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2nd stay at this hotel, this time visited with another couple, which was better as the only drawback is lack of entertainment. Apart from that all good as before. All staff great, treat you as a personal friend, laugh and joke and can't do enough for you . Many mozzies about at night, got quite badly bitten. Just relaxed on beach all day as really nowhere else to go as hotel in the middle of nowhere but we knew that anyway.

Arrived on the 22nd of April 2013,stayed for 7 days which was ample,any longer would have driven us both stir crazy.Staff - Brilliant,very helpful and will go the extra yard to make your holiday,special thanks to Mohamed,Azzam and Samy the manager in the Blu Blu Restaurant,Chef Mohamed in Cafe Pesto for his lush schwarma's,just ask Azzam to take your flat bread (Aish baladi) from main restaurant to the cafe Pesto and have your schwarma in this bread delicious.Pool Bar - Staff brilliant again special mention for Wessam,Mazouk,Abdul Rahman,and Mohamed,couldnt do enough for you so welcoming and happy etc.Beach Bar - OK the only ice cream available were chocolate lollies a bit of a let down as I am a ice cream addict.Shell Disco - we tried visiting three times but closed on each occasion.Entertainment - Average,the singer Alaa tries really hard with a cross section of songs each night,the folklore dancing was the best we have seen,their costumes and dancing excellent,belly dancer and whirling dervish ok as well.Beach - the hotel has a big beach and a jetty,always plenty of sunbeds available,however the sea water was cold!,the beach could be kept tidier.Swimming Pools - The large pool looks nice but is opposite the main restaurant!,the childrens pool looks ok.Rooms - Our room was in block 3 upper floor,so less mozzies etc,however no lifts so 3 flights of stairs to climb,well it keeps you fit.TV Channels normal for Egyptian holiday hotels.Bathroom ok large walk in shower no bath.Beds ok but duvet covers whilst clean were itchy due to their roughness,we requested two double sheets to solve problem,pillows soft.AC worked well so no real complaints except could manage to work out how to use the room safe,gave up in the end.Gardens - lovely flowers and shrubs and of course the palm trees.Hotel Shops - a good selection on site so need to go into Nuweiba town.Food - Breakfast fine,Lunch not so good that's why we went to the Cafe Pesto,evening meal the choice was somewhat limited several nights we just had soup and dessert.So to summarise,the hotel could use a lot of TLC,the disco should be open each night,evening entertainment needs to be looked at by management,speaking of which we never saw the Hotel Manager at previous hotels the Managers were seen every day doing their rounds and speaking to all guests resolving any problems,entertainment needs improving,the hotel whilst in a lovely location etc could do with a shake up on all fronts,however,and evening menu needs to be improved, I suspect that with the drop off in tourists the hotel does not have the money to invest etc,a bit of a catch 22 scenario

Outdoor area and the beach are amazing, swimming pool is not so fancy,hotel building look old, while this hotel has the best trained and friendly staff and service i ever met in Egyptwe had so much fun and will return back for sure isa

This my 12th visit..and joining up with a lady who had visited 35 times !!!.As before location is lovely but service due to economics, etc, sadly going down. All staff brilliant and try hard to please. (Ashraf, Mostafa, Hassan, Wessam, Hamada, Mozouk, Mohamed, Mouh, Alaa, Ahmed, Ahkeim, Chef Ramsey, Sammy, Shop staff Reda, Misha..all worthy of a mention) Guests were 90% Russian and 10% English with couple of italians. My room excellent. Lawns and gardens were being tended. Casa Pesto opened whilst I was there but tables and settings not attractive at all-more like transport cafe) Food plentiful but being catered more to Russians, their manners leaving a lot to be desired, but not all. I hope to visit again and will look for an independent route.Overall I enjoyed my holiday.

We travelled as a group of Divers 18 - 28 April. unfortunately the dive centre had closed down but luckily African Divers are only 5 minutes awayThe clientele is now predominently Russian who dont have much patience or know what a queue is!The staff are all friendly and very helpful. Wassam in the main bar is Top banana, El Al in the beach bar and Mohammid (with glasses) in the restaurant all deserve a mention as does Sammi the restaurant managerThere was a problem with flies but this was due to the weather and not the fault of the Hotel. Everywhere we went they were an annoyance - apparently is was not yet hot enough to kill them all off. Just as we left it hit 31 degees and the flies were noticably lessThe bungalows are the best rooms to have. Food was very good and nighttime entertainment every night. The gardens are beautiful and meticulously maintainedGood value for money and a very friendly welcome. Would go again