Well worth a visit and a stay.
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 12/16/07
The hotel is probably the premier place to stay if you want western expat company in the Diggers Bar - the only other compatible places are the British Club and the Country Club.
You will also find a live rock band, if the Filipina guitarist is on stage its worth the visit just to listen to her play.
The rooms are pretty good with all the usuals you expect at the better hotels cable/satelite tv and a mini bar, without having to pay Hilton prices. Try to get a room at the Gold Suq end over the restaurant, Diggers Bar and the other bars are at the other end of the building and the noise travels. Diggers Bar has entertainment of the adult kind dressed up to the nines - used to be Thai but is now mainly Chinese. If your desires stretch to South Mediterranean ladies they are in the adjoining Delmon bars. The bar meals are reasonable, and the beer is good.
As for security in the area, I have been in and out of the Delmon and Diggers for as long as I can remember the Delmon being there, I have never had a problem with the staff, the clientel, the expats, the 'ladies' and the locals.
The police keep out of the scene but be assured, they are not far away guarding the gold suq, so stay sober and DONT even think of driving if you have had a skinful - the fines and other penalties are severe.
Gulf Expat (29 years in the sand)