Your rating of this hotel:
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Rooms:
9.0
Service:
9.0
Cleanliness:
8.0
Food:
9.0
Amenities:
8.0
Good day. Another vacation at our "Egyptian dacha" at the Lotus Bay Hotel. As you understand three times in the hotel just do not go. As I wrote in previous reviews, everything here is very good for us. So, let's begin.
1. Settlement. This time we had a morning arrival. I was prepared for the fact that we might have to wait for the room until 12.00. We were at the hotel at five in the morning, a boy was on duty at the reception, entering the hall, I asked through the guide why Mustafa did not meet regular guests (jokingly, of course), the guide translated and left. This guy immediately started calling, calling our last name (I was already uncomfortable)....after 10 minutes we were already in room 126 (last time 122) in the same building near the doctor's office. The porter, who also recognized us, moved the beds, laid out the sofa (for the child), made the bed, turned on the air conditioner and wished a good rest. Having changed, my wife lay down to rest from the road, and my son and I went for a swim.
2. Number. As I already wrote number 122, in our favorite cottage, large, clean on the ground floor. The room has been renovated, new plumbing, LCD TV and a new (2020 release) air conditioner that worked like clockwork. By the way, as we understood, the hotel has already completely updated both the facades and the number of rooms, and despite the fact that last year the hotel was closed, and the staff was on vacation at their own expense.
3. Territory. All without much change. Again, given the simple hotel last year, the territory is well-groomed, everything is watered, a riot of palm trees, shrubs, mint. This time, my wife had few flowering shrubs near the terraces of the rooms, but I think they were simply sheared and they did not have time to grow back. All shops and bars are in place.
4. Sea and beach. The beach is unchanged, soft sand and palm trees near the sun loungers. The beds are the same, but the mattresses are new. The beach was cleaned once a day, garbage was removed from the garbage cans. Sea. How we missed, having missed 2020 due to covid-19, the Red Sea. Knowing the entire coastline thoroughly, we never used aquashoes, although I don’t advise doing this, because with us two vacationers drove several needles of sea urchins to themselves. Not fatal, but... not very pleasant. Of the new things that I saw while snorkeling, this is a sea turtle (the last two times I could not see it even once, this time twice), a sea snake, squids and rays. There were no wings at all. Corals..... alas, there are even fewer of them, or rather more dead ones. Anchors with ropes are thrown on them, on which yachts are moored. There are more yachts, most of them are simply laid up as there are few tourists. Even guides selling excursions told us that it should not be like this, yachts should be at the piers, but the marriage of the place and corruption are doing their job. There is more plastic in the sea, this is of course not a problem of the hotel, this is a problem of the whole of Egypt, yes that of Egypt....this is a global problem.
5. Nutrition. All perfectly. The food is delicious and a wide variety. In principle, it makes no sense to list, the list is in the last review. The only thing is a little less desserts, and, of course, issuance through chefs. But this is not a minus, but rather a plus. The food is covered with glass, no one drools there and does not pick. They give out as much as you want, although such a principle is more economically advantageous. There were no white tablecloths at dinner, but. . . this is a requirement related to the pandemic. Tables are processed, temperature is measured at the entrance, the staff is wearing masks (there are exceptions that can be understood).
6. Drinks. As usual, they drank beer (draft is tastier than bottled) and wine. They took stronger ones with them, but there was no particular desire or time to drink.
7. Staff. Almost completely managed to save people, and this is important. They brought chocolate, cigarettes with them and treated them purely as friends. Many have been working here for 15-20 years. I read somewhere that the staff does not speak Russian or even English....I have a question "did you definitely rest in Lotus ?? " Mustafa, Yasser, waiters, shop assistants....they know 5 languages and speak fluently.
8. Animation. New animators Sue and Aladdin husband and wife. Young Egyptians dance and sing and walk on glass and stab themselves with knives..... but there is no contact with vacationers. They seem to have tried, but apparently they still need to gain experience. For us, it was not so important, and in Egypt, animation is so-so a joke, nothing more. I liked the imported shows "fire show" and "dance with skirts". For mini-disco 3 with a minus, there were enough children and animation is what children need most of all, but..... Sue did not really succeed, 20 minutes and that's it.
9. Weather. Naturally, she cannot influence the assessment of the hotel, but simply for information. Temperature during the day 34-37, at night 28-30. Water temperature 26-28. Humidity 20%. Breeze. For several days the wind was stronger, but there was a constant rustle of palm trees. Personally, this kind of weather suits us.
10. Contingent. Alas, the pandemic and quarantine have made adjustments to this. Germany did not release its tourists and in connection with this there were very few Germans. But a holy place is never empty. Now Ukrainians, Belarusians, Russians, Egyptians have occupied this place, there were also Czechs, Poles, Romanians, but there were very few of them. What can I say, resting with German pensioners is not only more pleasant and comfortable than it would seem with Slavs speaking the same language. The concept of rest is diametrically different. Of course, when the hotel was 20-30% occupied, this was not critical and was most likely in the form of animation, but if there were such tourists - the "champions" of Voronezh, Brest, Zhmerinka in literball, it would be 100%... I think it would be pleasant few. And so there was no mass character of this movement, because all the "champions" were already blown away on the second or third day, since no one had yet succeeded in drinking all the Egyptian shmurdyak. And then, until the end of the vacation, they drank water and caught the ridicule of those who saw them in a not very, let's say, decent form. I don’t see the point in writing in more detail, the “champions” recognize themselves anyway.
Output. The holiday was a success and this is the most important thing. The hotel managed to survive the difficult times of 2020 and not just survive, but carry out renovations and repairs, retain staff. This is still a relaxing hotel and we have heard such a summary from other vacationers. Thanks Lotus, hope to see you again.
Ask questions, like. Thanks to all.
1. Settlement. This time we had a morning arrival. I was prepared for the fact that we might have to wait for the room until 12.00. We were at the hotel at five in the morning, a boy was on duty at the reception, entering the hall, I asked through the guide why Mustafa did not meet regular guests (jokingly, of course), the guide translated and left. This guy immediately started calling, calling our last name (I was already uncomfortable)....after 10 minutes we were already in room 126 (last time 122) in the same building near the doctor's office. The porter, who also recognized us, moved the beds, laid out the sofa (for the child), made the bed, turned on the air conditioner and wished a good rest. Having changed, my wife lay down to rest from the road, and my son and I went for a swim.
2. Number. As I already wrote number 122, in our favorite cottage, large, clean on the ground floor. The room has been renovated, new plumbing, LCD TV and a new (2020 release) air conditioner that worked like clockwork. By the way, as we understood, the hotel has already completely updated both the facades and the number of rooms, and despite the fact that last year the hotel was closed, and the staff was on vacation at their own expense.
3. Territory. All without much change. Again, given the simple hotel last year, the territory is well-groomed, everything is watered, a riot of palm trees, shrubs, mint. This time, my wife had few flowering shrubs near the terraces of the rooms, but I think they were simply sheared and they did not have time to grow back. All shops and bars are in place.
4. Sea and beach. The beach is unchanged, soft sand and palm trees near the sun loungers. The beds are the same, but the mattresses are new. The beach was cleaned once a day, garbage was removed from the garbage cans. Sea. How we missed, having missed 2020 due to covid-19, the Red Sea. Knowing the entire coastline thoroughly, we never used aquashoes, although I don’t advise doing this, because with us two vacationers drove several needles of sea urchins to themselves. Not fatal, but... not very pleasant. Of the new things that I saw while snorkeling, this is a sea turtle (the last two times I could not see it even once, this time twice), a sea snake, squids and rays. There were no wings at all. Corals..... alas, there are even fewer of them, or rather more dead ones. Anchors with ropes are thrown on them, on which yachts are moored. There are more yachts, most of them are simply laid up as there are few tourists. Even guides selling excursions told us that it should not be like this, yachts should be at the piers, but the marriage of the place and corruption are doing their job. There is more plastic in the sea, this is of course not a problem of the hotel, this is a problem of the whole of Egypt, yes that of Egypt....this is a global problem.
5. Nutrition. All perfectly. The food is delicious and a wide variety. In principle, it makes no sense to list, the list is in the last review. The only thing is a little less desserts, and, of course, issuance through chefs. But this is not a minus, but rather a plus. The food is covered with glass, no one drools there and does not pick. They give out as much as you want, although such a principle is more economically advantageous. There were no white tablecloths at dinner, but. . . this is a requirement related to the pandemic. Tables are processed, temperature is measured at the entrance, the staff is wearing masks (there are exceptions that can be understood).
6. Drinks. As usual, they drank beer (draft is tastier than bottled) and wine. They took stronger ones with them, but there was no particular desire or time to drink.
7. Staff. Almost completely managed to save people, and this is important. They brought chocolate, cigarettes with them and treated them purely as friends. Many have been working here for 15-20 years. I read somewhere that the staff does not speak Russian or even English....I have a question "did you definitely rest in Lotus ?? " Mustafa, Yasser, waiters, shop assistants....they know 5 languages and speak fluently.
8. Animation. New animators Sue and Aladdin husband and wife. Young Egyptians dance and sing and walk on glass and stab themselves with knives..... but there is no contact with vacationers. They seem to have tried, but apparently they still need to gain experience. For us, it was not so important, and in Egypt, animation is so-so a joke, nothing more. I liked the imported shows "fire show" and "dance with skirts". For mini-disco 3 with a minus, there were enough children and animation is what children need most of all, but..... Sue did not really succeed, 20 minutes and that's it.
9. Weather. Naturally, she cannot influence the assessment of the hotel, but simply for information. Temperature during the day 34-37, at night 28-30. Water temperature 26-28. Humidity 20%. Breeze. For several days the wind was stronger, but there was a constant rustle of palm trees. Personally, this kind of weather suits us.
10. Contingent. Alas, the pandemic and quarantine have made adjustments to this. Germany did not release its tourists and in connection with this there were very few Germans. But a holy place is never empty. Now Ukrainians, Belarusians, Russians, Egyptians have occupied this place, there were also Czechs, Poles, Romanians, but there were very few of them. What can I say, resting with German pensioners is not only more pleasant and comfortable than it would seem with Slavs speaking the same language. The concept of rest is diametrically different. Of course, when the hotel was 20-30% occupied, this was not critical and was most likely in the form of animation, but if there were such tourists - the "champions" of Voronezh, Brest, Zhmerinka in literball, it would be 100%... I think it would be pleasant few. And so there was no mass character of this movement, because all the "champions" were already blown away on the second or third day, since no one had yet succeeded in drinking all the Egyptian shmurdyak. And then, until the end of the vacation, they drank water and caught the ridicule of those who saw them in a not very, let's say, decent form. I don’t see the point in writing in more detail, the “champions” recognize themselves anyway.
Output. The holiday was a success and this is the most important thing. The hotel managed to survive the difficult times of 2020 and not just survive, but carry out renovations and repairs, retain staff. This is still a relaxing hotel and we have heard such a summary from other vacationers. Thanks Lotus, hope to see you again.
Ask questions, like. Thanks to all.
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