Myself and my boyfriend booked to stay in the mexicana hotel bed and breakfast for 10 days in january. it was our first time in egypt and we really enjoyed it.

the price for accomdation and what we got was amazing. we decided to only go bed and breakfast as we knew we wanted to go out at nights and during the day for meals and excursions so didnt see the point in going all inclusive. i am glad that we did and would recommend this to anyone else that is staying at the hotel. i can see why people would go all inclusive as it is at such a good price but i can also understand why they would be quite disappointed. i felt that egypt was a place we wanted to explore and sample the culture and we couldnt really do that by eating in the hotel every night. i would also agree with the others that the food was only mediocre and would get a bit tiring after 2 weeks. dont let this put you off though, the breakfast is good and there are barbeques and pizzas for lunch so you will not starve. i would recommend saving a bit of money by going bed and breakfast and spending that money on nights out in naama bay and various restaraunts.

the grounds and accomodation at the mexicana are absolutly beautiful. they are extremely well kept, we had a room/apartment next to the big pool which was lovely. it was extremely well kept, cleaned to a high standard every day.

there are several restaruants/bars in the hotel. i must admit the food in the hotel isnt up to much but it is not as "disguisting" as people described. in the morning they make fresh pancakes, waffles and omlettes infront of you, not to mention the rest. we used a few of the other restaraunts in the complex, they are ok for lunch and snacks but not the best. if you go into naama bay at night there are some lovely places to eat and the staff at the hotel will be happy to recommend eateries.

we didnt make it to the resorts beaches as it was quite windy, however the hotels taxi service is a must as the locals tend to bump up the prices on the taxis.

we also went on several excursions such as quad biking through the desert and scuba diving which i would deffinetly recommend! the staff at the hotel are all lovely and willling to help in any way they can.

we will definetly be returning to the mexicana and hope that bad stories wont put you off too much.

ps watch out at five o'clock at night, they look after the grounds so well that they spray bug stuff each night which stinks! so watch out for the fumigation!!

Me and my boyfriend went for a week, after reading reviews on here before we went we decided to go B&B and it was the best decision we could of made. We were upgraded to a king room on arrival (free of charge), the room was huge, very clean, grounds were very well maintained, staff were very helpful. We didn't make it up in time for the breakfast but as far as the hotel and staff go we cant fault it for what it was offering.

The distance was fine, only 25 Egyptian pounts for a cab into Naama bay (£2.50 english), plenty of restaurants and bars on offer. Naama bay is the best beach, sharks bay is said to be the best one but we went there and left after 15 minutes, its stoney, not a lot there and quite a long drive.

In a nut shell, really do recommend the Mexicana for B&B, the all inclusive option did look very limited and quite boring.

Oh, and one other thing, the sunbeds round both pools seem to go really quickly, we had to put towels down before 6am if we wanted to get any beds so set your alarms!!

Pretty Hotel, well maintained. Went all-inclusive, food was ok, but not great, if you are vegetarian I strongly advise you don't go all inclusive as theres not much selection. The awful plastic glasses that I was given drinks in made me feel inferior to the other guests that were not all inclusive. On the final day was digusted as I was not allowed a glass of water for lunch at 1pm as my all inclusive supposedly finished at 12. Staff were friendly, sometimes a little too much, but did enjoy the karaoke night and the belly dancer.

We came out to do dive courses and got "upgraded" to the creative mexicana. first impressions were favourable but on closer inspection the hotel rooms are a bit tired, tatty and in need of a refurbishment or at least a deep clean.
we were supposedly half board, but this didn't include drink of any kind, even water and the temperature was over 32 c ! ( they charged 80p for a bottle of water that costs 15p in sharm shops.)every time we ate in the main restaurant we were ill and ended up going to a delightful little place up the road called Blu, cheaper and better food.
plus, If you ate at the wrong time, they charged you.

when we came to check out, having settled our bill the night before as requested, they tried to charge us for the entire mini bar in our room that hadn't been restocked all week ( only restocked twice in 2 weeks) We suffered the indignity of being escorted to our room by security while head of housekeeping searched our rubbish bin for nonexsistant evidence ! OUTRAGEOUS !!

Waiters very friendly and helpful, the rest not worth the money, especially now filled with rude Russians as well.