Не едьте туда! Don't go there!

If you are choosing a hotel for your holiday in Vietnam (Phan Thiet area) and are considering the Rock Water Bay hotel, then you should consider some features: 1. The first and most critical, in our opinion, is the lack of the opportunity to go in and swim in the gentle sea, which you dreamed about when going to Vietnam. Waves of great strength and very intense knock down even near the shore, so that adult men cannot conquer this element, not to mention women and children. There were rumors that in this place, due to intense currents, funnels are formed in which people drown. On the beach there is a sign in Russian that "Swimming is prohibited! ". The hotel guards warn with concern and in every possible way drive tourists who went into the sea just to wet their feet. Therefore, the only option left is to swim in the pool. . . with sea water and chlorine. . . or just sit on the beach,...... or an hour drive to the beaches in Mui Ne, where there are also waves, but you could swim in such a sea. Choose .2. Outside the hotel you will not find cozy cafes with local flavor, SPA-salons, ATMs, shops with fruits and souvenirs. Leaving the hotel, you can only see the road, bushes, garbage.... darkness and silence. . . Since the hotel is an hour's drive from Mui Ne, there is simply no choice of restaurant for the evening. You will be doomed to dinner at a hotel restaurant at prices 2-3 times higher than in a tourist place or at a restaurant in a neighboring hotel, where prices are lower, but not by much. Reminds me of the hopeless monotony of sanatoriums. . . 3. Service at the hotel is tolerable, for 3 stars. The staff does not speak English and does not understand even basic phrases, which we politely stretched out with particular clarity and syllables - we had to express ourselves in sign language. The hotel staff reacted promptly to our wishes, sincerely wanted to help, but not knowing the language greatly slowed down the process. Our air conditioning did not work for 2 nights, and the fan made painful rhythmic moans. Hot water appeared sporadically, so that I had to seize the moment to put myself in order . Going to the beach, if we still managed to get beach towels by the pool, they were yellowish in color, they were damp to the touch, and there was a strong feeling that the towels had not been washed at all. Once the standard towels ran out, we were given hand towels without an apology, so that we could lie closer to each other on the sunbeds By that time, the shock had already passed and we perceived everything with humor. 4. There was also a bummer with a number. We bought the highest category of accommodation in this De Luxe Ocean View Villa hotel, it was supposed that we would live in a separate bungalow overlooking the ocean. . . However, in fact, we lived in a room, the view from which rested on the rock, the ocean was only audible. This room did not look like a villa at all: it differed from the standard room only in that it had a small dressing room, where the sink, the entrance to the toilet and the entrance to the shower were located. There was also a sauna, but the door to it was boarded up. 5. Rock Water Bay is being sold as a 4-star hotel, although it would be more correct to rate it as a good three-star hotel and this hotel should cost a little less. 6. Since there is no way to visit other restaurants and shops, you will probably go for a walk along the deserted strip of wild beach that stretches on both sides of the hotel. There are picturesque views and a sense of the elements and wildlife, but overshadowed by mountains of garbage brought to the white sand from the sea. . . Alexey and SvetlanaDecember-January 2010-2011