Jaz Belvedere

We stayed here 2 years ago and had no hesitation booking again. We arrived late at night from the airport and really tired. We were allocated to the same room we had 2 years ago 2010 but when we got there the staff couldn't open the door as the door card reader was broken. They called maintenance and over an hour later decided to move us rooms. We went to 1007 which seemed fine until we found the air conditioning would not work. Again, maintenance came and tried but could not fix. Eventually we moved to 1008 which was all ok but this was over 2 hours after check in. The room we had was in a lovely quiet area of the hotel with stunning views to the beach and out to Tiran Island. The rooms were kept spotlessly clean and the cleaning staff were really polite and helpful. The beach was lovely and quiet always with lots of sunbeds available. However, on a few occasions they put up a bar, kids games, dance shows etc in the middle of the day right by the quiet part of the beach and the sound system was absolutely deafening. The pool area always had sunbeds reserved by people getting up early and putting their towels out and the area was pretty noisy and busy most of the time. The bar area in the lobby is a great place to relax with friendly polite staff. The restaurant however is absolute chaos. Always busy to the point you sometimes can't find a table. Far too may children out of control running around makes it a pretty dangerous place. Screaming and shouting and really not a pleasant experience. The staff do a good job but the food has really gone downhill since our last stay. We got so fed up with it we went out to eat toward the end of our stay. We had 1 meal at the a la carte which was pretty inedible There was no choice of starter just a tiny bit of soup. Mains was a choice of beef steak or mixed grill which we had. It was so dry, a kebab, piece of chicken not fully cooked through and a couple of other things I'm not sure of. Desert was a plate of grapes, apple and other fruit - no other options. A tube of pringles filled the gap for us! The staff are the credit to this hotel particularly the lovely guy driving the golf buggy and helping with the bags, the cleaners, waiters and bar staff. However, some of them are quite rude and intrusive. Constantly asking where you from and as soon as they heard UK they began talking in a ridiculous attempt at a cockney accent. As a very proud Northerner with a great Yorkshire accent this really started to annoy me as it was relentless. Sad to say that despite the great location and lovely hotel I wouldn't return. What was a lovely small relaxing and pleasant hotel has pretty much turned into a zoo. Not everyone has the same taste and for some this would be a great place to stay but unfortunately no longer for us.

The rest was really good. The hotel is quite compact and comfortable, the food was varied and tasty. I especially wanted to note the cleanliness of the rooms. Abdalla's cleaner did his job flawlessly! I recommend!