Stayed for two nights on business. Brilliant location by the sea even though not all rooms have a sea view. Stunning lobby, quick and efficient check-in. My room was spacious, quiet, fresh and clean with a sliding door that opens towards a small balcony with manificant sunset views across the sea. The gymn is well-equipped and the pool is spacious. The only downside was an occasional slip in service standards. Despite having booked an airport pickup I had to wait half an hour for the driver to show up, and the concierge refused to take the charge for this less-than-perfect service off my bill. Room service took almost 45 minutes to arrive. Otherwise, lots of smiling faces and a positive, can-do attitude. If you have a day off, the hotel gives you a free voucher to one of the beach clubs north of Jeddah where it's okay to walk around in a bikini. Did an excellent dive there, the reef is right off the beach.

This is a large, modern, full-service hotel. The rooms and bathroom and spacious, with spotless housekeeping. Many in-house amenities include indoor and outdoor pools; workout room; etc. Nice breakfast on the club level. Great view of the Red Sea from many of the rooms -- ask for one since it is better than the city view.

There are a variety of restaurants, including an "American Diner" if you need a burger (as another reviewer notes, some of the decor starts to look like Disney concept restaurants.) The food of various cuisines in the other restaurants is quite good, so it would be a shame to default to a burger.

The service was farily good throughout, and made a nice respite when something would make you a little nuts about being in Saudi Arabia (Try changing a flight booking with Saudi Air. It's like dealing with the DMV from hell, except that I was rescued when I cut past the confusion in the ticketing office and just walked up to someone whose desk who seemed to be on the sidelines, not doing much. He was very helpful in untangling the maze of odd rebooking requirements and getting a boarding pass days before the flight!)

Face it: few come to Jeddah unless they are on business, but this hotel will make you very comfortable.

I stayed at the hotel twice now. You just cant compare it to any other hotel in the country. It is the biggest and most luxurious 5* hotel in the country.
Design/place : Over the top spacious, modern and fabulous lobby, the likes of which i have never seen.
Facilities: everything you can expect. 1 outdoor swimming pool,1 indoor.Superb Las Vegas style Health club with sauna/steambath,Pool/snooker table,Spa,Luxurious sitting lounge in club with own small cafe. Theres also two squash courts, Temping bowling,2 tennis courts,basketball court and a volleyball court.

Restaurants: briliant 5-6 restaurants from persian & middle eastern food to french and american food. Also has a gezebo restaurant and a roof top restaurant.

Renta car service.

Rooms are nice and bright. every room has a huge balcony. Sea view is just a view to die for. City view is not that good.

Service: Not too bad but the rest of the pros cancel the con for me.

THIS HOTEL IS THE FULL PACKAGE AND VALUE FOR MONEY. Im only gona stay at the jeddah hilton if i ever travel to jeddah again.

The building is nice, though has too much of a disneyworld feel for my taste. The same applies to the rooms, which are overly busy. Beds are comfortable and bathrooms are large but feature only a combination shower/bathtub -- surprising given the size of the bathrooms. Rooms feature a balcony overlooking the Red Sea. The hotels biggest weakness is poor service -- our rooms were not ready when we checked in at 930PM. Front desk staff twice lied about having extended our stay and then the hotel kicked us out. Restaurant service is slow.