I have to say that I usually do not ask too much from a cheap hotel if I stay there for 1 night. I stayed at Nihal hotel for 1 night and I will give you a brief picture of the situation.
The room was clean and tidy but the bathroom was bad. It looked very old and needed for sure some changes.
During the night you could feel the music beat coming from the Kuya club at the 1st floor of the hotel. It is really annoying if you want complete silence during your night sleep.
The worst experience i ever had in a hotel is this. The breakfast was served in the Kuya club where the previous night people was dancing, drinking and smoking in tha same room. Tha breakfast buffet is served on the table pool (yes on the table pool) and do not expect much from the buffet.
Service was ok and people was polite. The location of the hotel is very near the airport and the Deira City Centre mall.
It was an average hotel. Do not expect anything more.
Glacas - CYPRUS!!!

We have just returned from a 4 days at the nihal hotle. We stayed on the club level with its own concierge and club lounge where 5 different food presentations are laid out each day. We were just expecting a few nibbles but breakfast is a lovely continental spread with cheeses fruit pastries etc. During the afternoon it's literally like tea with champagne etc. Quite difficult to fit in any meals out after all that!
The pool is lovely, not as big as the Marriott next door but more luxurious. Our kid is 9 year and they enjoyed it. The pool attendants were wonderful, laying out 3 towels per sun lounger, with one rolled up as a head rest. The waitress even came into the pool with a tray of smoothies for everyone to try.
The Spa is out of this world. Not for under 16 really but they were quite happy for my daughter to have some treatments. Expensive but fabulous.
Restaurants are great. Normans is very smart and we dined there for our daughter's birthday. They even printed a special menu wishing her a happy birthday.
There were 2 double beds so the four of us shared.
Overall I would say this is probably the best hotel we have ever stayed in on holidayand I am extremely fussy! Perhaps not the most convenient if all you want to do is theme parks, but if you want to mix a little luxury with the odd trip to the parks then this is an absolute must