ok for dubai i agree it's bad. this place is not nice. let's say even if you forget the bad style, being on minimum rest in this is a nightmare. it is very noisy, and i woke up many times very very tired. It is not a crew hotel.
On the other hand I have to say that the Armed Forces Club / Hotel is very nice. new rooms, very confortable beds, flat screen tv, very nice restaurant, for me it is way better than the gulf hotel... but there are no beach, no 'club/bar'... now we have to go downtown to have fun, but does the managment want us to have fun ? no they want us to rest !
so the deal is fare, but please do something for dubai!
cheers