Objectively not bad)

Written: 8 october 2010
Travel time: 19 — 26 september 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 9.0
This is not the first time in Egypt and abroad in general. Before leaving, I read reviews for a long time trying to objectively isolate points important to us among the ahs of happiness and exclamations of disappointment. We chose it as a good combination of price and quality, of course, in the hope that the quality would be higher; ) Here's what we had:
ROOM.
Pros: lawn view room, close to main restaurant and small pool, good linens and towels, 2 bottles of water daily, 1 minibar refill for free (fanta-cola-sprite only). Clean.

Cons: the room is small, the lighting is weak, the bathroom is very old. You will live beautifully only if you are given a room in buildings near a large pool. There is a beautiful open cascade of buildings overlooking the sea and the illuminated pool. Very beautiful! But there are still a lot of buildings outside this horseshoe, most of whose rooms have windows, if this is the first floor, then into the walls of the neighboring building, in the best (our) case onto the lawn, and if the second, then onto the air conditioners on the roof of the lower tier of buildings. All this is stuck very thickly and most of the rooms seem to be paired, that is, from your room there is a door to the next room, tightly packed, but the audibility is excellent; ). We asked other tourists, all the same. The bathroom surprised with its old cracked tiles and grouting, although a 2007 hotel? Who and how managed to kill her like that, it is not clear?
RESTAURANTS.
Everything is cleaned relatively quickly. Many beautiful terraces. The view is more beautiful from the Italian restaurant and there are fewer people there. The food is not very diverse. Although of course you won’t leave hungry, but we and our friends were frankly disappointed. Meat is prepared better than in many Egyptian hotels, but not once at a time. Potatoes were sometimes served half-baked. Pancakes were not fried. Pizza was a piece of dough with tomato sauce and cheese. Literally a couple of salads, a maximum of one soup, sometimes rice is delicious, sometimes not, Egyptian ful (who eats it? ), Meat and cheese cuts were given to everyone in their hands and she was HORRIBLE. Fruits are not varied, but this is the norm in Egypt. Sweet, as always tasty and a lot. Tea and cocoa are quite good. Very good white, red and rosé wine and beer. Delicious feta cheese. Delicious ice cream for lunch. In recent days, an Italian chef has arrived (he was very beautifully presented at the Italian animation to the Italian public) and he was already trying to surprise. There was meat carpaccio, spaghetti from the chef and a very beautifully decorated sweet. I did everything myself, in plain sight, in an Italian restaurant. It looked great! Taste is so-so.
A bunch of snacks during the day on the beach, near the pool, bars work everywhere. In the morning you can book a table, and in the evening go to a restaurant on the beach. Very romantic, personal service, grill. In fact, the food is the same everywhere as in the main restaurant, just serving and hospitality is important! It is very pleasant that you are served personally by the pool, on the beach during the day. The waiters themselves bring cocoa, milk, cocktails, etc. We also made them happy a couple of times leaving baksheesh. The staff is nice and for the most part tries to please you. The animation is Italian, 14 people, 1 special invited artist, they meet every Italian, they show the hotel, restaurants. In the evening they have great animation with pyrotechnic effects, performances of famous works. Always sold out! Our animation is 1 Russian girl and a dark boy who pull everyone on themselves. In the evening, Mr. / Miss hotel, dancing, who knows how, etc. Pioneer camp.

In the afternoon water aerobics, volleyball. SEA. Nice, short pontoon with railings. Quite nice. Lots of marine life. We saw a stingray, turtle, moray eel, file, needles, lionfish and much more. ankle. Sometimes flow. There are always a lot of sunbeds. There are no screens. The beach is not always clean.
Territory. Good size, enough space. Greenery too. Night lights, waterfalls. In the evenings, live music in the lobby, a disco in the rooftop bar. The hotel is located close to the shops and shopping street IL MERCATO (10min walk). Near the entertainment complex ALF LEILA WA LEILA. The old town is a 25-minute walk.
In general, the rest was not bad. We saw worse hotels in Egypt. It's just that everyone has flaws and this hotel has tolerable ones. There are more pluses and pleasant moments. Do not forget that you are in Egypt and here your criteria and level. Everyone who travels for the first time will definitely like it. The price-quality ratio is not bad. The service is good. The sea is warm and beautiful. Well, we'll keep looking.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original