Blend Elphistone Resort Marsa Alam

Staff in the canteen is not bad as the rest. They are nice and trying to help. Garden is well maintained

This hotel is so bad it is almost funny. It's tragic. Probably that's why it is like 80% empty. Probably they remove negative opinions from booking as there is not much there but plenty on tripadvisor for example... It is kind of budget, yes, but not enough to be that bad. I just came back from similar budget all inclusive hotel in Egypt that was million times better, so it's not a standard. All in this hotel is either dirty or falling apart. They cannot maintain few rooms that are occupied clean... When I arrived some things were broken in the room and bathroom was DISGUSTING (not going into details but....). They cleaned it only after my complain. No one bothers to clean the beach, there is just trash lying around. Sunbeds have nails sticking out (I know you are supposed to put a matters on it, but it's still dangerous and mattress are falling apart as well) and sun umbrellas had screws falling out, so you are worried they will fall onto your head. You won't see anyone to offer a drink on the beach, even though it's small. It's theoretically all inclusive. You have to run to the bar every time for a drink and then you will have barman asking with anger "where is my glass"? It's not glass, it's plastic cup and you still have to run to return it every time. They have people to ask you about massages and other stuff on the beach all the time, but not one person who would walk 20 meters on a small beach to collect plastic cups? Internet situation is another joke - "free" internet doesn't work at all. Your Egyptian sim card won't work here either so you need to buy paid wifi. But beware it is only for one devise and requires endless logging in and logging out through their special page (not just logging out of wifi) to work on other device. I needed wifi for work for my phone and laptop and no one explained me while buying internet how to log out and in.

The location is amazing, Friendly staff and they care about cleanliness.

Need to improve the quality of the coffee.

We had an absolutely wonderful experience at Blend Elphistone Hotel in Marsa Alam! From the moment we arrived, everything exceeded our expectations. The food was truly amazing—special thanks to Chef Mohamed Abdelfatah and Nabawy Hagag for their delicious creations that made every meal a highlight of our stay. A big thank you as well to Mohamed Ali, the welcoming face in the restaurant who made us feel right at home every day. One of the most unforgettable moments was seeing dolphins at the marina—such a magical experience! Room service was perfect, and every detail during our stay was well taken care of. We truly had a fantastic time and would highly recommend this hotel to anyone visiting Marsa Alam.

Great beach, great food, also lots of variety for vegetarians. Waiting staff at the restaurant and pool bar excellent (especially Mohamed Saber).

Animation staff very pushy and insistent , same with tour guides that pressure you all the time to book something with them. If you're too friendly in the beginning you never get rid of them. There is a possibility to avoid them by picking up a red flag from the towel pick up place, but the hotel did not inform us of this. In my opinion, It´s a 4 star hotel based on Egyptian standards, not a 4 star European standard. Still , value for money is great!

It was a good stay and the staff receptionist Mohamed Elkady, house keeper Ahmed Elsharkawy was very friendly and helpful, i want to thank the executive chef and pasta chef for the great food

Very nice hotel, beautiful and well-kept hotel grounds, very tasty food for a lot of choices Room was very clean .Very big and nice beach with send

In my aplication Booking.com was price 51€ per night, but receptionist said price 54€, because of exchange rate of dollars and euro, but me I paid in €, how was writing, but in last they gave for us room deluxe, and I was calming. Towels in beach very old and and dirty, chairs for sunning very old and a lot of broking Also very bad animation team, all show was not professional at all and and some of guys behaved very indecently

My reviews are based on price vs services.Simply delightful as nice facilities, we were offered an upgrade with a lovely beach view as room service came daily and always bottled water available in the room.The buffet is very good only minus is breakfast being a little repetitive but both lunch and dinner always had different things every day. Something no one explains is that there's the drinks that are included in the all inclusive that includes some of the most common cocktails but there's also premium ones that have a cost, not a lot but if you want something branded or premium there's an extra for that.The beach is the Star of the resort we'll kept only a little coral and rocks, in general I don't think you need water shoes but if you like to explore yeah use them.Night activities are good and the animation team tries their best, fire show I recomend.For the price we payed for a week it's one bang for the buck for sure.

I thought our stay was exceptional. The majority of the staff were absolutely amazing, including Mohamed Ali at the restaurant who took our drink orders and brought them to us quickly. He also helped us with finding somewhere to sit every day. The bartenders at the reception bar and pool bar were very good, making good cocktails. Pool bar especially, you should definitely try the special. The coral reef is completely out of this world. We swam with a 1.5m diameter turtle twice at the reef. We also swam with a pod of dolphins twice. There are many other fish types at the reef too and it is not crowded by people. The reef is very colourful and better than anything I have ever seen in Egypt or abroad. The food was exceptional, especially the barbeque area. The beach lifeguard was very good constantly watching the sea to identify wildlife such as dolphins and to make sure tourists are swimming safely. Hotel shampoo, conditioner and body lotion was very good and worked well. The spa is pretty cheap and very good for massages, it charges 120 dollars for 3 massages and a hammam. Some very good shops selling sun cream and souvenirs. The one outside run by idris sells very nice handmade goods.

The water used to water the plants and lawn smelt very bad. The beach bar was not great. Only the Pina colada was drinkable. Sometimes you would queue for 15 mins and still not get served then give up. The bartender had clear favorites who he brought drinks to. None of the hotel staff here aside from one person at reception speak great English. I believe they speak Italian and German though, but not English. Some of the staff hassled us and made us feel uncomfortable as female travelers. But this was only 2 people.

The hotel and the facilities are very good.The staff is exceptional kind and will always help you.They feel trustworthy and make beautiful towels origami ❤️Actually, the hotel fulfills the description at booking.They had a nice animation team within our 7-days-staying, who was ambitious. They did a great job.The rooms are fine.Bathroom very clear, well lightet, big mirror, hair dryer, fastly warm water flow, enough towels, everything felt good here.The pool area is way relaxing, and pool water feels nice (different temperatures and chlorine state).You can do much sports over there in a very easy manner.We played soccer, beach volleyball, and had workouts every day.It's very nice to burn calories there and you have to... because all you can eat meals/buffets are so damn delicious and luxurious.The catering staff is very helpful, omnipresent, and sometimes entertaining (you will see ?)ALL IN ALL, we can fully recommend this property and a nice stay.Tip for your leaving: Book the airport transfer right in the basement area in the hotel lobby. The guy is nice and makes good prices, different from booking from abroad before arrival at the beginning of you staying

Actually, we ordered a double bed but got two single-beds.It was easy to move them together, but it is a little bit lagging in comfort. And the mattresses were too soft.And maybe...The "fitness room" (gym) lags pretty much in performance:Certain devices are not working (e. g. treadmill), the weight bench is very rattly, and there are a lot of weight fixations missing or not fitting properly. A workout is possible, but it isn't too/that nice thereThe beach volleyball area is lagging a little behind because the thickness of the sand layer is often too thin.A couple of player hurt their knees or toes when they are spectacular saving balls ? there are rocks underneath.For sure, I didn't like the extra prices by most of the vendors within the hotel area. Initially, you are supposed to always pay 10 or more bucks for regular goods, services, and stuff. This is a hustle because you won't find change rates of 1:50 there (euro) and they get those articles way cheaper in town, which is not easy to access to for you (distance).So in this area you need to expect European prices! Spa services fastly reach 60+ EUR. (But sure, this is not a special issue of this hotel, but tourism✌️)

Super kind and friendly staff

The property was a little bit old, the tv didn’t work

The hotel was very accommodating to our needs. I requested a room change due to a smaller balcony, and they kindly agreed to switch us for the rest of our stay. The main restaurant is excellent, offering a wide variety of both local and Western dishes. I highly recommend trying the oriental restaurant one evening—it was absolutely delicious. We had a fantastic time with the animation team, spending hours playing beach volleyball. Special shoutout to Hamza!

My only suggestion would be to make the billiard table by the pool free of charge, as it cost €4 per hour.

This large resort is 30 minutes from Marsa Alam airport. It served the best food I’ve ever had in Egypt during many years of travel there. One evening there was a superb filet mignon. The restaurant service team is really attentive and polite. The gardens are also really beautiful and continuously tended to. The resort has four pools, one is a quiet adult-only pool and another is heated which was nice now in the colder off season. The resort is not sheltered by wind as much, so very windy conditions result in a red flag requiring guests to stay inside the reef which still lets you swim in the ocean in the shallow. There was some animation by the pool and beach area, however finishing at a 11pmish at the latest.

All the people took great care of us and made our stay super nice, every single person from the stuff. Yasser was an excellent cleaner made a great job wit the room decorations. The waiters, chefs, animators, reception,spa, cosmetics ,thank you guys very much, you all made our time very special...

Everything was perfect. The staff, the beach, the pools and the food. We also had an upgraded room.

All the speakers during the night show need renovation. The sound was horrible.

Cordial staff especially the room cleaner Yasser and also Abo Alhaggag Mansour, waiter at the restaurant. We got free room upgrade & they sent us a plate of fruits, drinks & welcoming note. They are all attentive to our needs that they resolve immediately whatever concerns guests have. Variety of food especially during dinner. We are lucky to have experienced their fruit day & also their fire dance show. Highly appreciated the gardeners for maintaining their plants & flowers that the garden compensates the appearance of the hotel for which it needs refurbishment especially the reception area. They also have long bridge & at the end of it, guest can snorkel. However, during winter it would be hard to swim as the wave & wind are strong. There are 4 pools & 1 pool is heated during winter.

Management needs to consider refurbishing the hotel and also to upgrade their internet. They should also put note that fresh fruit juice has payment for it not to be misleading as guests automatically thinks that it is included in the all inclusive. Bell boy was saying that there’s no elevator when there is.

The main thing I liked about the hotel was the 3 meals where the variety was amazing the quality pretty good and the service staff were always friendly and smiling and the hotel manager was always there to keep and eye on things. The pools were great and so was the beach and pier. Our waiter Abdelfattah was really nice and kept our same table every day, also offered puzzles for us to solve after we ate.

The hotel has seen better days, and probably needs an upgrade and refurbishment, the furniture a little dated and had some trouble with the evening entertainment noise, but at least it stopped around 11 pm.

Staff at reception Mr magdy and Mr mohamed excellent and also in restaurant very helpful

Alot of ? at the hotel and weak animation in the evening

Was a nice stay in DLX room with a sea view. Daily cleaned, food was delicious, drinks as well. Staff were amazing, helpful and kind. There is a pier to go for open ocean. Very usefull for (lets say advanced) snorchelers. You may join the program there to not get bored.Big thank you to the staff and all the respect to them!When we will need again rest after diving, we will happily come back here, without a doubt ?Petra & Daniel

I have to complain just about guest's behavior. It is such a shame, how some guest behave with no respect to the locals and other guests - ordering drinks and food in their mother tongue, not even try to speak at least english or OMG in arrabic to the staff. "Ladies" wearing tanga swim suit with negligee in the restautant and their husbands do not say anything - keep in mind that locals are muslims and you are the visitors, so have some respect people!!!!!, and wear the proper dress code as said, and to have respect to other guests as well) .Was not really nice to look at the fatty butts while eating. And I mean fatty as it is.

Nice staff, good reception, excellent food, fun activities

The resort itself is nice, lots of restaurants, bars and food options. The beach is nice.

The staff at the reception weren’t too welcoming.