Highly recommend. Beautiful grounds, never overly-crowded (mostly Russian guests), wide variety of food (not rotated even over 11 nights), the beer is very good, local branded gin, awful! Soft drinks are branded (Sprite etc). Exceptionally helpful staff (every single one of them). Tip: learn to say please, thank you and goodbye in Arabic, they are very surprised and very grateful. Bathrooms dated, but ok. Spacious rooms. Pools never too busy, even in afternoon, all manned by a lifeguard. Coral reef: absolutely stunning. We saw over 50 different types of fish. Non-swimmer? The water is as still as a lake and we saw adults wearing rubber rings by the lifeguard manned pontoon.
Individuals: we have to name (with their prior permission):
Mohammed Sa. (lifeguard). We saw him ‘save’ 3 kids - the pools are totally safe, these parents seem to absolve all responsibility of their kids around the pools. Always says hello and asks if everything is ok.
Mohammed Ar. (beach). Never seen a guy work so relentlessly in the heat, jogging 50 meters to bring an empty sun bed to you with a smile.
Ahmed El. (buffet). He would delight in showing us what was on offer that evening and provide recommendations.
Ahmed Es. (buffet). Always smiling and giving us a laugh.
Ibrahem Ba. (reception). A professional, friendly and welcoming and more than happy to spend time chatting.
Room 2116 housekeeper (we did not see his name badge). So polite, helpful and room made up at any time of the day. Nothing too much