After the first night in the awful part of dubai staying here at Mina Seyahi Beach has been magic!! From feeling uncomfortable as a blonde woman in the wrong part of town where we had been first night to paying the additional price to move to the beach side part of dubai i cannot put words to how this move saved our holiday.

Dubai is hot and very expensive so be aware you get what you pay for however this hotel is beautiful and very westernised the best breakfast buffet i have ever seen.

The gym here is one of the best in the world....

We have just returned from Mina Seyahi, only had 3 nights. Weather was hot, hotel very clean, staff very helpful.
Situated on the beach, although lots of building work going on around the whole of Dubia, but must admit did not affect us in the hotel, only when travelling out on the Bus Trips !!!
Although did not expect buffet style breakfast & Dinner for a 5 star hotel, you would prefer waiter service.
Rooms was large, very well decorated and clean to a high standard. Even the beds was turned down once you returned from your evening out.
Overall , we had a great time and we would go back.

We visited in May with 2 children. On arrival staff were pleasant and we were able to have breakfast early. When shown to our room we were shocked as it was suppose to be a family room for 4. It had 1 king sized bed and 1 double!! My son ended up on a camp bed ( not very 5 star) which was put in the room on our request. Service at breakfast was slow in first few days, but did improve. The food is delicious with plenty of choice but we often ate lunch in the hotel and then went out to other restaurants in the evening. The pools are lovely, however the service around is poor and you often end up having to get up and order from the bar. The sunlounges are very tired and need to be updated asap and its quite obvious, if you go and relax around the Weston hotel you will see the difference. Kids club was great for the 5yr old, 9 yr old loved the pool, beach and manicures in the beauty salon!!! Alsospa now in the weston as well.If your a family of 4 - get 2 rooms with interconnecting doors. Pleasant experience, but needs updating to be a proper 5star and to compete with other hotels.

In a case of "better the devil you know", we decided to stay once again at the Mina Seyahi following our short stay earlier in the year.
Upon booking we were told there was a choice of lunch or evening meal at no extra cost on top of the bed and breakfast package. It was only late on that I realised this was probably due to the Ramadan period. I checked beforehand to see if the optional extra had to be taken in the Waves restaurant, and was told that we would be granted an allowance if we wanted to eat at any of the other restaurants.
Despite arriving at the hotel at 0900 not only was a room made available within 30 minutes, but we were given an upgrade to a de-luxe sea view room.
We were already aware of the temporary closure of the main pool, but we were informed we could use the pools at the neighbouring Westin Hotel which is now open.
One of the reasons for the break in Dubai was to coincide it with my wife's birthday. Many birthday cards were taken with us to be opened on the morning of her birthday and were placed upon the dresser within the room. Upon arriving back from the Emirates Mall later in the afternoon, we found the room decked out and a birthday cake and card from the hotel placed on the table in the room.
From past experience we knew that a table in the Barasti would need to be reserved, so we did exactly that. At this time of the year the Barasti is particularly busy and a booking is recommended. Here we encountered Sunil who surpassed himself in looking after us. I cannot think of another occasion when I have had such good service.
That really extends to all of my experience over the past week at the Mina Seyahi. The service from everybody could not be faulted in any shape or form.
One thing of note however, is that with it's neighbour the Westin having opened, and with everyone taking advantage of going around it, the Meridien is showing signs of needing a good makeover.
Book with confidence!