love to stay here. we came at 10am just to confirm our stay (we know that check ins start at 5pm) but they gave us key and let us checked in anyway. excellent! it's posh, clean, spacious, close to Haram less crowded than other hotels such as Sofwah Royal, nice food court, bin Dawood SPM is on the same building. but for Maghrib prayer*, you have to go earlier because police will block the way in front of the hotel to King Fahd Gate (between Intercontinental Hotel and 6 WC). you can still go inside Haram, just walk a bit further through King Abdullah Gate. *we stayed here during the Hajj season