Ok so I read all the reviews on here before I set off. Work booked this hotel for me so I didn't have a say in it.

Arrived in the early hours of Sunday morning and was greeted by the staff there. Nice and easy check in and off I went up to the 6th floor.

At first glance I had a nice spacious room. Two double beds, TV, A sink, lots of storage space. Went into the bathroom and noticed the tap was loose. Was I bothered? Not really as it still worked. The shower in the bath seemed ok. Toilet was ok.

Every morning I left the room there always seemed to be a member of staff standing right outside my door asking me where I was going and how long I would be. I was a bit suspicious about this so I always made sure I took all my money and valuables with me.

Went for breakfast one morning and felt very uneasy about it all. Very dark and dingy in what they called a "nightclub". Not very nice food on show so grabbed a couple of croissants and left.

It was ok overall... average place. I wouldnt go back there again though... in fact I wont be going back to Dubai as it was horrible.

Just to let people know we didn't actually stay in Hotel Nihal due to hotel being very bad communicators.
We were due to stay here on 5th April 2008 for one night. I have send 3 seperate emails to the hotel to simply ask if the could arrange for a taxi to collect us from the airport and then take us back to the airport for our connecting flight. and to confirm our booking. To date have not received any responses. In my opinion if they can't be bothered to answer a simple email request they aren't worth my custom. I have now made a new booking and will be staying at the Arabian Courtyard where we stayed last year. Excellent service and on arriving we were upgraded to a Executive suite at no extra cost.

I booked Nihal Hotel by the suggestion of my travel agent in Tehran. Having stayed in Orchid Hotel three years before that which is in front of Nihal Hotel. Me and my wife arrived at 10 am but the staff didn't allow us to go to our room until 2 pm. Upon settling in our room we saw a very simple bed with one old tv and a refrigerator. The decor of the room was terrible. There is no card lock avaible at this hotel and you will get a key instead. During our 2nd night at the hotel we arrived at 2 am and went to sleep just to wake up in the morning to find out that all of our money has been stolen from our wallets while we were asleep. Being terrified at how low the security of the hotel is, we asked for the manager until we found the indian manager of the hotel. We asked him to review the tapes of CCTV to find out who has been wandering around the corridors at that period of time. The next day we asked for the answer and they said they hadn't seen any suspicious thing. We didn't let the police know about this and we made a terrible mistake. Anyway I managed to borrow some money from a friend of mine and sort things out. BTW, this hotel is a terrible experience. No special room service, no customer support, no lobby to sit in the times of weariness and full of indians. That's what I saw and never want to fo again. Be warned that if you plan to stay in this one, put all your precious belongings in the safety box and lock the doors at night.

Average in price I can say cheap but pay the same price and you can certainly get better service from other hotels in Dubai.
My first impression was NO SHUTTLE SERVICE at the airport !!
I complained to the reception lady, but she was rude and not helpfull!

I got a big room ,but it was cold and old boring
The breakfast was rediculous , I think the food was made for vegeterians !

Try the indian club downstairs , they were friendly and the dancers were gorgeous


I do not recommend this hotel at all