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Rooms:
9.0
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8.0
Cleanliness:
9.0
Food:
10.0
Amenities:
10.0
Before the trip, I chose the hotel for a long time, read a lot of reviews, especially on this site. Since we planned a vacation with family and children, we chose the clear sea (that's why Makadi, and not Hurghada itself), good reviews on food and cleanliness in the restaurant, so that the head would not hurt about what to feed the children, and the beautiful territory in the hotel, so that There were places to walk and things to see. Based on the reviews, we chose the Stella Garden hotel. It is located on the second coastline. but this was not a disadvantage for us. From the room to the sea - 10 minutes by the slow step of the child) Therefore, I consider the second coast rather a plus - we walked several times a day with the children)
We lived in a building near the pool with a slide, far from the noise of the animation, which was a plus for us) The view from the window was just amazing. Asked for a room not on the first floor.
we lived on the third, so we woke up and saw the sun and the tops of palm trees in the window) The room is spacious, tidy, after renovation. Huge double bed. a bed for an older child, one and a half, and at our request they brought another one and a half bed for the youngest daughter. Very soft high mattresses, clean linens that were changed every other day, soft fluffy towels that were changed daily. The room had both a shower and a bathroom, which is also very convenient, especially when more than 2 people live) The air conditioner was central, it also worked for heating, they usually turned it on for several hours before going to bed) The room warmed well, it was comfortable to fall asleep)
In the hallway there is a wardrobe, roomy, there was plenty of space for clothes for 4 people. In the room there is a kettle, a safe, a refrigerator, tea and coffee were replenished daily. sugar, brought shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and body lotion, bar soap.
Per person per day - 600 ml of water in a sealed bottle, brought during cleaning. We had enough, we did not buy additional water.
We were settled early enough, field 1.00. put on bracelets and sent to a restaurant for lunch. Every day we enjoyed a variety of deliciously prepared food in the main restaurant. There were always fresh vegetables in various forms - both in the form of appetizers and salads, and simply chopped tomatoes - cucumbers - greens, meat was always at least three types - amazing beef with gravy, as in childhood, baked meat, grilled meat (in the evenings always chicken skewers on the terrace, grilled beef jackets and mini pizza), meat patties or chicken fillet patties stuffed with greens. Fish was cooked daily, there were both nuggets and grilled fish, baked whole. moreover, cooks cooked right in the hall, in the presence of guests. The garnish was varied - rice.
pasta, mashed potatoes, potato wedges, baked potatoes several times, vegetable stew. Soups were constantly cooked, mashed soups were especially good. For breakfast, they prepared an omelet according to your requests, there were pancakes with different pastas and toppings, they always cooked pasta.
The restaurant has two coffee machines. where you could make espresso, cappuccino, latte, cocoa, just black coffee. Always drinks, like fanta-sprite-cola-just soda, unsweetened, and yuppie-type juices, several different flavors.
Separately, you can write a review about desserts. In Stella Garden, they have a separate room where they can choose from classic Egyptian sweets, as well as various pastries, cakes, jellies, amazing soufflé s and creams.
There were always fresh fruits - melon, oranges, dates, bananas, pomegranate seeds, tangerines. Dinner was fresh strawberries, grapes and physalis. Each dinner is themed, it was interesting what will surprise us this time.
The tour program also included visits to a la carte restaurants. We stayed 10 nights and could visit 3 out of 4 restaurants. We chose Italian, Indian and Lebanese. The Italian was pleasantly surprised by the beef, which was especially good, and the delicious thin crust pizza. The Indian chicken was a success, even the children thanked the chef for the tender meat in a creamy sauce. In Lebanese, traditionally everyone liked barbecue. the presentation is especially good - a small grill with hot coals is placed directly on the table, very impressive)
As for the animation in the hotel, during our stay it was mainly near the heated pool and on the territory of the nightclub. well done animators. tried constantly. There was yoga, volleyball games, dance lessons were taught daily, water aerobics classes were held in a warm pool. On the territory of the hotel Stella Beach on the beach was also always invited to participate in various interesting activities.
Plus there are children's clubs, both directly at the Stella Garden Hotel and on the beach at the Stella Beach Hotel, where you can leave your child under the supervision of animators.
As for the territory of the Stella Beach Hotel on the first coastline, guests from the Stella Garden Hotel can visit the territory itself, go to the beach bar, relax in the evenings on the terrace and watch evening shows. The beach itself is clean, large, a lot of umbrellas, sun loungers, a station with the issuance of towels, two bars. beach restaurant, volleyball area.
Entry into the water both from the pier (it takes about 5 minutes to walk along the pier with children), and at high tide from the shore, but it is better in corals. We. while walking, we saw stingrays, flocks of fish right in the shallow water. once a rather large moray eel sailed under the pier, seen from above. If you dive to a depth, it is better from the pier, there is a descent into the water.
My children and I plunged into the lagoon, it was shallow there, the water warmed up quickly and was comfortable, especially for January) You could sunbathe on sun loungers behind special fences from the wind. Even in days. when it was cool, it was comfortable to sunbathe)
I was pleased with the cleanliness of the hotel. The gardeners were constantly trimming something. they watered, removed every blade of grass from the lawn with their hands, leveled the bushes and trimmed the trees. Near the hotel pools with a sandy beach, the sand was leveled and raked daily. Near all the pools and on the beach there were bars with coffee, drinks and alcohol. The waiters came up a few times to ask if we needed to bring something. At the station for issuing towels, they offered to replace the towels with dry and warm ones in the middle of the day, a trifle, but nice)
Both on the territory of Stella Garden and on the territory of Stella Beach there are shops with everything you need. I especially liked Misha's store, he always helped with the choice.
It’s nice to bargain with him) As for the prices, we liked it - we bought sweets for relatives at the hotel before leaving, since the price tag was lower than even in the Spinneys supermarket in Hurghada, which we went to ourselves. The only thing. what I didn’t like was the high price tag at the Stella Beach pharmacy, and it was impossible to bargain) To the pharmacy and souvenir shop. we went to the city with tea and spices, called an uber from the hotel, drove about 19 km, drove for 4.5 dollars. We got back just by taxi from Senzo Mall, bargained for $5.
Cons that were noted in 11 days:
1. On the 10th day, the electronic lock in the door broke. However, they helped fix it very quickly. First, they replaced the card at the reception, then tried to open the cleaner with my card. when he failed, the guard came with his key. We made sure. that the problem is not even in the map, but in the castle itself, they called the chief engineer, and after a couple of minutes the room opened)
2.
In the children's club, the animators are only English-speaking, we left the children once for half an hour, the rest of the time they were with us, they did not leave the children's club.
3. Rather, not a minus, but a shortcoming - on the second day of our stay, a local worker asked us with bracelets at the Stella Garden Hotel to leave the heated pool at the Stella Beach Hotel. moreover. it was just a guy who set up sun loungers there. Then she clarified at the reception that guests can visit the heated pools in 2 hotels, on our territory I have repeatedly seen guests with Stella Beach bracelets by the heated pool, and there were no questions, but we had an unpleasant aftertaste, of course.
4. In the a la carte restaurants (Italian and Indian), it was funny that they didn’t bring us dessert. We ordered it twice, they offer scoops of ice cream with fruit for dessert. And in both restaurants, after you eat the main course, they removed ALL appliances, glasses.
napkins and everything, no dessert, no waiter. The first time they saw that our time for visiting the restaurant had already come to an end (an appointment for an hour, for example, from 1.30 to 1.30) and left, the second time they waited 20 minutes in an Indian restaurant. nothing has changed. the guests at the neighboring tables have already changed, we also left, as we were with children. The kids were asking for the evening show. In the Lebanese restaurant, by the way, the dessert was brought quickly, everything was wonderful)
5. I did not like the work of the Tez tour guide in our hotel. We bought excursions, from the minuses of his work - he was not at the indicated hours either at the Stella Beach hotel. not at the Stella Garden Hotel, and we ran to find out the time of the tour ourselves the day before, although it was promised at the meeting that he would either call the room himself in the evening and warn of the departure time, or be in the hotel lobby. As a result, the guide was called from the reception after the request, and he explained on the phone what time to go and what to take with him. Check out was early.
if they didn't specify the time. could sleep. as the guide did not warn of an early departure.
Summarizing the entire review - we would return to the hotel, we want to fly with my husband already together, to relax without children. With regards to wishes - it would be great to add Russian-speaking animators to work with children, since quite a lot of Russians come. Ukrainians and Belarusians, and it would be nice to have an alternative to evening shows in the club, at least the same cinema in the evenings on the terrace. In general, the hotel is beautiful, tidy and comfortable.
We lived in a building near the pool with a slide, far from the noise of the animation, which was a plus for us) The view from the window was just amazing. Asked for a room not on the first floor.
we lived on the third, so we woke up and saw the sun and the tops of palm trees in the window) The room is spacious, tidy, after renovation. Huge double bed. a bed for an older child, one and a half, and at our request they brought another one and a half bed for the youngest daughter. Very soft high mattresses, clean linens that were changed every other day, soft fluffy towels that were changed daily. The room had both a shower and a bathroom, which is also very convenient, especially when more than 2 people live) The air conditioner was central, it also worked for heating, they usually turned it on for several hours before going to bed) The room warmed well, it was comfortable to fall asleep)
In the hallway there is a wardrobe, roomy, there was plenty of space for clothes for 4 people. In the room there is a kettle, a safe, a refrigerator, tea and coffee were replenished daily. sugar, brought shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and body lotion, bar soap.
Per person per day - 600 ml of water in a sealed bottle, brought during cleaning. We had enough, we did not buy additional water.
We were settled early enough, field 1.00. put on bracelets and sent to a restaurant for lunch. Every day we enjoyed a variety of deliciously prepared food in the main restaurant. There were always fresh vegetables in various forms - both in the form of appetizers and salads, and simply chopped tomatoes - cucumbers - greens, meat was always at least three types - amazing beef with gravy, as in childhood, baked meat, grilled meat (in the evenings always chicken skewers on the terrace, grilled beef jackets and mini pizza), meat patties or chicken fillet patties stuffed with greens. Fish was cooked daily, there were both nuggets and grilled fish, baked whole. moreover, cooks cooked right in the hall, in the presence of guests. The garnish was varied - rice.
pasta, mashed potatoes, potato wedges, baked potatoes several times, vegetable stew. Soups were constantly cooked, mashed soups were especially good. For breakfast, they prepared an omelet according to your requests, there were pancakes with different pastas and toppings, they always cooked pasta.
The restaurant has two coffee machines. where you could make espresso, cappuccino, latte, cocoa, just black coffee. Always drinks, like fanta-sprite-cola-just soda, unsweetened, and yuppie-type juices, several different flavors.
Separately, you can write a review about desserts. In Stella Garden, they have a separate room where they can choose from classic Egyptian sweets, as well as various pastries, cakes, jellies, amazing soufflé s and creams.
There were always fresh fruits - melon, oranges, dates, bananas, pomegranate seeds, tangerines. Dinner was fresh strawberries, grapes and physalis. Each dinner is themed, it was interesting what will surprise us this time.
The tour program also included visits to a la carte restaurants. We stayed 10 nights and could visit 3 out of 4 restaurants. We chose Italian, Indian and Lebanese. The Italian was pleasantly surprised by the beef, which was especially good, and the delicious thin crust pizza. The Indian chicken was a success, even the children thanked the chef for the tender meat in a creamy sauce. In Lebanese, traditionally everyone liked barbecue. the presentation is especially good - a small grill with hot coals is placed directly on the table, very impressive)
As for the animation in the hotel, during our stay it was mainly near the heated pool and on the territory of the nightclub. well done animators. tried constantly. There was yoga, volleyball games, dance lessons were taught daily, water aerobics classes were held in a warm pool. On the territory of the hotel Stella Beach on the beach was also always invited to participate in various interesting activities.
Plus there are children's clubs, both directly at the Stella Garden Hotel and on the beach at the Stella Beach Hotel, where you can leave your child under the supervision of animators.
As for the territory of the Stella Beach Hotel on the first coastline, guests from the Stella Garden Hotel can visit the territory itself, go to the beach bar, relax in the evenings on the terrace and watch evening shows. The beach itself is clean, large, a lot of umbrellas, sun loungers, a station with the issuance of towels, two bars. beach restaurant, volleyball area.
Entry into the water both from the pier (it takes about 5 minutes to walk along the pier with children), and at high tide from the shore, but it is better in corals. We. while walking, we saw stingrays, flocks of fish right in the shallow water. once a rather large moray eel sailed under the pier, seen from above. If you dive to a depth, it is better from the pier, there is a descent into the water.
My children and I plunged into the lagoon, it was shallow there, the water warmed up quickly and was comfortable, especially for January) You could sunbathe on sun loungers behind special fences from the wind. Even in days. when it was cool, it was comfortable to sunbathe)
I was pleased with the cleanliness of the hotel. The gardeners were constantly trimming something. they watered, removed every blade of grass from the lawn with their hands, leveled the bushes and trimmed the trees. Near the hotel pools with a sandy beach, the sand was leveled and raked daily. Near all the pools and on the beach there were bars with coffee, drinks and alcohol. The waiters came up a few times to ask if we needed to bring something. At the station for issuing towels, they offered to replace the towels with dry and warm ones in the middle of the day, a trifle, but nice)
Both on the territory of Stella Garden and on the territory of Stella Beach there are shops with everything you need. I especially liked Misha's store, he always helped with the choice.
It’s nice to bargain with him) As for the prices, we liked it - we bought sweets for relatives at the hotel before leaving, since the price tag was lower than even in the Spinneys supermarket in Hurghada, which we went to ourselves. The only thing. what I didn’t like was the high price tag at the Stella Beach pharmacy, and it was impossible to bargain) To the pharmacy and souvenir shop. we went to the city with tea and spices, called an uber from the hotel, drove about 19 km, drove for 4.5 dollars. We got back just by taxi from Senzo Mall, bargained for $5.
Cons that were noted in 11 days:
1. On the 10th day, the electronic lock in the door broke. However, they helped fix it very quickly. First, they replaced the card at the reception, then tried to open the cleaner with my card. when he failed, the guard came with his key. We made sure. that the problem is not even in the map, but in the castle itself, they called the chief engineer, and after a couple of minutes the room opened)
2.
In the children's club, the animators are only English-speaking, we left the children once for half an hour, the rest of the time they were with us, they did not leave the children's club.
3. Rather, not a minus, but a shortcoming - on the second day of our stay, a local worker asked us with bracelets at the Stella Garden Hotel to leave the heated pool at the Stella Beach Hotel. moreover. it was just a guy who set up sun loungers there. Then she clarified at the reception that guests can visit the heated pools in 2 hotels, on our territory I have repeatedly seen guests with Stella Beach bracelets by the heated pool, and there were no questions, but we had an unpleasant aftertaste, of course.
4. In the a la carte restaurants (Italian and Indian), it was funny that they didn’t bring us dessert. We ordered it twice, they offer scoops of ice cream with fruit for dessert. And in both restaurants, after you eat the main course, they removed ALL appliances, glasses.
napkins and everything, no dessert, no waiter. The first time they saw that our time for visiting the restaurant had already come to an end (an appointment for an hour, for example, from 1.30 to 1.30) and left, the second time they waited 20 minutes in an Indian restaurant. nothing has changed. the guests at the neighboring tables have already changed, we also left, as we were with children. The kids were asking for the evening show. In the Lebanese restaurant, by the way, the dessert was brought quickly, everything was wonderful)
5. I did not like the work of the Tez tour guide in our hotel. We bought excursions, from the minuses of his work - he was not at the indicated hours either at the Stella Beach hotel. not at the Stella Garden Hotel, and we ran to find out the time of the tour ourselves the day before, although it was promised at the meeting that he would either call the room himself in the evening and warn of the departure time, or be in the hotel lobby. As a result, the guide was called from the reception after the request, and he explained on the phone what time to go and what to take with him. Check out was early.
if they didn't specify the time. could sleep. as the guide did not warn of an early departure.
Summarizing the entire review - we would return to the hotel, we want to fly with my husband already together, to relax without children. With regards to wishes - it would be great to add Russian-speaking animators to work with children, since quite a lot of Russians come. Ukrainians and Belarusians, and it would be nice to have an alternative to evening shows in the club, at least the same cinema in the evenings on the terrace. In general, the hotel is beautiful, tidy and comfortable.
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