We (my boyfriend and I) visited this hotel during the 1st week in May this year (2008) and had an absolutely fantastic time. We were a little concerned because of some of the previous reviews of this hotel but our concerns vanished on arrival. The staff were brilliant - so polite, helpful and welcoming- and the hotel itself was spotless and well kept. We ate in the hotel every day for our meals, but had lunch and dinner out a couple of times just for a change. The selection of food was absolutely fine, just what you would expect from an all inclusive. You definitly will not starve! The rooms were perfectly adequate - enough space with a decent sized bathroom and air conditioning. We took full advantage of the services of our fantastic rep and organised a sunset dinner cruise, quad biking in the desert, a day's snorkling and a day at the water park - all highly recommended. It was our first time in Egypt and we had an amazing time. I can highly recommend this hotel to fellow travellers and if you want to know more I am happy to be contacted for further information. Happy holidays!

not a sunbed to b had unless u pay the pool boy......all the beds were gone b4 4am u couldnt get an umbrella if u tried.....lovely pools but like i said u have to pay if u want a lounger beside them.... food is awful.. i can eat anything or so i thought but this is awful...needed an injection half way through the holiday which costed 100.00 so make sure u find the nearest mcdonalds as soon as u get there.. rooms r okay u get what u pay for..the ones on the ground floor r the worst not many with a verrander/terrace just a steel barrier outside ur patio door..no entertainment apart from for about 30 mins at 10pm which is not worth staying up 4..i would not go to this hotel again even though it was cheap..also change ur money in the hotel there is no exchange charge so u get the best for ur money..also more than 40 degrees so make sure u take a high sun factor as its boiling... my advice is go out everyday 2 eat and just use the hotel as a base to sleep in ............xx

Just returned from the Sol Y Mar Sharming Inn.

we were extremely worried after reading some of the reviews and even tried to change our accomadation a few days before we left.

once we had checked in and been taken to our room we could finally relax.
the room was lovely, it had a huge bed and was very spacious. we were dissappointed to learn that most room do not have balconies but the panoramic window were absolutley fine, they open like patio doors and you can hang out towels and shorts to dry on the rails.
we did take the advice of a previous reviewer and offered the receptionist £5 (Eng) to give us a nice room, its worth doing.
the rooms were cleaned every day but they do take away your mini bar after a few days if you dont use it. ( you do have to pay for anything out of it)

the food was a little bit repetative but it was nice.

we didnt watch any of the entertainment because we were drained at the end day due to the heat but we would take a tray full of drinks to our room and watch a movie. they have several film channels in English.

the staff were friendly.

it started to get very busy half way thorugh our week and so we did find ourselves getting up at 6am to put towels out or there was no chance of a sunbed. some people were actually putting theirs out at 1.30am before the y went to bed and yes there were some people who put towels out and never used the beds all
day.

the publuc beach is just round the corner but you do have to pay £1 to go on, or you can go to the hotels beach which is on a building site but the sea life is better if you want to snorkel. if you go in the morning though you cant come back untill 1pm. i would recommend going at 3 and coming back at 5, plenty of time there and not as busy.

Overall it was fine for what we wanted - a cheap week in the sun.

we have been to Egypt before and stayed in Sharks bay, the hotels there are very nice and in my opinion the sea life is much better.

although we had a good time and the hotel was better that expected after the reviews i would not choose this hotel again i would go for a 4 star in Sharks bay - you wouldnt believe the difference.

A few tips
waiters will walk around with glasses of fresh orange and cocktails by the pool and in the resteraunt - they are not free!!!

there is no snacks in between meals, just bread rolls.

there is however a list of all inclusive cocktails that the bar staff hide, i didnt clock it until the last day when it was on the bar and when some freinds of our ordered one he took the menu straight off the bar again and hide it

hotel staff are really poor with service pool is nice but never all inclusive is just simply not all inclusive it full board with drink soft drinks and beer only no cocktails. i would adives everyone to pay a litttle extra for a dirrerent hotel. you will only end up spending alot more because the food is terrible service terrible .but dont let these comments put you of eygpt though the place itself is superp