Me and my family stayed last week of december at safaga palace resort, staff is very friendly,hotel Is too clean beach is sandy,abd el rahman at the pool is very professional,victoria at reception is very active,food variety at the restaurant is very nice,sure we will come again

First of all - it is no more Holiday Inn. It is "Safaga Palace Resort". Service - very good, very frendly staff, I got a very good room with swimming pool and sea view without giving any cash. Room was clean and pretty big.
Weak point is the restaurant... food is not like should be in ė star hotel, very average food. Very often there was a shortage on caps, milk. Messy around coffee and tea dispensers, bad image. Table clothes were dirty from previous day - very bad feelings.
Recommended for divers. Not for gourmets :).

We stayed at the hotel at the end of May 2010. At the day of arival we paid some extra money and they changed our double room to Family room not far from the sea. During all our stay the weather was always windy. The water was cold and I even caught a cold.

Lovely hotel. Comfortable buildings, spacious rooms, cleanliness. Nearby there is street with shops.
Two drawbacks, one of which can be even a plus for small children: hotel’s beach, protected from waves by a pier with walking yachts and fenced with anchor buoys, has a flat, pure sandy bottom. No corals, almost no fishes.
The second drawback is much worse. The food. Unintelligible medley in fat tomato sauce. There are few vegetables and almost no fruit. The bakery is poor and tasteless. Coffee – slops! Real coffee - 3$!!!
Queues!!!
To several trays with hot dishes (6-7 for all hotel!), to the sole slow barman for a glass of Coca, to a cooler for a glass of water. In rooms there is a kettle, but there is no water, only in a minibar (it is more than 2$ for a small bottle). On coolers there is an inscription: «to gather water in plastic bottles is forbidden». And this is called "all inclusive"!?