Sharjah Carlton Hotel in Sharjah City

The hotel is terrible! We stayed here in May 2024. We stayed in a bungalow, and everything smelled musty, and it took a long time to get the smell out. The restaurant is mediocre; the food in three-star hotels is much tastier and better quality. After eating there, I developed gastritis and had to switch to pills. And about the beach: there are absolutely not enough sun loungers. It's stormy in Canada, and they don't let you lie in the sea under an umbrella; there's no way you can lie in the shade. All the sun loungers are booked for the whole day from the morning, and you're not guaranteed to find anyone. We went to shopping malls to while away the day. As a result, every day, these seemingly small things become annoying. Our vacation was so-so, and we'll never set foot in this hotel again. I don't recommend it, but you can always give it a try.

Disappointment ((( This is not the first time in the UAE, the last time was in September, but in Ajman, also 4 stars on the first line, the hotel is fire 🔥! We took this hotel 3 days before the flight. We are not picky about food and the environment at all, but here there is a real problem with both 👎🏽, I won't even mention the staff, rude, abrupt, they took three eggs from breakfast, the cleaner flew up to us like a ****** and started yelling at the whole canteen (I can't call this place anything else): "Madam, madam, you owe 100 dirhams quickly!!!" 🤣🤦🏼♀️, almost killed for three eggs)))) there is no drinking water on the territory, neither for breakfast nor for dinner, we asked, they answered - for a fee! What they put in the room is 1 bottle, and there are 3 of us ... the beach is in bulls, but to give credit wide, plenty of free sun loungers, wonderful entrance, there are fish, only for the beach I gave 2 stars, BUT be careful, every day either oil or fuel oil stuck to my feet and crocs... it doesn't wash off ((( the pool is like a pool - normal, warmer than the water in the bay. The room was bought in the main building with a balcony, they gave me a shabby chalet, with the first cleaning they took away personal, specially folded separately packing bags, we always take them to put our shoes away later when we fly out... the first time this))) we were afraid that they would take out the bags))) we put them in the closet))) there are no slippers and robes, the towels are all in holes (((
About the gym: women's and men's hours, declared until 19:00 - they kicked us out (yes, they kicked us out in a rude manner) at 17:30! Wi-Fi works everywhere, another star) there is a store next to the hotel, prices are like everywhere else. It's 20 minutes by taxi to Dubai. The contingent is Russians, quiet elderly people and couples with children.
Bottom line: we won't come back here, the declared 4 stars don't correspond at all, especially in the Emirates! In season the hotel costs twice as much, the only good thing is that we got it really cheap, 6 days breakfast-dinner, for three 88,000₽, without a flight.

We were on holiday together from 26.05 to 03.06 in this hotel. Upon arrival at the hotel they checked us in immediately, took our passports. Towards the evening it turned out that they would only be returned to us on the day of departure, which was a shock for us, because we had never encountered this in other hotels. The next day we met with the guide Zhanna (an extremely unpleasant person, and I will tell you why later*) she said that you always need to have your passports with you. We immediately rushed to get them, as a result - 100 dollars and they will be returned. Apparently they take it as a deposit, I do not see any other reason. They returned it upon check-out. Speaking of food, I must add that the only fresh fruit is watermelon. The rest of the fruit is canned. Quite varied for 4, but we have seen more extensive ones. All the food is very tasty (except for sausage and cheese), although there were times when the fish was oversalted. There were always enough tables, the cutlery was clean, but there were black streaks on the plates from them. The most interesting thing was the room. We had a chalet. It was a small room with one window next to the front door, a bathroom, two single beds, a bedside table and a large table with a shelf for shoes and a TV. In the middle of the room there was a door, apparently leading to another room. By the way, there is a minibar, but it is paid. Even when you check in, it will be empty, which again has never happened in other countries, even where it is paid. The toilet always smelled of sewage, but when you turn on the exhaust hood, the smell went away. During the day, the water from the tap and in the shower is hot, and I would like to cool off after 40 ° (the pool is also hot). Towels are changed daily, and in 9 days of our stay, the linen was changed once. THERE ARE ANTS IN THE ROOM IMPORTANT: 1 bottle of water 1.5 liters per room. There is clearly a problem with water here, since there is none in the hotel canteen either (for breakfast there are 2 types of juice, tea and coffee, and for lunch/dinner tea and coffee). We went to buy water in the nearest supermarket (as you leave the hotel, immediately turn left). The cost is 4 dirhams, which is about 100 rubles for 5 liters. The beach is good, but there were not enough umbrellas. More precisely, there would be enough if they were repaired. There are a lot of sun loungers. The beach is open from 7:00 to 19:00, there is only 1 exit to it. *now about Zhanna. A woman who is absolutely not interested in your stay here. She came only to tell you about the excursions, and when some said that they could not afford it (and she really sold it more expensive than in other hotels) she said that she wasted her time and they could have told her about it earlier. When we calmly refused this or that excursion, she asked why 100 times and began to really judge and say that we should go there. We still took a sightseeing tour of Dubai, it's just super, costs 65 dollars. We never regretted it. It includes dinner during the cruise along the Marina. In general, the hotel is a shaky 4, more like a 3+

We rested on May 16-30, 2023. Rooms 917 and 956. We visited the hotel for the second time. The first time we were in 2019 and were satisfied with this hotel, that's why we came a second time this year. But, this year we suffered quite a strong disappointment - the hotel has deteriorated. To begin with, the hotel is no longer a 4 star hotel, as their sign at the entrance claims. And then I will explain why. It all started with the fact that they tried to provide us with a room not of the category that we actually paid for. We rented a chalet with a sea view, and they tried to provide us with a dark, damp room overlooking the tennis court, which blocked the sea completely, claiming that it was a sea view. After the scandal and tears, attempts to call the boss, we were nevertheless promised that tomorrow we would change the number. Well, let's spend a day in room 917 of this category, and then, it seems, we will be given a room on the second floor with a really sea view. This was not deceived. I will say right away that the furniture in both rooms we have mastered is, in principle, solid, although a little tired, there is no cleaning, as always and everywhere. As soon as a crumb of some sweetness remains on the floor, if you ate something in the room, a mountain of ants will run up to you, as the cleaner was too lazy to wipe between the beds, or move the nightstand there. The dust does not extend at all, flakes fall from the TV. From the place where a piece of sweets fell, we removed the ants twice. At breakfast, of course, you won’t be left hungry - there is enough food of any kind, but the variety that is supposed to be four is completely absent from the word, there are no fruits, only canned food; we didn’t attend lunches and dinners, because we didn’t take them, and therefore I can’t say, but I doubt that there is also a wide variety of food. It's bitterly cold in the dining room, and there are a lot of children there. In front of my eyes, the father of the family turned off the blower over the table, the employee went and immediately turned it on. For what? And on the third day, generally seal the air conditioner switch. Apparently, so that tourists do not sit around and get out of there quickly. There are enough sun loungers for everyone on the beach, but there are no umbrellas to sit comfortably in the shade. You can't lie in the sun all the time. There are not enough umbrellas decently - somewhere around 1/3 of the vacationers. From 8:00 in the morning until 12:00 in the afternoon you will not find free umbrellas, because our beloved habalist compatriots somehow make their way to them even before the opening of the beach and in their favorite manner take places, although they are not then located in these places under umbrellas and mushrooms. The laws of the city of Sharjah on the prohibition of smoking on the beaches at the Carlton Hotel do not work, the staff, unfortunately, does not respond to stinking drug ******* defecating smoke every 5 m of the beach. But everything is overshadowed by the fact that only HOT water comes out of the tap, it is a problem to wash yourself, especially after tanning, when the skin hurts from hot water, but there is absolutely no cold water. There is no Internet, you can’t talk on Watsap, you can only write and send medium-sized files. In general, summing up all of the above, it should be noted that the hotel draws on strong two