Dreams Beach Resort

We stayed here for 11 nights and chose it primarily because it had a dive centre on site (Anar Dive Club - see separate review but its really for day trips rather than catering for the experienced diver wanting a weeks diving). First impressions of the hotel from the road aren't great but once you enter the hotel those poor first impressions are forgotten. Our arrival welcome wasn't great though as we arrived after dinner had finished and were told we could only get a snack at 11.30pm when the snack bar opened - everywhere else we have stayed in Egypt some sandwiches and fruit have been left in our room to remove the hunger from the journey so don't know why it couldn't be done here. The reception area is also the lobby bar which is open 24/7 so it's always quite busy. Also worth noting that it may be open 24/7 but they only serve alcohol between 1pm and 11pm and that's the same for all the bars on the complex. It was a first for us but made for a refreshing change not to have guests hammered by 11am and causing trouble as we have seen elsewhere. The rooms are in 2 storey blocks with The Oasis and pool being at the centre of it all. Our room was at the back of the resort and super quiet, they are well furnished and comfortable with everything you need. Only drawback was when the balcony was in full sun it was impossible to sit out as it was unbearably hot. The food at the main buffet was OK but nothing amazing and is used for breakfast lunch and dinner. You can have lunch at the grill house on the beach but there's not much variety. There are 4 a la carte restaurants available for the evenings which are included within the AI package and can be booked a few days in advance , the Italian is the best by far, the Grillhouse and Mexican are OK but we didn't really enjoy the Fish Market even though it has the best location. The hotel is extremely popular with Egyptian families so expect lots of kids and of course the Russians/Eastern Europeans so be prepared for lots of queue jumping and general arrogant behaviour. The pool area is quiet first thing but is extremely busy in the afternoon and can get quite rowdy as the DJ thinks he is played to an Ibiza crowd ( you could feel the music in your chest it was so loud some days). You can use the pools at the sister resort next door , Dreams Vacation, but can't comment as we never did. The beach has 2 areas , the main area which has the dive centre and entertainment daily with easy access into the sea and the upper area near the spa and kids pool which is much quieter and a nice spot to relax. The house reef is not bad for snorkelling but is pretty much dead and has no life below a few metres. Evening entertainment is quite low key so you can usually get a seat outside and get drinks from the lobby bar/oasis bar. We were a little disappointed that for a green star resort how all the drinks were served in disposable plastic cups with plastic straws, there's so much plastic waste - must be a better way. There is a spa here but we wouldn't recommend it as we were in a lot of discomfort for 3 days after a massage, this wasn't our first massage experience but our most painful one. If you have a late departure there is no courtesy room available so you will have to use the spa or the various showers around the pool areas. They also remove your wrist band at checkout but we were still able to get food and drink until we departed so not a problem. Overall we did enjoy our stay and would like to thank Josef and Ronald at the lobby bar for drinks and banter in the evenings and also Karlos for looking after us at the beach.

My husband and I have just come back from this resort. Our room was in dreams vacation but we got to use the sister hotel next door so thought I would write a review on both. Dreams Vacation; Our room was beautiful we were in block 56 it looked like it had recently been refurbed. The staff there were all fab but our favourite were Tommy and (eyman) the restaurant manager. Everywhere was always super clean. There was never a shortage of sunbeds. It was super chilled and relaxing by the pool, the staff there were all very friendly. Food was terrible. I'm not a fussy eater but I was hungry a couple of days. The food seemed to be more for Egyptian and Russian guests. Which I suppose makes sense seeing as the vast majority of guests were those nationalities. The soups were always nice. Id have been happy with cold meat and salad with some dressing or in a roll but I couldn't even do that. There was also never any butter apart from sometimes at breakfast. They did put fruit out, there was grapefruit, figs and fruit salad but it was the same every day 3 times a day. I personally think if the food standards were better this could be a fab. There was also nowhere to get food between meals. The singer they had on EVERY single night was shocking. Most of her songs were in Egyptian or Russian. She did 1 English song and absolutely murdered it. I personally think they should get rid of her and have just a disco or more from the animation team because they were fantastic! Dreams Beach We only went to this hotel for the pool, the animation and the convenience of a pool side bar. The animation were fab! Kelise & Shady were super friendly, helpful and a great laugh they are a asset to the hotel as are bar staff Mohammed, Ebraham and Mr Mahmoud from the pool bar. Oh and DJ Turbo. There was water aerobics, volley ball, darts, yoga, tables tennis and music. The evening entertainment was far better than at Vacation but the man they have a few times a week to sing is shocking he just mumbles to songs. So to sum up our holiday I would say despite the food we had the best time and would defiantly go back again. We could see from our time there that Dreams Vacation were making improvements daily and I'm confident food will be part of that. But our next stay will be at Dreams Beach because we cant wait to see Kelise, Shady, Michael ( the shuttle driver ) and the pool bar staff again.

Currently here just now v poor

I come on Holiday start of June and I was here last year also happy to see all the staff again everyone’s so friendly like always and always look after you like family! Animation team was Amazing I enjoyed Aqua Aerobics with Sayed and my kids enjoyed kids club with Alisija she was so good with the kids and Beach Party was absolutely amazing Dj Hima did so good the best!!! Will keep coming back!! x

Hotel, very good All the stuff was friendly Location hotel amazing Animation team was very very, very good An animation team have a very amazing atmosphere And animation beach party was very very good and nice atmosphere amazing I like Argentina dance show The room was clean all time and very good Value is amazing Noise Level really is amazing Love you all ❤️🥰 Love you all animation team ✨❤️🤩