Great family hotel, a solid 5 with a little tip

Written: 23 august 2016
Travel time: 11 — 20 august 2016
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
We have already flown on a family vacation 9 times - there is something to compare with. I can safely say that the rating of this hotel is a solid 5! I liked everything, but there is a small and very capacious advice: You need to relax at the hotel during RAMADAN. (reason below)
1) We settled quickly enough and immediately in a good room, while waiting at the reception, waiters constantly ran around us and offered hibiscus, coffee and other drinks. The staff are very friendly and helpful, they try very hard to please.
Surprisingly, this was the first hotel in which we did not pay extra for a room in order to change to a better one. Everything was arranged right away.

2) The food is excellent, fed to satiety, the variety of dishes was plentiful. From meat every day there was lamb, beef, chicken was sometimes served with veal, all this in 3 interpretations (fried, boiled and stewed); 2-3 types of fish. From fruits: bananas, grapes, pears, melons, dates, oranges and grapefruit - every day. Well, for the sweet table, I generally keep quiet: an unmeasured amount of, as always, impeccable oriental sweets. Again, if you are not satisfied with healthy and tasty food in the form of stewed vegetables, perfectly cooked side dishes, you can always go to 2 bars (The Waves or Piramides) for French fries, hot dogs, shawarma and pizza. There is a choice for everyone. A huge plus is that all juices, beer, cola, sprite and other drinks are bottled. If you want beer - the bartender opens a bottle in front of you, if you want juice - the same thing! No Yuppies!!!
As for a-la carte: how chic and insanely delicious the Chinese restaurant was, with perfect service, unusual interior, how sucky and terribly tasteless The Grill turned out to be!
3) The territory of the hotel is very large, green and to such an extent everything is correctly located that there is no piling up of vacationers: is it because of the 9 pools that are successfully located throughout the territory; whether because of the multi-level beach, which gives comfort and privacy. The chic and insanely rich house reef is a paradise for beginner divers! Before that, I had never scuba dived, but there are guys from the diving center on the pontoon who offer to try diving for free with full instructions and hand in hand with an instructor.
4) For animation - I won’t say anything, since I never went to evening performances! but the animators are great too - they see if a person is not particularly active in their proposals to play water polo, darts or volleyball - they don’t pull by the hands and are not imposed)
BUT!!!! ! on the fifth day of our stay, several Arab families stopped by... from that moment on, food in the dining room was not enough. Therefore, I advise you to go for breakfast, lunch and dinner not at the end of the allotted time, because you get leftovers, but an hour or half an hour earlier. Also, the lack of culture of some people of this nationality killed me on the spot: letting your child poop in the middle of a bar, or throwing away a dirty diaper near a beach shower - for them this is normal. But the staff is great, they reacted with lightning speed if you poke a finger at them))))
Despite the small minuses of the hotel, we were very satisfied with the rest) I recommend!
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