Millennium Plaza Downtown Hotel, Dubai
5-star hotel · Trade Center First, Dubai
Long Weekend score
Good1 serious report in 287 reviews: a physical hazard
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 64% of Dubai hotels
- 89% of guest comments are praise
- 95% of guest photos show no damage
How this score is made
- Rated higher than 64% of Dubai hotels. Compared with 698 hotels in Dubai. Counts for 50% of the score.
- 89% of guest comments are praise. 437 praise, 56 complain. Counts for 30% of the score.
- 95% of guest photos show no damage. 57 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.
- $92 a nighttypical for two, before tax · from $59
- 9 min walkto Emirates Towers station
- 287 guest reviewsfrom the last 2 years
- 60 guest photostheirs, not the hotel's
At a glance
For
- A station within walking distanceEmirates Towers is 644 m away
- Staff243 praise · 2 complain
- Cleanliness83 praise · 8 complain
- Location44 praise · 0 complain
- Food18 praise · 2 complain
Against
- On a main road: Sheikh Zayed Road (south)52 m from the building
- Room conditioncomplaints falling: 32.4 in 100 a year ago, 9.6 now36 complain · 1 praise
- Value4 complain · 4 praise
What guests reported
What guests say
287 reviews from the last 2 years. Most praised: staff (243 guests). Weakest: room condition, where 36 of the 37 who mention it complain.
Location440Strength
We were very well attended to by Ahamad, he was super friendly, understood our difficulty with English and helped us a lot with information about the hotel: Very good place, great location, incredible room service, highly recommend.
Google, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Location on Sh Zayed Rd is the best, close everything, own parking.
Google, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Room size100Strength
Rooms clean and specaoius, furnature little bit old style but fine.
Google, September 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
The location is excellent, and the rooms are spacious and clean.
Google, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Staff2432Strength
I thank employee Ahmed for the excellent and quick check-in experience, and I thank the entire hotel management for the warm welcome during check-in and check-out, the restaurant experience, and the variety of the breakfast menu.
Tripadvisor, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
From the reception, breakfast and room service, thanks to the team, special mention to the restaurant for breakfast Mr.
Tripadvisor, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Unwelcoming staff at the reception!
Google, October 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
Views181Strength
Amazing view of Museum of the future
Google, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
It was a very nice view, and I enjoyed looking at the museum.
Tripadvisor, July 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Cleanlinesscomplaints falling: 5.4 in 100 a year ago, 2.4 now838Strength
The room was nice, clean, and comfortable.
Google, October 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
The room is always perfectly clean and organized.
Google, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
I booked for one night with my family, once I made a check-in I was chocked from the quality of the room,picture on Web are completely different from the reality, very dirty and old furniture with old TV,
Tripadvisor, October 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
Food182Strength
The hotel was very clean and beautiful, and the food was also excellent.
Tripadvisor, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Very nice hotel ,nice location .staff is very cooperative and food is awesome 👍 nice service .we stayed here 5 days thanks to staff for comfortable stay
Google, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Old-fashioned room, catering that leaves something to be desired, it's a 5 shooting stars
Tripadvisor, August 2026, rated 3/5 by this guest
Breakfast163Mostly good
Great saty with great breakfast.
Google, August 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Had a wonderful stay here with delicious breakfast and room services were extremely good and Rahmat was all out to help and give the details till departure..of booking cab.
Tripadvisor, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Good breakfast but limited selection.
Google, September 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Value44Split
Very old not worth it even for free
Google, October 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
The staff is nice the location is good but the building is somehow old but it was a good experience for the price
Booking network, February 2025, rated 10/10 by this guest
Room conditioncomplaints falling: 32.4 in 100 a year ago, 9.6 now136Weak spot
It's a 5-star hotel, but it's 30 years old.
Google, September 2026, rated 3/5 by this guest
Highly suggesting refurbishing to keep up with the time.
Google, September 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Otherwise, the hotel needs renovation, everything is old and stinks like old unwashed clothes in the corridor.
Google, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Too few mentions to judge: quiet at night, pool and beds.
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 18,407 Google ratings
Problems guests raised
Raised most: problems in the bathroom, in 5 of 287 reviews.
Problems in the bathroom5 of 2871 in 57 reviews
But the infrastructure is too old, sometimes no shower water.
Google, September 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Bathroom needs upgrading, the shower was spraying water outside, toilet not flushing properly.
Booking network, November 2024, rated 6/10 by this guest
Something broken in the room5 of 2871 in 57 reviews
Very bad room dusty smell and the floor was cracked, old furniture.
Google, September 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
Called to fix many things in my room
Booking network, January 2025, rated 4/10 by this guest
Serious reports
1 in 287 reviews, most common first. Shown beside the score, never averaged into it.
A physical hazard1 of 287 reviews
Apparently, their fire alarm is broken, and the hotel security is completely oblivious.
Google, October 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
These are guests' own accounts from their reviews. We have not verified them, and the hotel may dispute them. A report is counted only when the guest says it happened at the hotel and holds the hotel responsible.
Photos, checked
3 of the 60 guest photos we checked show damage or dirt (5%).
What it advertises, against the photos
Guests’ photos confirm: swimming pool (5), restaurant (4), bathtub (2).
Price, place and rooms
Price
$92 is a typical night, from 248 dates checked in the coming year.
Weekends cost 5% more than weekdays
A typical night, month by month
Cheapest month: Jun 2027, $65Dearest month: Jan 2027, $151
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.
- pilotplans.com$119
- billabook.com$127
- Vio.com$138
- deals.dealbase.com$138
- Agoda$155
- expedia.ae$155
- Hotels.com$155
- bookmybooking.ae$155
Lowest advertised nightly rate for two adults; taxes and local fees are not included. Shown in US dollars.
Nearby
Emirates Towers station is 644 m away by road, about 9 minutes on foot. There is 1 bar or club within 200 metres.
- Nearest main road: Sheikh Zayed Road (south)52 m
- Nearest shop: Zoom7 min walk489 m by road
- Nearest station: Emirates Towers9 min walk644 m by road
- The Burj Khalifa4.1 km
- The Gold Souk7.4 km
- Dubai airport15.3 km
- Dubai Marina36.1 km
The lines are 5, 10 and 15 minutes on foot.
Distances follow the streets, not straight lines.
Rooms
8 room types, from 29 to 125 m².
- Deluxe Room (with Sheikh Zayed Road View)29 m²Sleeps 31 King bedBathtubA view, going by the room's name
- Club Room (with Sheikh Zayed Road View)29 m²Sleeps 31 King bedBathtubA view, going by the room's name
- Deluxe Room29 m²Sleeps 31 King bedBathtub
- Club Room29 m²Sleeps 31 King bedBathtub
- Club Room, 1 Bedroom, City View (Executive)34 m²Sleeps 1BathtubA view, going by the room's name
- Executive Suite, 1 Bedroom64 m²Sleeps 4Bathtub
The other 2 room types
- Suite, 1 Bedroom (One Bedroom Plaza)90 m²Sleeps 4Bathtub
- Presidential Suite, 2 Bedrooms125 m²Sleeps 6Bathtub
From the hotel's own room descriptions, checked against each room's photos.
How it compares
How it ranks
Guests who booked rate it 8.8 out of 10. 64% of the 698 hotels in Dubai are rated lower, and a typical one is rated 8.4.
Every review site, out of 100
If room condition matters to you
Here, 36 of the 37 guests who mention room condition complain. These nearby hotels do better on it.
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How we know
287 reviews counted · 100 photos checked · updated 11 October 2026
- We collected this hotel's 427 most recent reviews from Google, Tripadvisor and the Booking network. 287 of them describe a stay in the last 2 years and are the ones counted here; the rest were 64 older, 1 in other languages, 63 with a score but no words and 12 about the restaurant rather than a stay.
- The hotel replied to 197 of its 200 newest Google reviews.
- 71 in every 100 reviews thank a staff member by name.
- 5 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.