- Egypt Holidays
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- Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma
Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma is a stylish and luxurious resort offering half-board accommodation as well as a generous luxury all-inclusive experience. This outstanding resort is only 30 minutes from Hurghada Airport, located in the pristine bay of Abu Soma with a private 300-meter white sandy beach, offering private beach bungalows overlooking the blue waters of the Red Sea.
The luxuriously appointed guests' rooms include, Deluxe Family Rooms, Superior Rooms, Superior Grand Rooms, Executive Suites with private pools, 3 Royal Suites with private pools and large Private Villas with swimming pools with either 2 bedrooms or 3 bedrooms directly by the beach. The luxuriously designed villas offer bespoke features including Jacuzzi tubs, in-door and out-door showers, spacious living with dining areas, kitchenette and large deck areas. Each room features 55-inch flat screen TV's, safe boxes, minibar and exclusive bath amenities.
The hotel has 5 signature Restaurants and Bars. Guests can enjoy a lavish buffet selection in “Kahramana” the main restaurant, breakfast, lunch and dinner, Lebanese specialties in “Arabesque”, Italian Cuisine in “Cabana”, Asian & Japanese specials in “Benisuma” or fresh seafood in “Maya Beach Restaurant”. The “Safari Bar” located in the lobby is open 24-hours and offers a full range of beverages and signature cocktails & cigars. Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma offers a great variety of leisure activities for all ages as well as beach and pool activities. The resort also features two Olympic-size pools.
Spend the day on the private beach or dip into one of the 2 outdoor swimming pools. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access and concierge services.
Sheraton Soma Bay Resort delivers excellent service, beautiful facilities, and a relaxing luxury experience. I highly recommend it to families, couples, and anyone looking for a memorable Red Sea vacation, and I would happily stay here again.
We stayed for 14 days in August / September.
Generally, we were very impressed with Steigenberger. It has many wonderful aspects, most notably the staff, who are outstanding. However, we would say there are several areas for improvement before this can be treated as one of the elite hotels in Hurghada. We stayed at Serry Beach earlier in the year and Steigenberger fell short of the exceptionally high standards we experienced there.
The positives: -
Staff are absolutely amazing. Always with a smile, all so hard-working (10-12 hr shifts, day in, day out), and to a man / woman, all eager to make your stay as pleasurable as possible. Special mentions for our housekeeper Mahmoud (Room 1156), lifeguard Mohamed Ghabril, pool waiters Abdelsaleh and Hosanh, Ibrahim the manager at Maya, Head Chefs at Arabesque (Samir) and at Cabana, Mohammed, the entertainments guy, Waer Ali, manager at Safari, Mohammed and Ahmed, waiters at Safari. If there is more than one Mohammed at Safari, it was the one with a wonderful smile who told us he had worked something like 75 days without a day off! Their work-ethic and wonderful customer service is really awe-inspiring. They made us feel like family. Sukran Habibi!!
Pools - wonderfully spacious sunlounger area. Pools lovely and clean, great staff all around the pools who cannot do enough for you. Friendly, helpful - but not over-bearing, they are all so good at their jobs. Entertainment team also do a great job of bringing the energy with aqua-aerobics and such. Great to watch and enjoy even if you are very lazy like us and like to do as little as possible whilst on holiday.
Food - generally of a very good standard. We particularly enjoyed Maya Restaurant which is on the beach. This has a lovely setting with music being played by a violinist under fairy lights. The food is also outstanding here.
You can make reservations for all the ala cartes on an unlimited basis, which is great and means you do not have to endure the buffet restaurant (this restaurant was rather characterless although the choice and quality of food was generally very good).
Room - very nice. We had a beachfront room with a lovely panoramic view of the sea and beach. Unfortunately though, there is construction on one side of the hotel and so half our view was of a building site with noisy trucks to and from all day. A little disappointing that the hotel didn't tell us about this when we checked in.
Cleanliness and aesthetic - the resort is spotless throughout. There is zero rubbish and empty glasses / plates are cleared away immediately. The pools were visibly cleaned every night. The indoor areas are all brand new and visually stunning. The lobby area is beautifully designed in a contemporary Arabian style and it is likely the best hotel lobby we have ever experienced (and we have stayed in many 5-star resorts around the world). The fragrances in the air are beautiful also.
Now the negatives: -
It is just a shame that sometimes the quality of food isn't what it should be - perhaps the 'second' chefs are not good enough or sometimes there is just a drop-off in care taken. I think the resort really need to ensure 100% quality control is taken to a new level before they can consider the resort as truly elite. At Serry Beach, the head chef was out at the buffet every day, stood monitoring his chefs and ensuring 100% satisfaction of paying customers.
The beach is not very inviting. The sunloungers are blue and ugly. The multiple windbreaks are also not very aesthetically pleasing either (dirty white plastic). If you look at the pool area and the beach area, it is like looking at 2 different resorts.
The evening entertainment. Poor and repetitive. They have a singing act on for 30 minutes, then a dance act (under the guise of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' or some other outdated theme) and then the singers for a further 30 minutes. It is unbelievably flat and there is little to no crowd involvement. The stage is tiny and the way the tables are set-up does not lend itself to a good vibe. I think I heard Abba songs every single night - you expect a bit of Abba on holiday of course but not twice a night for 14 nights !
This is the only evening option. The area around Maya should be used as a beach-bar area with more seats and waiters there - perhaps have live acts on there for the sunset session. Or have an adults-only cocktail bar at the beach. Just different options so you can mix it up. As my partner said, they would better having no entertainment at all than this boring and repetitive 'show' every night. Most of the guests would generally slope off to bed by 10pm as it was so flat.
We only had a few soft drinks from the Minibar as we knew it was chargeable - i think the guy on reception was as embarrassed as me when he invoiced us for 6 euros for 3 cans of pop! All seems a bit daft in a supposed high-end 5-star AI resort. ..
All in all, we really enjoyed our stay at Steigenberger. There is much to love about it. The staff are the stand-out performers - they really set you at ease and make you feel like a valued customer every day. We are very grateful to each member of staff who made us feel so welcome.
The hotel has definite room for improvement but is certainly on the right lines - and they listen to customer feedback which is very important.
We hope to return one day.
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UPDATE — SECOND VISIT, SEPTEMBER 2026
Last year I ended my review with: “I can’t wait to come back!”
Well… we came back. 😊 And after our second stay, I can confidently say that Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma remains a very special place for our family.
Everything I wrote last year about the beautiful beach, exceptional cleanliness, excellent food and drinks, and outstanding service still stands. But after our second visit, I realized that the real luxury of this resort is its people.
A few people deserve a very special mention:
Helmy, at the bar by the kids’ pool — absolutely exceptional. I almost always saw him working there alone, yet everything was always perfectly organized, clean, calm and comfortable. He remembers what you like, notices what you need and does everything with genuine professionalism. This became our favorite bar in the resort largely because of him. Thank you, Helmy!
Romani — probably the waiter with the best smile in the world! 😄 Always positive, warm and genuinely happy to see you. His energy makes your day better.
Ali from Benisuma — a true professional. Excellent service, attention to detail and a natural ability to make guests feel special. We sincerely hope that one day we return and find Ali managing all the restaurants — he certainly has our vote! 😊
And a very special thank you to Mahmoud Basiony, Front Office Manager.
During our stay, my Crocs disappeared from outside our room. The shoes themselves were not important, but they had a collection of charms with great sentimental value to me.
Eventually, the Crocs were found on the beach — without the charms. Mahmoud could easily have considered the matter finished there, but he didn’t. He personally got involved, asked me for photos of the charms and organized another search. A few hours later, he came back with all of them.
That meant much more to me than the monetary value of anything that was lost.
You learn a lot about a hotel not when everything goes perfectly, but by seeing how people respond when something goes wrong. Thank you, Mahmoud, for personally making sure this story had a happy ending.
We travelled with small children, including our five-month-old baby, and Ras Soma remains a wonderful place for a family holiday.
Since we genuinely love the hotel and plan to return, just three small suggestions for making an already excellent experience even better:
Families with babies could be informed if their room is directly beside an area with loud evening music until around 11 PM, particularly when similar rooms are available in quieter areas.
A better baby-cot option for very young babies would also be appreciated. When we asked for an alternative to the wooden cot provided, the staff tried to help, but the solution could be improved.
Finally, it would be helpful to make it clearer that the coffee-machine capsules placed beside the complimentary tea and instant coffee are actually part of the chargeable minibar.
These are suggestions, not complaints, and none of them changes our overall impression.
After two visits, I can say with even more confidence: the people are what make Steigenberger Ras Soma special.
Thank you to the whole team, and especially Helmy, Romani, Ali and Mahmoud. ❤️
Last year I wrote, “I can’t wait to come back.”
Now I can say:
We can’t wait to come back again! 🌴❤️
——— ORIGINAL REVIEW — 2025 ———
A true paradise! 🌴✨ The beach feels absolutely heavenly — even though there are plenty of guests, the smart layout of everything makes it feel calm, private, and relaxing at all times.
The service is outstanding: every waiter and bartender is genuinely welcoming, always asking if you need anything, and never saying “no” to a request. Even if what you want is located on the other side of the resort, they bring it to you with a smile and without hesitation.
Cleanliness is impeccable. Every public restroom is spotless and dry, even the ones right on the beach — not a single drop of water anywhere!
The food and drinks are of the highest quality, with excellent restaurants and a wide variety of delicious options. This place is truly perfect for a family holiday — a combination of comfort, beauty, and world-class service.
I can’t wait to come back!
We’ve just returned from an absolutely fantastic 10 day stay at Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma, and we honestly couldn’t recommend this hotel enough.
From the moment we arrived, the whole resort was spotlessly clean, beautifully maintained and the staff were incredible. Everyone was so friendly, welcoming and genuinely went out of their way to make our stay special.
A huge shout-out to Baseem from Maya, who looked after us so well and went above and beyond to make my husband’s birthday really special. His attention to detail and kindness made the day even more memorable, and we really appreciated everything he did for us.
Another special mention to Mahmoud, our housekeeper, who kept our room beautifully clean throughout our stay. It was lovely seeing him every day and being greeted with a cheerful “good morning” those little touches really do make a difference.
And of course, Hosam at Aqua Bar deserves a mention too! Thank you for always keeping the drinks coming and looking after us so well.
The food, service, cleanliness and overall atmosphere made this such a relaxing and enjoyable holiday. We genuinely felt looked after throughout our 10 days.
The only downside for us was our final day. We checked out at 12pm but weren’t being collected until 5:45pm. After such a fantastic 10 days, it was a bit of a faff on the last day as there wasn’t really anywhere particularly comfortable to freshen up and relax between checking out and leaving for the airport. Having a dedicated late check-out/freshening-up area for guests with later transfers would make the experience even better.
That said, this was only a small inconvenience at the very end of what was otherwise an amazing holiday.
Thank you to everyone at Steigenberger Ras Soma for making our anniversary and my husband’s birthday so special. We’d absolutely love to return! ❤️
It was our first vacation in Egypt, and I can recommend the hotel a million percent. The hotel is stunning, featuring three pools and several restaurants and bars. The food and drinks are excellent everywhere. There is an evening program at the lobby bar; we watched it every night, and it was great. The rooms are beautiful, and everything was kept clean and tidy daily. Special thanks go to Ahmed, who took care of our room (1244). The biggest highlight is the beach—it is huge and clean, and the sea is crystal clear and warm. The staff are professional and friendly, and they always helped us whenever needed. Thank you so much for beautiful holiday in this resort and we hope to come back again
