Reef Oasis Beach: summer in the middle of winter

Written: 26 january 2021
Travel time: 15 — 22 january 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 9.0
We rested together for 7 days in the second half of January.

When choosing a hotel, we were guided by the location, reviews of tourists and price. We wanted to find in a quiet bay, with a good rating on the main tourist resources and in a budget of up to $ 1.300 for two for 7 days.

The hotel is located on the first line and consists of one and two-story buildings. Depending on the location of the room on the territory of the hotel, the road to the beach can take from two to seven minutes at a calm pace.

For those who want to save energy, a bus runs constantly around the hotel from 8 am, by which you can get almost to the beach.
Stops anywhere along the route upon request. Convenient and comfortable.

More than 50% of tourists in the hotel were from different cities of Ukraine, there are also many tourists from Belarus and Kazakhstan.

The territory of the hotel is large and green.
Lots of trees, shrubs, lawns.

Everything looks neat and is under the constant supervision and care of the relevant staff.
Hoopoes, small herons, pigeons, crows, cats walk around the territory.

In addition, you can use the infrastructure of the neighboring hotel Sentido, and the space for walking and relaxing becomes simply huge.

If you take only the territory of Reef Oasis Beach, then there are at least three pools.
True, in January the water in them is cold, so at any time of the day there are free sun loungers near the pools.

Even in the pool with the so-called "warm" water, the temperature is felt to be lower than in the January Sea.

The beach is sandy, more than 300 meters long and 30-50 meters wide.

The beach is cleaned daily, the sand is clean.

The entrance to the water, both from the beach along the warm sand without special shoes, and from the pontoon.

The sea is clean, transparent, with emerald blue water.
During our vacation, the water temperature was, according to sensations, 23-25 ​ ​ degrees: it’s hard to enter the sea, but when you get used to it, you don’t want to go out, because the air seems colder than water.

The cool wind was a frequent visitor and was felt, especially when leaving the water.

During the rest, we visited other areas of the city (Naama Bay, Nabq), and there the wind was stronger and colder than on Reef Oasis Beach.

In general, for those who, like us, are going to Egypt for the first time, it is important to understand that in January there is a very strong difference between daytime and evening temperatures: during the day 19-25 degrees, and in the evening it can be 10 but mostly 14 -sixteen.

In general, swim and dive for half an hour or more comfortably.

The underwater world in the area adjacent to the beach is rich in beautiful corals and a variety of fauna.
You can just lie on the water without moving and watch the sea inhabitants through the mask.
Different types of fish swim very close, sometimes touching hands or feet. .
Absolutely extraordinary feeling of pleasure!

The first line of sun loungers on the beach begins to occupy even before 7 am.

Tourists leave towels and come to sunbathe after breakfast, and sometimes even after dinner. All this time the sun loungers are empty.

But a place on the beach can be found at any time of the day.
If you don’t care which line from the sea and in which part of the beach to relax, then at 11 and at 12 o’clock there are free sun loungers.

By the way, the sun loungers are comfortable and comfortable.

The sun was on the beach, from about 7:00 to 16:30.

The beach has a clean toilet, shower, spacious changing cabins.

Nearby is a bar with soft drinks, beer, a couple of types of alcohol-containing cocktails, pizza, burgers and french fries.
The food, though unhealthy, is delicious!

Just above the beach is a jacuzzi area with three pools.
For outdoor enthusiasts, there is a tennis court and a football field on site.

Also, a water park!
During our stay, he worked only two hours a day: from 14:30 to 16:30.
It was possible to use five slides of varying degrees of difficulty.

There are few people who want to ride, everywhere there were no queues.

Entertainment is great, got a lot of positive emotions!

There was also a children's section.

The only downside is the very cold water. Some teenagers even used wetsuits for more comfortable riding.

SPA-complex is located in a separate building.

At the end of the topic about the territory, it is worth noting that the hotel has shops with souvenirs, jewelry, sports equipment.

Now about nutrition. Several restaurants were closed in January.

Breakfasts, lunches, dinners - in the main restaurant.

Given the cost of the tour, I think that the range and quality of food at the hotel is very good!
There is always something to choose from! And meat, and fish, and vegetables, and desserts!

For breakfast, scrambled eggs or scrambled eggs are cooked to order, for lunch and dinner there are always several types of meat and vegetables cooked to any taste, or fresh.

If they added a little more seafood, it would be generally great!

From fruits - melons, oranges, pomegranates, physalis, grapefruits, dates, bananas, guava, sometimes - figs.


Delicious pastries. But cakes and pastries, mostly beautiful, but completely insipid.

Every second day during dinner - four types of delicious ice cream.

Near each group of dishes there is a special person who, at the request, puts the desired food on the plate.

From drinks - tea, coffee, Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite (from machines and bottles), fruit drinks from concentrates, wine and beer of local production.

We had dinner at the a la cart grill restaurant once. Tasty! Large portions, perfectly cooked meat and good service!

There was also an a la cart Indian restaurant.
but we didn't hit it.

Sign up for a la cart. Restaurants are available at the Guest relation in the administration building.

The bar, located between the administrative building and the main restaurant, is comfortable and cozy. Here they make alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails.

The taste of the prepared drink can vary greatly depending on how the bartender prepared it.
It's been delicious a few times!

We arrived at the hotel around 9 am.
We were immediately put on bracelets and sent to breakfast.

After breakfast, some of the tourists who arrived with us were settled, the rest were asked to wait.

We went to the beach, sat at the bar. Around 12 they said our room was ready.

Yes, the wait time was more than two hours, but we got a great room, located midway between the main restaurant and the beach, overlooking the pool!

The Preferred Room is spacious, with a long renovation, but quite decent and comfortable.
Two single beds. I would call such beds one and a half, since two people fit on them quite freely.

Mattresses and pillows are comfortable.

Refrigerator and air conditioner - working. And the air conditioner is almost silent.

TV with multiple channels. From the Russian-speaking - only TNT.

An electric kettle and a set of tea bags, coffee and sugar.

Free sockets - more than five. Everything is in working order. The location of the plug holes is vertical, not the usual horizontal.

There is no Wi-Fi in the room. It is only in the administrative building and on the territory attached to it.

Sometimes it was possible to "catch" in a restaurant.

The signal is unstable, often had to reconnect.
Text messages, photos, and short videos were leaving, but conversations via Telegram, Viber, or What’sApp were often interrupted or accompanied by poor sound quality.
At the airport, for $14, we bought a Vodafone Internet package for 20 units (approximately 10 Gb), which was enough for two of us for all 7 days.
This is convenient: the Internet is everywhere (even during boat trips! ), the signal quality is better and the speed is higher than in a hotel.

Bathroom - combined with shower.

Two towels per person plus one for two for feet.
Towels are not new, but good quality and well laundered.

From cosmetic accessories - shampoo, hair conditioner, shower gel, body lotion.

Hot water was constantly.

Fan is working.

Room cleaning - once every two days.
They changed the bed, towels, including beach ones, wiped the floors, added drinking water (there were two one and a half liter bottles upon check-in) and cosmetic accessories.
The dust was not wiped off.

If during the cleaning there were no beach towels in the room, then you could exchange them by contacting the attendants.
Of the minuses, only an old plumbing. In particular, the toilet drain did not work well.
When contacting the staff, the answer was received that this is a normal condition, and there is no point in carrying out repairs.

Mosquitoes flew into the room.
On the beach, I heard that tourists ordered a special treatment of the room with mosquito repellents.
We did not use this service. They turned on a fumigator brought from home with plates bought in Egypt.
The mosquitoes didn't bite.

I consider the level of service at the hotel to be average, since a lot depends on the person you are addressing: in response, you can get a smile and high-quality performance, or you can get a sizzling look and a casual movement in response to a request to put an extra piece of meat or a spoonful of fruit salad.

Animation is!

During the day - various activities on the beach, in the evening - music and theatrical performances in the bar.
The animators are cheerful, sociable, friendly, radiating optimism and a great mood!

In general, the hotel liked and remembered. The combination "price - quality" is very good. For a comfortable stay in January - the best option!

We were in Egypt for the first time and will definitely come again! Reef Oasis Beach played a huge role in making such a decision! .
Translated automatically from Russian. View original