of towels (fantastic!).

There are so many restaurants and bars in the complex that we only ate elsewhere twice and that was with local friends. They also joined us for brunch at Mina A'Salam and said it was the best in Dubai!!! P2 (brasserie in Pisces) in the souk was one of our favourite restaurants.

Had tea at the Burj, which was a great way to get in and see such an amazing hotel without breaking the bank! And there was a really relaxed atmosphere which suprised us.

Without a doubt the most luxurious, perfect holiday. Can't wait to return!