Deira Palace Hotel

Beware

Location is great. To an extent the workings of the hotel carries an ambience from old traveller movies. SOME of the staff is quite helpful.

Bathroom: - cochroaches - no hot water - exposed electrical wire on the wall of shower cabin!!! - no shower curtain Main room; - balcony opened to back yard, facing directly the nearby loud speaker of a mosque. Thus every morning around 5:30am a loud prayer would wake us up - no light switch near the beds - remnants of large killed bugs on walls - wifi sometimes works, sometimes doesn't - remote controls lack battery Other - worst breakfasts ever; the sausage they serve is not simply uneatable, but outright horrifying - beware that they take your passport upon arrival and want to keep it unless you pay the whole sum upfront. Also, the total they forced me to payfor the three day stay was 71aed more than displayed on my booking as "total". I had no choice but to agree in writing to that upfront (or leave in the middle of the night)