I am going to give a fair and honest review of our stay at Royal Rojana. My husband and I went with our three teenage children, 18, 16 and 14. If you are expecting wonderful surroundings then you must remember Sharm El Sheikh was built about 20 years ago on a desert so the landscape is going to be rugged but once you step inside the hotel grounds, the views of the Red Sea and Mountains are spectacular. If you like wandering outside your hotel grounds then this probably isnt the holiday for you, we did walk to the Local Supermarket situated at the next Hotel along but the walk was not pleasant as there were no paths and it really was a dumping ground for plastic bottles, crockery and even syringes, so I would give that a miss. Staff at the Royal Rojana are outstanding. Rooms and Hotel and clean. Food is adequate and I would say that if you have a fussy child as we do then I would not stay at this Hotel. Our 16 year son survived mainly on Melon and Bread Rolls, he does love chips but could only get them daily lunch times at the Bay Watch but chips were not on the menu every evening. But there was always chicken, potatoes etc. The pools were clean and plenty of them to go round, they were cold but in temperatures of over 35 degrees were much needed and once you had swam a couple of strokes you didnt notice the cold. Daily entertainment was great around the pool area although you were not hassled to join in. Evening entertainment was poor and consisted of competions at 10pm and was not really in English. Snorkeling at the private beaches were fantastic. I would recommend you take American Dollars as the exchange rate is great at the moment but they do take sterling, euro and egyptian pounds (but they would rather not). A visit to the Pyramids is a must but be prepared for a long day but it will not disappoint you and is awesome. Also, the Quad Biking was unbelievable, we did the Sunrise one, which meant being collected at 3.40am but there were not as many people and it was cooler at this time but the kids loved it. I would say that if you are looking for a holiday full of English people, with evening entertainment and plenty of english food then this resort is not for you but if you want a relaxing by the pool holiday, fantastic snorkeling and wonderful weather then this holiday cannot be faulted. The All Inclusive does not include Ice-Creams but we was told to give them a miss anyway as they were not worth the 2 euros, also, when a man walks round offering you smoothies which you accept he will come back later taking your room number as you will be charged for these. Water in your rooms in also not part of the all inclusive deal. We feel 10 days would have been enough unless you have lots of money and can do more excursions, we did 3 in 14 days and really 2 more would have been good but with 5 in our party it does become costly. But we all had a fantastic time and to be honest it doesnt matter where you go there are always going to be niggles of faults with your holiday but if the other option is being at work in freezing cold England then the faults are soon put to the back of your mind.

Hi, my husband and I have just returned from five days at the Royal Rojana Resort. The break was in celebration of our Anniversary following a terribly sad and difficult 12 months, I emailed the Hotel two weeks prior to going explaining this. I booked the Executive Suite with all the supposed extras which went with it in the ,quote, Luxurious Five Star Resort. When we arrived we were shown to a dirty room, the bed unmade, ash in the ashtray, towels on the floor, broken toilet seat, the 21 sky channels had no reception........need I go on! Yes I must! We found our way back to Reception, I cried, the complete lack of interest from the Management Team was diabolical, we had left home at 10.00am in the morning and it was now gone 1.00am, I pleaded with them for just a clean room for the night but the hotel was over booked! With Russians by the way, out of 500 rooms, 20 were allocated to English. When our 'suite' was finally ready, which was two rooms next to each other with a hole knocked through for the door, no ambience at all, it was still very basic, do not expect a basket of fruit on arrival or tea making facilities, or even little extras in the bathroom, which the kids love on our return. Don't even expect a welcome leather bound book with details of restaurants, fire exits etc, you get a photo copied piece of paper on arrival. The food, well is cold, and the night befores menu is reinvented for breakfast and lunch, stick to the pancakes at least you know they are fresh! The best restaurant is on the front overlooking the sea, but look out for the birds going in and out of the kitchen feasting themselves. We asked to change hotels but apparantly the whole of Sharm was fully booked. We both became very ill on day 3, and, we are not recovered yet some 7 days later. I feel very sad that our first trip to Egypt is memorable for all the wrong reasons, this hotel has a butlins feel to it and I would put it at a 2/3 star max! The hotel staff remember you and are lovely, the fish are amazing, the sea is crystal clear, glass bottom boat worth a go. We spoke to a few other couples at this resort who were also very disappointed. I did lodge a complaint with the rep who was very unhelpful and our toilet seat was never repaired, I have also requested a full refund, what to do if we don't get one? Any suggestions,
Dawn and Chris

Hi my name is Emma, i stayed at thr RRR in egypt and i have to say that i would give it about a 2/10 both my partner and i and about 15 other couples were very sick from the food, we had been seen by 2 different doctors and didnt get anywhere. In the end when we came home we got mostly all refunds apart from a few who didnt want to bother. The pools were so cold.. As for the gym was something you would see in an old time movie everything was about 30 years old, broken and it wasnt very clean. When we got into our room the DBL bed was 2 single beds shoved together and then we got a better room as we were very unhappy, that room wasnt much better infact the sink in the bathroom was broken and the bed was on chunks of wood only one leg was intact. Myself and many other ppl had to have JABS to stop the pain from being so sick and that was on the last day because 5 of us wernt going to be aloud to fly back home.. I wouldnt tell anyone to go stay here. The best hotels to stay at are ones that you know of (like ones that are all over the world.) The internet never worked so if you need the net dont bother in this hotel. The food was the same everyday. As for the night club "UFO DISCO" that was a joke, their was like all men with their phones taking videos of the young girls. Im only 23 and my partner 26 and we hated it. Nothing to do. As for the drinks, its only really beer that you can get and that isnt all night it finished early, keep an eye on your room tab as ours was really wrong! Sorry if this is a bit much but we have been all over the place traveling and this was the one place i was really sick, we have been to Bali and all sorts and never been so sick, we stayed in back packing places that got better reviews than this. The only good food was the grill on the beach..only the first day we got to swim as we had not yet eaten in the hote, that was great the fish are wonderful. When you go swimming with the fish bring bolied eggs they go mad for them and you get great photos. Hope this Helps a little.. DONT GO TO THIS HOTEL!! Their is many better places.. Just keep looking.. good luck. (we didnt know of this web page before we went but if we did we would never have gone to this hotel.)

My boyfriend and I JUST came back from a week's stay in this resort and I do not think I could have tolerated any longer! As with previous reviews the staff will bend over backwards for you once they realise you are not Russian. The hotel was over populated by them (a good 90%), we were one of just a handful of English people staying there & it's not just this resort - they are all over Sharm! So be as kind and grateful to the staff as we could not praise them enough. Stay away from the 'main restaurant' in the hotel - just tolerate it for breakfast - we spent most lunchtimes and evenings in the 'Grill'(Baywatch) or the Italian (upstairs in the hotel). We did not experience the Seafood restaurant as you had to pay for this privilege. DO go snorkelling, DO the bedouin nights excursion with the 'astrology' - best night there & be warned you will get hassled and bugged to death when out in Naama Bay.