After Dubai, this hotel was in an active area, not perfect, but there is a huge mall next door. Lots of shops in the neighborhood, but not a lot of restaurants. Mostly jewelry stores, and service stores, and a few small markets.
After exploring, I found more restaurants behind the mall, but initially ate at the shopping center.
Concierge was iffy. No English alphabet (Roman) street maps available and knowledge of bus lines is spotty. Often wrong. No metro in Abu Dhabi. I bought a Hafilat card with 50 Dirham ($15) and never used it. Was going to take buses and the shuttle to the airport, but opted for a taxi due to a very early flight to Amman (5:45 am). So, it is wasted unless I come back.
After visiting nearby sheik's palace, discovered free Abu Dhabi tour bus that went to the far flung presidential Palace and Grand Mosque, so took that instead.
Staffer Romeo, who brought my luggage offered to help fix a zipper that tangled in Dubai due to the bag falling from the Park Regis tiny luggage stand. Very nice. He also knew more about the area than others. Desk clerk Kim and Ahmed were also very nice and helpful.
They give 4 bottles of water a day, which was too much, and I gave several back. The restaurant buffet, which I used once was reasonable and good.
The shower worked weird. As you turned it on, you waited for warm water, then when finished I turned the knob to shut it off, only to receive a cold shower from a rain stream above. And cold. Should be a different
knob.