Just a quick report on my recent flight, EK 203 DXB-JFK in J:

Overall: very average

Seat: one of the worst J seats. I flew Air Canda(!) earlier in the trip on their A345 and their J seats were more comfortable. How can that be!!!

ICE: amazing, as usual, but only worked for 6 out of the 14 hours. About 7 ohter seats lost ICE, and all the rebooting in the world couldn't bring them back.

Food: good. nice midlflight snacks set up in the galley and hot snacks served. no complaints.

Service: friendly, but inexperienced. the cabin was not even full, and the flight attendants seemed strained, a little sloppy.

I am a HUGE fan of Emirates, gold skywards member, and really, really want to love them. But this experience, which is supposedly a flagship route and aircraft, was quite disappointing. I almost wonder if flying Business is worth it. Maybe it's better to split travel between coach, where you'll get a good product at a great price, and first where you will truly have a memorable experience.