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Egypt
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Star Hotel
Ranked #204 of 229 hotels in Sharm El Sheikh
3.5 of 5 stars 12 Reviews
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Ashford, Middx
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
“AVOID Star Hotel”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 May 2007
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Have just returned from Star Hotel, Part of Raouf International Hotels. Part of a three hotel complex owned by a Mr. Raouf. Billed as entertainment capital of Sharm El Sheik. The hotel was virtually empty. Often only us and another couple on the flight were the only ones eating in the dining room - formica tables. ALL of the facilities except dining room and two bars were closed. Bowling Alley worked for one night. Cinema, theatre, casino and swimming pool closed. We could use pool at Sun Hotel which was also virtually empty but it was a question of finding which sun umbrella was least broken. The Moon hotel was closed down and becoming derelict. Despite having 90% of rooms empty there was no courtesey room at the end of the holiday, and we had to pay extra to keep our room on for a shower. Luckily we were only half board as the food was not too good although they seemed to cook enough for a full hotel.
The beach was good, and there was a lovely hotel up the road where we sometimes ate, and used most evenings. The Star had an Egyptian evening the only entertainment and they managed to find about a dozen guests. No balconies at this hotel

Stayed April 2007
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essex england
1 review
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Don't go there”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 January 2007
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This hotel is a 5 star all inclusive, We were dumped at the hotel and told a rep would be there in the morning. The mini bar was empty and there was no food available, Breakfast was a joke. there was one cooking station and one waiter going round with tea and coffee, we waited 30minutes. The fully inclusive consisted of the pool bar where you cound get a drink in a plastic glass no food that we saw. Lunch and dinner were the same food all cold nothing was warm even. The pools were shut, and all the other things advertised were closed. It took us 5 days before we could get moved as we found no rep at the hotel. The turkish travel agent overthere came to our rescue and moved 5 families. There is nothing for children at all. There are no shops anywhere near so you can't even buy sweets for the kids.
We were at the gala dinner and if the food had been hot it would have been great except we had to go down three flights of steps and outside to get a dring in a plastic glass.

Don't go there

  • Liked — getting out of it
  • Disliked — everything
  • Stayed December 2006, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 4 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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“Absolutely Awful - had to be moved”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 January 2007
3
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We arrived late in this hotel and despite information given at booking, we did not have a bed in our room for our son. This took a further hour and a half to arrange (at 3.00am) and they tried to extract a further £140 for a rickety bed. All bed linen and sheets dirty. The food was not recognisable at all and we resorted to the bar, however there is no vodka in the hotel and the wine takes about 20 minutes to appear. ( I think they use an off licence). They also charge approx £14 per bottle whereas other hotels charge £9. The service in the restaurant and pool area is non existant and if you do manage to order anything you do not receive any change - unless you confront them, ignore the initial 'have no idea what change you mean' and continue pressing for your money. Limited coke, butter and milk in hotel and certainly no childrens meals on half board basis - but you can order them on room service for additional price. Kids area is certainly not monitored as on 3 visits the woman in charge spent the time in the loo smoking and constantly on the phone. There is no entertainment and nothing to do. Charges made for snooker and bowling. This hotel is a shed designed to get you in and keep ripping you off. We moved as it was so disgusting.

  • Stayed December 2006, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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London
1 review
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“Hmmmmm Not the best!”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 January 2007
4
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My girlfriend and I booked this hotel last minute (New Year 2006/7). When we arrived we found the hotel to be mostly empty. The staff were polite but didnt really have any idea what i was talking about. The level of service drove me to rage at times. For instance i required some water at 4am via room-service. They brought me about 8 plates of food? No water. Eventually i went to reception and stood there while they got me some water. As i was half board I had to run a room tab. We didnt eat there much as the food was awful. My bill wasnt expensive but they didnt accept any kind of plastic??? Madness for a large hotel. we used the restuarants on the beach and in the resorts next door. I would not recommend staying in this hotel. The pool in the Star hotel was freezing cold and half full of water. The only people I saw go in it were 2 lads from Liverpool and thry came out quicker then they went in! this is because the pool doesnt get any sun along with the rooms at the back of the hotel and consequently were freezing! we had to change room to the sunier front side. the Sun hotel (part of same complex) had a heated pool but was packed and had the loudest music destorting from the speakers. Wouldnt have been so bad if it wasnt mostly the crazy frog and Barbie song!!! We spent most of the day on the beach, which was pleasant. Im sad to say I would advise against going to this hotel. A serious lack of funding and care has let the hotel down and it really wasnt a pleasant experience. There are many hotels along the same piece of beach which were alot pretier and organised. I would go back to sham but would do my reserach better next time when it comes to Hotels. Hope this review helps!

  • Liked — Cleanliness
  • Disliked — Service and the cold
  • Tips/Secrets — Stay Clear and dont say you werent warned!
  • Stayed January 2007, travelled as a couple
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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nairobi, kenya
2 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“6 nights in hell.............dont go to this hotel even for free....”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 January 2007
2
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33 of my family members and friends journey to [----] started when we booked 6 nights , from december 27th onwards ...at 'the star hotel' in sharm el sheikh...the hotel was pathetic, more like a hospital, the staff rude and, the manager was unbearable, and it was the worst trip of our lives...truly a nightmare.....the hotel has the same food rotated day in and day out..i would not be surprised if they just froze and reheated the same food the next day and the day after.....
the vegetarians literally had to starve as the same menu of unedible pumpkin was thrown in the benmery with some boiled cabbage and carrots.....most of us had to eat outside the hotel and spend all that extra monies though we had paid for full board......i think the downfall of this hotel is the manager, he was so rude that at one time i told him that if he worked for me, he would be the first one i would fire.

though we were full board, the staff were so confused that they would come to ask us 4-5 times at every meal....are you half board? are you full board? nobody knew what was going around and the whole management and staff were a confused mess. moreover, none of the waiters knew english, none wore uniforms, and wore slippers,, and if you would ask for butter at breakfast, the waiter would return after 20 minutes to inform you that the butter is finished. once when we requested mashed food for the baby, which took them 15 minutes to understand first of all, then he comes back after another 15 minutes to inform us that they dont have a blender, and when we finally asked for porridge, it came after 45 minutes, the child had gone to sleep crying and hungry, and when we complained to the arrogant manager, he was so rude and said the baby was not his headache....

On the new year, the management and staff knew Mr. raouf, the owner of the hotel would attend.....maybe to impress him the programme and food was much better compared to everyday basis....and mr. raouf is such a gentleman, does he know how the management and staff are ruining his hotel's reputation behind his back? please do not go to this hotel even if you get a complimentary stay.....
Mr. jamal, nairobi , kenya

  • Liked — rooms were not so bad
  • Disliked — no hot water several times
  • Tips/Secrets — dont go to this hotel for free
  • Stayed December 2006, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 2 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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