Easily the best views in Sharm, very friendly & helpful staff, large pool, nice private beaches, lovely on-site Indian restaurant, a sea view room which is amazing when you wake in the morning, a relaxing romantic getaway with good size rooms. The only downfall however is that they are a little dated and bathroom needs a touch-up.

Overall it is a very pleasant hotel which I highly recommend.

Three of our party of five had stayed at this hotel three years previously & were keen to return.
It is one of the best situated hotels that we have ever stayed at being at the eastern end of Naarma Bay, with every room facing the sea over the pool ( the largest hotel swimming pool that we have seen) and the exquisite grounds. There are riding stables & we went riding one day, paddling in the Red Sea.
It was lovely to be able to walk straight out of the grounds (through security, of course) onto the traffic free promenade that extends round the entire bay.
Breakfast was, without doubt the most comprehensive and most beautifully presented morning spread that we have ever witnessed. It was fabulous. We had only one evening meal at the hotel, buffet style, and almost equally as good as breakfast. Our rooms were clean and comfortable but the bathrooms could do with updating, and the early evening supply of hot water was a tad erratic.
The staff were exceptional and service was excellent. We had a wonderful holiday here.

This hotel is by no means a 5 star hotel... perhaps it is closer to a 3 star hotel. We spent a week in march 2008 at this hotel and everything was disappointing. There was no air-conditioning and when inquiring from the hotel manager about the problem he stated it was hotel policy to turn on the chiller system effective April 15 of every year regardless of the outside temperature! The bathroom in our room was pretty bad and old. The beaches were very awkwardly located and access was never easy as we had to climb up and down narrow sandy pathways to get to the beach.

The hotel layout is very difficult and not customer friendly. The lobby was so poorly equipped and pretty small for a five star hotel. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone wanting to spend a relaxing time in Sharm!!

After reading many reviews on trip advisor and heeding much of the advice given we choose the Sofitel in Sharm and had an excellent holiday, mainly due to the brilliant hotel.

It is situated in an excellent location at the end of Naama Bay and therefore is a lovely stroll out if you want a bit of life.

There are 5 beaches, all small and tranquill with lots of watersports on offer if you want it. The sun loungers are free and plentiful and very comfy and all have parasols. The snorkelling off the beach is lovely, a little chilly in Feb after a while, but still worth it.

The Hotel Pool is also large and very clean and many facilities like pool games, bar, restaurant and kids creche area.

As mentioned by other reports, the hotel is spread over a very large and spacious site, there are lots of steps but its not a problem and is easy to get around. The reception is at the head of the hotel and then all the 5 blocks encompass around the large pool as the centre view point, lovely.

The rooms I noticed had taken a bit of stick on other reports, but apart from the electronic key card not working twice our double room was lovely, yes the grouting around the tiles in the shower could have had a bit of attention - but frankly who cares when the large room (Room 2208) was cool, nice balcony - very private (am sure better views if on a higher level) and kept more than clean and tidy by room service everyday.

The food in the Liwa was brilliant for a buffet, at breakfast there was everything you could possibly want from full cooked to continental, to pastries galore, to cheeses, salad and porridge, dried fruit, everything for those more health concious right to full blown fry up! In feb we could choose to sit out in the covered terrace or inside and both were most pleasant, especially outside in the evenings (but do take a cardi it wasnt warm enough to jus go out after dark in short skirts/.tops etc).

In the evenings we ate in Liwa too, lots of choice for both meat eaters and veggie. We like the freshly prepared salad to your choice by the chef.

We also ate 3 times at the Indian Restaurant, it has great views and the food is amazing, really one of the most tasty indians we have had ( and we have alot!).

Lunches round the pool were also good and reasonably priced (we were on HB) and the drinks in the lovely Horizon Bar were too.

You really dont need to leave the hotel, it has everything you could want, but we also went horse riding from the hotel stables in to the dessert (2 hours ) we are experienced riders and it was just as well as you do have to cross a busy road, the horses are well behaved although not quite BHS standard tack etc, but they are very well cared for by the staff and kept cool in their stables and showered off. The hats you borrow are also good, but the boots are limited.

We also went scuba diving with the hotel Scorpion Divers and went from the beach one day (was ok) and then out to Ras Mohamed another also lots to see and our guides were good, if maybe a little impatient. May be if we went again we would go with a larger set up but it was convenient and competitively priced so cant grumble there.

The hotel has a mix of guests not so many Brits, mainly Russian and French but everyone go on fine and we did not see any loudness by anyone.

The reception staff could be a little speedier at their job, but overall the dining staff and housekeeping are all lovely and do their best to look after everyone.

We had a great time and were so glad we choose the Sofitel, after walking into Naama Bay we felt very lucky and spoilt that we stayed at the superior Sofitel!