Good hotel for unpretentious tourists

Written: 13 may 2013
Travel time: 29 april — 4 may 2013
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 8.0
The hotel is good, especially for people who are abroad for the first time or prefer not to look for flaws.

TRANSFER: If you arrive in the city of Monastir, you will find yourself in the "Dolphin" literally in 15 minutes by bus. In our case, the Dolphin was the last one in the delivery.

ACCOMMODATION: The hotel, as usual, gives out some kind of guest cards, which require 10 minutes to fill out and knowledge of English. Among the questions - when is your birthday and wedding date. For fun, she wrote that the wedding date was May 1, but on that day no one congratulated us on anything. It's not clear what the question is then.
The settlement passes quickly - they gave a key, a bracelet and a card for the restaurant. But quickly - for those who do not scandalize and do not require something like that. For example, we do not care what our room looks like - the sea or something else, so we managed to accommodate without problems.

But those to whom it is important to observe the sea from the windows sorted things out with the reception staff for two hours.

ROOM: Good, large (photos attached) with a huge balcony, large bathroom, solid cabinets and suitcase holders. In the bathroom there are towels (not the first freshness, I recommend taking your own, and in the room and beach ones, as they are issued on bail), a hairdryer, soap (I also recommend mine).

One channel is shown on TV, on which Putin is constantly broadcast, it is not difficult for an unprepared vacationer to go crazy))) I even thought I would miss Vladimir Vladimirovich upon arrival. If you are not ready to contemplate Putin for days, consider that you do not have a TV.

FOOD: We took the all system, the food is good (of course, everything is relative, but we were never hungry). True, there is a nuance - everything is very fried and peppered, but these are features of the local cuisine, not the hotel.
But the truth is, it seems that Tunisians have no idea that products can be boiled or baked, and not just fried.

For breakfast: buns, pancakes, scrambled eggs, milk porridge, sausages, cheese and sausage (I do not recommend, they are made from something obviously inedible and have not the most pleasant smell). Large selection of jams, very tasty.

For lunch, in addition to a varied side dish (fries and boiled potatoes, rice, cereals), there was fish, chicken, veal. Everything is fried, of course. Also enjoyed the lasagna.

For dinner, if you want to get to the buffet, they offer to go to a nearby hotel (one owner, so no problem), Dolphin vacationers are invited to a la carte restaurants where you can order whatever you like for free. There is Tunisian, Italian and European.
I recommend the latter, because Tunisian food, I repeat, is not very tasty - fried and peppered, the Italian restaurant does not offer anything special, but the European one feeds deliciously. Portions are huge, you can burst.


The fact that room numbers are tied to tables is partly true. Partially - because no one has canceled rudeness and cattle when your number is thrown off by other tourists. So this is all relative. Having quarreled with some impudent Muscovites a couple of times, we just sat on the terrace and ate overlooking the sea.

There are no snacks between main meals as such - a couple of buns and sandwiches, no pizza, no snacks. But, in principle, this will not upset anyone, everyone ate at the restaurant for lunch, breakfast, dinner.

Alcohol - as usual, local production, during the day gin, vodka, whiskey, wine and beer.
From this set you can drink only beer (of course, the taste cannot be compared with the Ukrainian Obolon, but it’s normal) and gin and tonic.

In the evenings they make cocktails from the same products with the addition of some sweet topics. Beautiful, interesting, but not very tasty.

POOL sun loungers enough to head at 5 am do not need to rise. Once again, take your beach towels.

SEA: across the road, there are also enough sun loungers, the beach seems to be clean, the sea itself is gentle, but there are no fish and corals, as in Egypt, so you don’t need to take masks.

WIFI: yes, it's free, catches almost everywhere, so you can safely take a laptop.

VALUABLE THINGS: There is no safe in the room, only for extra. fee, but the hotel does not steal, neither in the room, nor on the beach, nor near the pool. At least nothing was stolen from us, although they left iPods on sunbeds, and money and whatever you want : ) With this, ok.
LANGUAGE: Yes, there are many foreigners, but most of the staff speaks not only Russian, but also a little Ukrainian : ) so everything is fine)

TO PRETTY TOURISTS: If you notice shortcomings and they infuriate you, then it is better not to go here. I know people who are able to look under the lounger, find sticky gum there and not sleep because of this at night. Yes, the room has stains on the carpet, dirty towels (BRING YOUR OWN! ) and a bunch of other stuff.
For example, I did not count how many times we changed the bed during the trip. It doesn’t matter to me, I don’t always change my underwear every 10 days even at home. But for whom the little things are important - look for something more expensive.


CHILDREN: There were a lot of mothers in the hotel, very, very much, but I would not advise - not that level. Firstly, people smoke in the lobby: both cigarettes and hookah. secondly, the food is specific, in the morning from the children's only pancakes and milk porridge. From entertainment for children, the choice is not rich. But there is a pool for kids and a children's disco.
TIPS: Be sure to take a walk to the Marina port and check out one of the local restaurants. Very tasty and very inexpensive.

Dollars in the country are not strong, change money at the hotel and keep the receipt. If you have changed a lot, they will change it back with a check. They won't change without a receipt.

The country is safe, but I do not recommend girls to walk in short dresses. I went to town in jeans.

I will answer with pleasure.

Have a great holiday at Delphin El Habib Resort!
Translated automatically from Russian. View original