The First Collection Marina

Züfer Kemal USTA

The rooms at The First Collection Marina are spacious and airy. The staff are incredibly attentive, polite, and genuinely helpful. The menu could be a notch better (speaking as someone used to Turkish cuisine 🙂), but the location is great and prices are very reasonable. Huge thanks to the entire team! During my stay I also shopped via the Noon app—front desk kindly received my packages and even took care of the returns I left with them. Overall, I had a wonderful holiday. If the rooms had balconies (so we could step out for a smoke), it would be absolutely perfect.

Giorgos Katsimpras

I stayed at this hotel for nearly a week during a business trip, and I must say I was extremely satisfied with my stay. Everything was spotless, the food was excellent, and the staff were genuinely kind and helpful. The atmosphere was pleasant and welcoming — everyone went out of their way to assist me, offering advice on how to get around the city and what places to visit, making my stay much easier. It’s also worth mentioning that the hotel is conveniently located just about half an hour from the airport, which makes it ideal for business travellers. Additionally, it was the first time I made such extensive use of the hotel’s own travel agency services — and I was really impressed by how professional and well-organised they were. I will definitely return to Dubai and, without a doubt, choose the same hotel again. It might be slightly on the expensive side, but compared to the rest of the market, it offers much more value and can even be considered reasonably priced for what it provides.

Ankita Agrawal

The overall experience was very good. We stayed here for 4 nights. We got an upgrade to suite room at a reasonable price, which was amazing. The suite room was very cozy and comfortable for a family of 3. Everything is within walking distance, which a great benefit.

Alisha J

This has to had been my wrose experience in all my history of staying in hotels. This hotel felt more like a 3* is in dying need of renovation. Unfortunately their bellboy/ Hotel porter who moved my luggage from one room to another placed a very heavy weighted bag ontop of my luxury bags, as a result damaged a limited edition designer handbag. The management their simply wish to take no accountability of their staff actions, and simply wash their hands. The decor in the rooms, feel very dated. I changed rooms at least three times due to level of hygiene reasons, and inspected over five other rooms before settling. The first night I wished to check out and requested a refund as I had no wish to continue my stay there. Rooms are not 100% clean, unfortunately I found hair in my bed, somebody else hair on the sofa, stains on the sofa and curtains, cracked bathtub in one of the rooms they offered me. The grouting in the floor tiles in the bathroom need deep cleaning. The Seaview rooms are not in my opinion Seaview, see primarily factory's roofs. Industrial views

Tom Ryan

Overall my experience is very positive. The staff are amazing and helpful. On my early morning check in there was some misunderstanding as the travel agent didn't inform the hotel about early check in or even book to include the previous night. I suggested to the check in staff I would go and have breakfast and hopefully a room would be available. I was informed that I could not have complimentary breakfast until the next day. It would have been a wonderful expression of hospitality if the staff had the freedom to offer complimentary breakfast, especially after a night flight. I did eventually get a room and I was thankful for this. I am still enjoying my stay and the wonderful experience of the hotel and staff. Thomas Ryan