XVA藝術飯店(Xva Art Hotel)

The XVA Art Hotel is just the best for travelers looking for respite from modern western-style hotels. Located in old Dubai, it has no street address. From the street, you walk in 200 yards, rolling your luggage. XVA is an old estate with 4 walls surrounding an open courtyard. Room doors are secured inside with a wooden slider. On the outside, doors are secured with padlocks. The chef and server offer up wonderful breakfasts and (I assume, lunch and dinner). Reception staff is customer-oriented. This was my second stay at XVA and I would do it again. (It's also fun to encourage Uber and taxi drivers who have never before dropped off riders at XVA. Location is near Dubai Creek and easy to get transportation to and from. Hospitality, cleanliness, service, food, ambience - it's the best!

Cute hotel on the edge of the old town and close to the creek. Internal courtyard with cafe for breakfast. Charming room with comfortable bed but no outside window. Helpful staff and some restaurants in walking distance. No other facilities.

good experience ! nice location. it is near old town. we will come again!

A really cute hotel with so many reading nooks and a lovely vegetarian cafe! The location is perfect because it is in Al Seef-a truly magical place. The bed was a double so it was slightly small for my husband and I. There were also ants in the room but it did seem clean otherwise. A really nice little getaway. We’d go back for the day, but maybe not for the night.

The entrance of the hotel is not easy to locate. It is not like the one posted here. The parking area is too far away which is not ideal because of the heat. We booked for a superior room but it looks small, nothing like the picture. The booking says there's a bath tub but nothing. It looks like the standard room only. The AC is almost not working. We can't sleep at night because of the heat. The bed is not queen size as stated in the booking. That was just a double size. No complementary toothbrush/toothpaste even and that's a basic. They even charge us extra 400aed for an hour of taking photos of the hotel premise. Not worth the price really. I advice you to book another hotel that is worth it. Good thing we only booked for one night. I commend the staffs though because they are hospitable.