Good hotel with a large territory, specific food, artificial bay

Written: 3 february 2022
Travel time: 5 — 12 january 2022
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 9.0
We stayed at the hotel at the beginning of January 2022. We had a room with a king size bed, upon arrival we were given a se view without additional payments and requests, so the hotel had free rooms.
About the hotel itself and the territory: The hotel is large, consists of several buildings, the territory is large, well-groomed, several pools. In fact, everyone bathed in only one, which was near the indoor pool, as it was in the sun and the warmest. Haven't been to the spa. There were enough sun loungers on the beach, even if you arrive late. We were in a building next to the main building, very convenient.
Number: The room is large, large bathroom, all accessories are there, cleaning is good, you have to press the display if you want cleaning. Very large balcony, there is a table, two chairs and a sofa where you can lie. Nice to sit in the evenings. Some buildings had small balconies, perhaps this was a different category. Another plus is a coffee machine in the room, every day they left tablets for the coffee machine, it's nice to drink coffee on the terrace, which made us very happy. Once asked for an extra, they gave 4, not 2 for the day. Of the minuses - a hair dryer, which is located in the closet in the hallway. There is no socket in the can and it is impossible to dry your hair there. It is necessary to dry in the hallway, where there is a single outlet, but you dry your hair blindly - there is no mirror, or rather it is impossible to reach it. If you want to use a curling iron or something like that, then this is all without a mirror. Another point - take adapters for charging phones, as they have sockets like in England.

Meals: there are two main restaurants and some other a la carte, but we were not there. Main restaurants with the same food. There is a lot of food, but in most cases, it is like Indian cuisine - very spicy and with special herbs or spices. I tried to take potatoes for 5 days in a row, I ate only 1 time, the rest of the times it didn’t work out, everything is very spicy and specific. In one room there is popcorn and french fries, there is no children's menu, no yogurt. There is fresh juice in the morning. There is also ice cream. There is a bar outside but very small for so many guests. This is the only bar that worked on the street in the evening. Inside there is also a bar, there are cocktails, canned beer. Live music is not every day and then only until 21.30, then silence, it happens that other people say, they don’t even turn on the music, which is very strange. A very strange all-inclusive system - it works from 12.00 noon to 12.00 at night. Until noon, they won’t even give you cola or water.
Animation Entertainment: I have never seen anyone, but probably she was somewhere) There is also a nightclub that was open once, we went in and out - there is practically no place at all. This is probably the first hotel where it was boring.
Sea: this is an artificial bay, there are never waves, but there is no fresh water either, near the coast the water is still clear, and further muddy, it does not renew itself. There are also slides in the sea.
Guests: there were mostly guests from Russia and Kazakhstan, a little from Ukraine, England, Germany.
Once we went to the local mall - it's not worth it, there's nothing there at all, half of the shops are closed. After we were in Dubai for a week, the trip to the mall was generally frustrating.
Service: everyone is very polite and attentive, they speak English, they try to fulfill all requests.
Would I return to this hotel again? Do not know. The issue of food and the sea is very important to me.
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