I have just returned from a week's long stay at the Mina A Salam and in summary I rate the place as fantastic.
I travelled with my family (wife plus two kids aged 4 and 1) and we arrived at the hotel just after 8:00AM. Usually rooms are not available until after 2:00PM but we were allowed into our room early as we were with children, nice touch I thought. The room was spacious and always kept clean. The beach area was not overcrowded and there were always staff on hand to get you whatever you needed. The complex is beautiful with over 3km of waterways joining the two other hotels, souk and villas together. There are boats that will ferry you from one place to the next. It is worth taking a tour of the grounds on one of these boats. The kids club at Al Qsar is great. My four year old absolutely loved the pool here and it was a battle to get her to leave on some occasions! Anyone staying at the Midinat Jumeriah resort can use this facility. The souk is full of places to eat if you fancy a change from the fare served up at the hotel. Be warn though that eating anywhere on the resort is not cheap; you get better value for money if you eat elsewhere, like in town. We also visited the Wild Wadi Waterpark for which you can get discounted entry if you book at the hotel's front desk. You also get a buggy that will ferry you there and back if necessary. All the staff at the hotel and wider resort were welcoming, very friendly and always helpful. I would recommend this place to anyone with travelling with young children as there is plenty to do to keep them occupied. To conclude I would say beautiful hotel, friendly helpful staff, clean, and as active or inactive a place as you want to make it.

Just returned from our 1st trip to Dubai staying at the Mina A Salam and cannot give it enough praise

We were upgared to a creek/sea view room(140) whic was a tad far from the lifts but other than t/pihan we could not fault a thing

The room was stunning and spacious with huge bathroom and imamculate. We were taken to the room by a concierge greeter who explained the resort to us and that we had acees to all the hotels including certain times at the Burj !!!!!!!!!!!

We used the Mina's smaller pool and never had a problem finding a bed. The attendents cant do enough. The towel guys made up the beds and the waiters came round regularly with fruit. ice lollys, face towels and even cleaned your glasses. LUXURY

The large pool at the AL QASR looked a bit busier but if you have kids they are well catered for.

Nothing was evet a problem in the MINA & staff awalwys greeted you with a smile.

BUFFET BREAKFAST WAS SUPERB AND WE TRIED THE EVENING BUFFET ONCE HICH WAS EVEN BETTER !

ONE TIP - I WOULD RECOMMEND BOKING YOUR RESTURANTS BY EMAIL FROM HOME. ITS ALWAYS SO BUSY AND HARD TO GET TABLES IN MOST PLACES.

WE WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND ZHENG HEES IN THE MINA, SUPERB CHINESE IN A GREAT SETTING AND WE HAD TO TRY THE AL MAHARA AQUARIUM RETURANT AND THE SKY BAR (EVEN NEED TO BOOK FOR THAT!) IN THE BURJ (BOTH PRICEY!)

DUBAI IS A SURREAL PLACE WHICH SEEMS LIKE LAS VEGAS MEETS MANHATTAN AND THE GLITZ IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. IF YOUR INTO HISTORY AND CULTURE THIS IS NOT FOR YOU BUT IF YOU LIKE "R & R" IN STYLE THEN YOU HAVE TO GO.

THE NEST COMPLIMENT....WE CANT WAIT TO GO BACK !!!

Our experience was not as good as others... When we arrived early in the morning, returning to Europe from Shanghai, no room was available. The only "help" that was offered was to book an additionnal night :-(((. Finaly we had to wait in the breakfast area for three more hours.

Before noon, no possibility to have a drink in the lounge. If you want to be an "international" hotel, I think you can have your clients have a drink at 11.30...

The answer was : well , you can have a drink in your room. Not what we expected...

The location is nice, but the restaurants simply overpriced compared to quality. We ate much better for less in Shanghai for example.

Staff was kind, but not " exceeding expectations".

The overall experience was " bofff..."

We will try another hotel next time we will stay in Dubai.

We stayed at the Mina for 3 nights en route to the Maldives and having been to Dubai many times just wanted to try out another hotel for our collection!!

We booked Premium Leisure and although we are not big drinkers it was lovely to have a glass of Moet before going out to our evening meal, did not eat all the bits as we did not want to spoil our appetites but our daughter 9 loved the chicken nuggets (they do a childrens area of hors douevres too). It is nice being able to come out of the sun at 3-4 o'clock and have a cup of tea and a cake.

The pool we knew was quite small but as you can use the Al Qasr which is huge is not a problem. We also used the Jumeirah Beach pool, it just stops the kids getting bored. Very small children would be fine here all day.

The staff were great, our room kept clean and we loved the reception with the water display covered in fresh rose petals everyday.

It is great being able to hop on a buggy and go throughout the Madinat area to restaurants and shops. There were lots of repeat guests and I can understand why they love it although personally I would not return here for my longer break as we prefer trying other hotels in the area.