Location:
The hotel is well located in Yasmine’s touristic area, amongst many other hotels. It is relatively close to the medina (a 10 minutes walk) and right next to the marina and the beach (just across the road).
General aspects:
The hotel has a good indoor and outdoor image. It is clean and big. It has free Wi-Fi. The check-in did not take too long and ran smoothly.
Room:
The room was quite large, as was the bathroom, with a modern décor. It had, also, a nice balcony with a view to the pool and the marina. It was equipped with air conditioning, TV and a mini fridge (which was replenished every day). In a daily basis, the room was cleaned and the bed sheets and the bathroom towels were changed. However, the balcony was never cleaned during our stay.
Restaurants and food:
The restaurant “Le Phenicien”, where the three main meals were served, was spacious and generally clean. The service was always buffet.
The food varied very poorly and the available dishes were not the best by far, both in appearance and taste. Sometimes, cups, plates and cutlery were dirty.
The meat dishes include chicken, lamb and veal, almost always stewed.
The fish dishes were scarce (some of the times cold baked fish covered with mayonnaise!) and unappealing. We were expecting grilled fish, but we were never served.
We had, as well, the option to choose italian pastas, but, once again, the dishes were not looking good and were scarce in variety. The food was too greasy and the skillet seemed not to be clean.
There were, also, salads and cold dishes, but still very unattractive.
The fruits were always melon, apples, pears, grapes, and dates.
The desserts were not bad at all, most of them almond-based.
The other guests commented: “It is more of the same”; “Everything tastes the same”.
The service was not spectacular, but nice. A couple of times, it seamed the waiters’ priorities were not to serve the drinks to guests, but clean empty tables or other tasks instead.
Some other guests complained they were poorly attended and even mocked by some waiters.
There was, also, the possibility of eating pizzas and other snacks at the pool bar or the beach bar. The pizzas were poor in filling.
Swimming-pool:
It has a good pool, but the sunbeds zone was quite limited. The pool water was very clean.
Night at the hotel:
The nights at the hotel lacked in activities, but it was easy to find some other things to do outside. The “Latino” bar and the lounge bar were nice, though.
Beach:
The private hotel zone at the beach is well organized, with enough shades and sunbeds. The bar was, also, good looking.
Nevertheless, the seawater (in which we were supposed to bathe!) smelled like sewer. It is not acceptable that we were not warned in advance, since this obviously is not a new incident. After all, we paid for beach holidays!
Later, we were informed by other guests that beyond the marina we could find another beach supposedly with no sewer odor. We had no access to shades or sunbeds, though, as we were entering other hotels’ zones.
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