Reviews of Al Reef Elite 3BR - Luxury Stay with Pool Access Near Al Reef Beach & Marina

The location.

The pictures on Booking.com? Works of fiction. A complete scam. What you actually get is a depressing “renovated-but-not-really” apartment where only a few patches got some paint, while the rest was left to rot. The bathroom? Let’s call it what it is — a relic. The so-called “banio” is so small, cracked, and ancient, you’d think it belonged in a museum of bad plumbing. And the GYM? Oh, the masterpiece of deception. They proudly displayed glossy pictures of the private gym, which, surprise, surprise we had no access to. Instead, we were dumped into the “public” gym, which looked more like a storage room for rusty junk. A couple of dumbbells, a few creaking machines, dirt everywhere, and to add a final touch of luxury water leaking from the AC straight onto the equipment. Absolutely charming. The pool? Same scam. The pictures showed some sparkling oasis. In reality? A murky, filthy puddle that screams “don’t even think of touching me.” The corridors were another horror show. Stray cats wander in to enjoy the AC, the walls are covered in pen scribbles like a kindergarten gone rogue, and the air is filled with the delightful smell of whatever the neighbors happen to be cooking. Bon appétit! And let’s not forget the “neighborhood.” Basically, endless blocks of overcrowded residential buildings with jam-packed cars and people everywhere. Touristic accommodation? Please. This is the exact opposite of that. Customer service? A circus. I complained to the apartment manager, who told me to contact security. Security, of course, bounced me right back to the manager. Ping pong at its finest. Honestly, if the apartment manager doesn’t know what’s going on in their own property, who does? Probably no one. This entire experience perfectly sums up their “professionalism”: zero care, zero accountability, zero clues. A pathetic excuse for management… if you can even call it that.