Review of Emerald Golden 5 Hotel in Hurghada

Written: 23 september 2008
Travel time: 29 september — 6 october 2008
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 9.0
Was at the hotel from 13 to 21 September 2008
now in order)
We drove into the room for $ 10. The lighting lamps did not work, given the lack of lighting at 12 o'clock at night, it caused some discomfort. Hot water in the tap, as it turned out, is turned on at the request of the workers after a complaint at the reception!! ! For the delivery of the suitcase and showing the room, they extorted another $ 10, they trampled on $ 1, the cabinet doors were removed from the guides, put in place myself! Bathrobe and slippers are not allowed, which was surprising, because the hotel is 5 stars. Towels, as it turned out, are changed during the day in 2 calls, they are taken in the morning and brought in the evening, such a service is very surprising! Even during the night while you sleep, bedbugs can bite! Sheets in rolls! For the first time in my life, I picked up my things after dry cleaning at the reception!! ! And is it 5 stars?

There is very little greenery on the territory, the beach disappointed with the lack of sand, and what was called sand can be a stretch, I expected more! there is no pontoon, it is better to enter the sea from the left edge along the cable limiting the swimming area, there is sand. In the center of the beach, if you enter the sea, you can be left without legs !!! ! In the water park, the water on the slides is turned off regularly, so you won’t ride all day.
Food (you won’t die of hunger! The pastries are delicious, scrambled eggs and pancakes are also nothing when cooked in front of you, though almost everything is not salty !! ! It’s hard to find a toothpick! Fish only bones. What the waiter completely forgot and this is for a week of being there. Juice for $ 3 is not freshly squeezed !!!! ! Just some kind of poison !!! ! The fish restaurant on the territory is a waste of money! Ice cream is possible buy only in the bar of the central building or shop. For breakfast, lunch and dinner, it’s better to come on time, and that is, there will be practically nothing. Chefs rarely smile at Russians, stand with sour faces, regardless of your politeness. But the Germans and Poles smile at all .
Staff. The guys at the reception are great! They tried to help in every possible way, the main thing is not to yell at them on the move) in Paradise at the reception they tried to sell a silver dollar for $ 50))))
the fellow cleaning the room was happy with $1 tea each day.
The rest of the staff, for the most part, does not dislike Russians (standing on the balcony, I saw an Arab carrying food to a restaurant by the pool spit in a bowl of sauce. Lying on a sun lounger by the water park, I heard pleasant words in the direction of Russians in Arabic on my face. An Arab sitting next to him and realizing that I caught the meaning of the words I apologized for my friend for a long time, BUT IT WAS NOT ALWAYS SO!!!
I was driving through Mostreval, their representative at the hotel was called Amr, tried to buy sandalwood oil through him)) announced the price of 1 pound per gram, when I showed interest, the price rose to 2 pounds per gram, like that! In general, he did not work well. True, when I refused their excursions, interest in me disappeared completely)

Merchants are all arrogant and boorish on the territory of the hotel, they wind up prices by 200-600%. Outside the hotel 3 times he did a carpal infringement and 1 time he took it by the throat, otherwise they don’t understand! There are no real papyri! ! One glued banana! I talked with our people living there, they said that if something happens, don’t be afraid, rudeness and rudeness stop in the bud! or call the tourist police! Too many nasty things towards the Russians! If there are difficulties with the staff or merchants on the territory of the hotel, go to the reception, they will be fired the next day. There are no locals in Hurghada, all visitors from all over Egypt, so many hold on to their places. And they are all young and far from their parents, so there is no supervision of them. So, they do whatever they want!
Arabs litter as they want and everywhere!!!
We went on a boat to the reefs, I received a remark from an Arab for shaking the ashes into the sea) Then I saw how they were empty bottles, cigarette butts, etc. thrown overboard!!! ! in Luxor, all the rubbish of tourists was thrown out of the bus at a distance of 300 meters from the parking lot! ! or they offered to throw everything under the bus, the desert is one big garbage dump!!!
Pleased with the availability of bicycles for rent on site) $ 5 per hour. rode it to Hurghada (to the city 10 km) was a very entertaining trip.
really a little extreme))
And even if you take excursions on the beach, be prepared for unpleasant surprises !!! ! when you are being taken somewhere it is better to remember the way, it may be difficult to return!
It happened to me, the Arab who drove us back from Safaga did not know the way !! ! I showed him where to go.
In the aqua center it is better not to take anything at all !!!! ! It is difficult to return the money, and even they are rude in full!! ! Young and arrogant people work there!! ! Safari behave more or less correctly. In general, decide for yourself where to take excursions, everything is the same, but the nerves are different everywhere and the prices sometimes differ decently. Iodine, plaster and bandage will cost you $ 12, so it's better to take it with you!
In general, the hotel pulls, in aggregate, a maximum of 4 stars !!! ! if you drink like a camel in the desert, then most likely there will be no negatives)
I WILL NOT GO THERE FOR THE SECOND TIME!!! !
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