You won't be full of one reef

Written: 12 november 2021
Travel time: 25 october 2021
Your rating of this hotel:
1.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 1.0
Service: 1.0
Cleanliness: 1.0
Food: 1.0
Amenities: 1.0
Flying with Egypt Air on a Boeing 777-300. Travel time on the route Moscow - Sharm El Sheikh - 4.20.
We will omit the service on board due to its complete absence.
Upon arrival at Sharm airport, the QR codes were checked so quickly that any piece of paper with text could be shown).
All cordons passed without difficulty.
(Shmon with predilection will already take off, but that's another story).
Right there, at the station, we bought a local SIM card for $12 for 15GB (we knew from the reviews that Wi-Fi in the hotel is only in the lobby, and that one is disgusting).
The meeting tour operator directed us to a wrecked bus full of Russian tourists and "rejoiced" that we were all going to the same hotel.
Upon arrival, a new "joy" - check-in strictly from 14-00, and we were already at the place at 6 in the morning.
There were no changing rooms and luggage on the vast territory, so the luggage was dumped at the entrance, and it was advised to change clothes in the toilet.

Breakfast is not allowed, and they forgot to offer elementary water.
At 10 o'clock they put on bracelets, and we got the legal right to drink.
At 13 o'clock, a queue lined up at the door of the restaurant (mostly from hungry "recruits").
At 14 o'clock began to issue cards from the rooms.
We looked at several rooms - one worse than the other: "no age" furniture, squeaky mattresses and gray linens. Dusty and dirty.
As a result of showdowns and ordeals, by the evening, we got a good room by the standards of this hotel.
And now about everything in more detail.

Reception - score 2.
Employees are unfriendly, they understand Russian only when they wish, apparently, this is somehow connected with encouragement.

Territory - score 4.
The territory is large, well-groomed, landscaped, there are fountains, the infrastructure is being actively restored, repairs are being carried out in the buildings.
The buildings are two-story, with comfortable balconies.
One large pool with a bar, another for children - with water slides.

Number - rating 3.
Building 21 after repair, but less than a day later, the door fell off the cabinet, the lock was repaired twice.
The room is standard. Blackout curtains, good soundproofing. As a bonus, a kettle, a bottle of water and even a scale.
Upon check-in, read the rules for hotel guests. The item “cleaning according to indications and it is desirable to do it yourself” alerted me. They immediately realized that they could not do without baksheesh. Indeed, tips work wonders. We even saw towel swans. True, not even a week had passed before the cleaner decided that we were leaving him money for his beautiful eyes and stopped cleaning. I had to withdraw from allowance).
Hot water is not enough for everyone and you need to seize the moment.
Toiletries (gel, conditioner, shampoo) were replenished on request, sometimes they took it themselves when there was no one to ask).
Towels and bed linen are changed according to mood, but for us - for money).

Food - score 2.
Covid restrictions and rules are only on paper.

There is no mention of social distancing at all.
All employees have masks on their chins.
The tables are not only not treated with an antiseptic, but they are not even wiped after the guests.
They observed how the waiter trampled on a fallen napkin, and then put it on the table.
Cutlery is brought by waiters in violation of all sanitary standards. Often we ourselves had to run around the halls in search of instruments. There was a case when there were no clean spoons at all, and the porridge had to be eaten with a fork.
Places are sorely lacking, sometimes you had to stand with a plate and wait for a free table.
On the other hand, numerous employees of the Anex-tour ate their meal slowly, smashing full plates. It seems that they come here not for work, but specifically to eat. But to questions of interest to tourists, the typical answer is “I don’t know, brother”).
In addition to the main restaurant, there are three A la carte restaurants, by appointment: fish, grill and Mexican.
In Mexican, on the territory of a neighboring hotel, they cook quite tasty, but spicy.
In fish - an assortment, as in the main. There is no hustle, but you again stand in line for soup and salad.
Before leaving, they asked the restaurant to wrap the purchased sweets.
"This one? " - the manager pointed to the foil lying on the pedestal - "There isn't one like this. " (Do not believe, they say, with your eyes. ))

Animation - rating 4.
Three girls are from Ukraine, the rest are local guys.
Yoga, dancing, crazy bocha, darts, volleyball, table tennis, water polo.
Evening animation both on their own and with the invitation of artists: acrobats, snake charmer, dancers.
Evening shows are held in the amphitheater. Guests have to sit on stone steps.
Attempts to lay at least mattresses from the sunbeds by the pool are thwarted.

Beach and sea - rating 5.
Terraces along the coastline fit perfectly into the natural terrain. Whoever came up with this is a big guy.

The sea is open, three pontoons, of which only one worked during our vacation, which caused queues for entry / exit and an "anthill" in the water. When asked when the main pontoon will be repaired, there is only one answer: “Tomorrow”. This extended over several days tomorrow.
The reef is big and lively. Colorful corals, and fish are striking in variety.
Stingray, moray eel, lionfish, needle, many surgeons. Some people provoke this surgeon fish, apparently unaware that it is dangerous.
The sunbeds are dirty and decrepit, the mattresses are probably from the time of Tutankhamen. Yes, and there are not enough of them for everyone who wants to. Crowding as in Anapa, Sochi at the peak of the season.

We honestly tried to tune in to the positive, but the hotel staff deliberately knocked down this mood.

The hotel does not pull on 5 * - three with a minus)
We do not recommend.
We did not throw a coin into the sea - we will not return here.

P. S. Violation of all conceivable sanitary standards gave its result: I left with a negative test for covid, returned with a positive one. Do you think you need such a vacation?
Translated automatically from Russian. View original