Oriental Resort Hotel

not orgainised. Drinks area - again very poor the main bar is in the lobby you have to queue to get a drink there is a pool bar which is on its last legs and both need upgrading. We went in late July in a group, it is very hot indeed it got to 43 degrees in the day and late 30\'s at night so after dinner if you went out to the shops it was very hot if you stayed at the hotel it was quite boring.

There is also a beach bar which is pretty poor it needs knocking down and starting again.

One other point there is only one area to eat that is included in the all inclusive package the italian listed is extra also the pit stop bar is extra again this lets the Hotel down.

We would go back to Egypt but not in the summner, would go in either easter time or october but would not go back to the Oriental which is a shame as apart from the entertainment/drinks its a nice Hotel.

There is talk of the Hotel being upgraded in the areas we have listed as poor however if going as a family in the summner it is hot we use to go down to the beach about 9am - by 1pm its just too hot to sit out.

were also rude and didn\'t really seem interested in doing their jobs. They almost made you feel bad for ordering a drink!

Overall, we enjoyed Sharm El Sheikh as a whole, but will probably not be returning to this hotel in the future!

guests. Once the tables had been used they were left messy due to the poor service from the staff and on a couple of occasions we had to part clear tables before our use and hunt out cutlery etc. On several occasions we ordered drinks (water) and are still waiting on these. The staff with a few exceptions, were found to be lazy and to busy on their mobiles. There was a noticeable difference the second part of the week and we can only guess that someone must have complained louder than us. Or they were deciding to work for a tip.

Considering we were on an all inclusive deal we found it a bit off that the hotel had two other restaurants where you had to pay and they actively were pushing to use these.

The food at the main restaurant was nothing special, although the deserts were good. The food at the snack bars was poor.

The drinks for the all inclusive were beer, Vodka, Gin, Whisky, Brandy, Dark Rum & some mysterious spirit, plus some wines. The beer was OK but the spirits made good drain cleaner and we were advised not to try the wine.

The entertainment was in Russian with limited English.

After dinner there was only about a dozen tables for people to sit and have a drink. With a single bar man serving at the small bar the queue was never too big. However this was probably because most people took a drink back to their rooms.

,they will put you right.only pay 7 pounds sterling.

Enjoyed it so much we have booked again for Feb 2008.

have in the past at various other hotels suffered from stomach problems, but whilst here none of our party suffered at all even after drinking a bit too much red wine!

the slog in 40 degree heat to the dining room, what a joke. A meat dish was finished, this was three quarters of an hour into lunch. So you could have chips or pizza. The pizza was a piece of bread that had been put in the oven and had a couple of dollops (and I\'m not exaggerating here) of something that looked like tomato ketchup (there wasn\'t enough of it on there to really see what it was). The beach was fine, the jetty was wobbly and after a few nights of very strong winds the end collapsed into the sea. The sea is crystal clear and warm though.

The entertainment in the evening is second rate.

Overall, as other people have said, this hotel is not a 5 star hotel by any standards. We still enjoyed our holiday during the day but the evenings dragged a bit as there was nothing to do in the hotel, unless you are a footie fan and wanted to watch one of the matches.

We went to the Bedouin night of stars, really good, standing in the middle of the desert in the pitch black while a guide points out the constellations in the night sky, brill. Then you see the planet Saturn in the telescope. Great night.

We did the trip to Cairo by plane. A long, tiring day but I was determined to see the pyramids. Not disappointed except for the people keep pestering you to buy and a policeman coming up to us asking for a coke, what a cheek!

We originally booked a trip to the Dominican Republic in September with Thomson for our silver wedding. Come February they changed the flights to 3 days later and because of work commitments we couldn\'t go. Egypt was the only available holiday left in our budget/timescale etc that we liked the look of, we were very disappointed with the standard of the hotel as a whole. Not worth the money.