My boyfriend and I have just returned from a weeks stay at the Concorde. Our overall stay was fantastic, although the hotel did have it's upsides and downsides. As we ourselves chose this hotel after reading reviews on TripAdvisor, I thought it would be helpful to just list what we felt those good and bad points to be.

Plus points
- The hotel iteself is great. Really clean and modern with excellent facilities throughout. Staff are welcoming and friendly.

- Both the Sport Hotel and the Main hotel are equally as nice, so don't worry which side you end up in. Basically, the hotel complex is split into these two sections and the entrances for both are opposite eachother on a quiet street. Each section has its own shops/restaurants/pools etc so you can be perfectly self sufficient in either. If you did want to visit the other hotel, to walk from one reception to the other takes 10 mins max, or you can hop on the shuttle bus which runs between the two every few minutes.

- The rooms are excellent. Really spacious, comfortable and clean and each with their own private balcony

- The pools are lovely. There are 5 scattered around the hotel complex and there are loads of really comfy cushioned sunbeds. The beach was also nice - if a little cramped - with excellent snorkelling from the end of the jetty.

- The food. It wasn't gourmet, but there was a pretty decent choice and the quality was fine.

Bad points:
- The location. This, for us, was the biggest downside. The Concorde is situated in Sharks Bay, a small resort by the airport which consists of nothing more than a handful of hotels and a couple of supermarkets. This wouldn't have been so bad if the hotel entertainment was decent, but it wasn't (see next bad point). This meant there was literally nothing to do in the evenings. We ended up travelling several miles into Naama Bay - a much larger and livelier resort - every night, which at a cost of 1200 Egyptian pounds return (£12) was no small expense. The hotel did run a free shuttle bus service to Naama, but this was fairly infrequent and often booked up days in advance.

- The hotel entertainment. Oh dear. What can I say? Unless you're a fan of Russian electropop and Soviet balads, you may want to give this a miss. Trouble was, it was pretty hard to avoid as the discos in both the Sport and Main hotel were situated outdoors with all the appartments circled around them. This meant guests were treated to Russia's version of Sonny and Cher belting out classic Eurovision until the early hours, even when in their own rooms. The noise was especially bad in the Sport hotel as the outdoor disco was bang in the centre of the complex and this caused a few complaints.

I don't want to turn this review into too much of a moan, as our overall holiday was great. and the positives more than outweighed the negatives. Sharm is a great place for a relaxing holiday, and while we were there in April, the weather was fantastic - mid 30's every day.

For shopping, head into Old Sharm and Naama bay, where there are literally thousands of shops and baazars. If you want to see the proper Egypt, I defintely recommend the quad biking trip into the desert which was just amazing. For an authentic Egyptian meal, try the Kebabaj restaurant, which can be accessed through the Sofitel hotel. They serve up classic Egyptian food by the sea, while a live Egyptian band plays behind you and a woman sits making her own bread and brings it fresh to your table. Gorgeous!

we stayed at the concorde el salam from 30th august till 13th sept 2007, i found the whole experience a nightmare. firstly our room was coveed in ants and when telling the first choice rep was told its one of those things. as we had stayed at the hotel 3 years previously and had a great time we thought things would improve, sadly they just got worse my husband developed sickness and the trots he was bad for 10 days and had to be treated by the doctor on 2 occasions i also developed it but not to the extent that he had it. when we told the rep she did not want to know and uttered something about management training all i can say is god help travellers with first choice if she is training for management. on our 11th day the hotel decided that they would pay all our doctors bills they did this for a number of people and they also paid for us to eat at the italian for the last few days, but still they would not admit to having a outbreak, every one we spoke to had the same symptoms, one lady collapsed and the rep just walked around her. we have stayed at a lot of fully inclusive hotels and this as been the worst ever, i wrote a letter to the manager of the hotel and gave it to the head receptionist and never even had a reply, after paying over 2300 pound i am disgusted and would not return there for free

My family of Four (2 girls aged 15 & 17) have just returned after a 2 week stay at the Sports part of the hotel (23rd March to 6th April). This was our 2nd visit.
What a great hotel, it really made our holiday so special. The staff are all so friendly and the hotel is spotlessly clean, in fact i'm sure all the staff do all day is clean. We checked in and within 5 mins our luggage was taken to our rooms. You get a 1.5litre bottle of water on arrival after that if you want any more you have to pay for it but the maid (male) used to bring me a bottle of water every day (One for each room) but told me not to tell anyone. I tipped him 50p every day and £5.00 on our last day. i emailed the hotel before we went to see if we could have the same rooms as last time (8288 and 8289) and they duly obliged.

The food was excellent, so much choice ,both my girls are very fussy eaters but always found something to their liking.
If you are staying on the sports side you can not eat your evening meal over at the main hotel but you can have breakfast and dinner there also they have a great Italian restaruant which you can have lunch at but have to pay for your evening meal but you get a 40% discount. The food at the pool was mainly burgers, chicken and pizza but was to a very good standard and they had a BBQ at the beach bar which was also very good.

We knew the entertainment can be pretty poor but were pleasantly surprised this time as the animation team were mostly British and really made an effort with their dance routines, Mr and Mrs Concorde nights were great fun even though the Russians took it very seriously, by the way we never had any problems with the Russians, but some of their dress sense had to be seen to be believed.

The swimming pool on the sports side has a big slide which all the kids thoroughly enjoyed, the pool was a lot warmer this time than last Xmas, when we didnt use it as it was so cold.
There were always plenty of sunbeds and you did not have to get up early to get one like you did on the main side. Mohamed who worked in the towel hut was very friendly and used to put our towels out on the same beds each morning,The pool bar was run by Two great people who we became very friendly with (Ishmail and Ahmed).

The beach is a 10min walk away or you can catch a shuttle bus which constantly runs between the Two hotels. Ali at the beach bar was a very funny man and even remembered us from last time. The snorkelling from the pontoon is unbelievable, so many fish, small and large Someone told me that the hotel reef is one of the best in Sharm and i would have to agree from what i saw.
I puchased a good quality silicone mask and snorkel from the shop between the Two hotels for £10.00, they originally wanted £15.00 but you do have to haggle for everything that you buy in Sharm.

We visted Cairo to see the pyramids, did a boat trip to Tiran Island, quad biking (twice) and also visted the new aqua park in Habada, we booked all of our trips with Hani from marine divers on the beach at the Concorde.Do not book with the holiday reps as they are a lot more expensive for the same tours.
We also visted Namma bay a few times using the hotel bus. it leaves the hotel every night at 8.30 and 9.30pm returning at 11.00 and 12.00pm and is free of charge but you have to book it on the morning of the day that you want to go.

My wife had Egyptian belly for Two days but this did not stop her sunbathing etc, the chemist outside the hotel prescribed some tablets called STREPTOQUIN (cost £5.00) that worked straightaway. I tried to haggle with him but didnt get anywhere.
We did not have any problems with mossies.

Some peoples reviews say the sports side is inferior to the main side but my honest opinion is that both sides are very similar. The food is the same, the entertainment is the same,the standard of cleanliness is the same. The only difference is the sports side does not have a beach and sea view rooms but you do not have to be up early at the crack of dawn to get a sunbed. Yes the airport is very close to the hotel but you do not really notice this.
If you get a Blue and White taxi to the airport from the hotel do not pay more than 50 egyptian pounds (£5.00) you will have to haggle to get this price and agree what currency before getting in.

The weather was very hot, most days a min of 30 degrees and sometimes i'm sure it reached 40. you do need to start off with a
high factor sun cream, we used spf30 and 40 and still got burnt one day.

We had a great time and will definatley be returning to Sharm probably staying at this hotel again, hopefully soon.
Hope this review has been helpful.

We've stayed at this hotel several times now - always for just one week, but this time we managed two weeks, starting March 16th.
We e-mailed the hotel before we travelled and requested a room in the same area as we'd stayed in before (lovely gardens) and we were allocated the same room! Lots of the staff remembered us - which was lovely - and made us feel very welcome. On the first night, we returned to our room to find a huge plate of fruit on the table.
The staff at this hotel are wonderful. We left a small tip at lunch and dinner and the service we received was absolutely first class. The food was excellent - plenty of choice, beautifully cooked and presented. We had lunch every day in the Italian and the views and fresh pasta were fantastic.
The weather reports were very misleading - according to them the temperature should have been around 26-28, but it topped 40 most days and some days topped 50! I'd been prepared for the evenings to be cool, but they weren't so the cardis stayed in the case!
The main pool area is lovely - the water was quite cold some days, but it was also very refreshing considering the air temperature. The snorkelling is awesome - and right in front of the hotel.
The entertainment was ok - but it's never been one of our priorities anyway. There were lots of Russians staying in the hotel - some of them were so rude to the staff - and their dress sense has to be seen to be believed!
Our flight home was at 5.15pm, but the tour operator bus picked up at 1.15 - way too early! We sunbathed until 1.30, then had a leisurely lunch and showered and changed in the Health Centre. Reception staff called us a taxi around 3.30 and we still got to the airport in plenty of time for our flight.