Excellent hotel! The food is super!

Written: 28 january 2020
Travel time: 4 — 15 january 2020
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 8.0
Vacationing with my husband. In Egypt for the tenth time, previously were predominantly in 5* and also in 4*. This time, due to the affordable price of the tour, we decided to try to relax in the top three, and we were pleasantly surprised: nowhere before, where we were in 5 * and 4 *, no one cooked so tasty! Food is the bomb! Egyptian food has never been sooooo delicious! I do not take into account the top hotels, like Barcelo, Rixos, Sheraton, Hyatt, etc. But for the top three - the level of nutrition is very honorable! Yes, the chefs serve meat and fish in portions, but this is quite enough, since the food is very tasty, each time there are different types of meat products, and you can always ask for supplements if necessary.
The room for a triple is small (cozy), neat, cleaned well, the mattresses are hard and the linen is white, which, again, pleasantly surprised (they didn’t give any van dollar). Disadvantages of the room: uncomfortable shower, the shower curtain is too close and when taking a shower, almost the floor of the bathroom is flooded, because the water does not drain well. But if you take a shower for a short time, then there is no problem. A very powerful hood is built into the wall above the toilet, like those installed in factories, that is, the hood will work for half an hour and all the water will disappear, even if the floor was a little in the water. Of the minuses of the room: through the entrance doors you can hear everything that happens in the corridor, as well as in the main bar, if you suddenly get a room in the building near the bar, and if some very cheerful Russian company suddenly arrives in parallel... : )
Territory: everything is sooo beautiful and, most importantly, well-groomed, which is amazing, as for an Egyptian 3 * hotel. The territory is small, in front of the hotel entrance from the street side, local landscape designers made a very beautiful decor of three arches of green bushes, near the unfinished spa from this hotel. One gets the impression that initially it was supposed to be a four or five, but something went wrong, and officially the hotel is listed as 3 *, but in reality you can safely give 4 *. Another nuance of the territory: three buildings, and only one of them has balconies, but mostly only Arabs settle there. Most rooms have the usual sliding window and a small railing where you can dry your swimsuit, for example. We had a building near the main bar and the windows went straight to the second building, that is, there is no special view from the window, but for loyal tourists who go to the top three, this is not the main thing. To all those who want an ideal level of service and lobsters for breakfast/lunch/dinner - you are in hotels like Rixos, Sheraton, Barcelo, etc. By the way, about the level of service: I was pleasantly surprised: the cleaners came up every day and asked with a smile if they liked the cleaning and if something else was needed.

There is a swimming pool on site, but in winter the water is very cold.
To the sea, leaving the hotel to the right and, practically, in a straight line, walk at a leisurely pace for about ten minutes. Beach "Viva" - excellent, lagoon, sand, for children - the very thing, the depth is gradual, there is no smell of gasoline from the boats standing on the right side (the beach of the "Marina" hotel). You need a daily ticket to the beach, come to the reception and say "Ticket" and call the room number, the administrator issues a coupon. With one ticket you can come twice a day, the first time you hand it over to the beach keeper, the second time on the same day you just show the Falcon tag on your hand and say that you were on the beach today, if anything, call the room number. For some reason, they are strict with this: one coupon for only one day.
Regarding drinks: beer is paid on the beach, but there are no toilets. Officially, it is not allowed to bring your own water and food to the beach, but if you do not advertise much, then no one clings, at least the water is not taken away.
The hotel bar has beer, but not from 10 to 00, but somewhere from 11-30 to 12-00 and in the evening before dinner, or after, that is, there were interruptions with beer, which was explained by the large influx of users. The beer is good, in the lobby bar it resembles "Stella", in the pool bar - like our "Obolon Light". Sometimes "Stella" tasted like our "Landing 8%", it's hard to say what it was connected with, but it was.

On our arrival, there was no special animation in the hotel, but on the other hand, it’s stupid to expect animation from a three-star hotel. Nearby is the unfinished entertainment complex "Genena City", where various shows are often held and there are several cafes, although there is no alcohol there. For lovers of entertainment - welcome to Naama Bay, to which from the hotel down in a straight line - three minutes, if not two. Were, by the way, at the disco in the cafe "Hard Rock". The music is not bad, but it's soooo smoky, because, it turns out, among the Arabs - dancing and smoking is something like a good manners rule. Many vacationers were not enthusiastic about "Hard Rock", I will also answer - so-so. Nearby there are other disco, perhaps they will be better.
Regarding check-in and check-out: check-in was in the evening for dinner, they settled quickly, everything is ok. Departure from the hotel was at 14-20. The room, as expected, was checked out before 12, or rather, they overfulfilled the plan, since they had gathered the night before and checked out the room at 10, which made the admin very surprised and asked exactly when we arrived at the hotel at the beginning of the tour. They replied that in the evening. He said that if so, then we, although we hand over the bracelets, and according to the rules of the hotel, the all-inclusive service ends at 12-00 on the day of departure, we still have the right to free lunch and drinks until 15-00 and wrote out the appropriate coupon . We were very pleasantly surprised by this.
We are very satisfied with the hotel, next time we go only here, but already the three of us with a child (teenager). There were many children, even up to a year or two, in these cases, of course, it is better to take baby food with you.
To all the dissatisfied who have visited "Falcon Naama Star", I wish from now on to go to "RIXOS" and similar hotels, and already demand from them a first-class level with an entertainment program!
In the meantime, "Falcon Naama Star" has fully justified itself from a positive point of view : )
Translated automatically from Russian. View original