Nutrition is normal, the range of cheeses, vegetables, fruits. Traditionally a lot of desserts. There is nothing to complain about, no one was left hungry. We also tried an additional restaurant (Greek) - nothing special, the food is no better, the service is so-so (it is desirable to have blankets in the cold season), so I do not recommend.
Although the staff is normal, friendly. With the exception of beach sellers of photo services, tours on ATVs, etc. - not intrusive.
The rooms are cleaned quite well, though not perfectly. Don't spare that unfortunate dollar for a tip - you won't get poor, and people will be happy. We were cleaned in the period from 13:00 to 15:00, we were absolutely satisfied. The furniture is not new, but intact.
The bathroom is also normal, a little rust on the metal somewhere in the corner on the floor - no problem.
The sea at this time (early January) is cold, it is not convenient to swim. But you can grab somewhere near the comfort (there are special screens). But the weather is not a hotel issue.
I can recommend the hotel. and all "nausea" will be bad everywhere.
We were brought to the hotel around 13:00. Registration at the reception was quick, gave the key and sent to the room.
ROOM. The room was located in building A on the second floor. The room is gloomy, very cold, there is little light / lighting, there was no sun either in the morning, or in the afternoon, or in the evening. The furniture is old, broken, shabby. Bed is good but pillows!! ! Of the four, ONE was like a pillow, it was impossible to sleep on the rest. Hard, knocked down by shreds, from which the head ached. The room is cold, the air conditioning does not work. There is dust on the furniture from the time of the Pharaohs. The settlement began with a general cleaning! Plumbing is a separate issue. Everything is rusty and leaking from all cracks. To wait in the morning and in the evening for hot water, you need to dance with tambourines for 20 minutes. There are no accessories in the bathroom, except for liquid soap (at the bottom of the container) by the sink and something incomprehensible and smelly in the shower. Towels are changed every day, although here we were pleased.
CLEANING. If you don't put up a "do not disturb" sign, the janitor will wake you up at 8 a. m. It is clear that at 8 am there is no time for cleaning, you ask to come in an hour, but he is not there and he is not there for a whole day! At three o'clock, when the sun is no longer warm and you return to the room right there CLEANING! Question! Where did this wonderful person go all day and why come at 8 in the morning? Room cleaning consists of washing the floor, and wiping glasses and mugs with a smelly rag. After cleaning, you take the cups and go and wash them one more time because it is impossible to drink from them, you can feel sick from their smell (sorry, but I write as it is). Bed linen is changed every 3 days.
NUTRITION. Separate topic. The food is monotonous. Every day is the same, there is no variety. All unappetizing and tasteless. There is practically no meat. At lunch every day, grilled quail, or rather its bones, for dinner, grilled quail, which was not eaten at lunch, but already stewed. There was fish, but there was no desire to eat it either. For meat, or if something new edible suddenly appeared, then a queue of 20 people lined up and everyone was waiting for this wonderful dish to be prepared. To be honest, this kind of waiting makes you lose your appetite. Vegetables are lethargic. I saw fresh tomatoes several times in 10 days! Basically, everything was already sluggish, weathered. They save on cucumbers, instead of cucumbers, cucumber peels are cut with a slight hint of himself. DINNER. Outdoor lunch. And in the fresh air, birds, flies and even a cat eat with you))) Birds and flies are everywhere. They help you cook, put food on your plate and eat. Chairs and tables in bird droppings (sorry again). NEW YEAR. There was a lot of food for the New Year, but something unusual was in limited quantities, we arrived at 19.00 and we found many goodies only on the plates of vacationers. At 11 p. m. , all food was covered with a screen. On January 1 and 2, there was still the same familiar and monotonous food for us, but on JANUARY 3, we were fed food from the NEW YEAR table! And the icing on the cake was New Year's cakes and cakes on the EVENING of the 3rd.
ANIMATION. Animation? What's this? We never understood. The animators were seen in the morning by the pool for 20 minutes, at lunch, after dinner they danced by the pool for 3 minutes to the song, and that's all. In the evening we danced with the children for 20 minutes in the amphitheater. There was no music even by the pool, let alone the beach. No one knew what kind of events when, because. there was no one to tell.
BENEFITS OF THE HOTEL. They are? They are not here. Thanks to the heavenly office for good weather all 10 days)
Guys who are considering this option, read my review and choose another hotel. Take pity on yourself, your health, and your money and CHOOSE ANOTHER HOTEL!
Was very pleased. A little about everything in order.
The hotel is ideal for those who want a "seal vacation". So that everything is nearby without squealing children to warm the belly in the sun.
The furniture in the room is tired, but everything is in order. There is no fungus in the bathroom. Everything functioned. Cleaning daily.
Nutrition. Good. Breakfast is like everywhere else. Sausages, oblet, fruits, cereals.
Snack. In the lobby there are always some fresh pies (biscuit, Prague and more) As well as drinks. You are welcome. If you want to have a bite to eat at 11:30, you will not stay hungry.
Dinner. Also good. They make several types of pizza. There are many fruits and vegetables. Be sure to eat at least 1 variety of fish. Sometimes 2. Please note that lunch is not held in the dining room, but in the open air at the food court, which is closer to the coast.
Dinner. Also good. There is a grill. Also several types of meat. Including beef (and not camel meat, as in IlMercato). We went for dinner once in a while. Bo ate.
There are no complaints about the kitchen. What pleases, there are several coffee machines on the territory of the hotel, where you can order (stir up : ) ) yourself coffee, latte, etc. There are also several machines with sweet water (juice).
Animation. Pretty not bad. Evening performances in the amphitheater. Self-activity of course, but very worthy. Naturally in English. Animators are not annoying. There are also Russian speakers.
Beach and sea. The beach is good. There was a bad tradition to come at 7 in the morning and take sunbeds.
First of all. Out of principle, I approached the administrator and asked what they say and so, according to the internal rules of your hotel, it is written in black and white (I poke it into the rules) that "booking sunbeds is strictly prohibited. " So, I see a newspaper, a magazine, a cap on a sunbed, can I hand over this thing to a beachman (beachboy) as lost? He replied that of course. That's how it should be done. That is, if, out of principle, you want to take a sunbed on which someone's magazine, the hotel staff will be on your side. Although we, how many times we came at 10 and 11, there were always places. 1-4 sunbeds could always be found. Therefore, I never understood the morning awakenings with the occupation of sunbeds.
The sea is good too. There are 2 of them here. First, it is a large puddle 250x200m deep up to 3 m. Where the water is always calm, muddy warm, there is no living creature like the Black Sea. It's good to swim there for a drunk, grandmothers and small children. Well, or drunk grandmothers. And the second sea is from the pier and always to the right. There already in an adult way. Corals, moray eels, sharks. Which is typical. The reef, although it seems at first glance poorer, but it is not. Wherever I was, I had to swim along the coral reef, regularly getting flippers in the face over the cliff. Here you can swim in the area. Because of this, the reef acquires its own special charm. What is not inferior even to Marsa Alam. If you want to see large inhabitants, swim in the morning. If surgeon fish, flute fish, goggle fish and sergeant fish are enough for you, then swim when you want.
Shopping. Take a taxi, for 85-100 pounds you go to Senzo Mall. There is also a state pharmacy Elizabeth and McDonald's and a Shop with fixed prices for food (farewell to the lower back and long live pomegranate for 10 hryvnia and mango for 27) Also clothes Waikiki, Mango and Collins. And there is dutifri there too. But no later than 2 days from the date of arrival. Shopping for a taxi back.
There is a Sea Thrasher restaurant on the coast. I took a pound of shrimp, a pound of squid and a seafood salad. It cost me about 30 bucks somewhere. So. If you decide, do not take a sea plate. Half a kilo of shrimp + half a kilo of squid is more than enough. Plus from the restaurant for free rice, salad, fruit plate. Recommend. They came out of there like pregnant hamsters.
In addition there were 2 restaurants with free access. They went to one, scored on the second. Liked it too. Overeat again
Wristbands are not removed on departure. I took a late check-out not at 12, as expected, but at 15. It cost $ 18.
From the negative. Yes, everything seems to be fine. The staff is polite. Vandollar no one begged. Unless there is an employee of the Caucasian race who looks about 55 years old, bald (you will see, you will find out for yourself). Name is Sheriff, I think. He behaved extremely unpleasantly when I booked a restaurant. I even wanted to take a picture of him, but then he scored. That's probably all.
Should I go? YES! Definitely. The hotel is worth the money. )))
A very convenient service is to extend your stay in the room for 3-6 hours if the flight is late (you can have a quiet lunch and do not need to sit at the reception for 7-8 hours).
What I didn't like...
if you are flying with a TUI tour operator, the hotel does not have their representative and information stand, you need to go to Labranda Royal. It's not far, but the day before departure there should have been information on the stand, but it was not. And no one called the hotel reception. Therefore, on the day of departure, it was necessary to go there several times (but these are no longer questions for the hotel).
I think that I will come here to rest, but with a different tour operator.
The hotel is certainly not brand new, but everything is fine there. The hotel is designed more for the Germans, everything was fine there, I have nothing bad to say. We arrived immediately and immediately settled in, it was closer to the night. The room was comfortable enough. The area is just great, there are two hotels nearby and there is a very cool promenade between them. It's great to walk around there. Everything is clean and always cleaned. The food was wonderful and delicious. We still want to go back there.
Food is good. The child had a lot to eat. There was even a diet kitchen. Variety of cheeses, fresh vegetables and prepared salads. Fruit, no regrets. There is really little fish to choose from, but the one that was given was deliciously cooked fish in batter with salt in moderation.
The waiters will always sit down and ask what you or the children will drink. Before meals, they always bring water in glasses.
On the tables are perfectly clean tablecloths and napkins, knives and the whole set, like in a restaurant. For me, this was also important. When serving, the waiter even holds his hand behind, as in the best restaurants. Bending a little and smiling pleasantly. The friendly attitude towards the guests was moderate and unobtrusive. It speaks volumes about the professionalism of the leaders. There was a sense of control over the workers. The child broke the plate - very quickly the staff collected the tablecloth, the floor, the tablecloths were also removed around the broken plate and new ones were laid. Plates are always heated in special boxes. The beach has clean and well-maintained umbrellas and wind protection. You can write a lot of good things.
Bad: 1) it is unrealistic to always have a lot of fresh flour products - she has grown fat.
2) natural cotton bedding without pilling - I didn’t want to get up early and go to the beach. arrived a little tanned.
3) very funny animators - I came home with extra wrinkles under my eyes from a constant smile.
4) Rarely came up offering to go somewhere to relax.
5) Unrealistically clean glasses - I saw them sober, I didn’t notice them when I was drunk !!
I give 9 points. I want to see more fish!