Sarah T
15 September 2024
Where to start… Hotel is lovely and spacious, Rooms are ok, not the biggest but for 2 people who only plan on sleeping in there they will do. However: The shower is not connected to the wall properly and neither was the towel rack. The room wasn’t cleaned the entire time we were there, only beds made. No towels for two days and even ran out of toilet paper and had to wait 8 hours for it to be restocked. The food is the same and I mean the same for lunch and dinner , absolutely no variation at all. I never want to see a beef stir fry again. Tunisian restaurant was really lovely and the highlight of the trip but the Italian was awful. Mohammed Ali (by the pool bar/main bar/ anywhere you can find him in the hotel) is fantastic and a true representation of how service should be, as well as the staff in the lounge bar in the evenings. Also the lobby bar waiters are lovely! The animation team guys are wonderful and really bring energy to the hotel and I have to say the aqua gym is the best I have ever done on a holiday. Now to the main reason this hotel is no where near a 4 star. Day 1 the poor bar, I waited my turn to be served and another guest came up and ordered ahead of me he said this lady was first however because I wasn’t the “boss” (ie because I hadn’t of tipped the waiter yet) I was waved off by Fadie (the waiter at the pool bar) and told don’t worry about her it’s about the boss… which is inherently rude and unnessesary never have I been dismissed from a bar before. when I was eventually served 10 minutes later as to which Fadie sarcastically said you ok… and then made a tip motion. Over the course of the two weeks we’ve been here he has either refused to serve without a tip or serves incredibly slowly on purpose and suddenly will speed up when a tip is given. He had even given me a beer in a small paper coffee cup when I ordered at the bar despite giving all others plastic cups and glasses because I hadn’t of tipped or because he didn’t like me it’s hard to say which but he did ruin my holiday experience and meant that I didn’t feel comfortable using the pool bar. It seems certain staff members run on a basis of if you tip then you get service sorry but a tip should be earned not required. However the only hero of the bar should be Karim he has been fabulous and he truly made us feel special everyday by bringing us drinks everyday without having to ask. (Even in glasses or plastic cups not paper coffee ones…) The lifeguards in the morning are very attentive however after a few days they will start seeking tips to save your beds even going as far as making tip motions. Then if you don’t tip you get ignored. I could leave a few tips for this hotel but they wouldn’t be money.
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