Holiday Inn & Suites Dubai Festival City by IHG
4-star hotel · Dubai Festival City, Dubai
Long Weekend score
StrongNo serious reports. in 234 reviews
Guests rate nearly every hotel highly: half the hotels in Dubai are rated 8.4 out of 10 or more. So our score shows how a hotel compares with the rest, not how luxurious it is.
- Rated higher than 95% of Dubai hotels
- 99% of guest comments are praise
- 100% of guest photos show no damage
How this score is made
- Rated higher than 95% of Dubai hotels. Compared with 698 hotels in Dubai. Counts for 50% of the score.
- 99% of guest comments are praise. 363 praise, 5 complain. Counts for 30% of the score.
- 100% of guest photos show no damage. 60 of 60 photos. Counts for 20% of the score.
- Serious reports are never counted in. They are flagged beside the score, because one matters even when everything else is good.
- $184 a nighttypical for two, before tax · from $64
- 26 min walkto Nearest beach
- 234 guest reviewsfrom the last 2 years
- 60 guest photostheirs, not the hotel's
At a glance
For
- Staff199 praise · 4 complain
- Breakfast50 praise · 0 complain
- Food43 praise · 1 complain
- Cleanliness40 praise · 0 complain
- Location31 praise · 0 complain
Against
- Food is the weakest point1 of the 44 guests who mention it complain
What guests reported
What guests say
234 reviews from the last 2 years. Most praised: staff (199 guests).
Breakfast500Strength
I was staying one week with my family enjoying so much and thank you for best hospitality ever and we really enjoyed the breakfast thank you all team specially Hayat for booking hotel and great recommendation thank you Mahmoud for assisting out luggage and arranging the transportation for us
Google, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Thank you for the wonderful breakfast!
Tripadvisor, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Cleanliness400Strength
The rooms are top notch super clean, breakfast options are endless and even picky kids managed to eat!
Tripadvisor, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
The hotel's location was excellent; it features clean, well-equipped rooms, a comprehensive and delicious breakfast, and friendly, polite staff.such as Bhawna and mahak and other people in here were friendly and pleasant,
Tripadvisor, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Location310Strength
Nice hotel, near to the Airport and huge shopping mall, which you can reach from without leaving hotel.
Google, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Excellent location and outstanding stay
Tripadvisor, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Staff1994Strength
Ali , Rose, Nitseht and Rajish was wonderfully treating us well.
Tripadvisor, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Amazing stay and exceptional service!
Tripadvisor, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
hotel is wonderful except the dinner is not buffet, also Restaurant manager Mr Rana and one supervisor Rafello are not flexible difficult to deal with them.
Google, September 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Food431Strength
Everyone was kind and professional, and the food was absolutely delicious.
Google, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
also chef regi thankyou for nicw shashuka chwf ganesh .
Google, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
The only bad thing was Joes Backyard restaurant, the food was not great.
Booking network, April 2025, rated 8/10 by this guest
Too few mentions to judge: quiet at night, room size, room condition, value, views, beds and pool.
Who stays, and their score out of 10
From every review of the last two years that gives a score and says who travelled, including those with no words.
All 18,945 Google ratings
Serious reports
None found in 234 reviews.
Photos, checked
0 of the 60 guest photos we checked show damage or dirt (0%).
What it advertises, against the photos
Guests’ photos confirm: restaurant (7), private balcony (1).
The hotel says it has no hot tub.
Price, place and rooms
Price
$184 is a typical night, from 302 dates checked in the coming year.
Weekends cost 13% less than weekdays
A typical night, month by month
Cheapest month: Feb 2027, $70Dearest month: Apr 2027, $208
Prices on booking sites, the day we checked
What each seller advertised on the one day we checked, so these sit outside the year-wide figures above and can fall below the typical price.
- ae.bluepillow.com$133
- clicktrip.com$140
- billabook.com$142
- Vio.com$159
- evendo.com$177
- IHG · the hotel itself$178
- Agoda$178
- Booking.com$178
Lowest advertised nightly rate for two adults; taxes and local fees are not included. Shown in US dollars.
Nearby
The beach is 1.9 km away by road, about 26 minutes on foot.
- Nearest shop: Carrefour2 min walk152 m by road
- Nearest main road: Al Rebat Street423 m
- Nearest beach26 min walk1.9 km by road
- The Gold Souk10.3 km
- Dubai airport13.1 km
- The Burj Khalifa15.9 km
- Dubai Marina48.6 km
The lines are 5, 10 and 15 minutes on foot.
Distances follow the streets, not straight lines.
Rooms
17 room types, from 28 to 59 m².
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Terrace28 m²Sleeps 3BathtubBalcony
- Standard Room, 2 Twin Beds28 m²Sleeps 3Bathtub
- Standard Room (Waterfront View)28 m²Sleeps 31 Twin bedBathtubA view, going by the room's name
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed28 m²Sleeps 3Bathtub
- Standard Room, 2 Twin Beds (Waterfront View)28 m²Sleeps 3BathtubA view, going by the room's name
- Standard Room28 m²Sleeps 31 Twin bedBathtub
The other 11 room types
- Premium Room, 1 King Bed36 m²Sleeps 3Bathtub
- Junior Suite, 1 King Bed59 m²Sleeps 3Bathtub
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed, AccessibleNot statedSleeps 3Bathtub
- Premium Room, 1 King BedNot statedSleeps 3Bathtub
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed (Waterfront View)Not statedSleeps 3BathtubA view, going by the room's name
- Premium Room, 1 King Bed, Kitchen, City ViewNot statedSleeps 3BathtubA view, going by the room's name
- Apartment, 1 BedroomNot statedSleeps 5Bathtub
- Standard Room, 2 Twin Beds, TerraceNot statedSleeps 3BathtubBalcony
- Premium Apartment, 1 Bedroom, BalconyNot statedSleeps 5BathtubBalcony
- Apartment, 1 Bedroom (Creek View)Not statedSleeps 5BathtubA view, going by the room's name
- Family Room, 2 Twin BedsNot statedSleeps 5Bathtub
From the hotel's own room descriptions, checked against each room's photos.
How it compares
How it ranks
Guests who booked rate it 9.6 out of 10. 95% of the 698 hotels in Dubai are rated lower, and a typical one is rated 8.4.
Every review site, out of 100
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The nearest first, with our score for each.
How we know
234 reviews counted · 100 photos checked · updated 11 October 2026
- We collected this hotel's 414 most recent reviews from Google, Tripadvisor and the Booking network. 234 of them describe a stay in the last 2 years and are the ones counted here; the rest were 68 older, 6 in other languages, 62 with a score but no words and 44 about the restaurant rather than a stay.
- The hotel replied to 198 of its 200 newest Google reviews.
- 69 in every 100 reviews thank a staff member by name.
- 2 reviews mention a free upgrade, a cake or a gift.
- We looked at 100 photos: the first 40 of the hotel's own and the 60 newest from guests.
- Every number on this page is counted, not estimated. Anything in quotation marks is a guest's own words.