On the declared 4 * does not pull

Written: 6 may 2021
Travel time: 29 april — 5 may 2021
Your rating of this hotel:
3.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 3.0
Service: 3.0
Cleanliness: 3.0
Food: 3.0
Amenities: 5.0
When I chose this hotel for a holiday, I relied on the positive reviews. To my great regret, the hotel, in my personal opinion, does not correspond to them at all. The review is very detailed, maybe it will help someone : )
The most important thing is the room and service. My wonderful vacation began with the fact that the administrator decided to earn extra money, and therefore desperately told me that the hotel was busy, and that there were no rooms with double beds. It was my first time in Egypt, I did not know how to react at all, and therefore, relying on what I read earlier, I thought that I should “thank” the admin so that the number was good. Oh, how he told me that I would have the best number! So, they take us to building C, open the door, and the beds are separate. We understand, swear, wait 10-15 minutes, take us to another room, where there is one double and one single bed. Why - it's not clear, it just takes up extra space. But we were after a sleepless night and a difficult flight, we decided to look around. Number, by the way, visually the same as the first. So, first of all, the bathroom stinks like no one cleans it at all. A bunch of mold, stains, the bathroom itself is old, with smeared holes and painted over with paint. Furniture, one might say, is falling apart before our eyes. And on the beds there is an old bedding with washed out stains and spools and terrible bedspreads, which are probably 30 years old, and which hardly anyone has washed, judging by their appearance.
Therefore, after recovering a little, she went back to the reception to swear. There, fortunately, there was a local manager who, after listening to me, said that he would fix everything. So they gave me a room on the third floor of the main building, overlooking the territory and the sea. Visually, this number looked better. Remarkably, the furniture is exactly the same old, but in better condition, and arranged differently, therefore it was perceived differently. The bedding is newer, although it can also be seen that it is washed out, and also in spools in places. A very old mattress, which is already sagging so much that when you lie down on the edge, you roll down to the middle, or at least lie at an angle. Sleeping is very uncomfortable. The big difference was in the bathroom. Here you can see that the plumbing was changed, compared with the previous issue, not so long ago. But! The walls are dirty, stained and stained, and there is a lot of fungus around the bathroom, which they tried to cover up, but did not succeed. The shower whips water in different directions, sometimes it buzzes, in general it’s like that, but it works, the pressure is normal, and thank God. By the way, the door to the bathroom is also unique - it doesn't close just like that, you have to slam it with all your might. Of the pluses - there are thick curtains for a complete "blackout" effect, however, they are quite dusty. And the air conditioner works fine, although it is so noisy that at first it was impossible to sleep with it on, but after a couple of days I got used to it.

In general, you can live, but honestly, in Ukraine I saw triples with the best numbers, but here it’s like a four. OK.
As for the rest - the beach is normal, but it is not very well cleaned - rubbish and cigarette butts are often found in the sand. And it is also actively used as a tray by dogs and cats. Wooden chairs, old, with peeling paint. The mattresses are ok, only faded in the sun, but this is inevitable. By themselves, not torn, quite good.
Nutrition. Honestly, I am not picky about food, and I was sure that I would always and in any case find something for myself. But here is the task with an asterisk. The food is very monotonous from day to day, almost nothing changes. If you follow your diet and lead a healthy lifestyle, it will be difficult, because there is little fresh, and what is in incomprehensible sauces. Salads are mostly terrible, either because of sour, or I don’t know what’s wrong with them, tomatoes, and dried cucumbers. And in general, they are all weather-beaten. Rice and potatoes are normal, meat is sometimes normal, sometimes not edible. Pancakes are never edible, stewed vegetables are all the same in a watery-tomato sauce, the rest - weathered, and often not tasty, fish - I took it once and regretted it very much, it would be better if I didn’t try it. By the way, I never considered myself a gourmet, I calmly eat cereals, chicken and some kind of greens, for example. But here, it was impossible. So that I can say that it was really tasty - I have never had it. Everything is very average or bad.
But, at the same time, a pretty good confectionery, with it - always fresh fruits - oranges, apples, dates, once there was even a melon and guava. Coffee is good, drink as much as you like. I practically don’t drink alcohol, because I never took anything from alcohol, but from what I heard and saw - in a bar on the beach, beer is poured into small glasses and no more than 2 in one hand. In the bar in the lobby - a separate alcoholic menu for 8 pieces of cocktails, everything else is chargeable, even juice and coffee. Therefore, outside of breakfast / lunch / dinner, you won’t be able to drink something, only on the beach. In the afternoon, by the way, pizza and french fries are prepared on the beach, the wait is often long, but in general they are not bad. There was also supposed to be ice cream on the beach, but I didn’t see it even once in a week.

The rest, on trifles. 2 bottles of 1.5 liters every day in the room, towels and bedding will be changed only on request. Still not so significant, but still a minus - we went on an excursion to Luxor, this is a rise at 4 in the morning. We were asked to prepare lunch boxes, and the administrator himself (! ) offered to wake us up in half an hour by calling the room. No one even tried to recruit us. In general, the general impression is that you can live, but it is better to choose something else. 4* hasn't been there for a long time. It may have once been a good hotel, but now it is sad to watch how it collapses and rusts. For the same money, I think you can choose something better.
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