The Grand Hotel Sharm El Sheikh

3.5* Emily Joan Smith Rating Overall: I would go back if it wasn’t for the mosquitos, if they had more places to chill in the evening and if the food wasn’t so samey. Pros: Staff - All the staff were extremely kind and helpful. They really went out their way to make you feel special. Prompt Response - we had a quite a few problems with our standard room before they upgraded us to a deluxe room. However, every problem was responded to promptly even if it wasn’t a permanent fix. Pool Choice - Mum liked that there were lots of pools and each pool was different in height. The Sea - the hotel was by the sea and you could see glimpses of it whilst walking up and down the stairs of the complex. (However it wasn’t so easy to get in the water once you were at the beach). Weather - I went end of may - early April. Weather was beautiful. 28 - 32 degrees. In all honesty it was getting too hot for me at some points. (Dip in the pool lots/ drink water) Fusion Restaurant - the best place to eat in the hotel. Other a la carte restaurants you had to pay extra for drinks. Sunday Evening - The best night for entertainment, the hotel outsource entertainment and organises a meal on the beach. (This is extra and you have to pay for it). Transfer - Only like 20 mins away! Cons: WiFi - only free in the Lobby but really patchy and didn’t work very well. We bought WiFi so we could use it around the complex. However it was still dodgy and had to log on every 5 minutes. A la carte restaurants - most of the a la carte restaurants you had to pay extra for your drinks. Which I found very very odd as it’s an all inclusive restaurant. The Italian food wasn’t that great either. Food - Very samey. However every person I spoke to at the airport felt the same way about their hotel food. Evening Entertainment - although the entertainment staff are lovely, I felt there was limited/ good entertainment. This could be because we were the only English and didn’t really know what was going on, but also the entertainment there was extremely loud and if you wanted just to chill, there wasn’t many places to sit in the evening. Construction: SO much construction work happening all over the hotel. Lobby bar - not all bars had all inclusive drinks. The lobby bar was not included in all inclusive. Massages - Not good, didn’t rate them. In small hut like spaces, with no privacy. Beach - not a walk into the water beach. Was on a rock cliff and have to get a jetty into the water. Mosquitos - LOADS! We got bitten alive!!

Hotel The grand is a great choice for not only families and couples but also friend groups. They have many different activities during the day such as African dancing and team games. And I can tell you if you want to learn how to dance, the boys from the In Motion team have the moves and what it takes to help you learn dancing. The food from my opinion was good, the cheeseburgers were amazing I will admit that. If you want to eat at one of the hotels special restaurants such as Thai or Italian you must talk to Mousa. He is a funny and helpful man and will definitely help you find what you need. If you decide to come here be nice to every employee, they deserve it.

It was our first experience in Egypt. We came upon the advice of our friends who stayed there before. They gave us new, beautiful and comfortable rooms. There were few TV channels but we didn't spend much time in the room. Since we arrived at the hotel late, they served us sandwiches in the room. On the day of check-out, they allowed us to eat from the open buffet. The open buffet was good enough, we would have liked to see more cheese in the morning but that is not possible in Egypt. We liked the food in the evening, there was a chocolate waterfall every day and they served sushi every day. There are many pools in the hotel, but we spent more time in the quiet one. When it is windy, they don't allow you to enter the sea because the corals are dangerous. Watch out for taxi drivers. We paid too much when we came from the airport, always bargain. Don't pay more than 20 dollars from the airport. If not, there is an application, it is much cheaper, you can easily call from there, if you have an internet package. The internet in the hotel is only in the lobby.

The room hasn’t seen any renovation in probably 10 years. There’s an old CRT television, and the remote control has no batteries. The furniture is also outdated. It seems like the bed sheets haven’t even been changed after the previous guests. Now I’m also a plumber. Had to fix a flood in the bathroom — the plastic part in the toilet tank broke. The food is almost the same every day. Chicken, beef, rice… no seafood. The service was poor — the man who ‘cleaned’ our room kept constantly chasing us for tips. Towels were changed only once for the whole stay. Too many ruzzians in this hotel. Do not recommend.

It was a holiday beyond our expectations. This was our second time in Egypt, we had stayed at another hotel, so we came here with no hope, but the service was better here. There was a nice welcome, we arrived at the hotel late at night, and there were refreshments in our room. Since we bought online, they gave us a new room and were very helpful. They didn't speak English, but they provided service. We liked the food here, but other hotel dishes were not eaten at the previous hotel. There is always meat on the buffet. Luckily, the weather was very nice and we had the opportunity to swim in the sea. During the day, we had pizza and in the evening we had dinner at the main restaurant, drinks were until 12 pm. They serve local drinks, but I think the best was beer. The hotel was crowded when we were there, but we went late for a comfortable meal during quiet times, the service was more comfortable then. We joined the Tour outside once, the submarine tour and fish were not bad.

We spent 3 nights here , the room was lovely , great view, great snorkeling. A big thanks to Sobi for looking after us on the beach , and to Amhed on reception for letting us check out late . Would say free WiFi is only in the lobby , you have to pay for WiFi in your room which I didn't mind . The cleaner didn't leave bottles of water in our room or coffee and milk when ask he left 10 tea bags 10 wooden spoons , no coffee or milk . The food was OK, I did find the waiters grumpy and didn't like us asking for beer and wine even though it's all inclusive .