For your money, it's ok

Written: 2 october 2017
Travel time: 6 — 13 september 2017
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 8.0
Traveled with my 11 year old daughter. Our budget was more than modest, so the choice of hotels was not great. Of all the proposed chose Mirage, and then more because of the location in the city. The rest of the hotels were on the outskirts. We were at the hotel around 9 am, we were put on bracelets and sent for breakfast. Check-in was not long, the luggage was delivered to the room. We settled in the room that was offered, others did not look, in principle arranged, nothing special. The closet is large, the furniture is strong but worn, the varnish on the wood on the chairs is cracked. A room in building B, 3rd floor, with a balcony and a view of the neighboring empty hotel and a piece of the sea in the distance. The even numbers in this building are not the sunny side, when the heat is great. There is an electric kettle, 2 cups, 2 glasses, a few sugar sticks and a few tea bags in the room. Plus a 1.5L bottle of water. Cooler with drinking water in the corridor. They did not drink water in its raw form, only in the form of tea. There was a hair dryer in the bathroom, there were no bath cosmetics, it's not scary, I always take my own. There was no safe, only at the reception. Bedding is clean, towels too. Cleaning is so-so, it was not wet. On the balcony there are plastic chairs and a table, I wiped the dust myself. Swimwear and towels were dried on them. Insects on the territory of the hotel were poisoned in the evening, the windows need to be closed, there is a pungent smell. Territory: compact, everything is very beautiful, a lot of shrubs, neatly trimmed, the territory is well-groomed, clean. This is being monitored. Urns everywhere. There is a playground. From sports entertainment darts, volleyball, billiards in the lobby. The pools are clean. Also, there are a lot of cats in the area. The beach is small, like a lagoon, a good entrance, smooth, shoes are not needed. There are no outflows. There is a tower for the lifeguard. But the lifeguard somehow did not notice. We entered the water only from the sandy entrance, on the left side along the lagoon, the entrance to the water from the steps. If you go to the end on the left side along the lagoon, there is a pier, there are yachts. You can also stay on the pier. There is something like islands with umbrellas, sunbeds. We didn’t swim there, I won’t say about the depth and the presence of corals. From the fish we saw some trifle, it swims in schools. Chaise lounges wooden, old, but strong. An uncle with a camel walks along the beach, offers to ride for money. Music plays on the beach, animators invite you to learn dancing and aqua aerobics. In the evening there is also some movement, but we did not go. Near the beach there is a toilet, everything is pretty decent. There is also a faucet to rinse your feet from the sand. You can have a snack on the beach with french fries and pizza (meat was not found in it). Drinks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails. Yes, and there is a bar near the pool, they didn’t take anything there, but it seems to me that there are only drinks there. You can swim up to the bar and have a drink right in the pool. Near the pools there is a room where you receive and return towels with cards, 1 time per day.
Food. We only went to the main restaurant. On the first day, I was disappointed. Somehow everything is sooo modest. The understanding of the situation came a little later, that for the money that was paid for the tour, waiting for "pineapples with hazel grouses was ridiculous. " They weren't hungry. If you come to the opening, there is a choice, and my daughter went to take desserts: cakes and jelly, by the way, delicious jelly, and I went for eggplant. Respect to the chef !!! , I have never tasted such delicious ones in my life. So they "swept away" them in minutes. Lots of pastries. Lots of beans. Rice, pasta. Vegetable stew. Mashed potatoes are thin and watery. Meat and chicken portions. Sausage is strange, cheese is the same. They didn’t take salads, on the first day they got a sour tomato, after that they only took vegetable slices and seasoned with oil. Fruits are always melon (sometimes unripe), oranges. Sausage is sooo peculiar and the cheese is the same. Didn't like the soups. Coffee, tea, milk, sugar - all in unlimited quantities. Self-service. Tableware is cleared quickly. Jupe type juices. Fortunately, there were no stomach problems.
Wi-fi is free, but only in the reception area and on the terrace, you can also catch it in the main restaurant. The restaurant is on the second floor, you can go into it, bypassing a number of shops, some sellers are annoying. I made a mistake - I asked how much slippers. Everything! He pestered me with these slippers every day, and showed obvious dissatisfaction with the fact that I did not want to buy them. The guys on the beach were also straining with offers of excursions. Here I didn’t even ask what and how much, there were enough slippers))), I just said that I had already been everywhere and we didn’t want to go anywhere, we just had a rest.

The hotel is located in the city, near the center. We went to the supermarket a little to the right of the hotel, 3 min. walk, called Carrefour. Paid by card. I bought water, juices in packs, sweets, fruits. The prices are normal. And to the left, there is the Cleopatra shopping center. But they never went there. Souvenirs were bought across the road opposite, a lot of shops and prices are normal, inferior well. It’s not scary to go outside the hotel, no one rushed at us, the impression of the city (specifically in this part of it) was good.
In conclusion, I will say this, in general, we were satisfied with the rest. I asked the docks if we would go to Egypt again, and to which hotel, she said to our Mirage, I already know everything there)) or with a water park! The child liked everything and the food and the sea, but children do not pay attention to such moments as furniture and other things. I will choose another hotel next time. Let it be small too, but for me the main thing is a wide coastline and open sea. Well, food. Everything else is secondary. It is clear that the price-quality in this hotel corresponds. Maybe for the money you can find better, although I doubt it. Budget hotel, everything is modest. Finally, I’ll add the fact that we had a bus at 17.00, check-out at 12.00, the bracelet was not cut off, they gave the key to the room on the 1st floor in building A to take a shower and change clothes (only there was no light in the room, in I illuminated my soul with a phone flashlight))), we left the suitcase at the reception, went for lunch, and finally swam in the sea. And all this without a single penny!! ! This, reading reviews and according to friends, is almost nowhere, only for an additional fee. So that. And the check-in was early, and not at the prescribed 14.00, and also without surcharges. Many thanks to the whole team for our vacation, develop, listen to the comments. Seems like she didn't miss anything. Thank you for your attention. I am attaching photos.
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