Family hotel, quiet, comfortable, but no food

Written: 26 august 2019
Travel time: 19 — 26 august 2019
Your rating of this hotel:
5.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 6.0
Food: 2.0
Amenities: 5.0
Having returned home today, I decided to immediately write a review regarding the rest in this hotel.
This is not the first time we have been in Egypt. Previously, rested in hotels and 4 *, and 5 * stars first line. It so happened that they bought a ticket in two days (there was little time to read reviews) they trusted the tour operator who said that the hotel was 4 *, the first line, near the Old Town, a sandy beach and there is a reef nearby.
The hotel is a solid 3 * no more. Many sites indicate that the hotel is 4 *.
As for the hotel itself:

We arrived in the evening, settled quickly, two neighboring rooms on the ground floor overlooking the pool (211.212), the rooms themselves, like in any hotel in Egypt, are a little tired, the furniture is of course not new but looks normal, hot water is always (there is a boiler), clean, cleaned , changed towels every day, bed less often. Access to the pool through the balcony. There is a safe. The hotel has rooms without balconies overlooking the construction site. The territory of the hotel is small, compact, well-groomed. The staff is friendly.
Beach:
The beach is sandy, located across the road from the hotel in the bay (four-lane road to Cairo, there is a guard who, if necessary, helps to cross it by stopping cars), there are a sufficient number of trestle beds on the beach (enough for everyone, wooden, old ones) each has a mattress, you take towels in the morning give in the evening. There is a bar - water, sprite, fanta, cola, beer, alcohol. They did not take beer, alcohol, but vacationers said that the diluted one was of poor quality. Fish can be seen in the morning.
The beach is good for children and people of advanced age - sandy, the water is warm (we did not go ashore for an hour). You can swim behind the buoys away from the coast only until nine in the morning, then it is dangerous because on the left side of the pier where yachts are based for sightseeing walks (5-6 boats) that constantly run with tourists, on the right side of the boat are small boats that ride tourists on a banana, plate.
When leaving or refueling, there is a smell of fuel, I have not seen greasy spots.
If you go to the right along the beaches (10-15 minutes), beyond the cape there is a wild beach, open sea, a reef and you can see fish (you can only enter the sea in corals, as there are a lot of hedgehogs). You need to go to the wild beach in the morning until it is so hot.
Food:
First, upon check-in, you are given 1.5 liters of water per room (during the rest, water is not replenished in the room), there are water coolers in the restaurant, in the pool bar and on the beach (poured into a disposable cup in bars, in the restaurant you take it yourself ). The restaurant has information that you can’t fill bottles (I used 0.5 bottles for breakfast, lunch, dinner, they didn’t say anything), you can buy a 6 liter bottle for $ 1.
The food is very scarce.

Breakfast: scrambled eggs (add - cheese, sausage), two times there were boiled eggs; milk porridge (rice, vermicelli); feta; cheese is hard; sausage; beans; , fried eggplant (but not always); cabbage, white, blue; grated carrots; iceberg lettuce; yogurt, jam (one kind); different puffs (hard); vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers); salinity; toasts can be made; dry breakfast (balls or flakes harsh); tea, coffee, hibiscus, orange juice (yupi) - the assortment is the same. There are no fruits.
Lunch: soup (one kind); side dishes - potatoes (sometimes), vermicelli, rice (always); steamed vegetables; fish; liver or beef (in the form of beef stroganoff); vegetables unchanged, several types of salads; biscuits, jelly, kissels; fruits - melon, dates (green - you can’t eat), orange, there were grapes twice (who managed to grab it).
Dinner: soup; side dishes - potatoes, vermicelli; vegetables, salads for breakfast and lunch; the fruits are the same; fish; hen; biscuits; jelly, jelly.
After dinner we went to the Old Town - it is a 7-10 minute walk from the hotel. Bought - mango, grapes, figs, shrimp.
The animation is not bad, the guys tried to entertain the guests as much as possible.
Upon arrival there was a small shock, in the future they were satisfied with the rest (except for food). Hotel, budget, family type, quiet, compact, near the Old Town. Once again I repeat 3 * to 4 * does not hold out (no food, although we were not hungry).
PS. Internet paid 5 $. According to vacationers, it is better to buy a card at the airport or in the Old Town, there are a number of operators. I had mobile roaming for 7 days (it turned out cheaper).
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