Creepy dirty diner but wonderful reef

Written: 18 july 2017
Travel time: 30 june — 9 july 2017
Your rating of this hotel:
2.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 3.0
Cleanliness: 3.0
Food: 1.0
Amenities: 6.0
Traveled with my husband in July 2017.
I read reviews about Melton (ex Melia Sinai), and upon arrival I was convinced that everything was true.
The settlement was played out like in a play by roles. For the best room began to DEMAND 15 ye for a view of the sea and the pool. Do not ask, do not hint, namely, fiercely demand. Almost all of their rooms are good and with a sea view, but they scare newcomers with some of the most distant and miserable. This closet must have been specially built to intimidate newcomers. After a short auction for 15 USD. we all the same moved into that "good" with a view of the pool. The girl we met later, on principle, did not want to pay, and from 9 in the morning she sat on her suitcases until 3 o'clock. And they settled her somewhere in the backyard. Sorry for the precious time. The "good" room itself was with a working safe and air conditioning, which is critical in Egypt and in July. With a nice big bed.

The biggest shock was the dining room. A nightmare! . These are dirty plates with leftovers from past dinners, sticky tables, groceries on the floor. The very quality of the food - cabbage salads standing for 3 days. Tomatoes in sweet buns. Why are they there? ? Stayed after dinner? The combination of products is bewildering. Everything untidy, she experienced constant disgust and fear of poisoning. I chose only those products that were clearly just cut or baked. You definitely won’t get better from such an on-inclusive.
A separate story is local. Due to the crisis, hotels began to let in locals, and this is another circus. They are noisy, at each table in the dining room there are 3-5 children and 2-3 150-kilogram aunts. They yell, children yell, push around the food, litter. They put the children with their feet on the tables (photo attached). The feeling that not in the hotel in the restaurant (it's 5-ka ha-ha-ha), but at the station with homeless people and gypsies we are waiting for food rations.
Bars are open from 10-11 am. This is inconvenient, because normal strong coffee, which is not available in the stem, can only be drunk at the bar and for money.
Now about the good, why, reading the reviews, we still chose this particular cockroach crossing: this is the first line, this is a wonderful reef. Relatively cheap tour. We drove to the sea and to the reef. Particularly beautiful places are on the left side towards the Baron Hotel and the sunken ship. We explored the reef starting from the lighthouse (opposite Tyrant Island and the stranded ship) through the hotels Coral Sea Sensatori Resort, Baron, Sirena, Melton, Siwa, Hilton and Sierra. This is several kilometers of coastline. The most beautiful house reefs are just opposite the Baron and Coral Sea. But these hotels are much more expensive. Swimming for 5 hours a day along the reef, all the troubles from the dining room were forgotten a little. What is important there is a dive center on site. Excursions to tiran and Ros Mohammed are good and interesting but the reef in front of the hotel is richer. In general, I am satisfied with the rest of the sea and the reef for the money. We saw black stingrays, Napoleons, a huge 2-meter moray eel and many others. But next time I would probably take a hotel nearby to get to the same reef but not to the hotel. For those who are not a fan of snorkeling and plan to hang out in a hotel - definitely in another one. Better next time I will add 100-300 USD. but I won't go to Melton again.
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