Safir Hotel Hurghada

i went on a solo holiday and stayed at the Savior hotel hotel itself was very clean and tidy and most of the staff were very nice except the staff in the restaurant who could be a bit rude at times food was the same each night which consisted of beef or fish that became boring although at the pool at lunch time their was a choice of kebab,toasted sandwiches, and pizzas. I did find out that a telephone call from my daughter that was very urgent did not get passed to me until three days later even though i had visited the reception desk it was not passed onto me and only found out when a note was put under my door from the rep.also u could not use the phones to call home from Ur room as indicated in the broucher. I also found that any shops were quite a long walk away not good in that heat but u could get a taxi(talking of getting a taxi be careful) the one we hired to take us ti El Gouna started to fall asleep as he was driving and it wasn't much better on the way back!!!! But saying that if it is peace and quite u r looking for this is the Hotel for u

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My first trip to Hurgarda was 15 years ago, then, no more than an unspoilt fishing village with a couple of very basic hotels and frequented by the divers (myself included). As far as i remember Emperor Diving the only PADI school then. Now, all these years later I return to find a totally different city.. some good some not so good.......... the Safir being very good.
The hotel is quite basic but is offset by being in a quite area. It's totally accessable to the old town and the new town (Sekalla); pay no more than 10EP (£1) taxi either way and always agree on a price BEFORE you happily jump in the taxi.
We were lucky enough to be placed in a 1st floor room over the beach. The view's across the sea towards Giftun Island were totally jaw dropping especially the Sunrises/sets...
Staff at the hotel were very friendly and helpful, nothing was to much trouble. (Word of warning.. beware for the food police at the front door.. no food to brought into or out of the hotel!)
Food was varied, very well prepared and presented. Catering staff were seen to follow good food handling practice. (disposable gloves were used by all staff when handling food). We used alcohol hand gel frequently, especially after handing money.. this is know to carry E coli as well as a host of other stomach turning bugs.
Would we return to the Safir.. definitely!

I've just returned from eygyt were we stayed half board at the safir. The staff were amazing so helpfull, always there to help you, the food was lovely, and the rooms got cleaned every day, for being a 2 star hotel i was very impress with the service. We went on a boat trip and safri through our hotel and got great service again, it just shows you we don't need reps at hotels when the hotel staff spoke perfect english. We are going back next year. So if your after value for money, quiet hotel and 10 mins walk to the town centre then you will love the safir.

I myself would give the hotel 10/10 but with regards to the food 1/10 - we found it very hard to find food to eat every night - and if it wasn’t for the pasta I think the kids would have starved!
The staff were excellent when it came to the children and with a niece with disabilities(6) they did everything they could including cooking chips twice a day for her to make sure she had something.
Our key to our room was blocked after the first week -and again on the last day at 9am even though we paid extra for a late check out. We found all staff to be very friendly. When just relaxing one day by the pool, within 1 hour we had 5 people try to sell you trips/beauty treatments etc.
My advice to you is make sure you take plenty of sun cream/wet wipes, nappies etc as the shop is very expensive.
With regards to the airport - the staff are not very friendly as when my niece was crying they pointed to a man with a gun.
Our flight over was also a problem as we paid extra for nut free meals which we didn’t have - and we were then told they have never done them! Other passengers on the plane should also be ashamed of themselves as they starred and tutted about my niece crying even though you can see she has disabilities, you expect that abroad but with people from the UK, you would think they knew better.

Whilst the food, pool, room, weather was unfaultable I wish to add that we had serious problems with unwanted and unprovoked attention by certain members of staff in this hotel. Were not alone and even certain members of their own staff commented on how unprofessionally they behaved if women were without their partners.
My friend and I booked the holiday to do nothing but relax and sunbath in the sun. We don’t drink excessively and do like to meet and chat with other holiday makers.
Our partners stayed at home with our teenage children to give us a short break away from our stressful jobs and lives.
Unfortunate by the end of this break we were reduced to tears and spent evenings in the room to keep away from certain members of staff that wouldn’t accept the word 'no'. This didn’t even deter one member of staff who even called me in my room!
Another member of staff even followed me to Old Sharm as he knew I was going alone to look around the shops as my friend was ill with a stomach bug.
I don't wish to deter people from going to Sharm/Egypt but I do feel that people should be made to feel aware that there are members of staff in this hotel that are abusing their roles.
We brought this to the attention of the management and have not been contacted since we got back to the UK. Also the rep manager also wouldn’t do anything.
I'm not saying don’t go, I'm just saying please be careful