Originally Posted by cornwall4000

Hi kosy91!
Visited Nobu last spring, not too long after its (re)opening.
Didn't stay or eat there, but did a walkthrough and enjoyed a cocktail at the roof pool.
I'm not the biggest Hyatt person ever, but i have to assume there's going to be a higher 'luxury' level going at this RAK PH if it ever gets itself open.
I've been to Nobu hotels both glorious (Santorini, Malibu) and truly pedestrian-midrange (Atlanta). This one falls in the middle somewhere.
The design is really nice - they were working with an unusually shaped tower to begin with. The common spaces look great, both 'cool' and classy at once. The pool/lounge/bar area is crowded, but has great drinks and views.
It's just more of a 'scene' than most of the local lux choices, and definitively a younger/more 'lively' scene than Mamounia or El Fenn. It made the MO - a hotel with a touch too much razmatazz for our tastes - feel like a silent buddhist retreat when we returned there from Nobu..
About the only minus point for us at Royal Mansour was that the untz/untz/untz/untz/untz/untz club-beats from the Nobu roof bar were super loud across the square on our riad roof terrace, till 10 or 11pm each night. The two properties are separated by at least 300 yards (and heavy traffic). Can't imagine how loud it must be within the Nobu itself.

I know that other Hyatt choices nearby may be few in RAK. Just know what you're walking into, particularly if you're staying for more than few nights. It's a cool, good-looking property. And as good a choice as any from which to recon the new PH. It's simply closer to an Edition/Proper/Alila type vibe than anything PH.