Reef Oasis Blue Bay Resort

“Paradise in the sun”

Just returned from a 9 night holiday at Reef Oasis with my family and it was as amazing as ever. Been coming to the same hotel for 15 years and it never disappoints. This year I decided to book the hotel directly from their web page and arrange my own flights with Easy Jet and transfers with Cryst… more

Just returned from a 9 night holiday at Reef Oasis with my family and it was as amazing as ever. Been coming to the same hotel for 15 years and it never disappoints. This year I decided to book the hotel directly from their web page and arrange my own flights with Easy Jet and transfers with Crystal Tours. It was so easy to do and made my 9 nights cheaper than 7 if booked with TUI. I certainly didn’t need the services of the hotel rep since Monika and the guest relations ladies were perfect if I needed any help and Monika was amazing making sure my room choice was sorted before we even arrived. The staff are so attentive and I would need to give so many shout outs to the waiters that treated us like royalty while we were there (small tips go a very long way 😉). One final note to those wanting to snorkel or SCUBA, the house reef is probably one of the best in the Red Sea, it’s so good that many dive boats visit the reef we can simply walk off the beach jetty to.

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“Amazing Hotel I would hightly recommend it to anybody thinking of booking...DO IT, IT'S GREAT”

I have just returned from a 2 week stay at the Blue Bay Reef Oasis. I visited with my wife, daughter and her best friend. We had been following the hotel on the Blue Bay Reef Oasis facebook page to get an idea of what people were saying about this hotel. We joined the group a good 3 months before t… more

I have just returned from a 2 week stay at the Blue Bay Reef Oasis. I visited with my wife, daughter and her best friend. We had been following the hotel on the Blue Bay Reef Oasis facebook page to get an idea of what people were saying about this hotel. We joined the group a good 3 months before travelling and were pleased that almost all of the posts were positive which set our expectations high. Arrival and checkin was straight forward, we were given 2 rooms next to each other which we had not askerd for but nice that the hotel did this for us. The room has a mini fridge stocked with Coke, Sprite and Fanta and some cartons of Juice. There is also some Milk provided along with a kettle, tea bags and coffee sachets. We always had a good stock daily of bottled water. Although told you can have this restocked once during your stay, you can actually call reception and they will restock it when you run out. We had it restocked 3 times during our stay. You get the usual Shampoo, Conditioner Body Lotion and Shower Gel provided in small bottles. A bath Robe and Slippers are also provided. The room was a good size and the decor was spotless with probably a 55" Samsung TV which gave me access to the HDMI ports so was able to connect a laptop without any issues. The Beds in both of the rooms were 2 Queen Size Beds pushed together. The Air Con was on pretty much of the time, had no issues with it at all, also you do not need to have your keycard in a slot to keep the Air Con on. The shower was adequate providing hot water most of the time, during busy times (6pm and 8am) the pressure does drop and the temperature can fluctuate. The Grounds, these are kept spotless by an army of gardeners. I can honestly say I did not see any litter anywhere in the hotel it was kept to a high standard. I love the different areas of plants, in particular, the Cactus Garden is amazing, well worth a walk through this part of the hotel. The Pools, The main infinity Pool is located outside the main restaurant. The pool is a good size with an amazing view over the Corals and Coastline of the Red Sea. There is a smaller pool to the side of the infinity pool, we only used this once as there are 3 Circular Beds (big enough for 4 people) next to the pool. As these were facing the Direct sunshie thoughout the day we found that we needed somewhere with some shade in the afternoons. There is an Adults only pool, this is a lot quieter than the other pools and is the deepest of the pools. It is actually quite a large pool. There are 4 waterbeds in the shallow part of this pool so you can sunbath whilst in the pool. Then you have the Aqua Park, this was a quiet pool also, plenty of sunbeds available. There are 3 slides of which only 2 of them were working. The Beach, this gets extremely busy so you would need to get there early to get one of the sunbeds. It is probably the most popular place which people headed for. There is a Jitty to walk out to the Reef Dropoff, This provided 2 sets of steps into the water which provides some great snorkelling. The Restarants and food. This is probably the hardest part of any holiday to please every tastes. There is one main Restaurant and 4 Themed Restarants, the Italian, the French and the Fish resturants allow you to have 1 meal in each of these restaurants once during your stay. There is a 4th themed restaurant which TUI guests get access to as much as you want to which provides Asian inspired dishes. We loved this restaurant, the Chef cooked a Lamb Masalla and can say that this was as tasty as any of the curry's from a takaway in the UK. He has a tandor which he cooks the Tandori Chicken in and it tastes amazing. The food in each of the other themed restaurants were very good also. We particularly enjoyed the French Romantique restaurant. The main restaurant, Breakfast, depending on what you like, there are cerials, oats, toast, omelettes pastries and a full continental type breakfast. This was probably my least favourite meal in this restarantl. Lunch and Dinner always had a good variety of dishes and we all found something nice to each on each visit. The staff in the restaurants all work so hard. A tip will make their day, well worth leaving a little something for them, they will look after you. The Staff, you always read reviews were staff were very rude especially when as a guest you complain. Well, this is not the case at Reef Oasis. The Hotel Management team are dedicated to ensuring everybody has a fantastic holiday. They take all complaints seriously and do everything in their power to resolve these issues. On the first day, we did have an issue with some other guests where they were trying to take our sunbeds as we were going to get some lunch. They started putting their belongings on the beds before we removed our stuff. You DO NOT have to lose your sunbeds if you pop into the restaurant for lunch. When we mentioned this to our TUI rep Mohammed, he spoke to the pool manager and we were offered what we thought were the best 4 sunbeds at the pool everyday of our stay. Amazing. We also had the opportunity to meet Simone the Hotel Manager, she was an absolute credit to the hotel and helped us on numerous occasions, we would like to personally thank her for her efforts to make our stay amazing. The main Hotel Manager also took the time out to come and speak to us to offer us any assistance during our stay which was a really nice touch. He seemed genuine to ensure that all guests have a fantastic time and would prefer if anybody has any issues you give the hotel the chance to put anything right. There were a couple of other members of staff that we found to go above and beyond an wanted to mention them. Sam, the pool Lifeguard, he looked after us at the pool for the first week and a half before he went on his break, Thank you Sam. The pool manager, also another lovey person which I am sorry, I don't recall your name, but always smiled and says hello. Mohammed from the infity pool bar, works so hard, you deserved every tip you get. Mohammed the TUI Rep, you were brilliant, thank you. Ahmed in the Italian restaurant. There were some amazing staff in the main restaurant too so a big thank you to them also. All in all, I would strongly recommend this hotel to anybody that is thinking of booking. You will love it. If you book through TUI, I strongly recommend the VIP Boat Trip to Tirran Island. I hope to return to this hotel in the near future.

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“Excellent hotel for snorkeling and diving, great staff”

Our vacation was a wonderful experience! The hotel is situation directly next to a reef, snorkeling and diving is very nice there. The personnel is extremely helpful and friendly, a big hello and thank you to Samara, Orca and Hany! The food in the big self-serve Restaurant is mostly good, but we st… more

Our vacation was a wonderful experience! The hotel is situation directly next to a reef, snorkeling and diving is very nice there. The personnel is extremely helpful and friendly, a big hello and thank you to Samara, Orca and Hany! The food in the big self-serve Restaurant is mostly good, but we strongly recommend to visit the special Restaurants (at extra cost), the food there is exceptional! The hotel area is very big. We had a room on the northern end, so walking to the Restaurant/beach took us 5-10 minutes. There is also a shuttle bus, but usually it is not faster than walking since it only runs every 5-10 minutes. We were lucky enough to go diving there, it's very nice! The staff of the diving center is very supportive and helpful, they speak all the languages! During our stay, more than 50% of guests were Russians. Most of them behaved ok, but we had some negative experience unfortunately, with people cutting the lines, foul language etc. Of course the hotel is not to blame, but this was a negative point of our vacations nonetheless. In general, I would warmly recommend this hotel to everybody, especially thanks to the great staff which made our stay there unforgettable!

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“Superb excellent value great staff .”

This hotel and me and my partner have been to a lot in Sharm are returning in November which is not what we would usually do we think you can’t beat for the money can’t wait to go back .Staff can’t do enough extremely clean great grounds fantastic reef .