Sunrise Island Garden Resort

32 readers found this review helpful

Just arrived back from the Sunrise. Stayed last year and the service, the food,
the accommodation is still as excellent. The staff cant do enough for you. There
is a great choice of food in the main restaurant plus you can book the italian
a la carte or "Fatimas" Lebanese/Egypt food which is mainly barbacued food but excellent.
They had a new annimation team this year which was not as good as last and the acts were repeated from last year so for this reason we wouldnt go back but would defininately recommend it anyone who hasnt been before. There are 4 pools, 2 noisy and 1 quiet pool. Get up early to put your towel down though. There is also a pool near the beach.
The beach is hot and sticky and a way from the jetty but the fish and the snorkelling are super. They have a shuttle bus on an evening into Naarma Bay which is 3.3 egypt pds. each and also just outside the hotel is a road full of up market shops, a stage which offers
entertainment, a chinese, an indian (not recommended) Ukrain. The prices are ok the chinese looked the best food. There is an "english style pub" but very expensive - stick to Sekora Gold. Say hello to Mr. Salama - manager of the food and beverages.

14 readers found this review helpful

this hotel is one of the best in sharm the people are fanastic it was my first holiday in eygpt and i stopped atsunrise and have stopped there ever since the hotel it selfself is very clean toilets are top class marble every where just like a palace the lads in victoria bar are great to mohhamed fathy and my good freind tammer my brother i have made so many freinds i keep in touch every wk the hotel reception magdy is a true freind so are the other lads the food is fantastic so much to choose from even for children rooms are made up clean every day towels fresh every day there so much to do at this hotel the beech is lovely and the fish are so colourfull there is a gym and many more to offer at sunrise my son is of there to in oct so i return to i love this area of sharm so much i have people out there now looking for property for myself so i hope wen you7 all read my rating of this hotel you book it and beleive me you want be dissapointed mrs harris from midlands

10 readers found this review helpful

My wife & I came here last year for our annual holiday and to coincide with my birtday in July, hot but then what do you expect.. We had a junior suite and found the hotel/staff excellent, with little birthday touches, cakes,parties, staff salutes - brilliant.We have spent 40 years touring the globe and this was up with the best, and half the distance of most of our holidays.
We had just started fostering and left our two girls with other carers because our holiday had been booked prior to them having arrived.
They saw the pictures - never having had a holiday in their lives - let alone 5* - were gobsmacked - we vowed to give them the chance and booked again for this year.
We have just returned - they were blown away and we were not far behind, Mohammed and his staff in the restaurant were as good as ever. The Italian restaurant produced food of such good quality that even our granddaughter who "doesn't eat", came home with the beginnings of a spare tyre, the new barbeque area proved hugely successful.
We have been in 5* accomodation where it is so starchy that even the adults dare not sneeze, this is 4-5* with good accomodation/food , excellent service, comfortable and with all expected facilities. 4 Pools ,slides & all inclusive tit-bits for the kids, find better/more relaxing site/accomodation.

11 readers found this review helpful

realy this hotel is heaven, it has manicured, peaceful, beautiful gardens especially at night, it is lit up. the food is excellent. it is wonderful for snorkelling, diving, beautiful yoga on the beach to the most hipnotic music you have ever heard. belly dancing on the beach, which let me tell you draws an audience to the participants, and men and women boys and girls, get there cameras and just simply enjoy the sheer rhythm and the harmonious feeling that, would you believe belly dancing brings, it is not, like i thought, something out of the carry on films. it truly is just something lovely. the holiday brought me out of my terrible, physical and mental stress and for want of a better phrase ill health. there is fun and entertainment to a very high and proffesional standard. do not hesitate to book this hotel and do go on the trip to cairo and to st catherines monastry, you will see the pyramids and be transfixed at st catherines, the tour guides are over the top in their knowledge and passion of ancient egyptions. by the way the large wicker topped beach restaurant venue, for lunch or evening oriental food, is delightful. please go and you will feel like me, upon your return, elated and revived.

10 readers found this review helpful

My friend and i just returned from sunrise island view (two adult females) we enjoyed our stay as we went to relax and get some winter sun!
The hotel is great, clean tidy and well presented, good facilities but you have to book everything the day before you want it! food was good, plenty of choice but most times its luke warm - take your own vinegar! service was inconsistant and we did wonder if we would have recieved better service if we were with men! the price of the massage varies massivly - barter! i got the full body massage down to £15.00 from £50.00!
people who tip get much better service and perks.
The hotel disco is great if your under 20, if not the tracks played mostly sound the same - no words just noise, with the odd abba track thrown in! The all-inclusive card does not cover drinks in the disco even though our card said 'drinks at all outlets' the rep said she would look into it but did not bother getting back to us! if you buy a drink at the disco its about £7.00 sterling for a vodka and coke which appears to disapear into the bar man pocket!
The beach closes at 5pm in winter and you get kicked off! The snorkling is fantastic but take your own mask its expensive to buy them in the super market as is everything else!
If you want to buy perfumed oil see ruby in the hotel, he knows his stuff and is very good on price and quality.
The evening entertainment is very poor for the over 20's and is a big let down as drinks outside the hotel are very expensive!
if you want some sun and a chill out its fine, if you want anything more give it a miss!
Watch out when your out and about, make sure you get what you think youve bought and not something else put in the bag like the wrong size!
taxi drivers pretend you have given them 5 plasters instead of 50 pounds! check everything!
Hard rock cafe is great, fantastic food good value!
this hotel is great for familys and couples not for singles!

3 readers found this review helpful

booked a 5star holiday with thomas cook, they need someone out there to reveiw the star rateing. i would say it was 3 star and so did a few other people i spoke to who have been to sharm before it was our first time, room was shabby in need of upgrade and i paid for upgrade to a suite and that needed upgade bath all cracked taps rusty.restaurant was cold and unwelcomeing no atmosphere no tablecloths asda cafe was better thats saying something, i could go on. Staff were nice friendly food ok choice ok gardens and pools ok beach ok if you get a cheapy here and it ok 2-3 star it for you, i paid extra got moved to barron palms fab 5
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2 readers found this review helpful

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5 readers found this review helpful

I've never left a review but having read the reviews for this hotel before we went, and now having stayed there I feel I must give my opinion! firstly, No this is not 5 Star as we would expect in England, but having paid just £550 all inclusive I was never expecting it. Lets face it you don't get 5 star for that price!! However, the hotel was 3/4 star and the staff made it one of the best holidays I've ever had. Yes the food was repetative, it always is when you are AI but the salads were fresh and tasty and you could always raid kids corner if you really wanted chips! Out by the pool the staff could not have been more friendly (Osman, Waleed to name a couple) Our party of 5 would often be lying on a sunbed to find that Waleed or Osman would just walk over to us with our 'usuals' without even having to get up! All I can say is that as long as you don't actually expect 5 star, and accept the friendliness of the staff, you will have a really great time.

6 readers found this review helpful

My only reason for not giving the hotel 10 was the repitition of the food, on saying that the fod that we had was good but the service was incredible and I would certainly give 10 for the service alone, this could make the hotel a 5 star although I would rate it more a 3+. I have to mention the staff from the gardeners to the managers, they are all so incredibly polite, always smiled and could never do enough for you, just to point out 2 in particular, our waiter Ibrahim, what a joy he was and also the restauratn manager Sharif, I cannot praise them highly enough.
Our only disappointment has nothing to do with the hotel or the staff but with the arrogance, greed, rudeness and ignorance of the Russian contigent that thought it was their right to be served first and to be waited on, they seemed to think the Hotel was soley for them..WRONG..the waiters had thick skin when it came to them, thank goodness. So if you can just ignore that lot then you will be in for a fantastic holiday with fantastic people.
One more thing I have to point out, we were there for Christmas and as Egypt is a muslim country we were not expecting much,boy were we wrong, they went out of their way to provide a fabi Christmas including a fabulous Christmas Eve Gala Dinner..SUPERB>

4 readers found this review helpful

We stayed in this hotel from 18th Dec to 25th Dec and had a fantastic time. This hotel is spread over a large area and it is kept immaculately clean. The staff are all very friendly and cannot do enough for you. This was our fifth visit to sharm but the first to this hotel and we really enjoyed every minute!
The food was excellent and there was always a variety of different food to choose from. We had breakfast in the main restaurant which is split into two parts, one side being non-smoking, which we found better as it was not so packed and there was always plenty of tables available. They have a separate cooking area aswell, which has all the same food as the main part. There is also a beach bar, pool bars one which does pizza, burgers and chips all day til late at night. There is also Fatimas at the beach which does lunch but you need to book at night.
The snorkelling at the beach is fantastic, the hotel has its own reef with plenty of fish to see!
The hotel put on a christmas party on christmas eve which was fantastic! They built a marquee and decorated it all for christmas, the tables were all in red and white with bottles of wine, they had built a stage and put on a show, it was amazing! Everyone was so nice, all the hotel managers greeted the guests as we were shown to the party, they all wish you a merry christmas, even the waiters, gardeners, cleaners and security staff!! Everywhere you go the hotels are decorated with christmas trees, santas, fairy lights, reindeer!! its a lovely place to visit for a christmas break!
The weather was very hot during the day, we spent most days by pool 4 right by Fatimas restaurant, which was handy for lunch! Although it does go cold at night, so take trousers and jackets!
After our evening meal we would sit around the pool bar where the staff there are great especially Omar and Fathy! The staff are so friendly towards you and like to talk to you and have a laugh, especially if you're english!
I can't recommend this hotel highly enough. We have stayed in the Concorde next door, and thoroughly enjoyed that, although their a/i finishes at 11pm, whereas the Sunrise is 24hr, if you want it that is!
There is a new shopping area built outside the hotel which is all part of the Savoy on the other side of the Sunrise, there are restaurants, shops and an ice skating rink along there to, its called Soho Square and was lovey to walk around at night after our evening meal.
We will definitely be going to this hotel again!!