Tej Maharba Reviews

Booked with Thomas Cook 6 weeks before we went and paid over £360 each for half board. We were ripped off! Got off the transfer bus and walked into an impressive entrance with red carpet leading to main doors, lovely marble pillars, but other than the entrance, this hotel is a 2*. Bedroom small, dirty carpets, sheets, pillows, carpet on wall which was meant to be the headboard, and as for the towels!! They stunk and depite us leaving the wet ones on the floor every morning for the maid to replace, she just hung them back up again, despite all the tipping we gave all week! Hotel pool lovely and gardens tidy but if you fancy going to the beach, beware of the traffic, the honking taxis wanting to give you a lift or the harrassing restaurant/shopkeepers on the street! You need to cross a busy road to get to the beach. Once safely over the road, the path to the beach front is really disgusting and stinks of urine as the builders (who are building a brand new hotel to block the sea view from Tej Maharba to the sea) just do their business on the path down to the beach. Either you're stepping over their puddles of urine, or you're avoiding tripping on their food waste, packaging, bottles, cans etc that they just throw on the ground. (The beach by the way is signposted with grafitti spraypaint on a crumbling wall as 'Tej Marhaba Beach this way'). It's not just the builders that throw their rubbish anywhere they can, it seems Tunisians have never heard of bin bags to contain their rubbish - on the Thomas Cook trips we booked around the sites of Tunisia it's the same everywhere - piles of rubbish just dumped alongside the road with chickens, horses, cats and dogs playing, sniffing and eating in the rotten waste! Mealtimes - breakfast x 7 days: stale bread rolls/croissants, eggs, hot dog sausages or salad was basically the choice if the pancake man wasn't on duty). Evening meals x 7 days: stale bread, pasta, chips, meat of some sort every other day, fish twice a week. We often ate outside the hote but this added up at £20+ for the 2 of us each night for 2 main meals and 2 alcoholic drinks. I did not find it to be cheap at all for meals out or for drinks (although it is a Muslim country I know). If this is your first time out of Europe and all you want is the sun, then you'll love the Sky Sports, chips and £2.50 lager they serve in the Rose and Crown pub in the indoor shopping centre (which smells of diesel) adjacent to the hotel. It just wasn't for me!!

We had read all the reviews before we went to the Tej Marhaba and were very apprehensive, but we needn't have been. The entrance is very spectacular. Our room was on the 6th floor overlooking the swimming pool and it was really lovely, clean, large, everything you could want, maid cleaned it every day, clean linen every day, only fault I would pick was that in the toilet it smelt "piddly" although looked clean. We went full board, at each meal there is so much choice, always salad bar, several meat choices, fish every day, plenty of pasta and rice and cous cous choices, sweet choice although many of them to choose from was the same choice every day! I am a vegetarian and never went hungry. Pool area beautiful, the chap always there pronto with your sunbed mattress for wherever you chose to have your sunbed, a small tip of 1 dinar per day (50p) was all it cost for two of us. The waiters who served the drinks around the pool were wonderful, again a 1 dinar tip each time for excellent service.The waiters in the restaurant all excellent. The hotel entertainment was average, it was varied and the hotel did try hard to please all nationalities. The outdoor entertainment was advertised on a board near the pool for water aerobics, water polo, etc etc, but the only thing that ever happened each day was the water polo - so don't know why that was. The Bistro Bar was very nice and had live singer twice a week. The Rose and Crown was awful, service terrible, can't understand how some people raved about it. The indoor pool was beautiful. We are not beach people, but went down to see what it was like, and as another review it was pretty dismal, you took your own life in your hands crossing the road, the path to the beach was disgusting, which I believe was the fault of the builders, but the actual beach area for the hotel was very clean. We did the organised trip to the Medina and although a bit hair raising was an eye opener. Beware of the free trip advertised in the hotel to Port El Kantoui, the guy who has the leather shop in the hotel runs it and basically traps you in his relatives carpet factory and trys to force a sale, it didn't happen to us but to a young couple, they did not buy and therefore were just dumped in the resort!! I did not enjoy the continual hassle from the locals to buy their goods and the ploys they try are annoying too, but it is not Spain etc, it is Tunisia and that is their culture. Overall the hotel is 4 star Tunisian standard.

tej maharba well what can i say, a week in a 2* hotel, the food left a lot to be desired you had to guess what was what.the two toasters in the morning were he best, only two slices in each and you had to get them out with metal forks that were put on the table,as they did not pop up,i watched in horror one night as a chef took a fork out of raw meat and started serving cooked meat with it. the hotel is very old and dated the staff will only run round after you if you tip them all the time. they do not like you going to the bar for drinks as they want to bring them to you {for a tip} one night i ordered a baileys it cst £5.every where you go you get hassled, if you go to the beach you are pestered all the time, camel trips, horse rides,boat trips,banana rides sellers,stayed only a couple of hours then went back to the pool at the hotel to then get pestered by the pool guy, always wanting a tip {try not to give you"ll get a mouth full of crap} over all hotel crap, sousse crap, will we go back no way.

On arrival at the hotel, my first impression was 'wow this is impressive' - the decor was very regal in marble with big pillars and water features. I couldn't wait to see my room (which wasn't actually ready when we got there so we had to hang about for an hour with other newcomers). I was disappointed with the room which had a huge damp patch on the ceiling and a blood stain on the bed cover. At the meeting with our Thomas Cook rep the next day, we were told that by now we would have realised that the hotel wasn't actually up to the 4 stars given - though perhaps by Tunisian standards, which aren't the same as British. This being said, our only other gripe would be that of the food available at breakfast and dinner on the half board option, as though there was plenty of choice for all nationalities as mentioned on other reviews, as a plain eating vegetarian (me) and a plain eating meat eater (my partner), we struggled to find anything to eat within the first two days, so opted to pay and eat out elsewhere instead. The service from all members of staff was second to none with all having some measure of english language as it is the Tunisians third language. The waiters were attentive and the pool man set you up with a sunbed when required - we went in August which was a busy time but there was always a sunbed when we wanted one. The same applies for the hotel's staff on the private beach. The staff there set up sunbeds for you and there are 'runners' who will fetch food and drink for you from the hotel. The hotel is a huge complex with lots of clothes shops and a lovely pancake stall on the bottom floor. There are a number of places to eat and drink within the hotel - notably the 'English' pub The Rose and Crown - fantastic staff, sky sports on tv and open most hours for food. Most nights we ventured out to the Legends bar around the corner as the entertainment in the hotel was mainly limited to a resident band singing old songs and the bar closed around midnight.

Having visited this resort and hotel earlier this year (April) with Airtours and having had a fantastic all round experience from departure to arrival....we would not recommend travelling with Thomas Cook. We booked Thomas Cook for our July holiday due to flight times being suitable for our family...what a mistake..

Regardless of the unfortunate experience we have had with Thomas Cook we can advise that on both occassions we have thoroughly enjoyed our time at the Tej Maharba. The hotel, service and people truely, once again, make this a holiday to remember.

The people and service are second to non. We were priveledged to enjoy an excellent service from all areas. All of the staff were very attentive to our every need.. even icecream for our daughter at 9pm in the evening without a moan or groan.

For a 7 day holiday this is an excellent choice with an outdoor pool, indoor pool, beautiful well kept gardens, good hotel restaurant, fantastic italian restaurant, poolside bar, night club and shopping centre . The hotel also organises excursions with experienced, profesional staff.

Just returned from a weeks holiday staying at the Tej Marharba hotel. Overall we had a nice relaxing holiday, we can't really fault the hotel, rooms were clean and spacious although a little dated our room overlooked the main road on the 5th floor which was a bit disappointing.

The service was excellent and all the staff were friendly from waiters, cleaners (who worked till all hours and extremely hard) and the reception staff.The food was ok something for everyone and again the service couldn't be faulted. The complex had everything you needed two lovely pools outdoor and indoor shops, bars, cafes, which were reasonably priced. I can see why the hotels cater for your every need, as outside the complex is a different story, Many english people told us when we arrived that they didn't venture out after dark as they didn't feel very safe we took their advice and stayed within the hotel grounds, going regularly to the rose and crown english pub which had karaoke 2 nights a week and the bistro bar which stayed open very late. The piano bar within the hotel lobby was open till 2am and was very relaxing.

The entertainment in the hotel was ok they did try but it was more for the over 60s with bingo and a resident band who managed ro ruin a good tune. Sousse itself as a tourist resort i wouldn't rate very highly its a very busy city lots of hustle and bustle and crowds, with lots of men out on their own. Overall we did enjoy our stay the weather was gorgeous high nineties everyday no problem with sunbeds loads to go round lots of english people but all nationalities stayed there all very friendly.

The only thing i can say is be very careful whilst outside the hotel grounds on the last day after checking out we decided to go out accross the road to a small souvenior shop in the space of 10 mins our holiday became a nightmare when my girlfriend was mugged in broad daylight 50 yards from the hotel entrance the handbag with passports, plane tickets wallet with all the english money we had to take home mobile phones and digital camera was snatched from behind by a youth who then jumped on the back of a motorcycle which was waiting for him round the corner. Devastated we got stranded in tunisia for 3 days which is another story to long to go into now but just beware dont't ever think it cant happen to you as we did.

As i said can't find anything bad to say about the hotel but the place itself sousse is not nice at all. If the hotel complex was moved perhaps a mile down the road to the next resort Port El kantui i think we would go back but we definitely wont be going back to sousse.

18th feb 07 On our arrival to the hotel, the image which greeted us matched picture in the brochure perfectly. The staff at the front desk were very helpful. The hotel rooms are pleasant and comfortable but the decor is tired. The hotel owners have started a revamp program on the hotel.

Food- who ever the head chef is they sure know how to feed people from around the world. They tried to cater for every one's taste. The food choice at breakfast however was rather limited. The main meal at night offered a wider choice of dishes and the desserts in particular are worth a mention There was a waiter designated to table who was very helpful. If you give small regular tips to the staff (the equivalent of 50p- £1) the service you recieve in return is impecable. There was a good range of facilities available in the hotel (the indoor pool was the warmest pool I had ever been in ).
The evening entertainment was of a good quality.

Shopping in Sousse is an experience there are very few places which have fixed prices. One place which does is the government supervised Soula Centre. It may be a tip to visit here first so you can get a feel of what the price of goods should be before you start the process of haggling in the local medina. Watch out for over charging at restaurants as very few seem to give you a receipt after your meal so you can check what you have been charged (9 times out of ten you are charged more than you should be)and they take a tip out of your change, if using local transport (noddy train)don't buy a return ticket as this limits you to that train only and watch out for the con men as they are called they pester you till you give them money

Superb. We got back on the Sunday early hours, where we met our first grumpy person for the last two weeks, at Bristol airport!
The hotel is quiet and calm, and cool, staff very helpful, food good, I would take a travel kettle next time, as i like a coffee as soon as i surface.(we've already booked for the same time next year), but frankly, I could go every 2-3 months, it is so chilled there and the beach is wonderful, climate, wonderful.

The lads at the beach get to know you, and they are great. It was so safe, we used to leave our stuff at the beach, and go off for lunch, try that in the UK. Take a peg to hang your bits and bobs up, under your umbrella. spf 50 was rubbish for me it burned me the first time i put it on, so i bought Hawiaan tropic out there which saved my life (I'm very fair, boardering on transparent). The sea was fab, after a day at the beach, we would then swim in the pool, which is lovely too, especially as the sun's been on it all day. Grounds of the hotel very clean, so unlike the UK, there is a disco, and entertainment for the easily bored, but I just was amazed at the relaxing atmos.

Food at the hotel was a great choice, try the fruit. I ate everything, inc salad, fruit, ice cream, ice in a drink, and no tum probs at all. Cafes in the hotel complex very nice too.
Mint tea fab.Coffee you have to ask for it srong if you like it like that. nothing is too much trouble. The Tunisians are happy and helpful, yellow taxi drivers friendly, the tuc tuc is great, noddy train great.
What struck me was how helpful the Tunisians are, like a family with a few children and a buggy, no p roblem, they will help, so unlike the UK.
Changing money. When you get to the hotel, you can change money with the reception. We arrived late, and were like rabbits caught in headlights. Relax, its no problem.
There is a cashpoint on the way to the beach. It will ask you for your pin,which you validate, then the amount, which you validate, then out pops your dinars. At the beach, water,beer and soft drinks are available, all very cold. Don't think your getting a better buy at the supermarket. The exchange rate was 2.50 dinars to the pound. For a litre of water, a beer and a soft drink at the beach it was 4 dinars.

If you want to shop go to the Soula centre at the entrace to the medina in Sousse. Very good quality clothes. Then go and drink mint tea, and watch the world go by. (or buy). Take a tape measure on your shopping trips, it'll save a lot of hassle.

Explore the hotels mall, don't get frightened, they are all very good copies. Ralph Lauren rugby shirt £6.50p. Designer sunglasses and watches in Port el Khantoui are fantastic. All the watches, from Chanel to Rolex are £25. Port el Khantoui is lovely to visit, and shop. (Try Sam's place on the habour).
The yellow taxi's are helpful, and won't rip you off.
Follow the Tunisian women into the medina for spices, and fruit. Pepper, and saffron, if your unsure, point to what you want and say 2 dinars, the Tunisians will not rip you off. The fruit is superb.

Local shops have all the stuff you've forgotten.

The Mexican restaurant is very very good for steak. Best steaks we've ever had, its attched to the side of the hotel. Also Bonaparte, opposite the front of the hotel, very very nice, try the Tunisian wine, very good.

Sousse, and all the places we visited were very very safe.

Children of all ages, and access for wheelchairs, and buggys was great.
Highly recommended, and we've booked for next year. All this at two and a half hours away. Superb

We flew from Luton and on arrival a rep was there to meet us and our fellow travellers. On the coach he gave us very useful information on the way of Tunisian life. We suggest that you change some of your English currency (or all if you like) at Monastir Airport (the kiosks were by the baggage belts) as on arrival at our hotel, we had to wait for about an hour before our room was available so we were able to buy a drink. The cashier operates at this hotel from 10 am to 12 pm and from 5 pm to 9 pm. As we booked our holiday 2 weeks before departure, we did not specify a sea view room and was delighted to get one! As previously mentioned in another review, the even numbered rooms have the sea view. We felt our room was clean and comfortable with a clean bathroom, although the bathroom door was a novelty! Could do with a bit of updating. I would recommend strongly that you rent a safety deposit box for 5 dinar (deposit 10 dinar)for your currencies,passport, jewellery etc and also you can rent a fridge for 15 dinar a week. It does not chill your drinks but at least it keeps it cool.

We attended the welcome meeting the following morning after our arrival and met our rep - Ryiad (he was very attractive indeed and I am sure he got a lot of attention from young female holiday makers!) Ryiad gave a lot of information which was very interesting and useful, he gave out brouchures and booking forms for the excursions organised by First Choice. We booked 3, a day trip to Tunis, Sidi Bou Said and Carthage, a day trip to El Djem and pirate ship and an evening show 'Lights, Cameras and Action'. The show was enjoyable and produced a lot of laughs. The First Choice reps put on a variety show with various acts, and they were helped by an international act 'The Dream Girls' which were 4 drag queens! Well worth going to see.

The Tunis, Carthage and Sidi Bou Said day trip was excellent and we were well looked after by the rep, Ali, who worked hard to ensure we had a good informative and interesting day. Thoroughly recommend this trip. The other day trip was El Djem to see the Roman Ampitheatre, which was awesome and you must go to see this. Then for lunch we went on a pirate ship and we certainly don't recommend this. Hygiene on this ship was disgusting. There was too many people on the ship to make it enjoyable unless you don't mind the mass tourism aspect of it. Quite of few were seasick, whether they were genuinely affected by the chopping seas or they were hungover from the previous night, remains to be seen! Anyway you can book a half day trip to El Djem without the pirate ship and would recommend this rather than a full day. One tip when going out on excursions or anywhere, take toilet wipes with you in case you need to use public toilets as most of the time there are no toilet paper provided.

As mentioned in other reviews, tipping is the norm so make sure you have plenty of loose change, especially to tip your waiter and the poolman. We found our hotel alright, could do with a fresh coat of paint and a bit of remodernisation but it was kept clean almost 24 hours a day. The buffet in the restaurant was ok, a bit repetitve but they do try to vary the menu and it is hot. We ate every night as we just wanted to chill out and we spent our evenings on our balcony with a gin and tonic listening to the resident band and watching the sunset.

We would definitely come back to Tunisia as we want to try the Sahara trip which we have heard that it was good. We would come back to Tej Maharba, as it provided what we wanted for a total relaxing holiday and also we hadn't explored the whole of the hotel complex.

Just back from a week half-board in the 4 star Tej Mahaba hotel which I thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish. Weather really hot at this time of the year - great.

Remember to change some sterling after collecting your luggage BEFORE you go through to the arrival hall and keep the receipt as you can change any money back (notes only) if you have any left at the end of the holiday. The bureau de change seems to be open 24 hours a day. You can also get dinar at the hotel or one of the nearby banks - rates seem to be the same everywhere.

I took a taxi from the airport to the hotel (only 20 Dinars - approx £8) which is much better than using a transfer coach which is overpriced and takes ages. The journey is approx 15/20 mins. You would pay less if you arrived in the daytime as taxi prices go up 50% after 9.00 pm. Agree the price before you set off - all drivers speak English.

The hotel complex is great - lots of sunbeds (which are free but people usually tip 1 dinar to the attendant) around the pool.

Room cleaned every day with clean towels daily and sheets changed every 2nd day. Room decor a little dated but OK. I paid £10 extra for a sea view which was worth it.

Breakfast varied - cereals, fried/scrambled eggs, omelettes, bread/crossants, delicious crepes etc. Dinner has a great choice - turkey, beef, fish, chicken etc etc (lots of choice for veggies too) salads, fruit, pastries.

Entertainment every night - a hotel trio (not too bad) but a pain of a man calling bingo! Other entertainment - a Fakir (strong man - bed of nails, walking on broken glass etc) a magician (not brilliant though but entertaining) - traditional musicians with dancers.

Other bars and shops in the complex worth a visit plus very near the hotel there are lots of hotels to wander into to check them out.

Very cheap shopping but of course you have to haggle to get a good price which is interesting. Much better than Port El Kantaoui (which is purpose built) as you can wander about and visit the Medina and see some of the history of the city.

Hotel staff very pleasant and great service from everyone - nothing a bother.

Safe deposit 5 dinars a week with a refundable 10 dinar deposit.

As the hotel was full we were unable to keep the room after 12 noon but there is a luggage room and a shower room provided free of charge.

Absolutely nothing to complain about and will definitely be back soon to this hotel as it is well placed with easy access to the beach for water sports etc.

I hope you find this review useful.

I was on holiday for 24 days starting on June 6th 2006. I had a fantastic time and the staff were all very helpful, until the day before i came back. This was because a group of English holidaymakers tried to hold the Tej Marhaba to ransom because they wanted to play water polo, but as there were children on lilo's in the pool, they were told that they couldn't play it. They then came into the hotel causing havoc for a while saying that they are going to put remarks about the hotel onto the net if they didn't get to play water polo. They came and asked other guests what they thought and we told them to grow up because it is a family hotel and the pool is for everyone's use.

Other than this, i had a fantastic time, as i have the many other times that i have been to Sousse and this hotel. I will continue coming here on a regular basis, and just wish that certain English holiday makers did not have to gve the UK a bad reputation abroad.

The hotel is a little old fashioned but very clean and very well run with staff that canot do enough for you. It is situated in an ideal position being appox 5 mins steady stroll to the beach and approx 20 min walk into the town centre.
We are mother and daughter and on several occaisions we were 'tailed' by young Tunisian men wanting to speak to my daughter but we just laughed and carried on walking and after a little while they got the message and gave up the chase. We did not let this spoil our holiday as we were expecting it after reading previous opinions on this site. We never felt in any danger.
The noddy train from Sousse into Port el Kantoui is very cheap (a return ticket 3.5 Dinars each) less than £1.50 each and the place is well worth a visit. A lovely Marina and a good selection of shops and a Zoo.

I wouldn't recomment this Hotel for children as there is very little for them to do, in fact there is very little for anyone to do at night either in Sousse or in the hotel. The entertainment is pertty bad apart from Thursday when it is Tunisian night and this is excellent. If you book the reps Arabian Knights Feast for the Friday though, the food and entertainment is pretty much the same as Thursday night in the hotel.

On our departure day we had to leave the room at 12:00 lunchtime and were no being picked up until 19:20 but if they have the rooms to speare you can do what we did and pay 15 dinar (about £6.50) at reception to keep you're room until 18:00hrs.
Sun beds are free but we gave the man a 1 dinar tip every day (less than 50p) and we always added 1 dinar on to the cost of our poolside drinks.
The dutyfree shop at the airport is cheap -Embassy Regal £19 for 200 but english cigarettes are hard to come by in resort.

We both had a lovely holiday and decided a week is not enough and will make sure we book two weeks next time.

Firstly after reading some of the reviews we were slightly concerned that we may not enjoy our holiday, we were however pleasantly suprised. I have tried to cover most points and hope you will find this helpful.

1. Hotel Room and Facilities: we read reviews about the hotel needing refurbishment, now it was a little dated but by no means uncomfortable and in fact we were pleased with our room.The maid came in everday and arranged our PJ's on the bed in a fan shape (how sweet!)as for there being no towels for the pool I have never visited anywhere where there has been and always take a beach towel! The outside pool area was excellent and the indoor pool was great if you are not quite brave enough for a cooler swim (but it was April). Evening entertainment was ok but perhaps a little tailored to the over 50's. Also people complained about the guy at the pool demanding a tip, firstly it was only 1 dinar (approx 45p) for both our sunbed mats to be brought to us when we arrived at the pool and secondly if you were so against it you could refuse the mat and lay on an uncomfortable sunbed all day, but for 45p a day it was well worth it.

2. Hotel Food: again something we had read bad reviews about this i suppose depends on how fussy an eater you are but there were plenty of pancakes, fresh bread and youghurts on a morning and they did in a fashion do a cooked breakfast although the beans and scrambled eggs did taste a bit like curry. Also there was a choice of 3 or 5 min boiled eggs which were ok. On an evening there was also plenty of choice and even if you are fussy there were baked potatoes rice and chips and they did freshly cooked chicken. I could imagine this getting a bit dull after 2 weeks but for 1 it was fine.

3. Hotel Service (bar, waiters etc): Reviews have said that tipping is compulsary, it isnt although drinks are a good enough price to add the odd tip on and again 1 dinar (45p) was sufficent and although we don't really tip over here it is theway it is done in many places abroad. The waiters in the restaurant certainatley did not demand tips, well ours didnt anyway we waited until the last day and gave him a few dinars for which he was very appreciative good old makram!. Also we were having cups of tea every day and the second day he saw me going for them he came over with his tray and followed me back to the table and again on the second day and by the third day when came in there were two cups of tea sat at our table within minutes of us entering the restaurant (same table every day).

4.Travel: travel in tunisia seems easy there is a train service which we cannot comment on as we did not use it, we did however use the noddy train between sousse and port el kantaoui which was cheap and you can stop the train anywhere in between and as it passed the hotel this can be convenient if you dont fancy walking. Taxis are also cheap although if you like seatbelts dont expect to find any as there are no laws on seatbelts.

5. The Medina: situated behind the old city walls the medina is where there are shops down narrow streets and where the complints about hassle come from. They do understand the word No and as long as you smile and are polite you will be welcome also women should be a bit modest with dress i.e no bikini tops but a skirt and vest top is fine. There is plenty to offer in the medina and i think you either love it or hate it and it would say its worth a try.

6. The Soula Centre: your reps probably tell you about this place but it is a fixed price shop situated next to the medina the government fix the prices and it is not expensive this shop also gives you an idea of what you should be haggling down to in the medina. If haggling is not for you the sould centre is the perfect place to pick uo gifts, souvenirs, a new leather coat or bag and more.

7. Resort Overall: Sousse is a great place although i would admit that there isnt that much to do in sousse itself there is the medina which if you like it the first time is worth a second trip as you cant see it all at once, the beach is nice and the people are friendly

8 Holiday overall: I have tried to cover as many points as i can and im sure i'll remember things i've missed but if you've got this far well done. We only arrived back early hours of this morning and i felt i should make sure i didnt forget to do this. I have really enjoyed my holiday to Tunisia partly because of the hotel partly because of the people but most of all because it is different its not like spain or any of the spanish islands it really feels like you are abroad and also before i forget the weather was absolutlety wondeful two cloudy days but when the sun was shining it was really really warm. I would definatley go back to tunisia and to the Tej Marhaba, infact since i'm online i may go look at holidays for next year now.

Just one final point,I have had a fantastic time but I can also understand that Tunisia is one of those places you love or hate it depends how tolerant you are to something a bit different.
Also since you're reading this i'm guessing you might be going to sousse soon so i hope you have a great time.

i have been to this hotel many times and am due to retun in may, i have always been happy with the sevice and the staff , food always good yes breakfasts become aq bit boering after a few weeks but o