I have just returned from the Dar al Masyaf with my wife. It was our Honeymoon and we thought we would give Dubai a try. I had read lots of reviews about the Dar al masyaf and they all looked great so we thought we would give it a try. When we arrived we were shocked at how beautiful the hotel was. It is amazing! The complex consists of three hotels all built into one. The Dar al masyaf, the Jumeriah beach hotel and the Mina A salam. All three hotels are amazing and guests who stay in the Dar al Masyaf are able to use all the facilities in each hotel. All the rooms in the Dar al masyaf are summer houses. The room we were given was unbelievable. The pictures people have posted are exactly what it is like. You have to see them to believe it. Each Summer building consists of about 8 summer houses and has a butler to serve them rooms. The butlers were brilliant. They couldnt help you enough, and I would like to say a special thankyou to George, Job and Zulfiya. They were brilliant. Each nite between 6 and 8 guests could go the the butlers reception and have drinks free. This was brilliant. Usually when me and my mrs go away we just keep ourselves to ourselves. In these two hours we got to ingle with a cuple of other guests and it was fabulous. We traded stories about past holidays every night. I got to the butlers reception bang on 6pm every night and took advantage of the free drinks for 2 hours. Each nite I booked our evening meal for 8.30pm so we could take advantage. It saved us so much money. All the restaurants in the hotels are fantastic. Im a bit of a foody and I have been to Gordon ramsays restaurants and places like that, but the food there was out of this would. Well up there with the fine dining restaurants. One night we went MJ's steakhouse and I got Wagyu beef with Truffle mash! Out of this world! Im begging you. If you are considering going to Dubai please please please go to this hotel.. We have travelled round many 5 star hotels around the world, but this is the best by a mile. The little golf buggys anf boats that take you around the hotel are fantastic. You dont have to walk any where if you want to be lazy! I am already looking at going back next year. This time I am gonna save up more and get an extra posh room. All of them are though to be honest. Please go to this hotel. It seriosly is in my opinion the best hotel in the world.

The service, the service, the service! What other reason do you need to go to a hotel? We have been to visit this hotel 7 times and have never failed to be impressed by the unfailing quality standards set by the staff and management. Every year we take a Dubai trip, and every year I trawl through the hotels and deals available, and every year I reach the same conclusion; quite simply, the Dar Al Masyaf (DAM) offers impeccable service, comfortable and spacious accommodation and great value for money (where value doesn't necessarily mean the cheapest). Any problems we have encountered have always been dealt with efficiently and effectively and always with politeness a forethought. Our children love the resort and are always welcomed and we know that they are always perfectly safe even if out of our sight (I defy any resort to have more lifeguards per sq metre). We have stayed at other top-class hotels in Dubai but often find that, whilst they allow children, we often feel that children are tolerated rather than welcomed, particularly around the pool area (even with quiet, polite children like ours). Mostly that is from other guests rather than the hotel itself. This is not a problem at the Madinat as the resort is so huge with lots of pools that all types of guest can find their niche and co-exist. It isn't cheap to eat there, but they often do deals. All in all, I am lucky enough to have stayed at many of the world's top hotels and rate the DAM as one of these. I have recommended the hotel to many friends and colleagues and they have all been delighted. Hope this helps you make your decision!

From the moment you sweep you the opulent driveway, garnished with golden horses, you know you've arrived in a surreal place of luxury. Believe everything good that is written about this place... it is amazing.

The beach is immaculate - lots of water sports on offer - there's even a tucked away beach football area that my kids loved. The buffets are of the highest order - stupendous selection from across the globe with added luxury and quality, eg, a buffet station with a chef producing freshly pan-fried floppy foie gras. The swimming pools are massive and have so many lifeguards that you can truly relax with your favourite novel while the kids splash around. The only specific teeny weeny thing I could fault was the quality of cocktails - they could do with a few mixology lessons to bring them up to GREEEEEEEEEAT rather than good.

Overall, just relax and love it - the ultimate place to turn off without having to leave the kids at home.

This was our 4th visit to the Madinat Jumeirah hotel and our 3rd time in the villas. As always the whole experience was very good from the minute we arrived to leaving. The Villas with the on hand butler service make doing anything a breeze. I agree with a previous report that the private pool service was not as good as previous years, but it was still good. Everything else was as good as before. The best bit was you were treated like a returning guest, they had done their homework and welcomed you back, which for such a large hotel was really nice.

We stayed in villa 11, two minutes to the beach and we were 5 steps from patio to pool!

There are 40+ places to eat, this time we decided to try all new restaurants from our previous trips. Pisces was the best, highly recommended and i would also recommend Segreto, both a reason to dress up, good quality food and wine a place for a special treat. We also dined at MJ's which was a decent steak house.

The main pool was chilled which in the heat 43degs was required but th private pools were quiet and chilled out. I did a bit of both as people watching around the main pool is an interesting way to while away an hour or two!

We will be back