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Rove Expo City keeps you right in the midst of futuristic Expo City Dubai, a dynamically evolving site where the future unfolds around as you network, connect and explore, both within the hotel and beyond. Stay within walking distance of the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC) and just metres away from the well-connected Dubai Metro. Enjoy easy access to Dubai World Central Airport (DWC), as well as popular districts like Dubai Marina Dubai Mall and more.
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Horizon Avenue, Dubai 119444 United Arab Emirates
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Rove Expo City
1,737 reviews
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Somewhat walkable
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Guests have called out Rove Expo City for its cleanliness, emphasizing the spotless rooms and eco-friendly practices, despite minor suggestions for improvement. The hotel's atmosphere is frequently described as vibrant and inviting, with a modern touch. Its amenities receive universal acclaim, particularly for the transportation options and family-friendly features. While the service is generally celebrated for its efficiency and warmth, there have been occasional mentions of less-than-cheerful staff.
The hotel's location is ideal for those attending events at the Expo, though some may find it inconvenient for tourism. Room comfort is well-regarded, although noise and AC issues have been noted. Overall, the hotel is seen as offering excellent value for money.
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My experience at Rove Expo City was fantastic in every way! The hotel has a strategic location that''s perfect, especially if you''re planning to visit Expo City or the surrounding areas. The rooms are very clean and designed in a modern way that combines comfort and simplicity.
The staff is very friendly, always there to cater to any request with a smile, making the stay even more smooth. The amenities from the quick check-in to daily cleanliness were of a high standard of professionalism.
As for the food, the experience was excellent too. The restaurant serves a variety of delicious dishes, and the quality is evident in every meal we have.
I especially loved the hotel''s quiet atmosphere, along with facilities like the fitness center, making the stay not only comfortable but so enjoyable.
I highly recommend staying here, especially for those seeking a hassle-free experience in a modern, clean location and outstanding service. Would definitely be back on my next visit!
Final rating: 5/5
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Date of stay: December 2024
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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I was in Dubai for a short trip from September 5th, 2023 to September 7th, 2023. I already knew the hotel from the outside from my last Expo visit in 2021. From Dubai Airport, the journey time on the Metro Redline without changing trains is around 75 minutes and costs a full 15 AED per way in Gold Class. The stop is the very modern terminus Expo 2020. The hotel is almost at the station, namely Expo Plaza. You are in the hotel lobby in no time. The first thing I noticed was the great smell and the absolute cleanliness in the lobby and throughout the building. Young, friendly employees everywhere. Everyone addresses you by their first name, which underlines the young, dynamic touch of the Rove. Quick check-in, then straight to my room 724. My request for a high level room and away from the elevator was fully fulfilled. The room offers everything you need as a traveler, including a coffee and tea station. The obligatory water is filtered and sealed in refillable glass bottles. Great, sustainable idea.
Every room has a small balcony in a kind of "cage" with a chair and table.
The bathroom is unfortunately the only drawback of the hotel, or more precisely the bathroom door! I don't know who installed it there, but it doesn't work like that. If you open the door, you can only get to the toilet as a small child. But if you're an adult man (with a belly 😉) and you try to get to the toilet through the gap, you'll be desperate after the second time at the latest, and losing weight won't help much. The door has to go!
Otherwise, I'm very satisfied. There's also a nice little infinity pool with a children's pool on level 12.
I ate twice in the hotel's own Daily Restaurant a la carte. Everything was top notch at good, reasonable prices.
The breakfast buffet offers everything your heart desires, including eggs of your choice, which can be ordered from the staff. Nice coffee station with a fresh brewer from La Cimbali. That alone is worth a lot!
And all of that for a current price of 69 AED.
All in all, the house completely convinced me and I will definitely come back!
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Date of stay: September 2023
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Room Tip:Am besten High Level im Vorfeld anfragen!Teilweise tolle Aussich auf das Expo-Gelände.
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We stayed 2N3D with our toddler. Our room was clean, amenities are availble upon request and the hotel in general smells so good. We enjoyed hanging out in the lobby as there are a lot of seats available. I just wish there will be a soft play area for toddlers aside from the gaming room. Reception staff are energetic and warm (Nereza, Chris and Aber). Everyone the you bumped into greets you with a smile. It’s so smart of the hotel to keep an ice dispenser per floor, it saves us from requesting from HK. Breakfast has a fair option but enough to fill you in, the food was tasty. Free valet is also an added bonus. Above all, I appreciate Rove for letting the food delivery riders and their outdoor staff to stay inside with AC and cold drinks. I hope all the hotels will do the same as well. Will surely recommend.
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Date of stay: July 2024Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:Ice are available per floor. Free valet. Iron and iron board in each room.
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Response from Syed Raza, Guest Services / Front Office at Rove Expo City
Responded 15 Jul 2024
Thanks for sharing your experience and roving with us. We are glad that you liked the hotel. We can't wait to see you back. Keep roving! Youssef and the team.
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Pros: Reception ladies when we checked in were very pleasant, polite and nice. (Abeer and the Filipina next to her). Our rooms were ready before check-in time. Free unlimited drinking water Free unlimited coffee in the room Beds are comfy Spacious Room Modern Clean property Good amenities (foosball & & table tennis table) Swimming Pool
Cons: The AC in our connecting room stopped working at midnight until following day. We called for support but no one came to check.
We were not able to sleep due to a truck's reversing noise. There was this truck that was reversing and created noise from midnight till 430am .We called around 1.30 AM as we could not stand it anymore and was told that this is EXPO's noise and the hotel cannot do anything about it. It lasted until 4.30am! The person at reception asked if we wanted to be moved to a different room, we advised him how can we move when we have a child soundly sleeping and if we move in the wee hours of the night her sleep will be disturbed and we will end up with a cranky child. We should have been advised that facing that side of the hotel would be unpleasant due to expo's noise! Our rooms were 413 & 415. This really ruined our experience as we ended up not sleeping at all.
There were mosquitos outside the lounge area (outdoor part).
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Date of stay: May 2024
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Response from Amr Saady, Guest Services / Front Office at Rove Expo City
Responded 28 May 2024
Hi Rover Melissa, Firstly, thank you for Roving with us and for taking the time to fill out your feedback. We will address your feedback and use it for further training with the relevant team members. We do apologize for what you faced during the stay. We have tried contacting you to further understand more what went wrong and what we could do better during your next stay with us. We will make sure to maintain our top service as usual. Looking forward to welcoming you back soon! #HappyRoving! -Reza and Team
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Was here for a conference at the Dubai Exhibition Center. The location is very good, just a few minutes walk from the exhibition center and the Expo 2020 metro station. The room was nice and everything worked well, though the bathroom could be a bit bigger.
The staff were always friendly and helpful and the lobby was nice. The music was not too loud and there were people mingling and working left and right.
The breakfast was also good. I would just recommend using freshly-squeezed juice for the juices at breakfast.
I would stay here again if I had a conference again at DEC.
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Date of stay: November 2024
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Trip type: Travelled on business
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Response from Amr Saady, Guest Services / Front Office at Rove Expo City
Responded 21 Nov 2024
Hi Tianshanky Thanks a million for sharing your #awesome experience with Rove Hotels Looking forward to welcoming you back soon! See you next time. #HappyRoving! Amr & Rove Expo City
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This is the second hotel of this chain where we are staying in Dubai. There are also a lot of reviews praising the room cleaners, obviously written by them themselves, which is not true since they don’t really try to clean, as there was trash lying in the corner and it remained after cleaning. In general, it’s not bad here for the money, and I repeat, you can safely settle in. There is a metro station nearby, a big plus. We had our own car and the downside is that finding the way here is always like going through a quest with overcoming an immeasurable number of forks and turns in the vast expo territory. Free underground parking is provided. The machine for making ice on the floors turned out to be very useful, cool.
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Date of stay: October 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:Принадлежностей для бритья нет. В коридорах есть лёдогенератор. Парковка бесплатная.
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Very bad service. I rented two rooms and the TV was not working in both of them. When I asked them to fix the problem, they said there was no working TV, and the response was very rude - when I asked for anything from room service, they said it was closed now. Upon arrival, Valet Parking asked me to park the car myself and then took the car key from me! What kind of hotel is this??? I will file a complaint with the relevant authorities because I did not benefit from anything from the hotel and it was the worst hotel experience in my life and I do not recommend this hotel to anyone.
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Date of stay: March 2024
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This hotel appears to be the only hotel within walking distance of the Expo centre, hopefully more hotels pop up in the future as this is a Travelodge at best.
breakfast was fine.. the service was slow though and I was constantly asking to be served. Staff were friendly, rooms were cleaned daily.
If you’re a light sleeper ask for a quiet room, which I was given and had no problems with noise. The bed wasn’t the most comfortable, I found the duvet really thin and the pillows weren’t great, the towels in the bathroom were paper thin.
I asked for a room upgrade but was told all rooms the same, no balconies, rooms are small, no bath tubs.
If you’re looking for a place to crash and need to be at the Expo centre this place is…. Fine… but, i see no other reason to stay here.
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Date of stay: January 2025Trip type: Travelled solo
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Response from Amr Saady, Guest Services / Front Office at Rove Expo City
Responded 13 Jan 2025
Hi Lisasmithie, Thank you for roving with us and for taking the time to fill out the feedback form. You got our concept in one! We are a midscale hotel, offering limited services. Our portfolio has 4 and 5 star properties, such as Vida and the Address, which offer a different range of services and products to compliment different needs. #HappyRoving! Amr & Rove Expo City
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Rove and Rovsters never disappoint, we booked 2 rooms as it was not pricey at all, rove expo is one of our favourite locations for a small weekend getaways! Location is perfect away from the city, with exceptions swimming pool and the dome view.
Our host Abir at the Reception was the best, she was always smiling and helpful with a lovely friendly attitude, and gave us the best rooms. Wishing her all the success. You rock Abir💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Hope to visit Rove soon!!!
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Date of stay: September 2024Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:The show at the Dome begins in October much like many activities.
Swimming pool is nice n clean...
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Response from Syed Raza, Guest Services / Front Office at Rove Expo City
Responded 13 Sept 2024
Hello Rover 785ahsanw👋 Wow wow wow 🥰🥰🥰 Thanks a million for taking the time to share this wonderful Feedback. We are truly happy to learn that you've enjoyed your stay with us 🙏 🌹 . Looking forward to seeing Roving again with us 🤜🤛 Till then, Happy Roving 😍 -Reza & Team
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Wanted to stay here always from the time I have started visiting expo and happen to get an opportunity now only, visited here as a family group, booked two rooms and had a wonderful experience overall, a bit tricky to reach the hotel location, there is GPS coordinates send by the hotel team which will guide you, still just need to be careful with that, there was parking right in the hotel premises itself and I happen to receive free valet service also, a small confusion in during the check in process apart from that process was smooth and we were given adjacent rooms, rooms was small but neat and minimalist with very minimum amenities only, there must have been at least a small cupboard in the room in my opinion, hair drier, ironing facility, kettle, even a small balcony with a wasl and expo site view was available which I felt was great. Dental and other kits u will get upon request, the best part is we can access the expo site and walk around the entire premises or can hire a e bike and drive around the whole place which is very quite and no one to disturb you of any sort, not sure if you can access any pavilions, we just walked around the entire place which was very quite, peaceful & refreshing with memories. Breakfast was amazing, the best part is since it is outside the city limits place is very less crowded and restaurant also was less crowded during the mornings, my booking included breakfast also and there is bread options available like a buffet and others u can order anything from the breakfast menu and they will give it on your table, that's an amazing option actually..! The reception area is a chic design and you can spend as much time as you want there and it never gets bores, so many places to click pictures also. There is a pool which is 24 hours, bar available and roof top swimming pool also, pool I felt could have been made a little bit more better, it is less deep and someone tall can hardly have a proper swim in it, also it closes by 7pm which I felt was a bit too early. Anyways I will be coming back here again, it was a pleasant experience and people who likes some silence, less crowd and peacefulness u can chose here. And ya don't forget your Nostalgia stamp if you are an expo enthusiast..!!
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Date of stay: July 2022
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Response from Naoual Benamar, Service clients/Réception at Rove Expo City
Responded 1 Aug 2022
What a review mithunraj_88, thank you 🙏🏻 We felt proud reading your feedback and can’t wait welcoming you back again. KeepRoving, happyRoving! Naoual & Rove Expo 2020 Rovesters
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Hi - the airport shuttle if booked through us is AED 280. Alternatively you can take a taxi and be dropped off at the Mobility gate - valet parking.
Our team is out there to assist with your arrival. Please let us know if you are arriving during the night to have the team waiting for you.
#HappyRoving, Nila & Team
I contacted then via WhatsApp listed in the hotel home page to get support for my early morning arrival and their response was fast and assuring that I would be ok. Indeed it went all well!
Dubai, United Arab Emirates8 contributions2 helpful votes
"There is no supermarket at this hotel like most of the other Rove hotels, but there is a gas station with a shop not too far away that you can find almost anything."
There are more places to choose from in the Dubai area.
PRICE RANGE
RM 262 - RM 640 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
United Arab EmiratesEmirate of DubaiDubaiAl Safa / Al Safa 1
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331
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