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We stayed at this hotel from April 17th to 26th, 2026, for 9 nights, in room 1128.
The tour operator was Alliance, and the host was Joyce Tours. We were unhappy with both of their services. Alliance delayed our flight to Chisinau by 4 hours, which meant we missed our train and had to take a bus, which was much less comfortable.
Joyce Tours kept us on the bus at Sharm el-Sheikh Airport for about an hour. On the way back, the bus arrived at the hotel 30 minutes late – we were already thinking of another way to get to the airport, as the lines to get in were very long.
The hotel guide from Joyce Tours failed to show up to meet us three times, despite us waiting for over 0.5 hours each time. We wouldn't have expected him, but the transfer guide, who called himself Seva, spent a long time scaring everyone on the bus, telling everyone that last week, tourists hadn't shown up for their meeting with the hotel guide, and by the time they arrived at the airport by taxi, their plane had already departed.
Hotel
We'd already stayed at this hotel in 2019, so we have something to compare it to.
Due to construction of new buildings at the Sunrise Remal Beach Resort 5* (which also includes four small swimming pools and a concert stage), the shuttle bus from the Sunrise Remal Resort 4* no longer takes guests directly to the beach, but only to the entrance of the Sunrise Remal Beach Resort 5*. This means the shuttle bus (which runs every 15 minutes) takes guests 400 meters, followed by a 200-meter walk to the beach. Therefore, we rarely used the shuttle bus, only returning to the hotel from the beach. Overall, the walk from room 1128 to the beach is about 700 meters.
There is construction across the street from the reception area, making the rooms near it noisy. In the evening, the exhaust fan near the reception area makes a loud noise, which can be heard in neighboring rooms.
Rooms 1001–1045 (1101–1145 and 1201–1245) have balconies overlooking the children's pool and are quiet. For some unknown reason, the tiled paths from the verandas of ground-floor rooms 1001-1045 to the children's pool were removed right in front of us. It was such a convenient shortcut from the veranda to the main pool and beach shuttle.
Interestingly, the water flow in the pool's water slides is so weak that even a child 14 years or older would be dangerous to use, let alone adults.
Room
A nice room with a soft bed, an electric kettle, and a coffee/tea maker. The air conditioning worked, but the refrigerator didn't. But we didn't really need it. Six free bottles of carbonated sweet drinks were in the refrigerator upon arrival.
Neither swimsuits nor bathing suits dry overnight on the drying rack in the bathroom. Bring a clothesline and tie it between the balcony and one of the plastic chairs.
Once, mosquitoes bit us all night long—we managed to kill a few with our hands. They only left after spraying the bed and headboard with mosquito repellent spray. Then, we turned on mosquito repellent with a heater every day—it helped. One bottle is included in the room; we brought another.
Restaurant and Food
I disagree with those who call this restaurant a "canteen. " The restaurant is typical of hotels like Xperience Sea Breese, Grand Oasis, and the like. You have to arrive three times a day when the restaurant opens. Otherwise, it might be full. Because of this, many people sit on the terrace, but it's hot there during the day. Sometimes it's impossible to sit at the table without difficulty because the chairs are so crowded.
There are very few spoons. There are occasionally shortages of plates, cups, and glasses. I haven't heard of any food poisoning, but it's better to get tomatoes from the table near the tea/coffee station, where they're sliced – they're clearly fresher.
The food is very good – two types of fish and two or three types of meat twice a day. In the evening, there's plenty of grilled food. They serve crab, squid, shrimp, and oysters. But the beef is tough and difficult to eat. There's plenty of fruit, but we've never seen watermelon. For some reason, the buns in the restaurant are always stale. For some reason, there were no raisins, dried apricots, or nuts.
We didn't go to the à la carte restaurants, as the main restaurant had plenty of food for dinner, and it was quite varied.
You can also grab snacks at the Yades restaurant near the beach from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, so you don't have to return to the hotel for lunch (we couldn't use the rest of the Sunrise Remal Beach Resort 5* facilities, according to guest relations manager Christina). There's also a tea service from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, but we didn't use it.
Among the drinks, I liked the mango juice, which they pour from a carton. The gin and lime was very good. Previous reviews praised the rum, but I didn't like it. The beer was good, but low in alcohol. I also liked the red wine. Once a week, cider is poured into plastic champagne glasses at the entrance to the restaurant—a very acquired taste.
It's inconvenient that the pool bar and beach bar are only open until 5:00 PM (usually in hotels, it's until 6:00 PM). The lobby bar, however, is open until midnight.
I was surprised that drinking water was provided in two 0.25L bottles in the room (at the Sunrise Remal Beach Resort 5*, it was in 0.6L bottles), and I had to get it from the restaurant several times a day.
Entertainment
There is entertainment in and around the pool during the day, and in the evening, both by the pool and in the amphitheater. I enjoyed the dance show on Monday by the pool – the Pablo Escobar Colombian Dance Ensemble performed (just kidding). The other performances were so-so.
On Thursday and Sunday at 8:30 PM, reception takes you to the TAL Avenue show. I really enjoyed it.
The beach
There are no longer windbreaks on the beach, although the beaches of neighboring hotels have them. The sun loungers on the upper platform (near the pier) are new, with nets and head covers. However, it's difficult to find a free lounger at 8:30 AM, and after 9:00 AM, there are none at all. In addition to two showers, a changing cabin has been added to the beach – convenient.
The beach bar has been moved from the pier further inland to the promenade. There's often a line of 10-15 people there, which is uncomfortable.
The coral, up to the first level of buoys, is dead and gray. At high tide, the water there is slightly above the waist of an adult, making it comfortable for children and non-swimmers. There are no small fish in this area, not even the ubiquitous tangs – a safety feature.
The rickety pontoon has been replaced with a pier with three inclined ladders for entering the water – very convenient. The swimming area near the pier has more fish, but no large ones at all. Medium fish were caught only 1-2 times.
The coral is more interesting and has more fish if you swim north toward the Albatross Palace Hotel. However, to reach an interesting reef there, you have to swim about 700 meters out and the same distance back. In water with a temperature of 24-25 degrees (the water in Sharm is cold this April), I didn't want to do it without a wetsuit.
The coral is less interesting, but there are many cozy coves if you swim south toward the Siva Hotel. However, 5-6 boats with divers arrive there daily, and they scare the fish away.
A visit to the Sunrise Remal Beach Resort 5* revealed a huge difference between the 4* and 5* Sunrise hotels. The 5* has about 14 pools, meaning some are almost private, and much of the hotel is simply gorgeous.
Overall, we enjoyed our trip to the Sunrise Remal Resort 4*.
Alexander and Larisa.
The tour operator was Alliance, and the host was Joyce Tours. We were unhappy with both of their services. Alliance delayed our flight to Chisinau by 4 hours, which meant we missed our train and had to take a bus, which was much less comfortable.
Joyce Tours kept us on the bus at Sharm el-Sheikh Airport for about an hour. On the way back, the bus arrived at the hotel 30 minutes late – we were already thinking of another way to get to the airport, as the lines to get in were very long.
The hotel guide from Joyce Tours failed to show up to meet us three times, despite us waiting for over 0.5 hours each time. We wouldn't have expected him, but the transfer guide, who called himself Seva, spent a long time scaring everyone on the bus, telling everyone that last week, tourists hadn't shown up for their meeting with the hotel guide, and by the time they arrived at the airport by taxi, their plane had already departed.
Hotel
We'd already stayed at this hotel in 2019, so we have something to compare it to.
Due to construction of new buildings at the Sunrise Remal Beach Resort 5* (which also includes four small swimming pools and a concert stage), the shuttle bus from the Sunrise Remal Resort 4* no longer takes guests directly to the beach, but only to the entrance of the Sunrise Remal Beach Resort 5*. This means the shuttle bus (which runs every 15 minutes) takes guests 400 meters, followed by a 200-meter walk to the beach. Therefore, we rarely used the shuttle bus, only returning to the hotel from the beach. Overall, the walk from room 1128 to the beach is about 700 meters.
There is construction across the street from the reception area, making the rooms near it noisy. In the evening, the exhaust fan near the reception area makes a loud noise, which can be heard in neighboring rooms.
Rooms 1001–1045 (1101–1145 and 1201–1245) have balconies overlooking the children's pool and are quiet. For some unknown reason, the tiled paths from the verandas of ground-floor rooms 1001-1045 to the children's pool were removed right in front of us. It was such a convenient shortcut from the veranda to the main pool and beach shuttle.
Interestingly, the water flow in the pool's water slides is so weak that even a child 14 years or older would be dangerous to use, let alone adults.
Room
A nice room with a soft bed, an electric kettle, and a coffee/tea maker. The air conditioning worked, but the refrigerator didn't. But we didn't really need it. Six free bottles of carbonated sweet drinks were in the refrigerator upon arrival.
Neither swimsuits nor bathing suits dry overnight on the drying rack in the bathroom. Bring a clothesline and tie it between the balcony and one of the plastic chairs.
Once, mosquitoes bit us all night long—we managed to kill a few with our hands. They only left after spraying the bed and headboard with mosquito repellent spray. Then, we turned on mosquito repellent with a heater every day—it helped. One bottle is included in the room; we brought another.
Restaurant and Food
I disagree with those who call this restaurant a "canteen. " The restaurant is typical of hotels like Xperience Sea Breese, Grand Oasis, and the like. You have to arrive three times a day when the restaurant opens. Otherwise, it might be full. Because of this, many people sit on the terrace, but it's hot there during the day. Sometimes it's impossible to sit at the table without difficulty because the chairs are so crowded.
There are very few spoons. There are occasionally shortages of plates, cups, and glasses. I haven't heard of any food poisoning, but it's better to get tomatoes from the table near the tea/coffee station, where they're sliced – they're clearly fresher.
The food is very good – two types of fish and two or three types of meat twice a day. In the evening, there's plenty of grilled food. They serve crab, squid, shrimp, and oysters. But the beef is tough and difficult to eat. There's plenty of fruit, but we've never seen watermelon. For some reason, the buns in the restaurant are always stale. For some reason, there were no raisins, dried apricots, or nuts.
We didn't go to the à la carte restaurants, as the main restaurant had plenty of food for dinner, and it was quite varied.
You can also grab snacks at the Yades restaurant near the beach from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, so you don't have to return to the hotel for lunch (we couldn't use the rest of the Sunrise Remal Beach Resort 5* facilities, according to guest relations manager Christina). There's also a tea service from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, but we didn't use it.
Among the drinks, I liked the mango juice, which they pour from a carton. The gin and lime was very good. Previous reviews praised the rum, but I didn't like it. The beer was good, but low in alcohol. I also liked the red wine. Once a week, cider is poured into plastic champagne glasses at the entrance to the restaurant—a very acquired taste.
It's inconvenient that the pool bar and beach bar are only open until 5:00 PM (usually in hotels, it's until 6:00 PM). The lobby bar, however, is open until midnight.
I was surprised that drinking water was provided in two 0.25L bottles in the room (at the Sunrise Remal Beach Resort 5*, it was in 0.6L bottles), and I had to get it from the restaurant several times a day.
Entertainment
There is entertainment in and around the pool during the day, and in the evening, both by the pool and in the amphitheater. I enjoyed the dance show on Monday by the pool – the Pablo Escobar Colombian Dance Ensemble performed (just kidding). The other performances were so-so.
On Thursday and Sunday at 8:30 PM, reception takes you to the TAL Avenue show. I really enjoyed it.
The beach
There are no longer windbreaks on the beach, although the beaches of neighboring hotels have them. The sun loungers on the upper platform (near the pier) are new, with nets and head covers. However, it's difficult to find a free lounger at 8:30 AM, and after 9:00 AM, there are none at all. In addition to two showers, a changing cabin has been added to the beach – convenient.
The beach bar has been moved from the pier further inland to the promenade. There's often a line of 10-15 people there, which is uncomfortable.
The coral, up to the first level of buoys, is dead and gray. At high tide, the water there is slightly above the waist of an adult, making it comfortable for children and non-swimmers. There are no small fish in this area, not even the ubiquitous tangs – a safety feature.
The rickety pontoon has been replaced with a pier with three inclined ladders for entering the water – very convenient. The swimming area near the pier has more fish, but no large ones at all. Medium fish were caught only 1-2 times.
The coral is more interesting and has more fish if you swim north toward the Albatross Palace Hotel. However, to reach an interesting reef there, you have to swim about 700 meters out and the same distance back. In water with a temperature of 24-25 degrees (the water in Sharm is cold this April), I didn't want to do it without a wetsuit.
The coral is less interesting, but there are many cozy coves if you swim south toward the Siva Hotel. However, 5-6 boats with divers arrive there daily, and they scare the fish away.
A visit to the Sunrise Remal Beach Resort 5* revealed a huge difference between the 4* and 5* Sunrise hotels. The 5* has about 14 pools, meaning some are almost private, and much of the hotel is simply gorgeous.
Overall, we enjoyed our trip to the Sunrise Remal Resort 4*.
Alexander and Larisa.
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