I don't understand why 5 stars?

Written: 18 november 2010
Travel time: 7 — 17 november 2010
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 4.0
Food: 1.0
Amenities: 1.0
Rested together with his wife, in Egypt were the first time. We arrived at the hotel at 10.00, at the reception they said that we had to wait until 14.00, when the room was free. For $ 50 they settled in 20 minutes, they gave a good room with a sea view. I liked the room - a large bed, a decent bathroom with a bath, a bidet, a large mirror. The furniture is old but we didn't care. We threw things and went to the beach - the sea is awesome there, very beautiful - corals, fish. And then we went to a restaurant. . . this is some kind of misunderstanding, not a restaurant. The realm of unsanitary conditions - flies, stench, dirty "napkins" on the tables, the waiters brush off the crumbs with them, then spread them on the other side - please, sit down. Many dishes are frankly not tasty, salads were generally scary to try, vegetables and fruits are washed with tap water, then they smell of sea water, sometimes there were food leftovers on washed plates! Drinks in vending machines are powdered, and it seems that diluted drinks are the same tap water. At first, we put up with all this, because from the entire range of dishes you could find something edible - potatoes, meat, fish, cucumbers and tomatoes were always there. The desserts were very tasty. The waiters, bartenders, are quite adequate - they did not notice any rudeness or discrimination against Russians. But when the wife got poisoned by restaurant food and lain in the room for 2 days, the impressions of the rest were completely spoiled.
Of the minuses of the hotel:
- poor cleaning in the rooms, or rather its absence. Tipping does not affect the quality of cleaning, the cleaner only makes the bed and folds the towels.

- the infrastructure of the hotel is not designed for such a number of vacationers, so there are queues everywhere - at the entrance to the restaurant, in the restaurant itself to the chef who cooks something on the spot (scrambled eggs, barbecue), in a bar, in a coffee shop, on the beach to shower. There were queues even near the elevators! Finding a seat at a table on the veranda in the evening is simply unrealistic. It is better to take a sunbed on the beach before breakfast - then it is very difficult to find a free one.
- flies on the beach - there are a lot of them and they are angry like dogs!
- those who like to drink a mug or two of beer will definitely be disappointed, because beer is poured into beakers - plastic cups of 150 ml, half a glass - foam, one "portion" is enough for 2 sips. In one hand more than 2 glasses are not given.
Actually, only the sea left positive impressions from this holiday - but there is no merit of the hotel in this. In addition, as we later found out, the reef at this hotel is not the best in charm, so I see no reason to return to this hotel or recommend it to friends. If possible, it is better to choose another hotel.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original