Just got back from a weeks stay at the Sofitel and found it to be a great place. The hotel is situated at the end of Naama bay and escapes the madness, but is only a 20 minute walk to the centre of the bay.

All rooms face the sea so has fantastic views. The 4 private beaches at the hotel are great with amazing reefs. We done a diving trip to Tiran Island but to be honest, I thought the reefs at the hotel were just as good and had more variety of fish.

The pool is enormous, probably the biggest Ive seen at a hotel. The grounds are lovely and very well maintained. The staff are also very friendly and make an effort to chat to you, although I found the reception staff not as forthcoming but they were polite.

It has a great Indian restaurant that does excellent food and looks out over the entire hotel. I wouldnt advise going half board here as the evening meals are done at the buffet restaurant which were ok but there are so many other nice restaurants in Sharm to eat at. We ate there the first night and had to pay for it as we were B&B. There is a large selection of food but I can imagine it would get boring eating there every night. Overall though, the food at the hotels various restaurants/bars was good.

I think the only thing this hotel could improve on is the rooms. They are clean and comfortable but could do with a makeover, especially the bathrooms. The rooms are spacious but quite basic. This wasnt really a problem for us though as, lets face it, youre not in your room for the majority of the day and the beds were comfortable. But I would of given this hotel five stars if the rooms matched the quality of the rest of the hotel.

The Sofitel Sharm el Sheikh has a classy location all right, especially if you're into snorkelling - walk into the sea and get to see some great stuff. The views from the rooms are pretty good, the pool is great ... but, but ...
We'd booked a room with double bed and got a room with two singles pushed together so that the central console was at one side and only one person could control lights etc. As to the pool ... do you want your pool experience to be accompanied by either Richard Clayderman or the pool gymnastics instructor bellowing into a microphone? With hundreds of Russians around you? Yes? then this is the place for you (but not for us).
Need a snack between 10 and 12 am? Forget it .. none of the four / five eating places are open. (Also the fish restaurant closes at 6 pm - weird). However the Indian place is good as reviews indicate. But the buffet place where breakfast is served is poor - paid way over the price for what we got.
Overall this was an average place and nothing really 'bad' - but after great Sofitel experiences in Bali and Bangkok, it was just ... well, disappointing.

This hotel is beautifully situated on Naama Bay with all rooms sea-view. The hotel is beautiful and there was truly privacy at the private beaches. It was so wonderfully to wake up each morning to the beautiful sea as well as the view of the hotel, which was phenomenal. I would highly recommend this hotel.

Our second holiday in Sharm and the Sofitel was much as I expected.

It is overall a good quality hotel, but not five star. This seems to be typical in Egypt. The hotel is set in huge grounds with a very good, large swimming pool and several small beaches. Each beach gives access to excellent snorkelling on the hotel's own coral reef. This is one aspect which cannot be matched by the hotels on the main promenade in Na'ama Bay.

The Rangoli Indian Restaurant is of a very good quality although those who are not experienced Indian food eaters need to be wary of some dishes, like the Madras, which is not marked as being hot, but in fact can be very hot.

The rooms are of a decent standard, but need updating along with the bathrooms. Each room has a sea view and the hotel itself has excellent views over Na'ama Bay.

One word of warning. This hotel is not for those who can't handle lots of stair climbing. The hotel spreads over a hillside and you cannot avoid alot of stair climbing. The escalators cover some, but not all of the floors. I hesitate to thing how wheelchairs would cope.

There is an onsite dive centre run by Divers International. Our experience with them was very good. Shore dives are good from the hotel and they also do their tuition in the waters directly off the hotel. They also run boat dives everyday and divers are picked up from the dive centre each morning.

If you want to eat out in Na'ama Bay, it is about a 30 minute walk to the centre of Na'ama Bay, although I suppose a taxi is another possibility.

Overall a good hotel and one which I would consider staying in if we revisit Sharm