Park Inn Reviews

this was our third time in sharm el sheikh, of the 3 hotels we have stayed in this was probably just about our least favourite, but still very good. the pool is big, as it has been at the other hotels, this seems to be the in thing in sharm! food was good, though a couple of nights we didn't really fancy it and ate out instead.

The hotel was very nice and clean in the areas of the rooms and pools. The food area's had fly's everywhere and the bar's where very smelly. There was no real entertainment and when sitting by the pool area sales people would come over and bug us to buy treatments, hair cut, manicures....ect

The food was nice the first few days, but we soon realised there was no variety and every day was the same. We found out while we were there the hotel had been down graded from 4+ to a 3 star hotel. We were not offerd the chance to move to a hotel of the class we had paid.

Having just returned from this complex, all I can say is OMG, give this place a wide berth. This is Aqua Park only, and under No Circumstances should people be asked to stay here. This food is terrible and unedible, my party lived on chips mostly for our fornight. The standard of food hygiene is poor. Meal times you had to contend with flies in the restaurants. Most of the desserts contained nuts. The fruit selection was fruit salad (one bowl per setting) orange segments (dry looking). I had to ask if it was poosible to have a banana or whole apple, this was given to me reluctently. Food is repetative and under cooked. If you mentioned the food was under cooked, all you were told was there is other options there. Drinks apart from the restaurents and reception bar are served in PLASTIC disposable cups. Coffe or tea was only available at the Lotus Bar or Pool Bar during the day. If you wanted a hot drink while in the Aqua Park you had to walk about 400m to get one, and then 400m back to enjoy it. All drink would be served warm, this includes water, orange and pineapple. In the Lotus Bar in the afternoon, the food was left in direct sunlight and uncovered. The BIRDS and FLIES enjoyed eating it as residents watched. The staff are rude, and should be trained better in Customer Services, this also includes Management. I asked for one of my sheet to be changed as it had BLOOD on it, this was not mine. This took 4 days to do, and was only changed when I put in a complaint via Direct Holiday Rep. Who was as helpful as ever, not. All food is unrefrigerated. When I asked for a soft drink at a Aqua Bar, is was asked if I would like to buy a bottle for 35 Egyptian Pound (£4.50), outside you could buy the same drink for 6.50 EP (about 90p), another rip off. Bottled Water was 13 EP (£1.50) in Park Inn or 3 EP (50p) outside in the supermarket. The animation team try there best, but it is difficult. The night time entertainment is poor, and the tent is a disaster waiting to happen. Not only can you get drinks here you can also get bitten, free of charge. This hotel is a 2 Star complex, if you are on a tight budget go here. But any spending money you take will be used getting to Macdonalds and or KFC to have a meal you can eat. If you wanted ice cream if was free on the beach of 1.50 EP (£2) at the Aqua Bar. To summories, Park Inn should only be used as an Aqua Park only, this is the only thing it was built for. One of the rides was closed, and my daughter was advised it would be another 2 months before it opened. On a happier note as already stated 2 fast food outlets are situated about 2 miles away and also a Starbucks Cofffe House. Macdonalds and KFC deliver, but the complex does not like it being delivered. Our party found a bar called the Tree Crowns, it is an English Bar, which now sells food. If you want information about Sharm etc, some ex pats use this bar and are more than willing to give you FREE information and advice. You may even be able to get a better deal on excursions. It is cheap to drink here. Also next to this Bar is a Games Console Amusement Arcade, which the kids will enjoy. Wii, Playstation and X Box 360 games.

We have just returned from a 11 night holiday at the park inn & had a fab time. Very impressed with the hotel. We had a family room which was very big & had 2 bathrooms! The hotel was clean, the staff were all really friendly & the facililities, especially the water park were excellent. We spent most of the day there but there are other pools if this is not your thing. The food was plentiful & quite varied but is repeated on a weekly cycle. There is something for everyone even if you are really fussy. My only negative comment would be the entertainment. They did try really hard but unless you have younger children then you will struggle. Saying that my 8 year old daughter loved it. Would definately recommend for a good value family holiday.

Arrived back from the Park Inn on 06/08/2009.Nice hotel with a very good water park which really is for 6-14 year olds. All linclusive average.No icecreams though,very disapointing. Big rooms in hotel with nice grounds. This was our first trip to Eygpt and our last found the people very annoying and always in your face ,they would not leave my 16 year old daughter alone ! Out of the resort there was nothing to do and in the evening nothing to do in the hotel , very boring. We had items stolen out of our cases on our last day and we are sure ths was the c leaners in the hotel ,we met others from our hotel that had stuff stolen but did not know this had happend to us untill arriving back home. The hotel have emailed us after we complained and they have said that the cleaner has now been moved. Not alot of use to us now though ! We have also NEVER been so ill on holiday ,we can't prove it was the hotel but there were a lot of people ill here. Overall not a bad hotel ,prehaps we were unlucky but we would never go back here again !

Don't come to this hotel if you want sophistication but come if you want a brilliant water park. This is our 5th trip to Egypt - we love the heat and the people - but we have been to better hotels than the Park Inn. However the water park is worth coming to alone - to have a huge park like this within your hotel is fantastic. There are 2 other big pools but why spend time there when you have nearly 20 slides of all standards from the scary to toddlers and so many pools you can't keep up. Take lilos or buy them there and float all day around the lazy river - on the plane they were selling waterproof ipod cases and ear phones for £10, briliant investment.

We came here because of the age of our children (18,14,9) and they loved the water park but there is not much else to do. The entertainment was pretty average but most are entertaining themselves around the park.

We had 2 inter connecting rooms which were clean and spacious. Our shower flooded once and was dealt with very promptly and efficiently.

The food was very good but our main critisism were the restaurants - when we first arrived we thought we had landed at Butlins! There are 2 restaurants but no snack bars to have lunch at so you have to use these restaurants for all your meals. They are very large, noisy and busy. Even some screening would help but the food was hot and varied.

Another crtitisim is the drinks. The bars often ran out of gas for the fizzy drinks machines, or fizzy water came out instead of coke. The water machines were not plugged in so the water was warm. The fruit juice was strong squash which is not unusual but when you are so thirsty because of the heat you need a bit of variety and even though the beer was very good, at 10am in the morning its even a bit early for me!

The shops around the hotel are good but you do get hassled. Just smile politedly and they treat you good. The copy goods are brilliant but the rolex watches that we bought did not keep correct time. Shoes are good and handbags, at less than £20 each were wonderful.

We went on a snorkelling trip as the scuba diving at the hotel was quite expensive. Watch out though for the exchange rate. They say £30 each but then you have to pay in Egyptian and it has gone up to £50 equivalent. Also they say everything is included and then start asking you for extra to pay for entrance to the national park. Just be firm or don't take any extra money with you. Ras Mohammed national park for snorkelling was good but ther were so many boats that we did not even see any turtles. The snorkelling at the hotel is good - you walk across a busy road then about 1/4 mile down a path which is not a problem.

In conclusion, if you have a family who need entertaining during the day this is great. If you are a couple who want a quiet holiday with romantic overtones - there are far better places to go. Also check sunshine.co.uk - we got the holiday for £1400 cheaper than the main tour operators.

hello all!! my name is megan thomas and i recently went on holiday with my family to the Park Inn Resort in Sharm El Skeikh. It was my family's first time to Egypt and i think i can say for all us that we thoroughly enjoyed every minute we had over there. In my opinion we could not have picked a better resort to stay at. We had originally booked one room but on arrival we were upgraded to a family suite which consisted of a large lounge with sofa bed plus additional sofa and storage and a large bedroom for mum and dad. We had two bathrooms which was great for me as i spend hours infront of the mirror. All of the hotel staff were extremely polite and always tried to meet all your needs. There are three pool areas, one with bar actually in the pool, one for more serious swimmers and one with several smaller pools as part of the fantastic aqua park! Me and my family spent most our time at the aqua park which had slides to entertain from the smallest child to the most adventurous adult. Speaking as a teenage girl of 15 you need to be aware that the compliments given to you by the staff (who are mainly men) should be taken with a pinch of salt, it's extremly flattering but you shouldn't let it go to your head!

just returned from 2 weeks her with mum and dad n 2 kids n i teenager.what a place this was the best holiday we have had.the weather was perfect 44 during day!!the hotel staff were so friendly they couldnt do enough for us.our room was always spotless.we have exchanged emails with animation team who were great together.we are definetly going back andsoon hopefully!!

everyone and everything was lovely. All of the staff was very friendly, polite and could not do enough for you. The food was very different but we always found something to eat and never went hungry. Entertainment was nothing to write home about but we still found some thing there that we enjoyed. Staff was always cleaning the hotel, pools, gardens even the windows got done everyday! The aqua park was brilliant and spent most of our time there. pools were cold but you soon got used to that. Would also recomend a massage as they was fab. Absolutley fantastic place and people.

Myself and my husband travelled to the Park inn resort for our honeymoon in May. It was the first time we have both been to egypt and were not disapointed. The tranfer from Sharm airport was only about 25 minutes and we were quickly checked in. The reception is not huge but it is very nice and the staff are very friendly. We were allocated a room upgrade as it was our honeymoon which we didn't even have to ask for. Our cases were carried upto the room which was lovely and the bed was massive! We were ther for 2 weeks and the first week the food was amazing, something different every day but for some reason the 2nd week seemed a little less high quality. Pools were amazing, water park was great fun and the bar staff were always trying to make you laugh and they were brilliant with small children. Overall a lovely hotel all be it a little to far out of the Nama Bay area than we had imagined, neverthe less a great 2 week honeymoonx

hotel very good in the daytime but if you want nightlife don,t go here.nighttime entertainment was supposedly in the beduin tent not comfortable as most of the seating was floor cushions.entertainment very amateurish no microphones and it took about 3 attempts just to get the karaoke working.Apart from that we had about 2 shows the whole 12 days we were there some of the entertainment they wanted you to pay for like a pool party which wasn,t fair as you had paid for entertainment surely on your (all inclusive holiday)Also no ice cream for children during the day without paying for it .

Just back from 2 weeks at the Park Inn. and we had a lovely time, could not fault the staff , from the waiters to the cleaners all very friendly,food was varied, there was a beef, chicken, and fish dish at every meal, chips and potato's+ veg. we always found something we liked. not much evening entertainment but you had the bar or there were things going on in the Beboiun tent like karioke, bingo, quiz night's etc. we went to the bar most night's and met some lovely people so we sat in a group of 12 putting the world to writes over a drink or two. beach was lovely, we stayed around the pool, and it was nice and quiet, the heated pool had music during the day, then there was the aqua park area that was quiet, went on the 28th January and the temp was about 23 to 25.had a couple of massage's very relaxing break, will be going again next year.good value for what we payed, £550 each for two weeks all inclusive.if you dont like it you must be very fussy people.

stayed here 22nd-29th jan09,had a barging and wasnt expecting much.but were we in for a shock the hotel was amazing rooms are huge also bathroom,pools well you were spoilt for choice including the aqua park at the back of the hotel.1 pool is heated which we needed as it was jan but we had great weather.either side of hotel are plenty of shops but be prepared to be hassled but they are harmless.the food was always hot and fresh and plenty of choice whatever takes your fancy.narma bay is 30mins away by taxi which is not far and aparantly ok just to visit and not stay.dont book trips with reps do it through people who come around pool almost half the price and the guy is english.

Our 10th visit to Egypt (various hotels). The park was the best food always HOT , good quality meat, pasta station and sometmes grilled dishes cooked while you wait. The staff are very friendly. Rooms large and clean. Pool area clean. (one heated) Water park very good but water was very cold at the moment (January)

Location good small shoping centre either side of the hotel.

The only down side was the animation team. They did very little during the day and the nightly shows were awful. Microphone did not work properly try playng bingo with the mike keep cutting out.

Youngsters be warned. The animtion charge you excessive price to take you to a disco in Nama Bay (includes 2 drinks) £40 one couple was charged.(Barter with them the same as in the shops ,coming back at 4am no wonder the animation did nothing during the day they were tired.

Sometimes there was a queue for drinks in the one & only bar, and the access to this bar was upstairs. No good for invalides and wheelchair uses.

Use of beach at the sister hotel the Radisson. Shutle bus every 15 mins. Beach clean and plenty of room

It was O.k but not a four star. Ideal for families. Very good pools and grounds but basic rooms. Too far from Namma bay