Small hotel for pensioners

Written: 29 november 2019
Travel time: 19 — 30 april 2018
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
4.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 5.0
Cleanliness: 4.0
Food: 5.0
Amenities: 4.0
The old name of the hotel is Sharm Bride.
Well, I'll start my review. . . We arrived in April, the temperature is +28. . . +33, the sea is warm.
HOTEL. It is located on the second line, there is a lot of construction debris near the hotel. Upon entering the hotel, it was immediately clear that the hotel is in great need of attention. Scraped walls, dirty glass, old and dirty furniture. The hotel is very small - twelve 3-storey buildings with 12 rooms each. There is no ice cream, no pizza, no fast food on the territory... The Internet is only at the reception, but it is almost never there... The guards who sit at the entrance often allow themselves to smoke without going outside... i. e. as you already understood, in the reception room!!! ! It's a terrible discomfort. Constant smell of cigarettes.

RECEPTION. At the reception we were met by an administrator who does not speak Russian very well. When we checked in, since we arrived at 7:00, they refused to feed us, they said that our time was from 12:00. There are very few tourists in the hotel, on the first day I counted about 10 people.
SWIMMING POOL. No heating, but it is not needed. The water is moderately warm. The sun loungers are dead, they need to be thrown away. The pool bar is one name. . . Beer is poured after 11:00, vodka, whiskey and wine, one glass per day. It's tough if you have the All service. The slides are not always turned on, the paving stones are dirty all the time, no one ever washed them.
ROOM. Dali overlooking the pool and hotel grounds. The room is very spacious, about 40-50 sq. m, a good view opens, but that's all. The furniture is old, the TV remote does not work, there were no towels upon check-in. There is no kettle and mugs, and the worst thing is the water that was waiting for us in the room - two bottles of 0.5 liters, it is issued one-time... So if you want to drink water - buy it or collect it in a cooler near the bar.
RESTAURANT. Pleasantly surprised, on the one hand there is no variety of dishes, on the other - everything is very tasty. The staff takes care of you, if you run out of water or a drink, the waiter will bring you... In general, the staff works for 4. Why not 5? Because their dress code does not match the restaurant: sweatpants and jeans, but I note that they all try very hard to please us. There are practically no fruits. Vegetables are standard: cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, very rarely eggplants. Every day is the same.
GUIDE. It's time to get acquainted with the guide, his name is Omar, he asked if we were in Egypt and Sharm. When I heard that we had been here several times, and we didn’t want to attend excursions, he immediately refused to communicate with us further. Without telling anything about the hotel and the sea... Other tourists sold expensive vouchers, which are two to three times cheaper around the corner.

SEA. The hotel has two beaches - Coral Beach and Adrenaline. On the sea carry 2 times a day. Coral beach is much more interesting, of course there are no corals here, but a lot of different fish, good depth. Adrenaline is suitable for children, it is shallow and less interesting there. So, as it is written, it’s not 1000 m on foot to the sea, but it’s really 15 minutes to go to the first Adrenaline. To the second - 20 min. Imagine walking. The hotel beaches are dirty, gobies and paper everywhere. On the beach there is no way to take something to eat or drink. There are no trash cans. It's good that there are sun loungers and umbrellas...
ANIMATION. She is not. Sometimes the music hammers and that's it.
TOURS. We took an excursion to the Colored Canyon and the Blue Hole for $ 15 / person. (guide $50). Tiran Island $25/two. Jerusalem costs $74, and the hotel guide costs $130/person. Colored Canyon is money thrown away. Ordinary stone mountains, it seems that the photos in the introduction booklet were edited in Photoshop. The Blue Hole is a place worth paying for, 45 min. swim and a lot of corals and fish. But there is a but: before that, you will be taken to the diving center and will be offered to rent accessories (fins - $ 2, mask - $ 2, vest - $ 3, suit - $ 3), arguing that it is necessary - current, cold water and others. Yes, you will also be taken to state-owned stores with a fix in Dahab. Don't get fooled!! ! Complete scam!! ! Titan Island - paid $12.5/person. open sea + diving for $15/person + bred for swimming equipment... The food on the yacht is mediocre. Excursion for 4 - due to the very long time of departure from the coast. The tour time is indicated 7:30-17:00, sailed 09:30. There is a photographer on the yacht who asks for $40 for his work, we bargained for $7.5
INFRASTRUCTURE. Near the hotel there is practically nothing of interest. On the left side, 3 km away, there is a Hard Rock Cafe and that's it. The Soho district is located 7 km from the hotel, in the evening it is very beautiful there, the most beautiful place is the singing fountains, which incl. once an hour. The prices are high there. Taxi there $ 3, cheaper will not work.
On the left side, 500 meters away, there is a good Miramar cafe. Hookah mix with fruit 3$, beer Sahara bot. 0.5 l 2$, ice cream 2$ you can also eat. . .

STAFF. Well, here I can say one thing: the best staff in the restaurant. Housekeeping staff clean mediocre or not clean at all. The young bartender Yosif is very tactless, he likes to joke, but it turns out very ugly. A very friendly and polite restaurant administrator, but due to the lack of badges, we do not know his name. He is short with glasses. Thank him very much!
CONCLUSION. Definitely I would not go to this hotel again. The hotel is old, the sea is far away, there is no service.
I rate the hotel on a solid 2 ***
The hotel manager should think and work on improving the quality if he wants to attract tourists in the future...
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