Name: Oriental Nights Rest House
Address: Sur Street, Al Ghabbi, Al Ghabbi, Al Ghabbi, 412, Oman
Rating: 8

Air conditioning

24-hour reception

Smoking areas

Ticket assistance

Garden

Terrace

No elevators

General

Room service

Fridge

Family room

Cable TV

Shower/Bathtub

Shower

Wardrobe/Closet

Slippers

Rooms

Iron and board

Laundry

Wake-up service

Iron

Services and amenities

Breakfast

Breakfast in the room

Restaurant

Restaurant (buffet style)

Packed Lunches

Bottled water (at extra charge)

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet access

Internet

Airport transportation

Car rental

Transfer services

Transfer

English

Italian

Arabic

Languages Spoken

Tour assistance

Tourist services

Barbecue grill(s)

Hiking

Picnic area

Barbeque

Recreation

Parking

Garage

Swimming pool

Outdoor pool

Pool and beach

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Extra decontamination measures

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the guest house

Room amenities

Oriental Nights Rest House

Al Ghabbi

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

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king-bed

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limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

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breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

What a wonderful place, we really enjoyed staying in this hotel. The hotel location is what we like so much especially that it’s near wadi bani Khalid, Whaiba sands and easy to go sur, Ashkara and Masira.. I recommend it

Real satisfactory 

Good place  for the family, in terms of location it’s the main road , good place to have food  in that area , good place to stay  ,

The Location is near to   Wadi Bani Khalid   , so you can visit  both locations A'Sharqiyah Sands and 
Wadi Bani Khalid .

Good place for family 
Good place to have food 
Good location

Good place for family

Before we booked our hotel stay, we had corresponded months in advance with the Manager/Owner over WhatsApp. He had helped us with precise directions and answered all our queries happily.

The day we arrived, they were surprised to find us there. It looked like we might have been the only guests there. But that didn't affect the service one bit. We were greeted by the owner couple who were themselves visiting from Muscat. We were introduced to Mr. Gopal, the cook, who took excellent care of our pure veg Indian food needs. The owner also helped organise 2 drivers for us - one for our excursion to the nearby Wadi Bani Khalid... and the other for the sunrise view at Wahiba Sands. Both the drivers were polite, charged reasonable and felt safe.

The hotel itself looked like a vast property, parts of it still getting developed. There's a whole lounge area done up in traditional Omani style, with lowlevel plush seating, coffee table with a thermos of hot coffee, some dates and a water bowl. The outdoors have ample visitor parking, children's play area, a garden with aloes, date trees and some more vegetation. There also seemed to be some kind of outdoor party area for family functions or such.

It was nice to come out in the night to gaze at the moon, the stars and what appeared to be a part of the galaxy. 

The outdoors were also fitted with sensor-lighting which i appreciated.

Our room was spacious for 2 people, the bathroom large with a tub. After we came back from Wadi Bani Khalid, we enjoyed a good soak time in the tub :)

The food was delicious for all our meals. We were free to choose from the fruits Gopal ji generously offered. He also made awesome espresso and cold coffee for us. We weren't given an itemised bill though, it was a blanket charge of 7 OMR for 2 people.

We wish we had a longer stay here. If you are planning to visit Al Asharqiyah Sands and Wadi Bani Khalid like us, this is your place to sleep the night off.

For directions - go off the exit 159 on Muscat-Sur highway. We came via Mwasalat Bus and our driver already knew the hotel, so he dropped us precisely there. Another landmark to confirm the location is the Maha Petrol Pump located at exit 159. The hotel is a 2-minute walk from the petrol pump complex.

Convenient Location, Well-Maintained and Affordable

We wanted to go to wadi Ben Khalid and found this nice and beautiful hotel on the way. Everything was clean, the apartment suite was bright and quit and the sign on the top, "feel free like at home" describes it perfect. We spent five days here and the manager Mohammed is so nice, to tell you everything about the country, the culture and the history of Oman, if you want. We would like to say thanks to everyone at the hotel, especially to Mohammed, who also drove us in the morning to the desert, to see the sunrise. Greets from Ronny and Katha and all the best.

A perfect stop in the desert

We stayed for one night, a transit in our trip from Nizwah to Wadi Bani Khalid. Despite it was a short stay, it was so remarkable in our tour in Oman; thanks to Mohammed Alhajri, the hotel owner. 

The hotel has apartments of spacious and clean rooms and expected amenities. The owner works at the reception, and he left his dinner to meet and greet and show us our apartment, and we've done the paperwork later. 

The owner runs car trips to the dunes of Wahiba Sands before the sun rise, and I can't describe how beautiful to join him in this adventure. I've got some of the most amazing pictures from where he showed us around in the dunes.

We had a wonderful stay

We only stayed there for one night, in transit from Nizwa to Wadi Bani Khalid. We were impressed by the spacious room we got for three people (like a penthouse): one double bedroom with en-suite bathroom, another bedroom with twin beds with a separate bathroom, a kitchen and a hall with sofas to rest. Super clean, with all the amenities we could look for on our road trip: hot water, comfy beds, clean bathroom with towels and soap, quietness. It was wonderful to wake up with the deep "Allahu akbar" call, always so penetrating and moving! We didn't try the breakfast, instead we joined the lovely owner, Mohammed, to an early morning trip to the sand dunes. Couldn't thank him enough for his generosity, his big smile, he treated us like family and we shared with him extremely interesting conversations on current affairs and Science –look for him when you stay there and join him to go to the Mosque early in the morning or to a sand dune trip.

Wonderful hotel, spotless service and superb location

Me and my husband stayed here only 1 night and we were the only guests in the Hotel. In the evening they made coffee and tea for us. That was nice. The rooms were clean and big. 
Breakfast was enough. Butter , cheese, honey and omelette. 
There is a place in the garden which you can watch the sunset. It was nice.

Perfect for 1 night

We stayed at oriental nights rest house for one night, as a stop over before we drove to the coast. 
The room was clean and had everything we needed for one night. For dinner we were able to order food at the reception which was also very good and only cost us 7 OMR. The staff was also very nice and open, we even got tea and coffee to the room by the receptionist. 

All in all this place is quite underrated, with 55 eur per night for a double room it offered a lot. 

As a stopover the best choice in the desert

I chose this as the place to stay the first night on a loop trip from Muscat down to Sur and then up again toward Nizwa.  It seemed to be located far enough from Sur to save me some good travel time on Day 2, but not too far to make Day 1 too long.  I could have traveled another hour or two northward, but that is with hindsight.  The room was clean and nice.  The bed was comfortable.  The a/c worked well.  There is a hot water heater in the bathroom; just remember to turn on the power switch for it.  I slept well without having to use earplugs.  The owner was very generous by giving me 4 bottles of water when I asked if I could buy some.  He and his family were eating in the restaurant, and the food smelled very good (although I did not eat there myself).  The biggest problem is that the property essentially does NOT have WiFi.  They have some kind of WiFi service, but it works only in the lobby, and it really doesn’t work well enough there to fool with trying to use it.  It connects, but seconds later disconnects, and it repeats that over and over and over.  I really needed to deal with some travel plans for Friday, but it was impossible.  Part of the problem may have been that as soon as they connected the WiFi for me, two of the employees were there using their phones, so it was a bad connection that was then being shared by 3 of us with the employees taking up bandwidth that meant I, as a guest, could do nothing.  I gave up and told them that if it doesn’t stay connected, they might as well not say they offer WiFi.

Comfortable, But Forget Trying to Do Anything on WiFi

Super friendly staff. The cook is from Nepal. The price on booking websites was half what they offered at the desk. Clean rooms. Undergoing renovations that will freshen it up. Stayed two nights and used it as a base for Wadi Bani Khaled. Super satisfied. 

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