Utopia Beach Club

“ Excellent staff and animation team plus good buffet food and brilliant snorkling from the beach even for non swimmers

“ Top Tip: Go swim with the turtles!

“ We had a wonderful time - the staff were excellent at the hotel they couldn;t do enough for you.

The dive school SRS was perfect and the reef was supurb for diving.

A really peaceful relaxing break. thank you - have tried to book again for next year but the hotel is not available as yet!!!

“ Top Tip: I would reccommend SRS diving rather than sub-aqua at the hotel, we did not use Sub Aqua so they may have been very good but the service provided by SRS was wonderful - it made the holiday - THIS IS A PERFECT RESORT FOR DIVERS!!!!!

“ I Enjoyed it very much. Right from the begining i was picked up at the airport and in no time i was been drivening to the hotel. The food for me was very good and enjoyed the setting with which is was served. The staff we'll good and helpful and i have no complaints in that area. My room was plesant and clean, and again with good staff coming in every morning to see if they could help with anything.

“ Top Tip: I was able to walk for at least 2 miles away from the hotel and find the beach coves that were mentioned in the write up. I was in my own little world with a pack lunch made up by the hotel and water that was given to us free and spent the day on my own. Total bliss.

“ We had a reasonably good holiday. The Utopia Beach Resort has the potential to be a great hotel. The building is very nice; the rooms are big and comfortable with controllable air conditioning; the pool area is large and well provided with comfortable sun-beds; the pool itself is great; the hotel is on the beach where we find sunbeds and great snorkelling; the dive-centre is first class.

However there were several problems with this hotel. (This was our 5th visit to Egypt, so we had some idea of what to expect and we are not 'natural complainers')

For the first week of our stay we had no hot water in our room (Room No 241).

The standards in the restaurant left a lot to be desired; the food was cold, the staff seemed to be inexperienced or careless - very slow to replace crockery and cutlery items and food on the buffet. The air conditioning in the restaurant did not always work and there were a lot of flies. The general cleanliness of the tables was not good,e.g.soiled paper Bon Appetit place mats were re-used, and tables were seldom wiped.

The choice of food for lunch was limited.

The bar did not serve soda water or tonic, just sugar laden drinks and beer. Air conditioning in the lobby bar was ineffective.

Both of us suffered from sick stomachs and diarrhea for two days, our travelling companions fared worse, suffering for several days, and many of the other guests we spoke with also suffered. (During our transfer from the airport to the hotel the YouTravel rep spoke at length on how to avoid stomach problems and diarrhea. This seemed to suggest that these problems were common in this hotel!)

These problems were brought to the attention of the YouTravel rep and there was some improvement in the second week, but based on our experience, we do not feel that we could recommend this hotel to anybody.