After reading all the negative reviews about this hotel, I was slightly apprehensive about where I was going.

However my friend and I turned up and were pleasantly surprised. The staff were extremely helpful. I need a flat pillow to sleep on, and after requesting this I was sent one straight away. They showed us where everything was and immediately we felt comfortable there.

The rooms are a good standard for what you pay and were always well cleaned and presented with lovely decorations. We had a lovely view from our balcony over the pool area, which was well kept with a garden area around it. The shower was very good, and there was plenty of space. Only complaint here was that the phone didnt work, however didnt notice this till the end of our stay as we never needed it!

We stayed half board and really enjoyed the food at breakfast and dinner - a wide choice and great omlette chef in the morning! I'd want more fresh fruit available, but I found that in general this was a bit scarce in Tunisia - apart from oranges!

Lots of great trips to do - and we had great fun doing these at a good price.

The hotel is set in a good location, just a short walk from the beach, which is very clean, and not far from carthalage land, and where you can catch the noddy train through to the main city of Hammamet.

We were pleased to stay in Yasmine Hammamet as it seemed safer and cleaner and it was presented nicer as a place.

The hotel staff were great for us, giving us everything we need and the animators who do the entertainment in the day and night were very friendly and put great effort into their shows!

It is a mainly French speaking hotel, they were interested in us as we spoke English and they dont seem to get many there. - we quite enjoyed that it wasnt full of British tourists, but understandably some shows spoke French - but they did speak in English also to engage us - which we didnt expect. So it was kind of the animatours! We generally understand, but do not speak French so we were ok.

Overall it is a lovely hotel. It is diffiicult to get drink in the country, let alone in the hotel for religious purposes, which we could only respect. There is wine, whisky and some basic spirits - there is a club (discoteque) attached to the hotel with a bowling theme, and also a bowling lane, which was amusement for a couple of nights. No need to drink a lot to go first really as due to religion most people are there for a good time without that side of things. We did bowl once, it was an old style bowling lane, but was ok.

We would definitely go back,and enjoyed the peace and quiet. It certainly didnt deserve the bad reviews previously, and we felt quite passionately about that.

What a wonderful holiday we had at hotel el olf. My sister and I stayed at the hotel el olf in The June last year. Not many English which made a pleasant change. The staff were very helpful and friendly especially Nadel and Dali from reception... The animation team were also brill and the chefs were happy to oblige with most of our requests. We would definately return to Hotel el olf. We loved it!!!

On arriving at the hotel at around 2 am in the morning, tired and hungry, we were met at the reception by a surly, uncommunicative and unhelpful member of staff. He handed us our room keys and pointed to where the lift was. There was no one to assist with our suitcases and we were left to find our own way along unlit corridors, which only lit up once you had passed the sensors, (and these were few and far between). When we reached our room we found that it was tiny, with just enough room to fit the double bed. The decor was like something out of the 1970's and the furniture was worn and old. The shower and air conditioning didn't work. The next morning I complained and found that none of the reception staff spoke English, only French. Luckily I am able to speak French and eventually got us moved to a bigger room. The level of hygiene was not at all acceptable, and it was obvious that the bathroom and toilet were not being cleaned properly, and the floor was not being cleaned. The food was appalling, and it became apparent that the food from the previous meal was being recycled to the next mealtime. Unless you speak French it is very difficult to make yourself understood. There is only one restaurant in the hotel and this serves a buffet only style menu. There are two bars at the hotel, one for all inclusive, and one pay bar. On two occasions the all inclusive bar ran out of drink at around 10.30 pm, meaning that if you wanted to get a drink after that, you had to go to the pay bar. There is no pool bar, nor is there a poolside or a la carte restaurant. There is no snack bar, unless you count the stale croissants that they sometimes put out on the bar, or the crepe man who started to cook pancakes at around 4.30 pm. The bowling alley only opens if you book it in advance, so if you want to use it on the spur of the moment, you can't. The reception staff were adamant that they would not open the bowling alley unless it had been booked in advance. The pool could have been cleaned more regularly and was very gritty at the bottom, a lot of the tiles were broken or missing. The gardens could have been better maintained. Flies are a big problem here, and they don't leave you alone, particularly if you are by the pool or in the restaurant. I have stayed in Tunisia 3 times before and have enjoyed lovely holidays in beautiful 4 star hotels. This hotel did not come anywhere near that standard, and I would rate it as a very poor 3 star hotel.

We went to the El Olf for a week in september and booked with going on holiday and were told to expect a 5* all inclusive resort, on the beach with 4 restaurants to choose from including a beach bar that did burgers etc in the day, we also had booked a pool/sea view room. when we arrived we were shown to a very small room that just about could fit a double bed in it and the small balcony overlooking a concrete slab and then a wall that blocked out all of our sunlight. The next day we complained and were moved to a bigger room with a better view. However the toilet leaked all week flooding the bathroom floor despite constant complaints to get it fixed. we also come to find that there was only one restaurant, apparently there was another one but it had closed down. The restaurant food was bland and the same for every meal every day. we ended up eating out even though we had paid for all inclusive. we were only allowed to use one of the bars as all inclusive and there was a limit of one small bottle of water per person per day even though we needed the water not only to drink but to clean out teeth with etc, the alcohol also ran out a few nights at about 10. The beach was fine but the beach bar did not serve food as we were told it did and you werent allowed any alcohol unless you paid for it. To top it all off we had 3 days of rain and went to use the inside pool and hot tub but come to find the hot tub was broken and had been drained. Also on the last day i had a hot chocolate and half way down the cup i nearly swallowed a cochroach that was floating in my drink. not what u would expect from a 4/5* hotel. Upon complaining the manager was not very helpful or apologetic and basically told us there wasnt alot he could do as we were going home later that day.The entertainment in the evenings was ok but in french so we couldnt understand it and was very repetitive. The majority of staff also made no effort to speak any english to us and when we spoke a little french to them they acted as if they didnt no what we were saying. All in all i would say do not waste your money on this hotel, we certainly wont be again.