Golden Tulip Dammam Corniche Hotel

“Dated, But Nice”

The Golden Tulip is about juxtapositions. Nice hotel by the Dammam Corniche. The rooms are not just "spacious," they're downright palacial. My room 301 was huge. However, I wouldn't say it's opulent. The furniture is nice but dated. Couches are typical of what you'd find in an average Saudi home. T… more

The Golden Tulip is about juxtapositions. Nice hotel by the Dammam Corniche. The rooms are not just "spacious," they're downright palacial. My room 301 was huge. However, I wouldn't say it's opulent. The furniture is nice but dated. Couches are typical of what you'd find in an average Saudi home. The bed was comfortable and the window curtains really closed well and keeps the room dark. Good for sleeping. And one day, I slept all the way to 5:30pm! But it's dated so things look old and some things are wearing out. Like the desk chair. Losing its support and lost one of the wheels. Housekeeping didn't seem to notice nor have anyone come to replace/repair the chair. Housekeeping is also a bit strange. When I asked for it, they did a decent job. Replaced the linens (mismatched), but they didn't seem to come daily (to be fair, on many days, I wouldn't leave until the afternoon - but never did I hear anyone knock). One the days they did come, it was uneven. Upon check-in, the bathroom had a nice loofah that I used. Housekeeping got rid of that when replacing the towels. On the second cleaning, they left a dirty cleaning rag, took away the dirty towels but didn't replace them. At all. At breakfast, the attendant wasn't entirely warm and friendly, but he was efficient - I think. The buffet was another inconsistency. This hotel breakfast is the demonstration of a kitchen re-using whatever banquet function food remained from the day before. Whether club sandwiches, sauteed vegetables, roasted potatoes, or whatever. If the function didn't finish it the day before, it was being served for breakfast - and it looked like hell at times. Luckily, they didn't extend this approach to the pastries which were quite fresh and enjoyable. Fresh fruit? Perfunctory. Especially in the Middle East where they typically cherish fruit, maybe there would be sliced watermelon or melon. Maybe. There is an omelette station but the guy manning it was there maybe twice in eight days. Juices were fresh and nice. The hot tea with mint was an enjoyable beverage served piping hot, but the last three days: No mint. Hotel staff was perfectly fine. I didn't interact with them much (mostly the breakfast host) and they were typically pleasant and accommodating. Check out took a bit longer than I'm used to since they wanted to send someone to check the room. There is a pool in the health spa that's open during the day and then from 9pm to midnight. I wasn't able to investigate but I did check out their Business Suite/Smoking Lounge, a dual-purpose room for working on a computer with printer and smoking. I can't imagine non-smokers would like this. I used it on a couple occasions to smoke my cigar and catch up on some movies (there is a large-screen tv in the room). It's a comfortable space. So while the overall experience was Good, where this hotel really shines is in their air conditioning. It's superb - and a bit out of control. When you set the temp to 18C in most hotel rooms, it takes a good while for it to get to temperature. No so at the Golden Tulip. This AC Rocks The House. I'm freezing in the room. My gear is freezing. This is great in the Middle East. Especially here in Dammam where it's both blazing and humid. Frigid AC is a very welcome situation.

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“luxurious room but it stops there”

the room amd bathroom are good but otherwise deplorable 1- internal telephone do not work so if you need anything you need to go to reception 2 I do not understand their choice of TV channels very poor choices, useless and they do not have the free for all standard chemmels 3 Front desk is manned… more

the room amd bathroom are good but otherwise deplorable 1- internal telephone do not work so if you need anything you need to go to reception 2 I do not understand their choice of TV channels very poor choices, useless and they do not have the free for all standard chemmels 3 Front desk is manned by inexperienced young men 4- the duty manager is nowhere to be seen his name is posted but unreacheable I booked for two nights they called me twice to confirm my second night which was ok but they did not act upon it and room was not cleaned when I got back

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