Everything is good except the kitchen

Written: 30 october 2021
Travel time: 12 — 19 september 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 9.0
Rested three of us (one child 4 years). Settled without surcharges in a family room (booked standard). We did not need it at all, but there were no standards (the hotel is 100% full). The staff understands Russian well. At our request, they gave a room in building 5. Buildings 1-4 are located near the activity pool and there is a disco until 1-2 am, the music is very loud, the doors do not save. And buildings 5-8 near the relax pool and near the mini water park. It's quieter there. The rooms are tired, cleaned relatively clean, the entire set of toiletries, toilet paper for the whole week, slippers for everyone in the room without reminders.
The pools are large, clean, there is where to swim and play, for the little ones there is also a paddling pool with mini slides, another pool with slides for teenagers and adults. There are enough sun loungers, it was not necessary to occupy, there are places both in the shade and in the sun.
The beach is generally above all praise. Wide, sandy with a smooth entry (although about 20 meters from the shore there is a strip of stones along the entire beach, but you can see them if you look closely). If you stand on stones waist-deep approximately, if you swim, then in principle they do not interfere. There are also plenty of sun loungers, there are also sun loungers in the green area under the palm trees. Showers, toilets, foot washers, a bar, everything is there. The road to the beach along a beautiful shady alley is not at all annoying.

Meals in a large beautiful restaurant with a large outdoor terrace (you can dine in a bar on the beach, there are also pita bread with cheese and potatoes in addition to the main dishes). There are no questions about the range of food (meat: chickens, turkeys, beef, lamb; fish: trout, tuna, dorado, mackerel; fruits: apples, pears, grapes, peaches, plums; vegetables, herbs, pastries, dried fruits, etc. BUT all this was prepared by great specialists in the translation of products. The confectioner was especially distinguished. As far as our family has a sweet tooth, but we could not eat such "works of culinary art". I cooked soup. One kind and every day (some kind of jelly brew, usually salted). And in general, all food is not healthy (fatty, smoked on the grill, the grill is poorly (or not at all) washed, omelettes and eggs for breakfast float in a ladle of oil The children's table is reduced to boiled chicken meat without salt and spices, sliced ​ ​ potatoes and cauliflower.
Among all this abundance of dishes there are delicious mashed potatoes, and excellent rice and good pasta and stew and fish (such as sea bass) and many other things, BUT behind everything more or less tasty and healthy, as well as behind VEGETABLES and greens are HUGE queues. There is a catastrophic lack of staff, no organization. When I read the reviews about the queues, I thought that there was nowhere to rush on vacation, people snickered and went nuts. But it turned out that food literally had to be obtained, and after standing in a couple of lines for meat, side dishes, food for the child, vegetables, fruits, and 3 times a day you start to boil. There were moments when they ate without a side dish, meat or vegetables. By the end of the rest, the queues specifically spoiled the mood. From the good, I’ll also say that there is always ayran in the bars, and ice cream in time. All packaged and good quality.
Would you go to this hotel again? More likely yes than no, especially if the price is right. Still, more good stuff.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original