Samira Club

"Do not book this hotel. Most of the staff are extremely rude, and the salesmen are incredibly pushy. The food is absolutely horrible, almost always dry and cold. The drinks are no better, with beer being the only drink I could stomach spirits tasted like bleach. The rooms were okay at best. The beds were never changed, just remade, and even something as simple as replenishing the toilet roll seemed to be too much to ask. I stayed here with my wife and our two young children, and I was particularly uncomfortable with how overly familiar and touchy the entertainment team were with other guests. If you are travelling with children, I would strongly advise avoiding this hotel and, in particular, keeping your distance from the animation team. To make matters worse, there was a revolting sewage smell throughout the hotel. The only redeeming factor of this place is how cheap it is. However, don’t let the price fool you. I personally wouldn’t go back even if I were paid to stay there again. An absolutely disappointing experience, and one I would not recommend to anyone."

"Please read the recent reviews before you book. Know before you go that this is a basic, dated hotel with more negatives than positives, poor food and entertainment and should NOT be 4.2 stars on trip advisor. IF I'd read more reviews first, i wouldn't have booked and won't be back. Our review is based on a stay end Oct / start Nov 2026, so many comments around being busy didnt apply to us (then from 1st Nov things change further with slightly reduced service and poorer weather). HOWEVER, you get what you pay for. We stayed for a week end of Oct into Nov 2026 and only paid around £1700 for 3 adults 2 children (one child 16 so classed as adult) all inclusive, so for that price you may well still seriously consider this hotel as it was way cheaper than many other alternatives and younger kids likely wont notice the shabbiness and poor entertainment. We expected a budget holiday and thats what we got. POSITIVES: Reasonable 1hr transfer, mainly helpful and pleasant/cheery staff, large pool and slides, plus water park on site with 5 slides, 5 a side pitch, located right on beach (lovely) with loads of sunbeds at each (likely only in low season as other reviews in peak season differ), with beach bar and a small selection of basic shops on site. Due to being low season the pool and slides were practically empty, so the kids and i just did as we pleased and went on over and over again (only family in water park on one visit). Personally i found food ok with fresh eggs, pancakes and omlettes prepared each morning, shwarma chicken or turkey, prawns, fish etc on evening, nice beef stews and tagines, with fresh cooked chicken one night. THE NEGATIVES: the pool while large and deep (1.7m main section) needs a lot of TLC as do the rooms with poor electrics. Several rooms had general electric issues during our stay and we had no TV channels (either room initially), then only 2 news channels when fixed, then power went out twice (staff quick to fix power though) and air con worked, albeit one room limited to 20 degrees but cool enough), light on porch out for one room, leaking bathroom sink in one room (various visuals like peeling paint, dated fixtures and marks on walls etc I'll not go into, as that doesn't bother us for the price and didnt impact stay). ALL INCLUSIVE DRINKS PRACTICALLY UNDRINKABLE: We could only just stomach the beer and rum and coke... everything else horrid (gin horrid, vodka chemical taste, wine vinagary and super harsh etc)! We ended up giving up and just drinking soft drinks and regretted not buying some vodka at duty free on way in! Hotel staff were good, some great personalities, but entertainment was woeful (not sure if this was low season issue with one children's entertainer looking postively bored as he 'led' the kids in several dances - most very energebtic and good, but couldnt save the show) but bless him our 7 year old didn't notice. Food was poor overall with limited choice, wierd tasting cheese on pizza or any other cheese products and so while I was fine (as I'll eat anything), my wife and children really struggled and almost every dish had bone dry chicken, turkey, beef etc (the odd fresh prepared meats or fish were better). Only fresh fruit was oranges. Deserts we all agreed were lovely, although not ice-cream, as again on odd occasion they had some, it tasted "weird". Also those selling trips, fruit, tattoos etc too pushy and if showed any sign of wanting anything came back over and over hounding you each day or multiple times each day around pool etc when trying to relax. Expect this on a commercial beach but not private beach and in hotel itself."

"Having read the reviews we were a little nervous but to be honest we’ve had a great stay. Yes it’s a little basic and not a luxury hotel but the rooms were cleaned and towels changed everyday. There was a reasonable selection of food, although picky eaters might struggle but we were fine with the choices. The cocktails were limited but the beer was good. The animation team really really made the stay-the evening entertainment was good and the staff worked incredibly hard. It’s definitely a case of get what you pay for but for a budget all inclusive we’ve had a great holiday."