Mixed feelings here. On arrival Hotel front looks wonderful, reception nice and clean, free Wifi stations dotted around the place ( albeit Very slow..still..FREE !)
Our rooms were in the 34 block, quite high up as you look out across the resort, nice views of the Salt Lake, Seafront. Generally quite clean, 2 cans of complimentary soda and a large bottle of water on arrival. Asked for a kettle and told a flat no, altho later found out that if you persist...they amazingly appear.

Hotel layout is quite nice, from our rooms no more than a few minutes to any of the amenities. There is a hotel shuttle service with stops dotted around the resort for those that really don't fancy a semi steep walk back up to your room.

The main beach was very pleasant, I cannot speak for the other 2 as we did not use them. The pontoon has been designed with a kind of self contained seawater swimming pool in the middle, good for those that may be a little nervous in the sea. the Bahia beach bar IS part of the All Inclusive option thankfully, so we were able to get a wee drinkie whilst at the beach with only a very short walk.

On the all inclusive option, only really one main buffet restaurant was close to us, but if you wanted to pay, A La Carte aplenty.. The Coral Restaurant was our designated buffet, and for an Italian owned chain, shocking ! I've been in several hotels around Sharm over six years or so and I can honestly, hand on heart say that this was the poorest selection I have ever encountered. the majority of the foods on offer were lukewarm at best, the pasta station of course, cooked fresh in front of you if you require it. The selection for lunch appeared to be whatever had been available for breakfast, reworked in a sauce, and likewise for dinner buffet.

Now I'm normally quite open minded with these buffets, I've seen plenty of them over the years.. and I'm well aware that British standards compared to Sharm standards in this respect are vastly different, however, after 2 days, I simply could not stand any more, and we spent a fair amount of money (group of six) in the A La Carte restaurants. I cannot say I was impressed at the extra expense.

Be careful to ask at the various bars around the resort wether the 'all Inclusive' option applies, as some do not and a large room bill is not favoured upon checkout.

The artificial Salt Lake at the centre of the resort was beautiful, well landscaped, complete with its own marine life - but not available to us for some reason..we were not allowed to sunbathe there, even though it was largely empty and had an ample supply of free loungers ! We were turned away each time we tried.

One other point that struck me, the shopping 'centre' within the resort..similar in many ways to Naama Bay's main strip (on a smaller scale)...was sited in such a way that you could not avoid walking through it to get to the Buffet restaurant...cheeky ! Given the slow time of year and the general decline in tourists visiting Sharm for one reason or another, the shopkeepers were far more persistant than I've ever experienced, so walking to our meals was a definate gauntlet run each time. Amusing for the first couple days, but not so much as the week drew to a close.

There is a 24/7 supermarket on site for snacks and bottled water etc. and the pharmacy is also close by. Prices I found weren't too bad overall.

The animation team should be commended, the daily evening shows were very well organised productions. We quite often sat and watched rehearsals as the afternoons clouded over.

The resort itself is well laid out, pleasant and clean. I would not return on an All Inclusive basis unless the quality of the buffet improved quite considerably. I should mention that the A La carte food we ate was excellent, but this is of course reflected in the pricing.

I hope the information I've offered will prove helpful to some, and will happily answer any questions relating to my experience within this resort. I've tried to be as honest as possible.