Seven visits now to sharm twice now at the hilton and the only hotel we have never been ill in.This hoel is like a second home its friendly and chilled out.The rooms are clean and large enough for most peoples needs including tea and coffee making facillities.The foof is good with a variety of choice for a weeks stay.Cant wait to go back

Just returned from a week all-inclusive at the above. Over all it was fine but a few problems were encountered.
We arrived after dark and on wakening up the following morning discovered that our room was at the back of the Hotel and overlooked a building site. We asked to be moved and were told that we could be upgraded but at an extra cost of £15 per night, this then decreased to £12 then was finalised at £10. The room that we were "upgraded " to was identical to the original one but had a view over one of the pools and this was given as the reason for the extra charge.
The Hotel is in a quiet and peaceful location soms 20 minutes or so away from Naama bay which is where all the action is - we went in one night and thought that it was rather like Blackpool but without the class !
The staff and service at the hotel are excellent and the facilities cannot be faulted - the only thing that lets it down is the food - Breakfast is fine and lunchtime snacks are OK but the Dinners in both restaurants leave a lot to be desired - plenty of nice salads etc for starters and the desserts are fine but if you are at all fussy you will have problems with the main courses which are unimaginative and badly cooked, still what can you expect for the very,very reasonable amount charged by the tour operators for all inclusive?

Booked through recommendation of an 'knowledgeable & experienced' travel adviser, arranged by a friend, who believed everything they said.
First lesson, don't ever do that.

Having travelled extensively on holiday and business over many years & having used Hilton hotels worldwide, certainly wasn't expecting Hilton Shark's bay to resemble a 'Maplin's' Holiday Camp...complete with an irritating Ted Bovis clone.

I guess Hilton's 'Worldwide Resorts' is catering for a mass down market clientele, in which case they're seling their name short & hitting gold.

If you like tasteless mass produced food that looks like vomit, you're get lucky.

If you like an 8 foot deep 'beach' replete with discarded builder's rubbish, you've come to the right place.

If you like walking down a wobbly ckae walk of a floating plastic jetty to get into the water, & then have to queue to get in and out of the water, you'll love it.

if you like a high class of hygiene, clean the cutlery before you use it, twice saw waiters pick up dropped cutlery & put it back on the tables.

If you don't like gin, good, 'cos they run out on the first day & we never saw any for the restof the week.

If you like beef burgers cooked on the charcoal grill, & freshly made pizza in the evening, you're in luck....it's the only appetising food we could find, so we ate it all week.

if you like the appalling noise of unsupervised children during mealtimes (there's a 'kiddy eating area' for the little darlings) & a vast canteen style 'restaurant', you're in luck again.

If you like pleasant helpful staff, they were brilliant, and you should tip them well.

The rooms are mostly well maintained, and the beds are superbly comfortable.

Second lesson, next year, Centre Parks or Butlins for me.

Have a nice stay, all the best, David.

Arrived back yesterday from a wonderful 10 day stay in the Hilton Sharks Bay. I can't recommend this hotel and the area highly enough for a relaxing and entertaining holiday. The hotel itself is beautifully well kept and the staff are the best I've ever encountered - genuine, helpful and fun people especially the animation staff who kept everyone entertained with waterpolo, aerobics, stretching and great smiles.

Although we had to wait an hour for one of the rooms for our party of 5 to become available, this was fine as there was plenty to do in the meantime exploring the complex.

There is a great choice of bars - the pool bar is open from 10am serving soft drinks and local alcohol through until midnight. The sunset bar overlooks the beach and is a very relaxing area to have a few drinks in the early evening. The chill out bar is a bit sterile but hosts some fun entertainment of an evening and shows the major sporting events.

There are two restaurants - the buffet which has a huge selection to choose from at all meal times and Il Rustico the Italian restaurant below. You can sit in either of these restaurants and take food from the other if you prefer. Its a completely relaxed atmosphere wherever you go. We prefered Il Rustico as it was less canteen style but often popped upstairs to get some food from the buffet. The food is not outstanding but good. There's plenty of healthy and not so healthy options. Try the waffles and icecream from Il Rustico to finish off your meal well!!

During the day, there are plenty of places to relax around the complex - the main pool is the liveliest with loads of sunloungers but there are also two smaller pools which are much quieter and of course the beach. We did get up reasonably early to pick our spot by the main pool but that was fine as the weather was already beautiful first thing in the morning. Make friends with the pool attendant early on and they will save you the beds you like.

During our stay we did a day trip to Cairo. I booked the flights with Egypt Air for about £45 per person and then booked the tour through reallifeegypt.com for about £60 per person. A tourguide in a minibus picked us up in Cairo and took us to the Egyptian museum (very interesting but a bit overwhelming), through Coptic Cairo and then for lunch. In the afternoon we drove to the pyramids (extra £2.50 per person if you want to go inside - don't do it if you're claustrophobic) and to see the Sphinx. He then offered us a shopping trip to finish the day but we were all getting very tired having been up since 5 in the morning so we opted to drive back through the mayhem of Cairo back to the airport.

Otherwise the rest of the holiday was pure relaxation. The snorkelling on the beach was included in the all inclusive price of the holiday which was great - just pay a deposit of £40 to hire the snorkels which you get back at the end of the day. Paid £35 per couple for parasailing which was brilliant but only lasted about 5 minutes. See Sayed in the Dive Centre to organise all of this - he's very helpful.

I've never been a person to go back to the same place twice as there's too much to see in the world... until now. I can't wait to go back to Sharks Bay and the Hilton. Already looking at flights in October.