Stella Di Mare Beach Hotel & Spa

“Fantastic holiday”

Fantastic hotel staff can’t do enough for you 3 time we have been here. Would not stay anywhere else.big thanks to moustafa for looking after us. Highly recommended very peaceful rooms great very clean food choices are very good. Pools and grounds are beautiful

“Brilliant stay”

I recently spent a week at the Stella Di Mare hotel resort in Sharm El Sheikh and wow I’ll be back again soon for sure. First of all the hotel is stunning with an art deco style interior. It has the feel of a luxury cruise ship. The food is good, with buffet available daily for breakfast lunch an… more

I recently spent a week at the Stella Di Mare hotel resort in Sharm El Sheikh and wow I’ll be back again soon for sure. First of all the hotel is stunning with an art deco style interior. It has the feel of a luxury cruise ship. The food is good, with buffet available daily for breakfast lunch and dinner. The mix of food is vast and they do a bbq grill every day for dinner which was my go to as a fan of chicken wings. As an Englishman I am a big fan of a fry up and their attempt at this isn’t great, the sausages were bland and their attempts at baked beans weren’t great. The smoked beef bacon was good though. It wasn’t the end of the word though and the freshly cooked omelettes were great. If you get a bit bored of the buffet each day there’s no need to worry as you can book at the two restaurants, one an Asian with a stunning view of the sea as you eat and a Mediterranean one. Both were excellent with a set 4 course meal. I had steak mediallions at the Mediterranean which melt in your mouth, delicious. In the day time you have 3 pools to choose from and a Sandy beach to relax on. My favourite was the larger pool which has a swim up pool bar. Spent most of my days lounging by this. I went out for a relaxing holiday due to the stresses of my job and this was perfect. The staff at the hotel are excellent. As soon as you finish your drink by the pool someone is with you within minutes to get your next order! We had a mix up when we first arrived over our rooms. We booked two but they only had one showing on their bookings. But staff member Salah sorted this out for us very quickly. I’m a big football fan and the staff made sure that they showed the two matches for me during my stay. The only negatives I would say, which are small was that there is a complimentary mini bar in the rooms which is replenished daily. It contains drinks but would be nice if there was also snacks available too. In the daytime you do feel pressurised by salespeople to purchase a massage or cosmetics. They are nice with it but do tend to be a little too pushy. I had a massage though and it was excellent. They have a steam room and sauna there too. These are very small issues though. The hotel and my stay was excellent and as I said I’ll be back again soon.

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“3rd time and counting”

My 3rd time visiting stella di mare and genuinely feels like home. As with anywhere, there are good and bad experiences and I feel its fair to praise aswell comment on things that do need to improve. The check in this year felt a little less personal. Last 2 years we had received a hot towel and a… more

My 3rd time visiting stella di mare and genuinely feels like home. As with anywhere, there are good and bad experiences and I feel its fair to praise aswell comment on things that do need to improve. The check in this year felt a little less personal. Last 2 years we had received a hot towel and a drink and our check in was private. This year, we arrived and were the only drop off from our shuttle, however 2 other couples arrived shortly after. We wernt offered a drink or hot towel, and we all (3 separate bookings of 3 sets of strangers) received a group check in where we were all explained everything. I get this may of been to save time, however as my returning holiday and knowing what I'd experienced before, it wasn't the usual 5 star standard youd hope for. Around the pool, you have the typical spa and beauty salon guys who want to push treatments, you do need to just be a little more firm if you're not interested. This didn't bother us as they are really friendly. The pool bar team on the 3rd level (adult pool) are AMAZING. Can't remember the guy with the white shirt, but he was always so attentive day and night and so friendly. Messi in the pool bar is amazing and a real asset. We had our coffees waiting for us at 10am when the pool bar opened and always remembered our order. The lifeguard always attentive and puts your towels down and pillow. Sunglasses cleaning and comes round and sprays you when it's a little too hot! We loved it on the this level as the staff really made it. The evening entertainment really hasn't improved. The live music up until 845pm ish is really really good. The entertainment from 9pm is questionable. The dance team who will put on shows seemed a little less friendly this year. Often standing by the restaurant welcoming you in for dinner and a few really looked like they didn't want to be there. The food and beverage team I really can't fault. I am coeliac so have to eat gluten free and often struggle to find a place who can cater. The returning visits are because I am so looked after. The food and beverage director Shenouda Farid, is AMAZING. He is so attentive and friendly and has the biggest smile. Me and my mum would often be stopped by him for a little chat and a check in at dinner regarding my food. Breakfast I had gluten free pancakes made and in the evening gluten free pasta would be made up or any fish dishes if I couldn't eat from what was already out. A big shout out to Bishoy and Mila- Mila looked after me from my first day and Bishoy took over when Mila had his vacation. I had 2 trips out of the hotel and both times had a gluten free lunchbag made for me which was amazing. They are both huge assets to the team and made my holiday so easy for me. A frustrating experience I had was a conversation with a colleague at the front desk. I'd asked a question about the ATM machine to be told to 'not speak in an English accent' and then proceeded to remove his glasses as he spoke. Me as a female found this quite rude and overwhelming to of experienced that-and I did reflect thinking, would this of been said had i been with a male, and not my mum? I have worked in a customer facing role for over 15years and would never speak to someone like that. My mum raised the concern the following day and said it would be dealt with. We received some free fruit in our room and that was it. A few days later I needed to request our lunchbags for a trip and the same colleague was on the desk. I didn't realise until he'd mentioned that he'd been spoken to. He was trying to make me accept his apology and said how I'd taken the comment wasn't as was meant, and in fact really like the English accent so he could learn..this was far from what the original conversation was about. Nothing else came about from it and I didn't want it to ruin my holiday because of how good everything else was. Diving is a massive pull to the hotel with a dive centre linked to the hotel and beautiful house reefs. I did my nitrox course this year and dived the thistlegorm and tiran again. You are well looked after on the trip and the guys I dived with were amazing. I'll be returning again next year, despite the little blips and feel i need to praise about the amazing experiences i did have, but also where improvement can be made. I genuinely loved my 2weeks and was so lovely to see familiar faces. It's got everything you want, good food, amazing views, friendly staff and amazing weather.

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“A comfortable spacious hotel with well trained and happy staff.”

Very comfortable clean efficient hotel. All staff were very friendly and cheerful. My room was spacious and the bed comfy. The buffet food was very varied and hot. Snorkelling was disappointing as it was from tricky bouncy pontoons in deep water. It’s a shame there is no natural beach to walk al… more

Very comfortable clean efficient hotel. All staff were very friendly and cheerful. My room was spacious and the bed comfy. The buffet food was very varied and hot. Snorkelling was disappointing as it was from tricky bouncy pontoons in deep water. It’s a shame there is no natural beach to walk along. It’s a shame there were no card tables with the right height chairs available to play cards etc.

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