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VOGO Grand Hotel formerly Best Western Plus Academic City

Morning coffee sets the stage for adventure at this urban retreat, where travelers can boost energy at the gym or soak up sunshine by the refreshing pool

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In Academic City, VOGO Grand Hotel (formerly Best Western Plus Academic City) offers amenities like an on-site grocery store and coffee shop. Guests can enjoy the outdoor pool, maintain fitness at the gym, or get local tips from the helpful concierge team.

Reviews

8.0 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning
  • Gym

Room options

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillowtop beds, minibar

Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Non Smoking (with Sofabed)

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 30 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Classic Double Room Non Smoking | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillowtop beds, minibar

Classic Double Room Non Smoking

  • 19 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Classic Twin Room Non Smoking | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillowtop beds, minibar

Classic Twin Room Non Smoking

  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Premium Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking (Living Room;with Sofabed) | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillowtop beds, minibar

Premium Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking (Living Room;with Sofabed)

  • 50 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Double Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillowtop beds, minibar

Standard Double Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

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Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • 16 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Single Room, Non Smoking | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillowtop beds, minibar

Standard Single Room, Non Smoking

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Vogo Executive - King Bed | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillowtop beds, minibar

Vogo Executive - King Bed

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

About the neighborhood

Located in Dubai, VOGO Grand Hotel formerly Best Western Plus Academic City is in the business district. Dubai Mall and Dubai Festival City Mall are worth checking out if shopping is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's popular attractions can visit Global Village and Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo. Looking to enjoy an event or a game while in town? See what's happening at 117Live Arena or Nad al-Sheba Club. Visit our Dubai travel guide
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Al Ruwayyah First, Dubai

What's nearby

  • Dubai Mall featuring interior views, shopping and signage
    Dubai Mall
    18 min drive - 14.9 miles
  • American University in the Emirates
    20 min walk - 1.1 miles
  • Institute of Management Technology Dubai
    20 min walk - 1.1 miles
  • S P Jain School of Global Management Dubai
    20 min walk - 1.1 miles
  • Emirates Aviation University
    2 min drive - 1.1 miles

Getting around

  • Dubai Intl. Airport (DXB)
    24 min drive

Restaurants

  • McDonald's
    12 min walk
  • Starbucks
    4 min drive
  • Costa Coffee
    4 min drive
  • Khobzah W Fakhara
    7 min drive
  • Silk Route
    6 min drive

About this property

VOGO Grand Hotel formerly Best Western Plus Academic City

Upscale hotel located in Academic City
Consider a stay at VOGO Grand Hotel formerly Best Western Plus Academic City and take advantage of a grocery/convenience store, a coffee shop/cafe, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Free WiFi in public areas is available to all guests, along with a bar and a gym.
Other perks at this hotel include:
  • An outdoor pool along with sun loungers
  • Free self parking
  • Full breakfast (surcharge), a porter/bellhop, and an elevator
  • A banquet hall, concierge services, and a 24-hour front desk
Room features
All 125 rooms offer comforts such as premium bedding and laptop-friendly workspaces, in addition to thoughtful touches like desk chairs and air conditioning.
Other conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding, Egyptian cotton sheets, and pillowtop mattresses
  • Showers, free toiletries, and hair dryers
  • 43-inch flat-screen TVs with digital channels
  • Wardrobes/closets, free tea bags/instant coffee, and electric kettles

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily full breakfast available 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee: AED 40 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Gym
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Outdoor pool
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop

Business services

  • Business center
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Pool loungers

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Area rugs in room
  • Elevator
  • High-pile carpet in room
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 6 buildings
  • 7 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 2022
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Traditional architecture

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Slippers
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 43-inch flat-screen TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Laptop workspace
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: AED 20.00 per accommodation, per night
    • A tourism fee is imposed by the city and collected at the property. The fee is AED 20.00 for the first bedroom per night, and increases by AED 20.00 per night for each additional bedroom.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately AED 40 per person

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit

We should mention

No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Vogo Plus Academic City Dubai

Frequently asked questions

Does VOGO Grand Hotel formerly Best Western Plus Academic City have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is VOGO Grand Hotel formerly Best Western Plus Academic City pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at VOGO Grand Hotel formerly Best Western Plus Academic City?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime.

What time is check-out at VOGO Grand Hotel formerly Best Western Plus Academic City?

Check-out is at noon.

Where is VOGO Grand Hotel formerly Best Western Plus Academic City located?

Located in Academic City, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of American University in the Emirates and S P Jain School of Global Management Dubai. Emirates Aviation University is 1.2 mi (2 km) away.

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Reviews

VOGO Grand Hotel formerly Best Western Plus Academic City Reviews

8.0

Very Good

8.2

Cleanliness

7.6

Amenities

8.2

Staff & service

8.2

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 54 out of 112 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 27 out of 112 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 112 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 112 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 112 reviews

Reviews

8/10 Good

ammar

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good for short stay, very good location,
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2025

8/10 Good

Mohamed Najm El Din

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Clean room Good underground parking (plenty space) Good breakfast Staff friendly
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2026

8/10 Good

Prajnashmi

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Room was clean, all staff were cordial
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was cozy and the food was a delight! Both breakfast and dinner!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2025

8/10 Good

PTS Abeer

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
clean, nice, wonderful staff and customer services
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Destan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed there for a conference. The hotel was very clean and the amenities were nice. The staff were friendly, professional, and helpful. I recommend this place for its price to value ratio, too.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2025

8/10 Good

Rajni

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good convenient location for Myriad student accommodation
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Living

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Family friendly
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

LOREN

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very good and friendly hotel
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Abdullahi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was great also many places to walk if you get bored.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great experience and quick service
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Emergency stay

Stayed during the horrific storm not planned but the hotel were good and helpful room service was nice and they helped me out
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pradeep

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Value for money hotel in Academic city

This is a large 6-building hotel structure with rooms spread out across these 6 low-rise buildings. The rooms are quite neat n clean but fairly basic. Having said that, the price at which u get it, is absolutely a value for money deal. This is away from city centre - around 25 mins drive by cab n around 90 Dhs from hotel to Dubai Mall. But its excellent if you want to b around the Academic City area where there are many universities located, almost walking distance from the hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

mobsting

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A new quite area. Far from downtown and other business related places. 10-15 minutes drive from nice collection of restaurants.
Stayed 10 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Shavanah from Pakistan is Amazing

We met a lovely lady at the restaurant from Pakistan Mrs. Shavanah she was so amazing and with a beautiful ange smile she made our 3 sons smile and be happy and we think she is a sunshine she made me a great hot chocolate , great hotel clean, and we loved the shuttle service to Emirates Mall
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mohammed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel value for money Ahmed at Front reception was very good the hotel was heaving with the cancellation guests from airlines but the front desk specially Ahmed was very composed The duty managers also seemed to be on the ball trying to facilitate things The rooms is a tad small but has all amenities required Housekeeping was prompt to get things
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Deidree

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Booked a single room which was bigger than I expected, comfortable bed, complimentary mineral water replenished daily, water kettle with complimentary coffee and tea, and air conditioning was functional; the safe didn’t work but fortunately I didn’t urgently need it, and no hairdryer was provided; breakfast was ok, reception staff said I could get a business invoice upon check-out but for some reason they couldn’t give it to me and just said they will email it to me. Location was fine considering my conference was at the university close to the hotel, but unfortunately it was far from downtown.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Nour

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had to stay at best western in academic city for business. The area is literally in the desert there's nothing around you. I got an upgrade to the deluxe room which is spatious comparing to the standard & executive one. But the main problem in this hotel is the bathroom and apparently All the rooms have the same problem. When you shower the whole bathroom will be flooded. We had to stay for a week so this was not practical at all we asked the staff to give us a whipper as a solution but still it is a main inconvenient process. I would really thank the staff at the reception all of them day and night shift they were very cooperative for the bathroom issue and very friendly

10/10 Excellent

Cariss

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel, staff were attentive and the buffet is really nice.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2026

10/10 Excellent

Quazi

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent hotel. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

WAIL

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good hotel
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Naoki

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The breakfast and dinner menus were different every day, which was very convenient for us staying for a long time.
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

tariro

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Guest were happy
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vijaya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel, a bit distant and away from town, but good facilities and Mr Mahendra at the Garden restaurant was outstanding
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Peniasi

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Love Vogo hotel Dubai 😍😍
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2025