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I spend 4 nights in this hotel in the center of a capital city. There are exchanges, shops (with Omani typical sweets for example) and restaurants around the hotel. You will have nice view - you can see a Grand Sultan Mosque (especially at night). There is a terrace on the top of the hotel with a swimming pool. Hotel is really beautiful with nice interior. Rooms are clean, big and with nice furniture (like in a fairytale about princess Scheherazade). Hotel staff is very kind and professional. There is no problem they can´t solve. They can speak english very well. Food is delicious, continental breakfast and dinner a la card. I can highly recommend this hotel :)

service was good i like their kindness restourand also better than my other experiences in this category

A little surprise, romantic beach and manor style, the most satisfactory hotel service: attentive and meticulous Concierge: very enthusiastic to send towel + ginger tea + thoughtful explanation service Guest room: In the 21st century, I have stayed in many hotels. For the first time, I feel that this hotel still retains the [Turndown Service] that I wrote in my school books. Breakfast: I thought it was an ordinary buffet, but the staple food is a separate a la carte service, which is also quite attentive

Recently stayed at the Grand Millennium in Muscat, Oman. Having driven from Dubai, on arrival there was no valet parking but the Porter was instantly present to take care of the luggage which was efficiently dispatched to my room. Mr Ashraf at check-in was exemplary and continued to be so for my 14 day stay. I had initially booked a club room and Arhab, the chief steward in the Club Lounge, was very helpful and delivered excellent service. The Grand Millennium has a roof-top pool with fantastic views over Muscat City to the Gulf of Oman on the horizon. There is also a poolside bar (where Amy the bartender gently delivers fresh, cooling watermelon to your sun lounger) and an impressive roof-top tennis court. Mr Wilson the friendly Spa Manager can arrange swimming lessons and tennis coaching. Whilst I didn’t take advantage of the lessons, I did use the gym, the jacuzzi and the steam room/sauna on the ground floor where I was warmly greeted regularly by the effervescent and kind personality that is Safiya who would also present me with a complimentary bottle of water for my workout. The room itself is a good size. The bathroom has a separate bath and a walk-in rain shower. Housekeeping is attentive and efficient, both Mohammed A & Mohammed I were very helpful. The breakfast buffet requires some attention, it was lacking in content and not very inspiring. The breakfast service itself was also equally uninspiring. In this mediocre environment two individuals that stood out were Sultan and the lady chef, both were excellent and on point. The hotel links directly via a short indoor walkway into the Muscat Grand Mall where there is a food court with an array of international food outlets and a number of coffee shops and cafes. There is also a Carrefour supermarket in the mall which sells ready to eat hot food and snacks. The Al Rifai nuts concession in the Grand Mall is worth checking out. Oman Avenues Mall and a LuLu Hypermarket are within a short walk. The LuLu also serves ready to eat hot food/snacks. If you have your own transport the local drive-in cafe/fast food establishments are pretty good and deliver a hot cup of Karak Chai directly to your car. Overall I enjoyed my stay and I would stay at this hotel again.

The breakfast is good, the hotel floor has access control, you need to swipe your card to enter. The hotel front desk can exchange local currency. You can also arrange for a car to be delivered to a designated location, of course, you need to pay. But there are not many restaurants outside the hotel. I ended up having a KFC with Omani characteristics. The location of the hotel is just beside the highway, the hotel is relatively large.

Very nice property in terms of service, cleanliness etc. Restaurant Qureshi in the ground floor deserves cent percent marks which serves authentic North Indian dishes. Morning buffet breakfast has a lavish spread. But the Indian dishes taste below average. Overall a very good experience.

Keep in mind when reading this review that we were in Oman in late May when the heat is intense (”the hottest month” according to Ruth, the Behlys owner's wife) so there are no tourists to speak of. That means we (my brother and his wife and me) were the only people in the hotel, the owner was away. The ”hotel” (more like staying at somebody's house) was the owners' family home until recently when they split the modern, white building into three. The central section remains the family home and to the right and left are the guest sections. So although Ruth is not usually involved in the hospitality business we felt as though we were staying in her home and had some lovely chats with her. She also very kindly came to pick me up at the airport at almost midnight and would have picked my brother up at 4 a.m. if he'd asked. My brother had a room with two double-beds in it and it still remains very spacious. There is a lovely balcony with a view onto the pool. My room was next-door but to the side of the house with no balcony and a view onto neighbouring houses. The bed is very comfortable and despite the noisy air-conditioning I slept very well. The bathroom is very small but serves its purpose. I used the hand-held shower rather than the overhead shower which shot water in every direction except down (a problem I mentioned to Francisca, the Filipina hotel manageress). Soap and shampoo is provided. In May there is no cold water (and that's general, not specific to this hotel) as it usually comes from storage tanks on the roof where it gets heated by the sun. Ruth suggested that we'd get colder water from the hot water tank! There are plenty of sun loungers around the pool but in May it's far too hot to want to lounge anywhere but in the shade or indoors! The water in the pool must have been at around 32°C or more, so not refreshing in the least. But the advantage is the beach is a 5 minute walk away and the sea is cooler, according to Ruth. We didn't try. As others have said the hotel is a long way from the city centre and in May you don't want to walk anywhere more than a few minutes. But the O-Taxi system is extremely efficient and cheap so we used them to get to restaurants etc. If you check the hotel's location on a map you might be concerned that it appears to be at the end of the airport runway. But in fact the flight paths are now over the sea so aircraft noise is not noticeable.

Great value hotel which also serves breakfast and has free parking available outside too. Breakfast can be a bit hit and miss depending on what you like but there is usually some there for everyone. Daily there was Karak Chai, Tea, Coffee, Milk, Cereal, toast, croissant, Cakes, fruit, salads, Boiled eggs and also some flatbreads meat/sausage and some of the daily options changed like Omelette/fried eggs/ puri bhaji/chana/dhal/mini pizza/ pasta/ noodles. We had a double room and it was the most spacious hotel room ever with a large double bed, wardrobe, dresser, table, chairs and spacious large bathroom with walk in shower with great waterflow. The AC in the room was fabulous too, not the most stylish room ever but well worth the price. There is also a small rooftop swimming pool and some bits of gym equipment on the top floor which, we didn't use (I don't actually know if anyone uses it) but i was told it was open from 0900-2100. Also it's a great location with plenty of food options within a short walk including many houshold franchises. And if you want a very late bite there are some places open close by open to the early hours with a short walking distance.

We stayed for 2 weeks at Safeer International hotel. The first room I got was full of dead insects in the bathroom and bedroom and window does not open and very dark lighting. I immediately requested changing room and this is the only positive thing I can recall from my stay although should not have happened in the first place. Staff: The staff was unfriendly, no greeting, rude reception calls. No privacy since I didnt have “do not disturb sign”. The receptionist seemed desperate for money kept requesting to pay the amount as if we will run away. Cleaning: housekeeping was the most terrible issue at the hotel. Minimum cleaning, they always forget to replace towels and toiletries. We requested that no one enters the room for cleaning when we are not at the hotel and yet they came back again the next day. Also, not all amenities were available as listed and although we booked same type of room, each room had different available amenities such as iron, washing machine… Food: zero consistency. You can order same plate each day and each day it is different and most of the time did not taste well. As for the breakfast, very cheap, did not taste good and limited options. Out of the 15 nights, I only ate at the buffet twice first 2 days. Not recommended AT ALL. For the price listed for this hotel you can find way better hotels in Muscat and even cheaper.