Been to Dubai a fair few times, however have only ever stated with the junerah group hotels.
Ok so been to the burj al Arab :
http://m.jumeirah.com/s/info?execution=e3s934029268
Gorgeous hotel but totally pretentious and over priced. It's nice to say you have been and experienced it but in all honesty I would say that it's worth going for dinner and having a wee nosey afterwards, but not worth staying over. The food in the underwater fish restaurant was superb tho!
The jumeirah beach hotel was fantastic about 6 years ago however is a bit dated and god strike me down for saying this .... A bit common now. When we go on Hidatsa I like the hotel to be a but different and unique, however with this one all you get is an abundance of Germans!
http://m.jumeirah.com/s/info?execution=e4s2046505498
Lastly is the Mina A Salam, my favourite hotel out of everyone I have stayed at but also visited in Dubai. It is based on an old Arabic castle and the decor is out if this world! It has loads of hidden bars and restaurants so its never over crowded, but also there is a creek throughout the hotel which you can either walk using the bridges to get around or take a wee gondola, which can be rather romantic. I can recommend the steak restaurant here! I may have visited a few times when I was there lol.
http://m.jumeirah.com/s/info?execution=e8s1610955838
There are loads of excursions you can do like sand boarding, camel riding, desert stay overs and my favourite ... Dune buggys
Overall a great city for cours and families, can't recommend enough!
Hole this helps a wee bit!