stayed here may 2008 entertainment for 1 hour every week rooms ok tree was our view if window opened food was ok but always only warm most of the staff are ignorant only want to speak to people who are self catering to get there money out of them weather was hot the only entertainment at night was a game of pool with the mosquitos it was a ghost town you had the bar to yourself up & down to the bar as you have to have beer in 1/2 pint glass they wont give you bottle unless your self catering if you like ice in your drink you dont get it here nor free bottles of water if your all inc if you want a quiet holiday then this is a 5* we would go back eygpt but not here

We stayed at the Amar Sina for 10 days in March 08. Me - my friend and her two children (9 and 15 years old). we had the best holiday ever. The hotel was pretty and built to look traditional. The food was fine and the staff are absolutely brilliant - warm - helpful - friendly and playful - but always in an appropriate way, We had great fun chatting and laughing with the bar staff and some great volley ball games in the pool - often led by Abdo (the pool guide). the children were fussed over and as it was my friends birthday, we were offered a birthday cake (which cost her £12). However as the cake was brought into the bar - all the bar staff came upstairs singing arabic songs and insisting that we dance with them. This was brilliant fun and went on for about 20 minutes!! Can't praise the staff highly enough and we can't wait to go back next year!
Jane (I went with Heather, Becky and Joe)

rooms - all the amenities you need, shower, fridge, tv...really character filled if alittle basic.

staff - friendly/playful, very helpful

restraunt - usually a good selection of local food, no dodgy burger n chips! though u can get them. Had abit of a delicate tummy a few times so carry imodium!

hotel barbaque night with magician & belly dancer - food was great except we could have ate for free! the charge it turned out was for the meat barbaque only, the show was free to all guests and the usual buffet available...the only difference appeared to be that our side of the pool had lamps! lol

facilities -
internet cafe - around £1 for half an hour so very good.
pool - moderate size, kept clean and pool staff provide sun loungers ect at request.

excurscions via medhotels - snorkelling, water park, quad biking, bedouin dinner & star gazing all excellent, but carry money as there seems to be an addition charge for everything in sharm!

Enjoy!

My girlfriend and I went away on our first holiday together and stayed at the Amar Sina in Sharm el Sheikh. I must admit that when I first booked the hotel I didn't actually look at any hotel review websites or the trip advisor site, I just looked at the price and thought I had a bit of a bargin...having looked at a couple of reviews a week before we were due to go I was a little apprehensive as the hotel had a couple of pretty low scores, 2/10 and 3/10, etc. from English people.

We were very pleasantly suprised. The rooms were pretty basic and the food pretty bland but the swimming pool was great, and the location (about 10 mins outside of Naama Bay) was ideal for us. All we wanted was a week in the sun to get away from work and uni, not at all intersted in going out clubbing and boozing.

The hotel beach is at the bottom of a large flight of steps, so not ideal if you're not too mobile and the Egyptian guys on the beach who 'looked after' you were a bit pushing and annoying when trying to sell you day trips or pizzas, and they descended like flys on any women sunbathing in pairs or by themselves. The best bit about the beach though is the reef which lies about 30 metres off shore - the fish are amazing and the coral is beautiful. The cramped sun loungers and annoying Egyptian men are worth putting up with just so you can go snorkelling on the reef.

The hotel staff were really friendly and there is a fantastic atmosphere there at night when the evening meal is being served and they bring on the entertainment. Whilst there we were treated to belly dancing shows and a magic act!

The only down side to the holiday was when we got back and we learned that we had both been infected with gastrointernitis - a pretty nasty stomach virus that took a week or so to clear up. I don't think this has much to do with Amar Sina itself as you are at risk of this disease and many others when holidaying in Egypt, Turkey and Greece, etc. it is just part and parcel of going abroad.

All in all a good hotel, the only other slight problem was all the Russian businessmen with their playboy wives/mistresses. They seemed to monopolise the pool area and sun loungers, and were a bit noisy sometimes but nothing major. However you did get the feeling that sometimes the food was geared more towards a Slavic palate than that of a Brit, lots of potatoes and pasta. But with Naama Bay being only a 10 minute drive away, there are plenty of other options foodwise.