The Grand Waterworld Makadi
84 reviews
July 7
Utter delight! A huge territory connects several hotels, the most beautiful embankment. There are many pools, an adult water park, a large children's water park area, a pool with a bar, a wave pool, a surf simulator pool. An amazing beach, convenient for children, beautiful corals with fish. The rooms amaze with their large area and luxury, all the decoration is made of wood, a large built-in dressing room, bathroom and shower, a large veranda with a table and armchairs. There are many food outlets, small restaurants. Everything is so comfortable that I would like to relax only in this hotel
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October 24
We were, however, a long time ago, but friends come happy) we were for the first time in the year of opening, and I was delighted that there is such a place in Egypt (I visited many places in Egypt). The entrance is sand 🔥 and at the same time we sailed forward and got to the corals 🔥🔥 in other places in makadi - only sand. There is a beautiful stone embankment along the hotels (4 hotels) of this chain. At that time, there were no embankments in Egypt. Not to mention that everything is very beautiful, go to any hotel, along the waterfront there are a lot of different ala-carte restaurants... If you want a standard Charmle pier, please go to the final hotel, there is depth, there are reefs, etc.. rooms in all hotels of the chain are at least junior (spacious with an ogre bathroom). They're probably already worn out... but there are more advantages. The water park is good, especially for children. There were no questions about nutrition and snacks.
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September 16
For the first time in an all-inclusive hotel. And probably the last one. The territory is large, the slides and the water park are cool for children..the beach will do, there are carals, fish. But this is not the merit of the hotel. The staff is frankly arrogant and unpleasant. They extort money from everything. The key broke theirs... From the room. Even here, money is begging. Upon check-in, they asked for $40. They'll give you a better number. That is, without 40d. they will give a dumpster. The food is bad, all drinks are diluted godlessly, even juices. I've never had one of these before. There is no Internet connection. There is one in the lobby, but you won't even be able to read the news on it. And it's a good hotel. Others are interesting in general horror
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December 15
From St. Petersburg 2024 December. The GRAND WATERWORLD FAMILY STAR MAKADI HOTEL was visited from December 1 to December 12, 2024 by two ladies 40+ and 65+. Almost everything I liked In Egypt was more than 8 times in both Sharma and Hurghada (3rd time). The reception staff - there are few Russian speakers. Basically, everyone is trying to help. The contingent of vacationers is 95% German. They are very friendly, like all normal people. The room is two-room, a little old, of course, but the plumbing worked, they cleaned every day, the linen and towels are old, always clean. The floors were wiped, 1 liter of water was brought every day and you can take it to the cafe on the beach without restriction. There are no complaints about nutrition: both meat -beef turkey -chicken -lamb and grilled and stewed soft delicious. Crabs. Quail/ bone Kebab is wonderful. Fish every day is pangasius fillet (from the Nile) and some other fried whole. A very tasty variety of creamy cream soups! Tomatoes, cucumbers are delicious, dill, parsley, spinach, and so on. Fruits are not a very wide variety, but there were even strawberries a few times. The guava is ripe. The plates come across dirty! Glasses -glass glasses for beer and wine . Tables are cleaned quickly! Breakfast in a Finnish restaurant by appointment, at least every day, with a beautiful view of the sea, ! Cheese with blue mold! The territory is large -well-groomed -beautiful! There are always 2-3 sun beds on the beach, but it's December,! the unloading of the hotel is not complete, the sun beds are very old and heavy wooden. The mattresses are brought by the attendants . They help with everything! The entrance to the sea was a little disappointing, it is shallow for a long time and the entrance is rocky. It is difficult to find a path without stones. After 20 meters, there are waist-high sand and fish and some coral fenced islets. The water was 24.5 - 25 degrees . But there is often a strong wind in the afternoon . Excursions were taken from the hotel guide Biblio globus : 1)Luxor $145 per person without shops by minibus, leaving at 5 a.m., back by 8 p.m. 2) El Gouna 65$ minibus : Egyptian Venice- (by boat on the canals)+bathyscaphe in the sea + swimming by the reef (masks, fins and tubes are provided free of charge)+ banana boat ride, lunch on the yacht. From 8-00 to 14-00. Interesting. The most beautiful park areas of the neighboring hotels of this chain of our hotel, where you can walk in the evening, a promenade along the sea. In the evening, music, show programs. We will come back again with pleasure!
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January 30
We had a rest for the January holidays.
We do not aim to look for flaws, so, in principle, we really liked everything! It's not far from the airport, it's very convenient when with children.
The territory is something: huge, multi-level, interesting, green, blooming, well-groomed. Buildings in the traditional Arabic style. There are a lot of different pools, excellent water parks - a paradise for children and adults. There are three similar hotels in the neighborhood (Palace, Grand and SPA), which are made in the same style (but I think ours is still more interesting). The hotels are interconnected and there are all kinds of shops, pharmacies and restaurants on the common territory. Perfect for an evening promenade. It feels like you are in an ancient Arab, rich town, where you have everything you need and even more. And what a great terrace!
We took trips from a tour operator (I do not recommend it), so we wanted to return to our hotel faster.
The sea, the reef is a fairy tale. Be sure to bring good diving masks with you! What you won't see is just a cartoon "In search of Nemo" (the spouse met, in addition to a huge variety of fish, an octopus, a turtle, a stingray). Try to move smoothly, the fish are inquisitive, they will start swimming themselves. The entrance to the sea is not bad, gently sloping, in places sand to a depth of. But for convenience, it is better for children to buy safety shoes.
What I didn't like: the staff at the reception desk, specifically male. Although we rarely addressed them, we had an unpleasant impression after the conversation.
They were settled only after a certain bill in the passport. But, for example, in the UAE, they were invited to the room much earlier and without any additional charges.
Queues at the main restaurants and snacks, lack of places. Solved: go to the restaurant on the right, if you face the children's water park; there were always places there.
In general, the food seemed to me to be 3+, but my husband liked everything (fried duck, pasta with seafood, fruits: guava, strawberries, melon, etc. were especially delicious), and the children did not complain.
For me, it is very crowded, but this is felt only on the beach (where cunning Germans spend days leavening their towels on sun beds, thereby taking up space), by the pool and in restaurants.
Still, it is better to visit this hotel during the season. With an abundance of different, interesting pools, only 1 heated (with Jacuzzi) and a children's water park, it was not warm enough for me. An interesting wave pool is icy.
Ps: at the beginning and until the middle of January 2024, the weather was excellent. Only an unpleasant breeze blew for a couple of days, and so 26-28 gr. water 23-25. We swam constantly, every day.
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October 10
There were hotels in this area that year and everything was fine, which is why we decided to come here again.
And that was a mistake.
The service just collapsed...to begin with, there is no banal soap in the lobby of the hotel or in the restrooms to wash your hands after a trip or before eating.
We were very lucky with the accommodation, there are no complaints about this, and then the fun began ...
Queues everywhere and everywhere for meals, the hotel has a rating of 5, but the maximum is 3. As in the canteen you stand with a plate and wait for handouts for your very considerable money ...
Of course you will not remain hungry for food, but a choice Not really. The drinks are all diluted and of questionable quality, fresh juices are only for money.
We bought juices for the child in the store from makadi spa.
They feed according to the principle - the queue sucks and you get 1 piece, ask for supplements - they look at you as if you are taking the last one.
THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS RUSSIANS IS ROTTEN ! But they love foreigners there.
Don't waste time and money on this nonsense, the hotel is sooo ruined!!!
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December 31, 2023
It's not the first time I've been to this hotel. I just got back.
The hotel is great. The beach is magnificent. There is a sandy entrance into the water, and from the bridge. The fish can be observed after moving away from the shore a couple of meters at a depth just below the knee. Children can swim with fish without swimming deep - there are a lot of corals.
There are pools and slides for children, both for children and adults.
The territory is large, shared with 4 other hotels, you can walk everywhere.
The food is 4. It feels like this year it was more scarce than before. There were no dates at all, and there were fewer other dishes. The access to the alakart restaurants at the hotel is free and unlimited. We went to Italian.
The staff is in one word "Egyptian". They try to earn money for everything, even for free. They asked for 10 bucks per person when they came to order dry rations before the tour, which was not bought from the hotel guide. One call to the same guide, and the ration immediately became free, which it should be. Shame. There was no such thing before.
But all these little things cannot spoil the impression of the sea.
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September 19, 2023
We were at the hotel from 07 to 17 September 2023. Me, my wife and daughter of 3 years old. The hotel is ideal for children: a sandy sloping beach, a fairly large water park with water slides, a children's disco from 20.00 to 21.00. For adults, the rest will be very dreary: Many people describe the Reef very colorfully, but I have already been to Egypt 8 times and have not seen such a half-dead reef yet, plus almost everything is fenced with ropes with a bunch of floats where you can not swim. If you compare the aquatic world with, say, the Mediterranean Sea, then of course it is more beautiful, but in Red... I didn't see any predatory fish in principle, even sea urchins and Winglets for some reason, not to mention barracudas, stingrays and moray eels (again, this is a plus for children). Everything is fine with the feeding + local alcohol is present. Room: We had a "Family room" - this is such a two-room spacious, but very shabby room in terms of furniture and bathroom. I have seen many people ask about a child's visa: If the child is entered in your passport, then he does not need to pay for a separate visa. A visa costs 25 dying bucks per person.
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January 28
Great hotel!! We were in it for the New Year!! A large, green area. Several water parks. For children and adults. Different animations! The surfing simulator is generally a great thing!!! The food is normal, we were not hungry. Beer, red and white wine are among the drinks. On the beach, pepsi, sprite, soda... 5 free A la carte restaurants.
Ice cream, Viennese waffles, etc. The weather in January was excellent, 25 degrees in the shade and the sea was the same, we swam until 17.00. There is a volleyball court on the beach. I just need my own ball.
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August 24, 2023
I was on vacation with my family at the end of December 2022.A wonderful hotel.Welcoming atmosphere, friendly staff. We lived in a large cozy room with a dressing room. The hotel has a very large territory, many restaurants. where there is a variety of food. You can sign up for an ala carte restaurant. The beach staff is very helpful, they bring mattresses and, if you wish, ice cream and freshly squeezed juice., for a small fee. There is a water park on site. Plenty of space for children. There was live music in the evening. Very good animation. We were very pleased with the hotel and the guide. Thank you for a wonderful stay.
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October 29
Hello everyoneI will not be lazy and write a review! about the hotel, even more precisely about MAHMOUD, who, unfortunately, meets Russian tourists at the Reception!!!
It's just outraged, how much I fly everywhere I've never met such an attitude anywhere!!!
He doesn't smile, he won't even put on a bracelet and give it to you, and then you do as you want.
He talks to such a person as if I came to his house for free to live and eat him!!!
I ask the hotel administration to pay attention to this employee!
We were evicted on October 21, 2024.
Our flight is in the evening, he cut off our bracelets on the run, I asked him to leave at least a bracelet for my child so that she could have lunch.
He said if you want lunch, pay the money and it would be nice to be polite like that with such anger.
I asked the hotel manager to politely call me, because I know that when the hotel meets with tour operators, they always say only good things about themselves, that we always meet tourists halfway and the hotel services can be used.
MAHMOUD didn't want to call anyone, says I'm the hotel manager, pay and that's it.
I stood persistently and waited, he realized that I was not going anywhere and called a representative of the hotel in a white shirt, a man, unfortunately I do not remember his name, and we agreed with him, he returned the bracelet for the child.
And even after that, Mahmoud poked me, saying that it was necessary to pay, they went to meet you halfway!
I don't understand who is he there at all?that he is allowed to do everything????
To talk to his guests like that!
Please deal with him.
Despite the fact that all other hotel staff are very polite.
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March 7, 2023
Great hotel. Purity. A lot of greenery . Friendly staff. The rooms are a bit old, but they are cleaned every day, everything is clean. A beautiful sea , a gentle approach and , most importantly , a reef . And you can swim and watch and you don 't have to go anywhere .
There are good shops. I don't know what they wrote about nutrition . it's great for 10 days, especially in the evening, everything was always different. There is enough food . everything is brought quickly .Drinks were free , only beer and gin and tonic were drunk .. The rest.... G
There is a place to walk and in the evening you want a show, you want live music. A normal water park. There is a heated swimming pool. In general, I definitely recommend it
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October 9, 2023
It's expensive, very budget five. In Turkey, 4ka for 60k is twice as expensive as this hotel. We went to the neighboring hotels, they are clearly cleaner there.
A lot of broken things on the premises and in the rooms (we had a broken bathroom door). Everything is old, especially towels.
The food is average, they didn't learn how to wash the plates, after a few days everyone had an upset stomach of varying degrees. The food is monotonous, in Alaskan restaurants there is a slightly different food, but not all of it.
The beach is not bad, the reef near the shore is good enough, but if you go to the right, it's even better. There is a pontoon on the left, there is a cleaner and a good reef, but the beach is not very.
Tia, which is to the right in the same bay, has stingrays and cuttlefish swimming in the morning, a turtle in the evening, but it takes quite a long time to get there.
You can walk along the shore! I went to the pontoons, no one said anything.
We took a tour from SKYLINE, I do not advise, we were very deceived.
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February 28
We had a family vacation from February 19 to February 28, 2024. Negative reviews have not been confirmed. The food is excellent and varied (octopus squid were even for dinner). Yes, the variety is not so much that the grub falls from all the tables in the restaurant, but there is a choice - chicken, duck, seafood, beef, kebabs. The beer is good (bottled), the wine is also nothing, but my wife said that the wine was fumes in the morning. You can go to a la carte every day without restrictions, you just need to sign up for the day.
The service is excellent, and sometimes they ask you to thank them in the restaurant. But it's up to you. I tipped those who tried to do something and help from the bottom of their hearts. For example, they helped to bring plates with food or drinks, put and wiped a high chair for a child. Those who just brought a glass of wine once and asked me to thank them for it, I sent them for a walk.
The beach is great, there is always a place.
The reef is large and there are many fish. I consider it one of the best reefs in Hurghada.
There is only one heated pool. Small, a lot of people.
The slides are cool, even for an adult it's quite fun to roll a few times.
I will especially note the very green and landscaped area, very unusually done. Especially with the backlight at night, there is generally a fire.
The rooms are hefty, super for families with children.The view from the balcony is excellent. Similar rooms in other nearby hotels are 2 times more expensive (sunrise makadi, fort arabesque). Yes, the rooms are a bit old, but in Egypt it is the same in more expensive hotels.
At the reception, I note Amr Mohamed, they gave the opportunity on the day of departure to stay in the room until the evening without additional payment (departure at 21h), the bracelets were not removed.
Accordingly, the hotel is quiet and as windless as possible, which is important for winter holidays.
Last year, I did not go to this hotel because of the very high rating and went to the neighboring sunrise makadi. This year we decided to try it and did not regret it.
Yes, there were no poisonings, everything is fine. In Sunrise, in 2023, which is 2 times more expensive, I had poisoning and I was out there for a day.
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June 17
The rooms are dirty (they are poorly cleaned, many complained about it).Food for three, drinks are all diluted with water, which is easier to drink water. Few of the staff can understand Russian even at the reception. The water park has one name, it operates a couple of slides, apparently in order to save money, they do not turn on the water and until you get to the top with a cheesecake, your tongue is already on your shoulder (not thoughtfully the first time I see this, apparently so that you ride less) and it works an hour and a half before lunch and two hours after lunch.There are a lot of disadvantages, the reviews are fake, although they were chosen based on reviews when they were driving. It barely reaches three stars in fact. We are going to Egypt for the third time, but this is the first time we have been to such a hotel.
They just closed their eyes to all this when they were resting, so as not to spoil the mood.
All these disadvantages are covered only by the sea😉
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May 10
I had a rest here and I really liked it. Cool beach (huge), lots of pools for different swimming and the rooms are super. The food is excellent and delicious.
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May 21
We rested there in July 2023. The room is very old, many of the doors in the room closed very badly, the furniture is also from the 90s, the bed linen is all in spools. The door to the balcony did not open, it really had to be broken down. It was done only after 2 days. There was some kind of cosmetic repair and the whole room was in plaster, not washed on the walls and corners. The wifi is only in the lobby and it's terrible. They put a router in their room for a fee, but it worked very poorly, and I just had to take exams online. I was terribly nervous about it. The food is monotonous. We went to a fish restaurant once for a fee, but there was nothing to eat there, everything was in some sauces, and squid generally like a sole. Aqua parks are good for all ages. The area is pleasant. There is not a big reef with fish on the sea. And the vacationers there are only Europeans, we had 4 Russian families. Well, the attitude there was not very good to us, so they settled in the farthest building, and not on the main territory. From our window there were palm trees, a fence and the sea. It was essentially outside the main area, where the shops are. Ventilation was very noisy from these shops until 23 o'clock. The children's animation was very weak. Adult concerts were also on 3.
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December 18
A cool hotel for families with children, the room is spacious, the pools are heated in winter, the territory is very beautiful, the sea is wonderful and warm, we were in the middle of December and just had a good rest) Thanks)
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February 27
A great hotel, the rooms are spacious, the drinks are cold, the food is as usual without frills, but everything is fresh, hot.
Great beach, practically no wind, it's on the beach! We had a rest in February 16-22.
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February 28
The most beautiful thing in the hotel is the territory, everything else is in wild ruin, rooms, corridors, elevators, even only half of the slides work. There are also big problems with service and food in the restaurant, huge queues and an extremely poor diet of food and meat. They only give Egyptian red sausage for breakfast, there are not even sausages, sparrows are jumping on the sweet table. Whole corridors are under repair, workers knock down the lining of the children's pool during recreation, it's trash! In general, I do not recommend it and I no longer set foot there.
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May 22, 2023
A wonderful hotel with a developed infrastructure
Very interesting architecture, all 5 Makadi hotels represent one complex.
Waterworld has a good water park with 5 lanes + surfing
The entrance to the sea is very gentle, great for children. A little further there are corals with fish
The food is not bad, but not a "strawberry bomb, to be honest."
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January 31
A cool hotel, a lot of entertainment for children, good cuisine, a cool beach, it was windless at the end of December, the sea was +24, a beautiful reef, you don't need to go somewhere to see the fish.
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January 13
The longer we stay here, the more we like it. But there are pros and cons.
Positive.
We took our tour for little money (2 adults + 1 child + 1 infant for 114 thousand for 7 nights) . Therefore, you can close your eyes to most of the disadvantages.
A children's water park and conditionally adult slides. There are slides for very young children , it feels like 2+ , and for 30+ . I will attach photos of the children's complex , it deserves a good rating.
La pergola cafe. There are very tasty desserts and sandwiches. It works from 15 to 22 . And if you didn't have time to have lunch, then there may well be a snack before dinner.
Grilled corn )
The warm pool is upstairs. The pool is really very comfortable, you can splash around until sunset)
Most of the staff are very nice and helpful people. They smile, wish you a good day and rest - professionals in their field.
Of the advantages, there is also a large number of power points. Today we had dinner at La terrazza - Italian a la carte, served a very tasty pizza Margarita , Caesar salad (without chicken) , a dish of chicken fillet and fish pizzaolo) All the dishes were very well prepared! Thanks to the chefs!
A long and beautiful promenade for walking.
A sandy beach, but at the same time the presence of a coral reef.
Also, it seems to me that it is near our hotel that there is less wind.
Donuts with chocolate sauce and powdered sugar in the evening))
There are a lot of desserts and a coffee filter.
The girl who bakes tortillas with fillings at dinner.
Minuses:
Neither the guides nor the reception tell you how it is more convenient to move around the territory with a stroller. There are no signs for elevators. We suffered for 4 days, went down the stairs, and it turns out that it was possible to go up to the 3rd floor, walk through the corridors and go out to the lobby at the reception, and after walking a little more take the elevator down to the restaurants. That you can move comfortably everywhere with a stroller, the main thing is to find out the way😂
The room stock is very old. We lived in room 7208. The room is large - Junior Suite. But the tile in the bathroom is stale, traces of mold are visible. Clumps of dust in the far corners of the room. The bed linen is grey, but it looks clean.
There were unfriendly , inattentive people at the reception, who frankly ignored my presence. In general, I noticed that there was no need to change shifts. The other day I asked for help , everyone helped together ! I wish I'd written down the names.
I will write about the food separately: of course, it is not at the 5* level, but we remember that the price is not at 5*)) in general, of course, you can choose food to your taste. Omelets for breakfast, you can take any filling and ask to add it, since the cook has only vegetables on the table. There are two types of soup for lunch and dinner. Well, they are so-so for our taste. Side dishes: rice is always with different additives, potatoes of several types: fries, baked. Beef or chicken and fish. There were squid at lunch today on Friday. Baked, stewed , grilled vegetables . The question about eggplants is why they are so heavily overcooked, over-dried, or simply very thinly sliced. Fresh vegetables: cucumbers all day, tomatoes, salads of cucumbers and tomatoes)), cabbage of various types, grated carrots. Olives. Outside, delicious pizza, grilled meat, grilled fish, grilled vegetables (peppers, carrots, potatoes, zucchini) are cooked for dinner. Fruits are distributed, in the first days there were even strawberries, well, literally three pieces were given and they also cut it)) And so there are delicious oranges for all meals, melon is also nothing, apples are cut or whole, fresh dates, tangerines, guava and that's it. Children's table: rice porridge for breakfast, waffles, pancakes with chocolate and various jams , many types of breakfast cereals, milk, soups for lunch, hot dogs, burgers, delicious mashed potatoes with herbs, stewed vegetables, French fries, for dinner : meat balls, the same side dishes, always children's pasta with tomato .
By the way, there are many types of cheeses at every meal . Be sure to have a few spreads of Feta cheese with various additives and spices, sesame tahini. The more I write, the more I like it😂
There are yoghurts, oatmeal porridge, and boiled eggs. In fact, there is a lot of food, but it does not always look pretty. But the taste is normal, and more often it is generally delicious)
Ice cream is served all day . The kids like it.
From used drinks, soda is sanctioned and sugar burda from vending machines))) There are no juices)
I didn 't drink alcohol . But the beer is normal, they pour it out of bottles.
Let's go back to the disadvantages:
I would also like to note that the cheesecakes for "adult" slides are pretty shabby, half-baked and also seem to have traces of black mold. But the children, of course, do not pay attention to this)
Well, the biggest disadvantage is the lack of Internet. Even in the lobby, it barely catches. So be sure to buy a SIM card at the airport. I bought 18 GB for 4.90. It was enough for a week .
After rereading my review, I even want to put 4+ more. If the bed linen were more decent, then I would definitely put 5! It's a pity that you can add only 9 photos, maybe I'll add more on other sites.
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April 7, 2023
Nice hotel. The slides are super, the area is green. The sea is simply amazing - its reef, fish can be seen standing up to the waist with a mask! and if you swim a little further, the beauty there is not inferior to the open sea. At the same time, it is convenient for children to enter the sea from the shore. You can swim without special shoes. In general, the beach deserves all 5 stars of this hotel. There is enough variety in food. The hotel itself is a little tired, yes, but the sea compensated for everything.
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December 6, 2023
Nice hotel, large and beautiful grounds. The staff is friendly. The food is mediocre, as it always is in Egypt. You won't be hungry, but don't expect any frills either. 4 a la carte restaurants, there have been better ones. The food was delicious only in a Finnish restaurant.
Juices and other soda are diluted, water is from the cooler.
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October 13
The rooms are very dirty, it is clear that there has been no repair and complete cleaning for a long time. The walls are dirty too, the paint is crumbling..The hotel does not pull in 5 stars. Employees are always asking for baksheesh (tips) 😅
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November 10, 2023
I'll start with the cons - there are a lot of people, just really a lot, the rooms are quite old. A separate song is linen: towels are already gray, so washed, and bed linen is in pellets.
The food is average, free drinks - soda and jupi ...
But the advantages in the end made our vacation: very beautiful territory, lots of trees blooming, the evening lighting is gorgeous. A sandy beach and an entrance to the water, with a coral reef - we saw winglets, moray eels, barracuda, stingray, and of course a bunch of colored fish (tired of Googling the names). And when we got tired of swimming at the reef, we rode the surf wave, on the slides in the water park, swam in the wave pool.
The long promenade is very pleasant along the sea - we walked every evening.
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December 23, 2023
The hotel is big. There is a lot of water and water attractions. The food for 5 stars is scanty. There are a lot of little things that prevented you from enjoying your vacation. (The safe is not working for 3 days, the door key is not working. ..)
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July 4, 2022
For the first time in Egypt, my husband and I had a family vacation and two children aged 8 and 13,
The flight is excellent early in the morning and at lunch we are at the hotel, we flew on the plane for 6 hours and there was no food, or for a fee
The hotel itself is not new, but everything works, it's clean, the room was cleaned every day and water was put on
The food is of the same type, but we tried to diversify it,
Animation for both children and adults is not bad, and there is an African bar there from 22 to 2, a disco and songs
The water park is open for both children and adults, but the wave pool is under repair, the surf is working
The beach is of course super, clean, several bars, waiters will bring everything,
But at 17-30 everyone is asked to get out of the water, the lifeguard is always on the tower, or if someone swam immediately in his boat rushes
The sand is clean, the sea is certainly not transferably beautiful,
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December 23, 2022
When we were here, I liked it.
Indeed, this is a real aquatic world. A town with water attractions-dousing, canals for water travel, swimming pools and with waves, water slides and a catapult. And of course the beach and the sea with coral reefs. The children learned the basics of diving and got acquainted with the beauties of the underwater world. Food from morning to night,
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December 19, 2023
The territory is fire, the beach is fire, and the hotel immediately says- dirty rooms and in need of repair for a long time- the door fell right on us, the handle fell off this is only the first day), it's useless to give money for a better room- there are none) the kitchen is average, they try, the staff also tries- no complaints, they treat children well, yes and they help with everything. There is little animation, the location is good... Honestly, this is my first time in Egypt, in Russia 2 stars are about the same...
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May 2, 2023
At first we thought that the territory of the hotel was very large, but it turned out to be just huge, we didn't have time to go around everything for 9 nights of rest, to be honest)
We rested in the Family star building, this is the farthest building, farthest from the sea, but all the rooms here are two-room, comfortable. The rooms also have their own terrace with furniture, you can relax.
A playground was found nearby, small, but the children liked it. The children were delighted with the pools, slides in the water park. There are different ones in the nursery, even for the youngest. In the large water park, you can ride some slides with children in large family boats.
The food is not bad, but rather monotonous. In April, there were few fruits - apples, oranges and bananas. The children ate mostly pasta and French fries) you can make a hamburger for lunch. For dinner, food is prepared outside (optional) — very tasty tortillas and grilled and charcoal dishes. We tried wine from alcohol (sucks, including paid wine in Ala carte restaurants) and beer (norms).
The staff is friendly, very positive towards children. They play and joke with them.
The cleaner does not understand either Russian or English. They explained themselves on their fingers literally. Other staff speak Russian better than English at some points)
On the territory of the hotel there is a coffee shop near the Italian restaurant overlooking the sea — very cool, delicious desserts and coffee are prepared (coffee for an additional fee, 4€-6€, desserts are all inclusive and there are paid ones). There are always few people there, which surprised us, because the coffee shop is really chic, maybe not everyone finds it walking around the territory.
The rooms are tired, of course. For example, bed linen may be torn🙈), or towels with stains, but in general it is possible to live. The water is hot without problems, the pressure is strong and good.
They didn't give us drinking water upon check-in, they asked for it separately, and the mini-bar was empty and tasteless (but it wasn't critical for us, we drank sprite and Cola on the buffet).
We walked to the reef — we had to walk along the embankment past three buildings of the chain hotels, quite far away, I don't want to walk every day, especially with children. Its beach is cool, clean, the sea is clean, in the morning fish swims right by the shore, different colored.
We went on an excursion to Utopia island - I recommend it for sure! Very cool, on a yacht. You can bargain, even Russian-speaking tour guides from tour operators go for discounts.
We took an Uber to the mall on our own for $3, back for more than $4. A hotel taxi is more expensive.
You can go to the shops and walk along the embankment in Hurghada as part of an excursion, they are usually free if you are taking them to the shops.
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January 21
I've never written reviews about hotels, but now I just want to warn people who are considering Waterworld. The terrible condition of the hotel, terrible room stock, a lot of people, the restaurant is not designed for such a number. 2 out of 4 vacationers had poisoning, the food is generally OK, it's more about unsanitary conditions.
Of the good ones, there is a living reef and a gentle entrance.
I'll attach a couple of photos. January 2024.
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February 13
Everything is fine, make cosmetics in the rooms + tighten the power, and fire!!! I liked everything, the territory is just huge!
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March 5
The territory is good. Comfortably.
But there is a huge BUT.
The range of food is meager on the buffet. The drinks are not delicious. And the food is not delicious. How can you ruin pancakes and milk porridges???
All strong alcohol is diluted with water by 50 percent. You drink, you don't want to drink or have a snack.
But for $25, the bar will sell exactly the same closed bottle. The contents of this bottle are naturally not diluted.
Personally, I will never go to this hotel again.
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January 6, 2023
We went to NG with the Biblio globe. This was my seventh visit to Egypt, so objectively there is something to compare it with. In my opinion, the hotel deserves high praise on many points. Firstly, it is a gorgeous area surrounded by greenery with interesting architecture of buildings. At night, the whole area is covered with fountains and lighting, which adds romance. The territory is shared with the neighboring Grand, where there is a small water park with five slides. We didn't have time to get bored during the week of skiing).
The second important criterion is the number of rooms. At first, we were settled in 301, ostensibly with a view of the sea. The room turned out to be just dead and very dirty. What can I say if the handles on the doors literally fell out of the locks when I tried to press them. I asked for another room, which turned out to be a little better and much cleaner. All rooms in the hotel are two-room, but not all with an interior door. For a family of two adults and three children, that's the best thing. The room has a safe, a mini fridge, a balcony with sun beds and a beautiful view of the territory, a separate bathroom, two sinks and two showers in the bathroom. There was also a hair dryer, and even a working one). In each room there is a large closet, where the contents of five suitcases fly with a whistle. There was no kettle and tea accessories, and they were not particularly needed there. There's a TV panel in the big room, but there's not much to watch there. Of the Russian channels, there is TNT and a couple more.
The third point is restaurants and bars. Everything seems to be fine with this, although the first days after the New Year, with the mass arrival of tourists, the quality of breakfast in the main restaurants deteriorated noticeably. But there is an alternative in the form of a la carte restaurants, where, however, you need to register in advance. The lunches and dinners were very decent for Egyptian budget fives. One problem is the yuppie-type chemical drinks in all restaurants. It would be better if natural juices were poured, even if diluted 3 times with water. There have never been any problems finding free tables. We always found places in a couple of minutes, even at peak times. At dinner, we took local wine a couple of times, once for free in glasses, and the other in a bottle for 19 euros. It is impossible to drink what is free, neither white nor red. Just some kind of surrogate. But in bottles, although not a masterpiece, but at least you can drink once or twice. The price, of course, is at least twice as high). It was funny when bottled wine was served at the New Year's dinner, but diluted two or three times with water. Shame on you. We went to dinner at three a la carte restaurants by appointment. In Mexico, we simply refused to accept a food order without buying a bottle of local wine. The waiters behaved impudently and brazenly. There's not much to order from the free food there. I liked the other two restaurants much more, especially the Italian one. But I didn't like seafood dishes anywhere, although the steaks were good in Italian.
The next moment is the sea and the beach. Everything is fine here. The beach is located in a bay that is protected from the north winds. There are enough free beds. The entrance to the sea is good, but the depth to swim is only at high tide. Due to the presence of live corals, the entire water area is blocked by cables with buoys, swimming for which is strictly punishable). For swimming with a mask, that's the thing.
Next, a few words about the contingent of vacationers. They are mostly Europeans from western and central Europe. In our race, there were Germans and Swedes most of all, there were few Russians. All paid services at the hotel were in euros. If you pay in dollars, somewhere they recalculated 1:1, and somewhere at a draconian rate. There are a lot of smokers, sometimes the smoke stood on the beach like a rocker from cigarettes. Despite the fact that there are a lot of children around.
Finally, animation. Everything is sad here. I compare it with the same Pharaoh, wherever last year. No, of course there are animators in the hotel, aqua aerobics in the pool is also according to plan, but in general animation is not the strongest side of the hotel.
As a result, I recommend the hotel for a family holiday. For this money, it is difficult to find something better on the first + line from the sea. It will be a bit boring for young people. Paid discos at night don't count).
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May 5, 2023
I want to leave a review about the hotel for use, if suddenly someone chooses our Grand waterworld Makadi hotel
If tourists are traveling with children and require a gentle entrance to the sea and the first line by the sea, then there is a nice green and large area, many pools, a children's swimming area in the pool, a water park, but the pools are cold, the sea is warmer, although it is also cool at the end of April. For the sea, it's mostly better to have coral slippers, we bought them for the children, we went into the water like that ourselves. Somewhere there is sand, somewhere there are stones.
In our hotel area there were areas of coral reefs fenced with buoys, not deep and not far from the shore you could watch the fish.
Unfortunately, our family room turned out to be far from the sea, we had to walk for 7 minutes to the reception and go through it every time.
Meal:
We were very upset about the food, but we accepted it. It was not tasty at all, all with spices and stewed vegetables in one, for children you could take pasta without sauce, rice, sometimes soup, if vegetable. There was a lot of bread, tomatoes, cucumbers, salad leaves, there was little meat, fruits were also few and mostly cut into pieces, whole fruits were not given, even bananas were cut into pieces, all this was oxidized and was completely uneatable. Periodically, we begged the waiters for whole apples.
Alcohol: beer and wine were given free of charge. - only through the waiters on request.
On the beach and the water one could take cocktails from the restaurants, although alcoholic, but it was not felt. The juices are very sugary, but the children drank.
Freshly squeezed juices-2.5€, smoothies on the beach and ice coffee-3€
There was also food poisoning.
Room: + large, 2 rooms, a 2*2 bed in the bedroom, a sofa in the living room and 2 separate beds for milking children, a large balcony with a table and 4 armchairs.
- the room is old, dust is everywhere, tube TVs (from the 90s), everything in the bathroom and toilet is in terrible shape.
There are no toiletries, paper always had to be begged for.
Only one card is issued for a family before entering the room, the glass windows of the doors in which the locks were rusted did not even lock, come in who you want.
Fortunately, there was a safe in the room.
In general, on a 5-point scale and the service of the hotel, I would put 3 *. The sea area is 5*.
If you are not embarrassed by the food, then it is quite acceptable, but not for such a price.
The children were happy, they liked everything.
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March 6
They claim that there are 5 stars, there are no more than 2x. The rooms are dead, everything is old and tired, food problems.... We were at the hotel from February 23 to March 1, I definitely did not have to be in a worse hotel in Egypt, the feeling of the hotel is like I visited India.
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February 7
The food in the restaurant is quite monotonous, although no one will be hungry. Meat and fish in the evening in the yard on the barbecue. Locally produced alcohol without restrictions. It is not recommended to go by appointment to a Finnish restaurant. Disgusting service. It is better to go to Italian - good service and cuisine.
The beach is extensive with a sandy entrance. The water in the sea is gorgeous - clean, transparent, fish and fishes are visible. It is advisable to take a mask and fins with you. You can have fun.
The rooms are good, large - under 50 sq. m. meters- with all amenities. But there are no bathrobes, slippers and a kettle. A kettle costs $15 per week. This feature does not correspond to the declared 5-star level of the hotel. It should be borne in mind that upon check-in, if you wish to get a room of the "sea view" type, the answer will be "it costs money" - an amount of 10-20 dollars (or more with a full house).
The territory of the hotel is large, there is a lot of water in the form of various pools and an aqua park. There are things for children to do. Parents with very young children come to the hotel. This is both a plus and a minus..There is a place to sit on sun loungers if you do not want to go to the sea.
The staff is very friendly and helpful. Overall, the impression of the hotel is very good.
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January 10
I really liked the hotel!Good food, very large rooms.There is a coral reef just behind the beach-you do not need to go on an excursion.
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November 20, 2021
The large territory of the hotel, a large number of swimming pools, its own water park. A nice sandy beach, convenient access to the sea, but at the same time there is also a coral reef with all its beauty.
The rooms are large and spacious, perhaps this is all one of the advantages. The rooms are old, the furniture is old. The dirt, as if the rooms had never been cleaned, the current cleaning is just an appearance. Toilet paper is allocated only after an insistent demand. There are no shampoos and shower gel in the room at all!
The main restaurants are also old, the chairs are falling apart, the room is dirty, requires general cleaning. There is a toilet at the entrance to the restaurant, which is not cleaned, the smell of a dirty toilet spreads to the entire restaurant. The dishes are old, often broken, dirty. There are not enough dishes. There are not enough tables. Some restaurant employees extort $1 each in order to clean the table and give out the dining items.
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February 2, 2022
A nice hotel with a large territory and a great beach in a windless bay. If you are a fan of beach holidays or a family with children, you are here! There are 2 water parks on site, for adults and children. There are also many pools, a lazy river, waves for surfing.
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January 25
For a little money (60 rubles for 10 days per person), very little. The room is huge. The territory is large and you can walk around the neighboring hotels! The food is modest. Guys, be realistic, if you want an elite sarvis, multiply the price by 2. There are no altruistic capitalists!
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March 20
The hotel is tired, the towels have not been changed, the staff is unfriendly. The water park is on the verge of destruction...
From the advantages of food, sea, sun, beach
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December 3, 2022
We arrived at this hotel on March 4, 2022. We got off the bus and went to dinner on the advice of the guide. And the first shock: dirty and broken dishes, instead of meat, only bones, fries waited for half an hour, I found tomatoes from vegetables and a little cucumbers from fruits - green bananas, which one vacationer packed with a plastic bag. Late at night, hungry, my daughter and I dreamed of them(. Next, we were settled a little far from the main building, but that was not what upset us, but the fact that the room looked dirty, no snow-white sheets, stains and smudges in the shower, suitcases were not even going to be sorted with a firm decision to change the room in the morning. We fell asleep with our daughter for 15 years hoping for the best. In the morning we went to breakfast and the whole situation: a shortage of appliances that can be bought from employees for $ 1, dirty tables, scrambled eggs were given out of 1 egg, there was no porridge, fruits - apples, oranges. And there was as much bread and rolls as you want! After a hungry breakfast, the daughter said: Mom, I want to go home! - the mood is so-so. Next, a meeting with the guide, our relocation to the main building. It was cool and windy all the days. We flew to Moscow on March 6 instead of March 12. I want to say that we were not alone with my daughter, there was my friend with her daughter of 4 years and her mother. The daughters have a big difference, so we didn't spend much time together, but in the evenings their stories made it even nastier. Owners should seriously think about it! And as soon as possible, you can't make a lot of money on the territory alone!
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January 30
A nice hotel, cool water slides and an artificial wave for surfing.
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April 20, 2023
In general, everything is fine.
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Service
Attentive staff
The food is delicious
The water in the pool is clean and warm.
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September 23
I didn't like the word at all and do they have a shortage of napkins
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April 28, 2023
A hotel that was once very cool, but over time everything started to fall into disrepair and the trend continues. The sea and corals are great!!!
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December 23, 2023
I liked almost everything. For me, the most unpleasant thing was the very old bed linen, everything was in the ankle
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