Looks like we'll be back to this oasis of greenery and magical fish

Written: 7 june 2018
Travel time: 9 — 20 may 2018
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 8.0
Our second vacation in the Reef oasis from May 9 to May 20 left a lot of pleasant impressions.
We really liked it in November and after listening to our stories, friends flew in with us this time. When we were brought to the hotel, dinner was ending there. They immediately put on the bracelets and sent them to dinner. The Jaconda restaurant is nearby and we had dinner there the first evening. Despite the fact that it was already 15 minutes before closing, the food was in full assortment and we tried duck, beef, fish, watermelon. . We were given a room in 8 buildings, friends at 5....When the guys from the reception saw that we were together, they sincerely offered to come tomorrow and change the number from 5 to 8. Our friends liked everything in their room and they did not change it to closer to us. We were also pleased with the settlement - a spacious room with a working air conditioner, shower, TV. We had a first floor and the second exit from the room was to the pool, which we never used, but it was very pleasing to the eye with its presence. To the sea to go from our room is literally 3-4 minutes.
Shower accessories, water, towels - all this was regularly changed, added.

In the first days, it was clear from the sunbeds on the beach that the hotel was full, but after three days it became freer on the beach, and the restaurant did not line up before dinner.
We noticed pleasant changes on the beach. Added a lot of sunbeds. They still lack fungi, but it looks like they are working on the construction of a canopy. Changed mattresses. Frankly torn and dirty no. Panton was well done at the place of descent into the sea and a good entry to the panton was made.
We checked out the sandy entrance to the sea on our last trip, but this time we were generally grateful to him - it was a day with a storm and the pantone was closed, so everyone swam near the coast.
It was nice to meet instructor Pavel at the diving center, he told us a lot about fish, the sea on the last trip, and this time we had a good time talking with him. This time we were lucky to see a moray eel. A sea of ​ ​ emotions! Pavel can lead you to the moray eel during the dive, literally at arm's length.

We accidentally deleted the video of the blue-finned balisthod and we wanted to shoot it no matter what. But the problem is that the fish are usually at a depth, I practically can’t swim, and last time the fish was accidentally near the pantone... Pavel told us where to look balistoda and how to behave in general when meeting with him, because he can attack defending his territory. And then one day we were lucky to see a balistod. We swam and were already returning back when I saw a variety of fish rapidly rushing towards me. I was surprised, I was going to swim to the panton, but then I noticed a fish rising from the bottom at a speed. It was our favorite balistode. A little to the side, I swam and watched him. I managed to see that my husband was somewhere there, saw him and swam back (there was little strength already). When my husband got ashore, it turned out that a woman was swimming between him and me (judging by the bracelet, an Italian) and began to feed the fish in the water. Therefore flocks and rushed to meet me. This lured a big fish. When my husband saw the fish, he was a little scared, because she was on his way to the pantone. The woman, it seems, was also frightened and began to swim with screams at my husband. He handed over some time ago, but then he decided and quickly swam to the pantone. The video turned out and now we are reviewing it with laughter, although it was not funny then.
In general, we saw a lot of fish - we are satisfied. Our friends swim well and from the very first days they met stingrays and other inhabitants. On the beach, many boasted of meeting a turtle.
I was pleasantly pleased with the beach bar with a wide selection of snacks. French fries, salads, burgers, hot dogs, shawarma, pizza, a can of cold milk. Due to the heat at lunch, it was too lazy to go to a restaurant and cold milk with burger buns helped us a lot. Either the heat acted like that, or there were fewer people than on the last trip, but there were no queues at the bar for pizza and beer.
There were no queues for beer so much that the employees, out of boredom or something, poured beer into glasses and it stood out of breath. They don't seem to understand that they spoil the taste of the drink. . .
Towels were changed on the beach without any problems, they seem to have been updated too - clearly there were no torn ones.
The territory was pleasing to the eye - a bunch of flowering trees and shrubs. Intricate curly trees. From walking around the hotel - only pleasant impressions. If you get up at 5.30 in the morning, you can have time to see flowering cacti. I got up early and had time to admire their view and inhale the magical aroma. I was among the first to come to the beach and managed to swim before breakfast, do exercises and get hungry. It is important for me that the beach is not closed in this hotel and you can come to sunrise.

The food was good. Fruits are always apples, tangerines, oranges, grapefruits, melons, watermelons. Melons, although they look green, are actually delicious. Apples are cut into slices, although you can take a whole one, but you can’t leave the restaurant with it. Literally on the first evening they didn’t let me out with an apple in my hand, then I had to put it in a bag. I get up early and I want to bite something... Of course, it’s right that they don’t let them carry mountains from the restaurant, because then it hurts to see it in the trash cans near the rooms, but literally stop with an apple too somehow... Then I heard on the beach that the girl with the melon was not released - she herself went to dinner and wanted to bring a melon to her husband on the beach.
During dinner, a guy was specially standing in the hall with a tray of napkins. They are strange - it’s easier to put napkin holders on the table.
Tuna, beef, chicken, duck, octopus, squid - all this has always been and even quite tasty.
Summing up, I want to say that starting from the work of the reception, room arrangement, food, territory, beach and the attitude of the staff - we were completely satisfied.
We feared for the impression of our friends, but they are also satisfied and ready to repeat their visit to the Reef oasis.
We, in turn, seem to come here for the third time. Comparing May and November, we chose November due to weather conditions, but we want to look at Egypt in January. As they say, they don’t look for good, and in order not to spoil our vacation with another hotel, we will most likely come again. Last time we were surprised by vacationers with their 16th visit, but it looks like it's hard not to come back here.
Who cares, here are the links to the video of the fish https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=V7N9VOrSYrU
This is a blue balistode
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=WLJ4YtuFvqw
This is a moray eel
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=eIdeznPSTvI
Translated automatically from Russian. View original