Very nice hotel, but the grill kitchen is not for everyone!

Written: 14 september 2016
Travel time: 28 august — 9 september 2016
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 5.0
Amenities: 10.0
In Arabella for the first time, before that we rested in Cleopatra (Makadi Bay, Hurghada) and Concorde (Sharm El Sheikh).
The hotel from the first moments just fell in love with its snow-white stone architecture, good-natured and friendly staff.
The three of us arrived at 09:00 (me, husband and son), booked 2 rooms. One number was given immediately (229, second floor, building A), the second (230, second floor, building A) after 14:00. Building A is located closest to the coral beach, SPA-salon and sports. hall.
Room 229 was quite satisfactory (one family bed), but the view from the balcony - on the unfinished neighboring building (on the left) and a partial view of the garden (on the right) spoiled the mood a little. In addition - on the first floor - a utility room for staff, and it was very busy.
Room 230 - classy in every way - and the view from the balcony of the luxurious garden, and quiet, and there are no other rooms under the room. 2 separate wide beds.

The rooms have a tea and coffee set (electric kettle, tea bags of local packaging, bags of instant coffee, regular sugar and for diabetics, dry cream), which is replenished daily. in the refrigerator - per person 1.5 liters. water, 0.25 sweet gas water (3 bottles), replenished daily, free of charge (sometimes reminded).
The bathroom is combined with a toilet, there are rooms with showers.
in the bathroom - permanently installed tubes with liquid soap and shower gel & shampoo "DOVE". For 12 days of stay, 1 time they asked to fill a tube with shampoo and gel.
Beaches. There are 3 of them. One is the main one - everyone sunbathes there, rarely swims. We were there on the first day. The bottom is in stones and corals - to be honest, it’s dumb somehow...
The second beach - sand and a good flat bottom, is located in the port itself between the boats, there is not much space, there are also few vacationers there. We must pay tribute to the fact that the beaches are very clean and there are no gasoline and dirty spots on the water even in the port. The water is clean.
The third beach, my favorite is coral. Descent into the sea along a wide staircase with railings, it is also convenient to wear fins. and immediately - the depth (not great, sufficient for swimming). The coral reef is colorful, there are many fish, there are octopuses, moray eels, a turtle, mantles, rays. In general, you will not be bored! Grab your masks and let's go!!!
There are bars on the beaches. On the main beach after 13:00 french fries and hamburgers.
Pools - 1 large, 1 small. There is no strong smell of bleach. Animation life is raging near the large pool. In the small pool - after 11:00 an ice cream machine, after 13:00 - pizza.
The staff is beyond praise! Polite, pleasant and cordial people. Of course, everyone loves dollars, but the lack of greenbacks does not affect the attitude too much.
The hotel is quiet and peaceful. Tourists are generous in relation to the staff of the Germans. There were no thefts.

Now, let's talk about the kitchen. The main restaurant (breakfast, lunch, dinner) is a grill restaurant, and therefore the dishes are appropriate. Fish, poultry in batter, a variety of rice with spices, pasta with spices, potatoes with spices, only once a week there was mashed potatoes (for some reason without spices), fresh salads and mayonnaise - in stock. We sit at home on a healthy diet, but here - on the third day of grilling food - I was sprinkled with acne, which I have not seen on my well-groomed face for 20 years! Then the pancreas was added, the intestines joined....And - hello, monotonous food from the whole variety of grilled: breakfast (boiled egg, cereal with milk, tea), lunch (tasteless steamed vegetables), dinner (or nothing, or tasteless vegetables on couple). I'm not complaining, I'm warning gastritis, chalicystitis, hepatosis, and other people for whom diet is important!
Fruits: chopped apples and pears, whole bananas, pieces of melon, peeled orange cut into 3 parts. It is very strange, but during the harvest period of mangoes and figs - their complete absence in the restaurant.
Fresh - paid.
So, the hotel is very good and I recommend it to everyone if you are used to grilled cuisine!
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