Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
10.0
Service:
7.0
Cleanliness:
5.0
Food:
7.0
Amenities:
8.0
We rested in the second half of April 2021 with a large family of 7 people. We chose this hotel because of its location (the wind blows less in Makadi Bay than in Hurghada) and we needed a good entry into the sea plus corals nearby, because part of the family is snorkeling. Also having a water park was a plus.
We flew from Minsk with the Ukrainian tour operator Join up. We have already been to other budget hotels in Makadi in this price category (Stella, Labranda, Tia), so the cost of Sunwing (the former name of the hotel) at $ 800 per person was fine (everything else was even more expensive, it’s problematic to buy tickets cheaply from Minsk in my opinion ).
As for nutrition, we already knew that it had special features. Although at the moment there are no special problems with food. The buffet is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Yes, the choice is not very large, but you will not stay hungry. The main "Egyptian set" is present. The only thing was no porridge. Therefore, if your children do not eat eggs / pancakes / cereal for breakfast, then you need to take instant porridge with you. Well, the coffee was so-so. Good coffee could be ordered in the reception lobby for a fee.
For lunch it was possible (except for the main canteen with a buffet) to go to Italian or grill. There's a menu, but you don't need to book in advance. We often went to Italian, to eat pizza and pasta, we liked it.
Dinner is either a "buffet" in the canteen, or Fino (pre-registration in the restaurant itself from 14:30 to 16), or a la carte German or Mexican. It was still possible to go to Makadi Mall by appointment, but drinks are paid there and we didn’t go there. I liked the Mexican more than the German.
The beach is wonderful, there are plenty of sunbeds. The entrance to the sea and the water itself are magnificent. Lots of fish for the kids. There was one bar on the beach. By the end of our holiday, many tourists arrived and the queue became decent. Perhaps, when the hotel is full, a second bar will be opened (it is also on the beach). You can swim without coral, so the beach is the best thing in this hotel.
The rooms are big. I've been to Egypt 21 times, it was the largest "standard" room, over 50 sq. m. Many people write about dim lighting, yes, I agree, this is observed throughout the hotel. But we only came to the room to sleep and we had enough lighting.
By the way, I was very pleased with the presence of both a bathroom and a shower - you can simultaneously put yourself in order together.
There are two water parks for children and adults. The children's worked like from 10 to 13:30, I could be wrong, because my children went there themselves. Not far from the water park, you could eat pancakes and waffles during the day.
Adult slides opened from 15:00 to 16:00. At the moment, 3 slides out of 5 were working due to the hotel's low workload.
We went for a walk in the direction of Grand Makadi (it has been closed for more than a year, judging by the state of the territory) and in the other direction of the bay, to the Labrand hotel. We took pictures on the territory of the neighboring Makadi Palace hotel - there are very few tourists and a beautiful green area.
Not yet on the territory of Sunving there is a children's entertainment from 17 o'clock - a trampoline and a carousel, also for a fee, like 2-3 euros for 15 minutes of a trampoline.
In the evenings there were animation programs in the sports bar, but we go to bed early.
There is no gym in the hotel. Rather, it is, but empty. My husband and I ran in the morning to Grand Makadi and back for several laps, this replaced fitness.
I’ll also list what the hotel didn’t have at the time of our stay: shampoo (there was only shower gel), all kinds of caps / threads, a kettle and tea accessories (they could bring them on request, but we didn’t need to), there were no toothpicks in the canteen either . Soft drinks in the canteen could only be poured into plastic cups.
Wi-Fi worked only at the reception and was very weak (and not every day), so we bought a local SIM card.
In all our vacation, only one moment was very exciting - this was the PCR test. But this has nothing to do with the hotel.
In general, I really liked the rest, we just took all sorts of household trifles from home. For evening gatherings, we also took board games, smoked sausages and chips with us and had a great time with our family : )
And the Red Sea is just beautiful, especially in this hotel!
We flew from Minsk with the Ukrainian tour operator Join up. We have already been to other budget hotels in Makadi in this price category (Stella, Labranda, Tia), so the cost of Sunwing (the former name of the hotel) at $ 800 per person was fine (everything else was even more expensive, it’s problematic to buy tickets cheaply from Minsk in my opinion ).
As for nutrition, we already knew that it had special features. Although at the moment there are no special problems with food. The buffet is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Yes, the choice is not very large, but you will not stay hungry. The main "Egyptian set" is present. The only thing was no porridge. Therefore, if your children do not eat eggs / pancakes / cereal for breakfast, then you need to take instant porridge with you. Well, the coffee was so-so. Good coffee could be ordered in the reception lobby for a fee.
For lunch it was possible (except for the main canteen with a buffet) to go to Italian or grill. There's a menu, but you don't need to book in advance. We often went to Italian, to eat pizza and pasta, we liked it.
Dinner is either a "buffet" in the canteen, or Fino (pre-registration in the restaurant itself from 14:30 to 16), or a la carte German or Mexican. It was still possible to go to Makadi Mall by appointment, but drinks are paid there and we didn’t go there. I liked the Mexican more than the German.
The beach is wonderful, there are plenty of sunbeds. The entrance to the sea and the water itself are magnificent. Lots of fish for the kids. There was one bar on the beach. By the end of our holiday, many tourists arrived and the queue became decent. Perhaps, when the hotel is full, a second bar will be opened (it is also on the beach). You can swim without coral, so the beach is the best thing in this hotel.
The rooms are big. I've been to Egypt 21 times, it was the largest "standard" room, over 50 sq. m. Many people write about dim lighting, yes, I agree, this is observed throughout the hotel. But we only came to the room to sleep and we had enough lighting.
By the way, I was very pleased with the presence of both a bathroom and a shower - you can simultaneously put yourself in order together.
There are two water parks for children and adults. The children's worked like from 10 to 13:30, I could be wrong, because my children went there themselves. Not far from the water park, you could eat pancakes and waffles during the day.
Adult slides opened from 15:00 to 16:00. At the moment, 3 slides out of 5 were working due to the hotel's low workload.
We went for a walk in the direction of Grand Makadi (it has been closed for more than a year, judging by the state of the territory) and in the other direction of the bay, to the Labrand hotel. We took pictures on the territory of the neighboring Makadi Palace hotel - there are very few tourists and a beautiful green area.
Not yet on the territory of Sunving there is a children's entertainment from 17 o'clock - a trampoline and a carousel, also for a fee, like 2-3 euros for 15 minutes of a trampoline.
In the evenings there were animation programs in the sports bar, but we go to bed early.
There is no gym in the hotel. Rather, it is, but empty. My husband and I ran in the morning to Grand Makadi and back for several laps, this replaced fitness.
I’ll also list what the hotel didn’t have at the time of our stay: shampoo (there was only shower gel), all kinds of caps / threads, a kettle and tea accessories (they could bring them on request, but we didn’t need to), there were no toothpicks in the canteen either . Soft drinks in the canteen could only be poured into plastic cups.
Wi-Fi worked only at the reception and was very weak (and not every day), so we bought a local SIM card.
In all our vacation, only one moment was very exciting - this was the PCR test. But this has nothing to do with the hotel.
In general, I really liked the rest, we just took all sorts of household trifles from home. For evening gatherings, we also took board games, smoked sausages and chips with us and had a great time with our family : )
And the Red Sea is just beautiful, especially in this hotel!
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