Just got back from a one week stay in the Paradise Golden 5.
When we arrived our initial reaction was ok - rooms very good, mini bar stocked up etc! Very hot weather all week - about 30-32 degrees
Most of the hotel staff were friendly - especially towards us.Our rooms were cleaned daily / fresh towels and the cleaners even went the extra mile by adding some nice touches flowers or animals shaped from towels, they try hard and appreciate it when you acknowledge them (because the Russians don’t). We had excellent service from the bar (Hony pronounced Honey) and restaurant (Muhammad)

They try really hard at most things. We got cold beer most of the time in glasses. The food is ok. The dancing fountain (have to comment on it), the show lasts ½ hour and even though I am a bloke, I thought it was quite good, it’s different.
Don’t expect 5 star luxury and everything to be all inclusive and you might be pleasantly surprised, read up on what is included before you go like 1hr of golf / billiards per room per week .
Remember you are in a foreign country where they do things differently and not as efficiently as you might expect, but this could be the same for Greece Turkey.

this complex needs pulling down.old @ dirty if you can rough it maybe ok,if you ant a decent holiday stay away. ther is nothing 5* about it.all inclusive means no drinks in reception you had to pay. drinks on beach long wait @ warm. stay away.

We stayed under RCI exchange programme in December 2008 for a week.

Very huge compound having many facilities and its own beach. Wonderful red sea.

Rooms were huge and could be joined from inside. We had partial kitchen. Rooms were air conditioned.

Hotel lobby is beautiful.

Under RCI exchange it is advisable to stay at this place.

we arrived in the dark late afternoon on 8th of feb 11 , we were told the Hotel Sapphire Suites had been closed so they put us in the Paradise part of the Golden five , we enter the Hotel and thought WOW , we were taken to our room on the 4th floor,The room was ok but a bit dull we had a balcony overlooking pool , we unpacked and went for our tea ,The food was ok but a bit cold , we had a couple of drinks and went to sleep , next morning we had our welcome meeting, we soon relised there was only sixteen people in the hotel because all the Russian guests had been flown back home by there goverment, so only sixteen british left, the hotel has 5 resteraunts but 4 of them were closed due not guests and only one girl doing animation Sahsa who did her best to entertain us , there would have lots to do but everything was canceled , all local shops were closed but we did find some shops open in the Senso centre which was about 20 mins walk , In the only Resteraunt we could use there was Pigeons flying around and walking under your table while we were eating ,next day we went to see our rep who had been called in by another couple complaining about Pigeons and there room after this we had our meals in another room up on the third floor while they tried to get rid of pigeons, the food was much better with more choice and it was hot , so during the day all we had to do was sunbathe, they were doing there best and made us feel welcome, On thursday evening we were having our tea and just saying its not that bad really my partner went over to get some cake as we had all holiday to her horror she saw several cockroaches running about on the table so we didnt have any cake again ,but i had cake every day ,luckily we were leaving next day so we didn say anything but put it on leaving forms , i would just like to add that since we got back i have been ill with stomach pain and diarrhoea , This Hotel needs a lot of work inside outside the pools and gardens are very well looked after shame about the interior of the hotel.