Hotel Amwaj Rotana Jumeirah Beach, Dubai
Expert reviews
“Though in the moderate range, you still get five-star accommodation at the Amwaj Rotana. For half the price of the luxury resorts you get a room on JBR Walk, the area where locals show off their souped-up Jeeps and million-dollar Ferraris.”
What guests liked
- Friendly staff
- Excellent location
- Sea view
- Boutique style
- Excellent Wifi
- Comfortable beds
All you need to know
This five-star hotel is ideally located in a posh neighborhood where it offers guests luxury and stylish accommodation options. The hotel is located along “The Walk,” a famous leisure and retail strip area in the city. Guests are sure to enjoy the best experience and comfort at the hotel.
The hotel has 301 rooms that well-furnished with the most beautiful decorations and well equipped with modern facilities and amenities. The rooms in the hotel are elegant and prestigious offering guest standard amenities such as free Wi-Fi, 42-inch flat-screen TV with cable channels, air conditioning, comfy seating area, premium bedding and a minibar. The hotel rooms come with a private bathroom fitted with all needed conveniences such as a spacious bath with TV, walk-in shower, and bathroom slippers.
The hotel rooms are the largest in the area providing guests a great view of the Arabian Gulf and the Palm Jumeirah. The hotel has unique and special exclusive services for guests staying in the Club Rotana.
The hotel has four unique dining concepts which include Italian, Japanese, American and British cuisines; prepared and served exquisitely to give guests the perfect dining experience. The hotel also provides live entertainment and happy hours and many fun activities that ensure nothing short of a complete traveling experience.
Guests can make use of the plethora of leisure and luxury facilities all within a short distance of the hotel. Facilities such as children’s water park, water sports, beach tennis, seasonal sporting activities and cinemas are all available near the hotel.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
24 November 2025
Despite the poor hotel lifts, we would definitely stay there again
Great hotel in a super location, we’ve stayed there a few times
The situation with the hotel lifts is awful, we had to get rescued by a member of staff after waiting over 20 minutes on our landing trying to depart and get to the airport on time, at peak times it’s impossible to get on a lift.
24 November 2025
Exceptional
The staff was so friendly and professional. They were very helpful.
We had to wait for a long time to get our room ready. However, they gave us a temporary room until ours is ready which was something really nice to do
23 November 2025
First trip to Dubai
Everything. Staff were amazing and attentive. The facilities and room was exceptional
23 November 2025
I will come back there
Location is great just in front of Dubai Eye. There is a great food during all the meals and comfort of rooms. The hotel is located just at the beach is huge advantage,
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22 November 2025
The team was superb, from gate to reception to restaurant and cleaning team, everyone as super. Purity and Silas were ex
The location was extremely great
Nothing
20 November 2025
The veiw of my room was beautiful, breakfast was delicious, pool very bad with kids, beach bad
Breakfast was very delicious, service restaurant and staff always smiles and happy The veiw of my room was beautiful , cleaners surprise me with balloons and flower, the staff very helpful and friendly in every location in hotel, best staff 👌
The Pool bcz mix with kids lot of noise,not feeling relax they don't have privet beach, I should pay extera for beach sunbed outside of hotel 🤷🏻♀️ The shower was bad to change from shower to bathtub so hard to move,
18 November 2025
A little getaway to Dubai with the family
Great location in Dubai Marina, very close to the beach, stores, restaurants and attractions. Very nice staff; they even helped me organizing a small cake & candle for my wife's birthday! Very nice pool, great choice of restaurants. Very clean and neat.
Everything was perfect. If I may give a suggestion, there is need for faster elevators: the time to wait before being able to get one and arrive to the desired floor was usually a little annoying.
15 November 2025
Very good
Location very good
Value of money
14 November 2025
Exceptional
All staff from the valet parking staff , security , all the team fantastic , I want to thank Mr Wael , and abbas Mubarak for their help every time , Samir , Mohamed , rupek breakfast staff all of them
11 November 2025
Just Perfect
Everything was perfect!
9 November 2025
Exceptional
We were checking out before the breakfast time but the front desk staff has agreed to provide us with take away breakfast.
30 October 2025
Exceptional
Excellent clean property
Lifts not enough for people in hotel
26 October 2025
Fabulous week at the Amwaj Rotana
Great location. Staff were all attentive, helpful & friendly. Comfortable rooms with fabulous views. We were all inclusive and the dine around package was great. Highly recommend
Liked it all. Was our second visit
26 October 2025
Comfortable. Friendly & helpful
Close to walk
Lifts very slow and busy
25 October 2025
Lovely hotel, we enjoyed our stay at Amwaj
The hotel is in an excellent location, right on the beach and close to amenities. The staff are very helpful and friendly.
The only disappointment for us was the mattress on our bed was too hard, that made it uncomfortable for us.
24 October 2025
A pleasant time chilling out with a good restaurant - Mondou close by.
Excellent view from Sea facing room. Room service very good. Good shower pressure and controllable heat. Location perfect but a little noisy with the beach club opposite. Next to JBs which is a good 'hang-out'.
A bit of noise - loud music from the beach club. Not enough elevators with high occupancy. Meal time foot traffic causes delays at elevators. Cannot think of anything else to complain about you'll be glad to hear
23 October 2025
Exceptional
How it is and how hospitable the staff was
23 October 2025
Thank you to all staff - keep up the good work
From the staff to the location. , everything was amazing. We had breakfast which was very well organised and equipped. We hired a car and the stag would park it and bring it to us when required - exceptional will definitely stay here again
Pool could be warmer - but that doesn’t make the property unsuitable it’s more personal preference
22 October 2025
Very nice hotel
Nice views, clean friendly staff Good location
22 October 2025
Really great staff, location and hotel overall
Location and access to the beach Saif at the reception was so professional and composed they couldn’t find my reservation and I wanted to observe how he would handle the situation. I’d love to train my staff to resolve issues like that
Turns out the breakfast wasn’t included and the water glass bottle doesn’t show its complimentary..
14 October 2025
Exceptional
Everything
Nothing
9 October 2025
Amazing stay, would return
Amazing stay at Amwaj Hotel. Great central location on JBR beach. Staff were very friendly and helpful.
We didn’t not like anything
9 October 2025
Amazing! We will come again. Best All Inclusive ever
Very nice and big room with balcony and perfect view at the beach and the palm and Ferris Wheel. Wonderful!! Nice and friendly stuff! We had All Inclusive, the lunch was great with seafood and live cooking. Dinner you can have in many restaurants, japanese, Italian, buffet , at pub .. we arrived at 8 am and already got our room. Very nice pool area and Pool bar with easy exit to the beach. Its just 2 minutes walk to the beach. I also dont understand why the people are complaining about the Situation with the elevator. We never wait for elevator. The Location is also nice. Next to Marina Walk amd the Metro isnt far also.
Nothing
9 October 2025
Perfect, (would have been exceptional if it was a solo trip)
Everything was perfect, staff were exceptional, Eve on guest relations was amazing. Anitah, Hasan in the Horizon restaurant were exceptionally kind and did everything they could to help us.
sometimes could get a little noisy at night in the area, for me wasnt a problem, but travelled with elderly parents who found it a little disturbing. Also one night the next room had a party going on from 11pm I informed reception and they dealt with it right away, staff were so helpful and very kind. especially George who did everything in his power to help and make our stay comfortable.
8 October 2025
Lifts taking long
The location, cleanliness and the staff. I especially want to say thank you to Win from house keeping, he kept our rooms clean regardless how late it became.
The lifts....they took forever to come. I had to use the stairs which was not a good idea as I have bad knees.
6 October 2025
Amazing stay
So clean, fantastic location , really spacious and comfortable
Nothing
4 October 2025
Amazing
Staff were exceptional - everyone was so nice and welcoming. View from the room was breathtaking and the room had all you would need! Perfect location and close to stop for hop on hop off buses. Great choice of restaurants for half board and very reasonable. Would definitely be back in a heartbeat!
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2 October 2025
Great hotel and would recommend
The location was great and staff were amazing, couldn’t do enough to help us, especially our cleaner Win and Mike down at the bar.
The pool and deck area could do with a refurbishment now as it is slightly outdated
28 September 2025
Thank you Hamza you're the best.
Every single thing
Mr. Hamza
24 September 2025
Fabulous
Very clean and location is perfect
As a family we made reservations for 2 rooms. We have 2 kids ages are 10 and 13. Mr. Bassel, the reception staff said that if you want to rooms should be at the same floor you have to pay exstra money:(
21 September 2025
Best choice at JBR
Second time at this hotel and very happy with my choice. Location is perfect, have done some renovations. Breakfast is amazing with a lot of choices and a stand for free range eggs made at the moment for you. Access to the beach and a good pool.
The shower needs some work , it gets all wet.
20 September 2025
Lovely staff, a great relaxing experience
Location, food and exceptional staff, particularly May and siji
Food choices and quality of food
19 September 2025
Fantastic.
Amazing hotel. Great food. Amazing staff.
The reason we chose this Hotel is because of the Lounge. I have Bipolar so it would have been a great help. 1 lift was broken for a few days and it was bedlam.
15 September 2025
Fab week away
The hotel was perfectly persitioned, near all transport, we didn't use uber once. Would recommend getting a silver Noll card. It cost 25 Dirham to buy, then you can top up. You tap on and off. Hotel was perfect, no faults at all and the staff were amazing and bent over backwards to help. The hotel has 5 restaurants and we used them all. The food is brilliant and always a good choice. The reception and doormen went above and beyond their jobs and always polite. The bar staff were fantastic, especially mikee at the pool bar and sweet at JBs. They all work extremely hard. The pool area was clean and if you couldn't find a bed, the pool attendants went out their way to find one for you. We chose to upgrade our room slightly, for a full sea view, definitely worth it! But wasn't pressured into it. Regarding the rooms, they are so well equipped, loved the speaker in the bathroom, was awesome!! and the the cleaners came in every day, even if not requested, and were always pleasant to talk to. Will definitely return, one of the best hotels I've stayed in.
No negative comments.
15 September 2025
Absolutely amazing and wonderful. Great value for money
It’s more a question of what didn’t I like and the answer would be nothing. The staff are absolutely amazing especially Moh Moh in the Rossi restaurant and the waiter by the pool Maoe. The food was fantastic everywhere. 10/10
12 September 2025
Amazing stay, good value for money with exceptional staff.
The property is outstanding with several reasonable priced restaurants that are absolutely lovely. The staff literally cannot do enough for you. The rooms are a delight to stay in. I don’t normally return to the same hotel, but will definitely return to this particular hotel.
Not a thing!
9 September 2025
Exceptional
Food and staff are amazing
9 September 2025
Loved the stay and will definitely be back
friendly staff and clean hotel. great food and drinks and a great location1 min from the beach.
lifts were not very large and were very slow
8 September 2025
Exceptional
The staff are very friendly
Non
7 September 2025
Value for money !
Pool, beach access, balcony view
Nothing
6 September 2025
Perfect in Paradise
From the friendly reception with an upgrade on the room, everything just got better. Arrived at 9pm, and after seeing the bags in I went for food. That did not disappoint. There may not be rows and rows of food. But there is something for everyone. Same for breakfast too. I ate at the Italian and the gastropub, no complaints there. The staff at the beach bar were lovely, The room was a double, ample space and great views. Never a run for sunbeds, more than enough. My only problem was …. There were a few that came down, threw towels onto beds and went to the beach. One family took 6 beds, for 3 of them as they wanted shade and sunshine… didn’t we all but I only took 1 bed…. That didn’t spoil my stay. Would I stay here again…. Of course I would.
3 September 2025
A very good 5-star hotel in the Dubai JBR area
This was our second time staying at this hotel, which has a very good and convenient location in the JBR/Marina area. At first, we were assigned room 1102, which had a connecting door to room 1103. Everything was fine on the first day, but on the second day, loud and rude people with children moved into room 1103, and they constantly (day and night) yelled, ran around, and made noise. We complained at the reception and asked for a normal room without connecting doors. The next day, we moved to room 1101, where everything was quiet. Despite it being off-season (August 2025) and hot outside, the hotel was almost completely full. Breakfast was very crowded, noisy, and loud. Dinner was better. I would like to mention and praise the waiter Hasan—a very pleasant, always smiling, and very energetic young man. This is a case where I want to say that I wish there were more people like him! I also want to praise Moustafa - an incredibly pleasant employee, always friendly, smiling, concerned and asking if everything was okay with us, if we needed anything. At the entrance to the Horizon restaurant, I also want to mention Sabrina - friendly and polite. The room was cleaned every day, towels were changed, and bed linen was changed on request. Water was constantly replenished. You can always call room service and order water (in such heat, we had to drink a lot).
Compared to my stay in December 2023, now (August 2025) the Dining Around package no longer includes the option to order beer (non-alcoholic and alcoholic) with dinner. Only water and one soft drink are available: Pepsi, Mirinda, 7up. This is a shame, as I personally don't like sweet fizzy drinks. I would prefer beer, non-alcoholic or alcoholic.
1 September 2025
Nothing bad to say and I highly recommend it.
Nice modern look and feel, very clean and great location. The staff were great and very attentive, especially Mr Moe.
1 September 2025
Perfect
Stayed here before and all is still excellent.
30 August 2025
Loved the stay!
Everything was amazing, the rooms were clean and the staff was super friendly. The food was very tasty as well.
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29 August 2025
I never write recommendations but here is the special occasion. Just returned from an incredible two-week family holiday
Everything is perfect.
Fingers crossed - more elevators soon :)
27 August 2025
Nice family holiday great location
Friendly staff Nice view from room Room was comfortable and clean Breakfast was very good Pool was good Location was great at JBR Good gym ideal Chef was great for breakfast
Internet was slow on the tv Lifts were busy at breakfast time No syrup for latte
24 August 2025
Exceptional
The room and view
23 August 2025
Had the most magical stay the hotel was stunning and in the best location
Absolutely amazing location staff all friendly and helpful,
No actually smoking area therefore people smoking at the pool which I didn’t like, also felt the pool was a bit small for size of hotel
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kid meals (additional charge)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Barber/beauty shop
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
- - Grocery deliveries (additional charge)
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre
- - Fax/photocopying
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Currency exchange
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - ATM/cash machine on site
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Spa and wellness centre
- - Massage
- - Water sport facilities on site (additional charge)
- - Kids' club
- - Steam room
- - Spa/wellness packages
- - Fitness
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
- - Happy hour (additional charge)
- - Tour or class about local culture
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Outdoor pool
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor pool (all year)
Entertainment and family services
- - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Accessible parking
Pool and wellness
- - Heated pool
- - Sun loungers or beach chairs
- - Sun umbrellas
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming pool
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key access
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered

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25 November 2025
Fabulous