We would have really enjoyed this hotel except for the surrounding construction works. We had a baby in a pram and found it difficult and dangerous to cross any roads leading from the hotel. Having just spent a great week in Dubai, this was too hard to live with so we stayed just one night of the three we had booked and paid for (no refund) and headed back to Dubai. Having said that, we were not disappointed with the hotel itself -we ate that night in the Italian restaurant and really enjoyed it (good atmosphere and service, food and drink cheaper than Dubai). All the restaurants appeared to be full but we suspected that one of the reasons for this would have been a reluctance to leave the hotel - on foot anyway. Other strange thing we found, and this could be the case for all Abu Dhabi hotels, is that we had to go through airport type security at every entry to the hotel. The restaurants which also had external access could only be accessed internally. Obviously from earlier reviews the construction work hasn't put other people off and if we were looking to spend three days around the resort (great pool area) we may not have minded so much but we hadn't been planning to do that.