Good hotel, good location, but some flaws

Written: 7 december 2018
Travel time: 27 november — 4 december 2018
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 4.0
Amenities: 6.0
I chose the hotel primarily for snorkeling, from this point of view it is good - quite a lot of fish, the bay is protected from the wind - despite the strong wind, usual for December, swimming was prohibited for only half a day. The pontoon has been repaired. A completely live reef begins 70 meters to the left of the pontoon, behind the destroyed pontoon (this is behind the buoys, but no one objected), but there is something to see near the pontoon - people feed the fish, and there are a lot of them either near the pontoon, or standing waiting under the pontoon . Fish are everywhere, about 20 species. 2 napoleons - large and small, triggerfish, parrot fish, surgeon fish, tuna, flounder, needle fish, red mullet, butterfly fish, dog fish, platax, sergeant fish, antis, rhynecanthus, thalassomas, mullet, jumpers . Others have also seen moray eels, turtles, rays, and barracudas. Often there is a queue for the pontoon stairs - both on the pontoon and in the water. We need a second pontoon. For some reason, even with completely calm water, the yellow flag "it is dangerous to swim" was raised all the time. The ladder to the pontoon is raised at night, and lowered only at 7:30. Those wishing to swim immediately after dawn climb onto the pontoon through shallow water.
There are many bushes of blooming bougainvillea on the territory, it looks beautiful, especially in combination with the landscape formed by terraces. There are also rose bushes - but they are sheared, none of them really bloomed. The building and pools are beautifully illuminated at night. The hotel was nicely decorated for the new year.
The rooms are clean, they clean well, they are ready to clean every day, but they ask if it is necessary. The room was large with a great view. If the choice of room is at the discretion of the hotel, they offer to pay extra. Who agreed on $10 - $15, and some even refused to pay extra, and still got a room with a sea view. But there are rooms without a sea view - on the back and side of the main building, the other buildings were not populated.

The food is pretty mediocre. The people are waiting for the opening of the main restaurant, and in half an hour they scatter the most popular dishes - beef, finniki, chicken. As a result, if you come later, you may not find a single meat dish, and sometimes there is no fish either. However, they are brought up after some time. The food is rather monotonous - a lot of beans, pasta, salads with sausage in which there is no meat, little else. Of the fruits, there were almost always oranges and melons, sometimes - finniks, guava, tangerines. There were delicious cakes with pineapple and mango, but, unfortunately, only for lunch and dinner - lovers of a light breakfast are left with only pretzels, simple dry biscuits, yogurt, jam and sometimes pancakes.
Vacationers are mostly Russian-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking, Europeans can be counted on the fingers, I have not seen Arabs. Almost all staff speaks Russian.
What pretty spoiled the impression - the stink of sewerage during watering. Watered usually from 7 to 10 am, every other day. The stench reaches right up to the restaurant on the 7th floor, it is felt even under water when swimming with a tube. Sewerage is sprayed into water dust, evaporates to a large extent, this dust is carried far by the wind, so it is difficult even to go to the beach without falling under it. It's bad that there are no changing rooms on the beach, people crowd in the elevator in wet swimming trunks. Drinks in bars are diluted with water, and in the last couple of days this water has been with a disgusting aftertaste, it is impossible to drink, probably just poured from the tap. But I haven't heard of anyone getting sick. From the animation, I saw only once Arabic dances in national costumes in a restaurant during dinner to deafening music, and dances of up to 5 vacationers by the pool at noon. At 21:30, the animation program in the theater started according to the schedule, but it is too late for winter time, because the sunset is at 17:00 and during this period there is absolutely nothing to do in the hotel, only sit in the bar.
In general, I am satisfied with the rest.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original