Top 5-Star Hotels in Medina

Firstly I would like to make very clear that there are two Movenpick hotels in Madinah which some reviewers seem to be mixing up! This one is part of the Accor group and the Movenpick Madina that we stayed in. It is BEHIND the Pullman Zamzam Madinah, which faces one side of the Masjid al Nabawi haram. So it is a couple of roads walk away from the haram on the opposite side to the female entrances to the haram. This is nowhere near five star standard. Due to the poor condition of the bathrooms and room decor I would say three is being generous. Despite its attractive entrance and reception this is a rundown hotel in need of refurbishment, in particular the disgusting bathrooms. The bath, sinks and tiles were old, stained and mouldy. This was made worse by the fact that the housekeeping was very poor. The rooms weren’t cleaned and towels not changed unless we requested this. The actual rooms were ok despite the tired looking furnishings and lack of cleaning. The receptionist who checked us in apologised for not giving us adjacent rooms, but we discovered we did have adjacent rooms, and both were triple rooms. The rooms were quite spacious with comfortable generous sized beds but the TVs had very poor reception and the wifi was appalling, regularly dropping out. The fridges in the rooms were tiny and barely cold. In fact they and the lights turned off whenever we took the key cards out! Because of the hotel location the view out of the window was depressing, a view of the main road. A nice touch though was that as well as a Quran there was a nice prayer mat in each room. On our first morning we went down to breakfast to discover that the female staff had already let some guests have breakfast for our rooms. The head of staff quickly resolved this apologising profusely. In fact apart from this confusion on the first day we found the restaurant staff to be very nice people. They always had a smile for us and the waiters always ready to assist. We were very very disappointed with the very limited cooked breakfast items - there was barely any variety and apart from on one day only vegetarian options. The pancakes were disgusting and tasted like long life ones from packets rather than freshly made. Very very disappointing. But the worst was that there was no fresh coffee!! Only sachets of instant coffee. How is this possible in a so called five star restaurant? There was a big unhealthy selection of pastries though. And the strawberry juice when available was nice. We tried to order room service in the evening on one occasion- the staff member (chef?) who answered the call was rude and told us some of the items were either unavailable or incorrectly described on the menu! On the whole staying at this hotel was a major inconvenience due to its location and at best it is a three star hotel. I would not stay here again.

Best of the best! Super clean room and extremely comfortable. Feels like home. Superb Location just next to the main gate of Masjidil Nabawi. Buffet breakfast was great and plenty of choices. Highly recommended

The hotel location was very convenient! Just 200 meters away from the Masjid Nabawi. Very clean hotel. The pillow, bedsheet and bed were comfortable. Friendly and helpful staff. Really enjoyed my stay! Wifi connection & breakfast was good too. Overall I’m fully satisfied and definitely come back soon.

My stay on 9 to 11 of Feb 2023. Excellent location, short walk from towards the Masjid - the side of the Green Dome. Also a short walk to the food market. Friendly staff and spacious clean room - good condition bath and shower (no horrible grout work)- comfortable mattress topper - clean Tea/Coffee making facilities. Hallway to room smells good with some sort of atomiser and lifts are fast, on either side of the hallway. The receptionist kindly gave me an upgrade from the usual room I'd booked. All in all, this was a pleasant and peaceful experience. I comfortably got changed into my Ihram, ready for my onwards journey to Makkah via train. Mr Akhtar

Arrived at the hotel and upgraded to a suite. Unfortunately poor standard poor selection of meals breakfast was okay dinner was not great not many options

The location is great. It's a 5 minute walk from the airport, so you can easily take the bus from the airport and go there. The bus to and from the airport was free and easy to use, so I didn't have to worry about having a suitcase.

Everything is fantastic. Reception, rooms, restaurants...etc but the most amazing one is staff 😍 👌 👏 They are dealing very friendly and kindly with all guests whatever they are or thier mode... I loved the egg cooker Asgor so much, he is dealing professional with all orders on time and respond positively to all requests also all restaurant team are doing great with us I mean all of them and recall Nidris Mia, Waiter, just because his name came to my mind but the whole staff are really great and looks like you are keen in people selection and well trained.... Sorry for the long written but loved you all guys... Wish you all the best and looking forward to coming back 😀 😊

Not recommended Stay in another CLEAN hotel. The baby cot is extremely dirty and not to be used by kids. Room type Junior Suite not a regular room The rate includes Full board (buffet) however they sever room service instead and have limited options only 5 4 main course. So if you are staying for 2 or 3 nights You have to eat the same dish 2 times a day for your entire stay. The other 5 stars hotel here server open buffet. Just choose another hotel . Zero value for money Zero service You have to call three times to get the order/service (and it will arrive wrong after an hour at least)

great food, very nice for the waiter nazmul goodjob. thank u so much for your service nazmul. teppanyaki is really delicious especially the beef, the portion is also big. really recomended. side dish and dessert also very good. thankyou kyoto japanese restaurant

Booked 7 rooms. via their agents Khalid Tour. Did not get any rooms till 6pm due to the hotel being ”busy”. When we got the room, none of the rooms had any towels in them. We were told they are all in the wash. Two rooms were given to us with long strands of hair on the pillowcases. When we bought that to the attention of Ja**** of Khalid Tour we were told that he will get the housekeeping to go again in the room. I was advised that the room was probably not cleaned well, as we were rushing them to get our room (at 6pm!) Having booked a suite a was given a disabled room and was told that this was the suite. When I spoke to reception about the room they confirmed that the room was actually not a suite and there was non available for that evening. I am told that the hotel and their agent will try and sort things out for us tomorrow. No conversation about reimbursement for the suite that I never got. Sadly, the actions above are criminal. Staff could not be more unprofessional and rude!